Male Odor Monsters
A group exhibition featuring original works by:

Brian Chippendale
Matthew Thurber
C.F.
Carlos Gonzales

Wednesday, July 16, 7pm - August 5

Hope Gallery - 1547 Echo Park Ave 90026

Featuring four artists known for their visionary work in comics, this show presents new pieces that explore collage, watercolour, silkscreen, acrylic, and crayon, with the same inventiveness of form as their narrative work.

A founding member of Providence's Fort Thunder collective, Brian Chippendale was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial (as Forcefield), and shown at Deitch Projects (Panic Room, 2006), and D'Amelio Terras (2006). He has published two graphic novels with PictureBox, Ninja (2006), and Maggots (2007). He is also drummer in the band Lightning Bolt, and has collaborated on projects with musicians such as Bjork, Thurston Moore, and the Boredoms.

Matthew Thurber is the creator of the ongoing comic book series, '1800-Mice' (PictureBox), and has had work included in the anthologies Kramer's Ergot, and the Ganzfeld. As a performer he has appeared as Ambergris at The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and as Saxophonist in Soiled Mattress and The Springs, shared bills with Gang Gang Dance and No Age.

C.F. is the alias of Christopher Forgues, creator of the serialised graphic novel 'Powr Mastrs' (PictureBox). His work has appeared in exhibitions at Loyal Gallery (Stockholm), The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Watari, Japan), and New Image Art (Los Angeles). Under his musical moniker Kites, he has several recordings with Load Records.

Author of the xeroxed comics, Slime Freak, and Rat's Cocoon, Carlos Gonzales' work featured in Kramer's Ergot 6. His musical project, Russian Tsarlag has released cassette tapes on the Unskilled Labor label.

Hope gallery is jointly curated by the bookstore 'Family', and the record label 'Teenage Teardrops'. familylosangeles.com teenageteardrops.com

Hope Gallery
hopegalleryla@gmail.com
323 782 9221

The Loudest Voice reading series presents Jeff Solomon, Trinie Dalton, and Katherine Carlin Sunday, Nov.25 7-9pm Mountain Bar 473 Gin Ling Way, Chinatown 90012

Sunday, November 18: 8:30p
Launch of 'A Unicorn is Born' By Trinie Dalton and Kathy Ayers Live acts TBA Free

Joshuah Bearman + Salvador Plascencia + Trinie Dalton

"Please come to our reading this coming Sunday, October 15th at 4-5:30pm

Friends of McSweeney’s
Joshuah Bearman
Salvador Plascencia
Trinie Dalton

at

Little Bird Gallery
3195 Glendale Blvd.
Atwater Village 90039
323-662-1092

Though this isn’t an official McSweeney’s event, McS will be there in spirit. This event is hosted through Art Crawl, a series of local happenings occurring throughout the weekend. Come visit us!

Thanks,
Trinie"

http://www.foundla.com/artcrawl/events.shtml

Trinie Dalton, Benjamin Weissman, Joshuah Bearman, Aimee Bender & Amy Gerstler at Family Books.

"Hello Friends

Please join us at the inaugural readings for a new reading series hosted by Trinie (me) at FAMILY BOOKS! This series will feature my favorite authors, focusing on the Los Angeles community, and will continue more vigorously in the Fall.

This is a save the date flyer, in case you also get posters from FAMILY about the upcoming events~

June 10, 8:30pm
Benjamin Weissman & Joshuah Bearman
Benjamin Weissman, fiction writer & art critic, is author of Headless and Dear Dead Person
Joshuah Bearman, non-fiction writer & radio personality, from LA Weekly & This American Life

July 22, 8:30pm
Aimee Bender & Amy Gerstler
Aimee Bender, fiction writer, author of Willful Creatures , An Invisible Sign of My Own , and The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Amy Gerstler, poet & non-fiction essayist, author of many many wonderful books including Ghost Girl and Medicine

These accomplished authors have generously agreed to read in a small, intimate setting, so please don't miss this opportunity to see them up close and personal!!!!

FREE, Starts at 8:30pm SHARP

See you there~
Trinie

Guy Maddin: Goat Glands Carpet Underlay and Cinema Sat Backwards

Tuesday, March 6, 7:30pm, Otis Forum, Ahmanson Building
Maddin's daring and perverse films like The Saddest Music in the World are born out of an intense love of and appreciation for classic cinema. They feature outrageously eccentric characters, and involve obsession, romance, and fantasy. In his talk, Madding delves into the inner workings of his psyche and may even reveal the secret contents of the Mammalopedia, the source of ALL in his childhood home; or show clips of and recreate his pistol-whipping at the hands of a chimp on his fourth birthday. Also in March, Maddin has curated a film program for the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Alexis Smith: no ideas but in things

Thursday, February 15, 2007, 7:30pm, Otis Forum, Ahmanson Building
The Venice-based artist presents a survey of her small-scale mixed media collage work and large-scale public art commissions. In 1991, the Whitney Museum organized a traveling retrospective that was shown at L.A.'s MOCA. Smith is represented by Margo Leavin Gallery, and is teaching a Collage Workshop through Otis Continuing Education Program in the spring.

LISSTEN’s 3rd Annual Banned Books Week Read-A-Thon at Cal State Fullerton

October 01, 2006

Call for Readers!

San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science student organization LISSTEN (Library and Information Science Students to Encourage Networking) is hosting their annual Banned Books Week event on Sunday, October 1 st , 12pm, at Cal State Fullerton .

This year is special in that we're celebrating the 25 th anniversary of ALA's Banned Books Week. LISSTEN's Banned Books Week Committee is currently working to make this year's LISSTEN Banned Books Week Read-A-Thon on October 1st (Sunday) a fun and inspiring day that includes storytelling, discussion, live art, and, of course, reading!

As we are in the planning stages of this event, we're calling out to all librarians, library students, teachers, and 1 st Amendment enthusiasts to participate in celebrating Banned Books Week with us by reading a segment of one of their favorite banned or challenged books[1] for our read-a-thon .

In addition to the read-a-thon, participants will also enjoy art, spoken word performances, a banned books display, storytelling, and a group discussion led by Echo Park PL's YA Librarian Wendy McPherson about the current political climate of censorship, literature, and information dissemination.

This event is free to the public and all participants are encouraged to invite their colleagues, family, and friends to enjoy this celebration of our freedom to read, learn, and exchange ideas.

If you are interested in reading, storytelling, or creating art for LISSTEN's 3 rd Annual Banned Books Week Read-A-Thon, please contact Anne Knight, LISSTEN President and Banned Books Week Committee Chair at digress@9250x.com .

To learn more about Banned Books Week, please visit the American Library Association's Web site at www.ala.org .

GROUPWORK zine release and party

September 16, 2006

8/18/06 - 8/20/06 Fuck Yeah Fest III- In the beautiful Echo Park.

August 18, 2006

5/19/06 Penny-Ante Launch Party at Little Radio ~~~~ w/ The Bubonic Plague, Indian Jewelry, Little Claw & FEAST~~~~ 1218 Long Beach Ave (in downtown LA)

May 19, 2006

Artist Book Conference Los Angeles – Presented by ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter

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