Literary-art Events in Los Angeles

Check out happening literary-art events all around Los Angeles, CA

Life Surge Los Angeles

 Sat, 24 Jan at 08:30 am 777 Chick Hearn Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90015-4603, United States

The Book of Mormon at Pantages Theatre - CA

 Tue, 03 Feb at 07:30 pm Pantages Theatre - CA

In Conversation with Jennette McCurdy at Wilshire Ebell Theatre

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Wilshire Ebell Theatre

Michael Pollan discusses A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm First Congregational Church of Los Angeles USD 43

The Pregame

 Fri, 12 Dec at 06:00 pm 330 S Broadway Free

Fran Lebowitz at Wilshire Ebell Theatre

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:30 pm Wilshire Ebell Theatre

A Lunch and Book Presentation with Lidia Bastianich

 Tue, 27 Jan at 11:30 am Eataly Los Angeles USD 145

Sponsors & Vendors Wanted - Cultural Festival x Health Fair

 Sat, 21 Feb at 11:00 am 5801 Wilshire Blvd USD 10

MARTIN URBANO LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD!

 Sun, 08 Feb at 08:00 pm The Three Clubs USD 23

Vivian Tu signs WELL ENDOWED at B&N The Grove

 Mon, 09 Feb at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble The Grove USD 37

Passion of the Cut Sleeve: Galloping Into the Lunar New Year Show

 Fri, 13 Feb at 07:00 pm Plaza de la Raza Free

Los Angeles's Film, Media & Television Networking Event

 Wed, 04 Feb at 07:00 pm The Corner Door USD 16 to 21

REP CLUB PRESENTS: Tayari Jones @ the California African American Museum

 Thu, 26 Mar at 07:00 pm California African American Museum USD 0 to 36

Don Winslow discusses THE FINAL SCORE at B&N The Grove

 Mon, 26 Jan at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble The Grove USD 37

The Arroyo Comedy Club

 Wed, 21 Jan at 08:00 pm The Arroyo Club USD 23

Wine Cheese & Chocolate Valentine's Edition | Feb 14, 3:30pm in DTLA

 Sat, 14 Feb at 03:30 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 100

Wine Cheese & Chocolate Valentine's Edition | Feb 14, 7pm in DTLA

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 100

MC Yogi Concert

 Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm The Art of Living USD 39

The Wine and Taco Challenge | Jan 17 at DTLA Arts District

 Sat, 17 Jan at 07:00 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 100

Jennifer Niven discusses MEET THE NEWMANS at B&N The Grove

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble The Grove USD 37

Romantasy BookCon - Los Angeles 2026 - GENERAL TICKETS ON SALE 4/4/25

 Thu, 26 Feb at 03:00 pm The Biltmore Los Angeles

Wine Camp: An Introduction to Wine ™ | Sun, Feb 8th

 Sun, 08 Feb at 03:00 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 125 to 420

The Cabernet Taste Off: Brazilian Steakhouse Edition | M Grill - Jan 25th

 Sun, 25 Jan at 06:45 pm M Grill Brazilian Churrascaria USD 518

Kindness Wins Cruise 2026

 Sun, 08 Feb at 04:00 pm Los Angeles Free

Chaos Outside, Calm Within: A Saturday Morning Workshop for Parents

 Sat, 17 Jan at 09:30 am Neighborhood School USD 25 to 50

The Poetry Brothel LA: DEVOTION

 Sat, 14 Feb at 07:00 pm Sassafras Saloon USD 7 to 87

Oxy Live! with Robin Coste Lewis, Hosted by Alexandra Grant

 Tue, 10 Feb at 07:00 pm Thorne Hall Free

WINE FRIENDER "Bring-a-Bottle" Wine Social | FEB 13 at DTLA Arts District

 Fri, 13 Feb at 06:30 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 62 to 211

BOOK EVENT: The Body w/ Bethany C. Morrow & Tananarive Due

 Fri, 13 Feb at 07:00 pm Reparations Club USD 0 to 35

Los Angeles Television, Script & Film Festival

 Sat, 21 Feb at 02:00 pm Broadwater USD 7

Los Angeles CineFest

 Sun, 22 Feb at 12:00 pm Broadwater USD 7 to 20

Tom and Robert's Back Porch Blues

 Fri, 13 Feb at 07:30 pm Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center USD 0 to 11

Wine Camp: An Introduction to Wine ™ | Sun, Mar 15th

 Sun, 15 Mar at 03:00 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 125 to 420

How Two Centuries of Science Conquered Child Mortality

 Sun, 18 Jan at 11:00 am 2535 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90026

ARTIST TALK: INNER LANDSCAPES

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:00 pm Goethe-Institut Los Angeles Project Space Free

How Nina Simone Changed the World

 Fri, 23 Jan at 07:00 pm USC Newman Recital Hall Free

I'm CEO, Bitch

 Sat, 24 Jan at 06:00 pm Sorry, Not Sorry | Restaurant Free

I'm Ceo Bitch

 Sat, 17 Jan at 06:00 pm Sorry, Not Sorry | Restaurant Free

Hope On Union Open Mic

 Sat, 31 Jan at 06:30 pm 2216 S Union Ave Free

BROILER Residency: Mamie Green (VOLTA) "Dis-Order"

 Thu, 12 Feb at 08:00 pm Oracle Egg USD 13 to 20

Beach House Comedy Club | Playa del Rey

 Sat, 24 Jan at 08:00 pm 7053 Trolleyway S USD 23 to 34

Nina McConigley's HOW TO COMMIT A POSTCOLONIAL M**der w/ Priyanka Mattoo

 Sat, 31 Jan at 07:00 pm 18604 Ventura Blvd Free

Peter Tomka Presents Double Player

 Sat, 17 Jan at 03:00 pm ARTBOOK @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles Free

Ancient Civilizations & Our Spiritual Future

 Sat, 17 Jan at 05:00 pm The Aetherius Society, American Headquarters USD 15

Poet Whitney Hanson at The Regent Theater Los Angeles

 Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm The Regent Theater Los Angeles

A Desert Night in Venice, a party for artists to meet.

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm Saba Surf Cafe USD 16 to 18

Burns Night Celebration

 Sat, 24 Jan at 06:00 pm MacLeod Ale Brewing Co. USD 50

Luv&Laffs @ Leimert

 Fri, 23 Jan at 08:00 pm THE BARBARA MORRISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER USD 18

Dave Yaden - Analog

 Sat, 24 Jan at 06:30 pm 671 N Berendo St USD 39

Zin 'N' Out| Saturday, Jan 24 in DTLA Arts District

 Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 100 to 158

LearnAboutWine School JWE | Jan 26 - Mar 9 (6 Monday Sessions)

 Mon, 26 Jan at 06:30 pm Learnaboutwine Classroom USD 724

DATE CHANGE DUE TO -Jan 17th Update: Due MAJOR WATER LEAK in venue

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm Baldwin Hills Crenshaw USD 0 to 66

EMBRACE | Poems That Undress the Silence

 Thu, 19 Feb at 06:00 pm The Bank Ballroom USD 55 to 103

Meera Kahe

 Fri, 06 Mar at 07:30 pm Thayer Hall, Colburn School USD 0 to 50

Cherokee Wellness Workshop

 Sat, 24 Jan at 11:00 am Autry Museum of the American West Free

Actors Framework · Craft+Career TV/Film · On Camera · Group Workshop/FEB

 Mon, 02 Feb at 07:00 pm 2100 Beachwood Dr #209 USD 34 to 722

Marc Vetri in Conversation for The Pasta Book

 Sun, 18 Jan at 06:00 pm Now Serving USD 14 to 45

Algorythm+/ How Data and Storytelling Intertwine in the Age of AI

 Fri, 30 Jan at 07:00 pm Los Angeles USD 78 to 380

Unreliable Narrators | A Comedy & Reading Series

 Sun, 25 Jan at 07:30 pm nico's USD 10

¡Gente! A Reading & Panel Discussion with Chicana Authors

 Fri, 23 Jan at 07:30 pm Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center USD 0 to 11

Aly Dixon & Guess Who?

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe USD 18 to 23

Lisa Stuart and Rachel McCord discuss THE DRAMA DIET at B&N The Grove

 Wed, 11 Feb at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble The Grove USD 37

Becoming Ghost and We Were the Scenery: A Poetry Reading and Film Screening

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:30 pm Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center USD 0 to 11

LLS Orchestra: Debussy and Dvořák

 Sat, 21 Feb at 07:30 pm Our Mother of Good Counsel USD 39

14/48 Hollywood: The World's Quickest Theater Festival

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm The Broadwater - Home of Sacred Fools Theater Company USD 0 to 29

How To Really Escape The Matrix

 Sat, 07 Feb at 05:00 pm The Aetherius Society, American Headquarters USD 15

Sarah Shahi discusses LIFE IS LIFEY at B&N The Grove

 Thu, 15 Jan at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble The Grove USD 35

A Celebration of Life Lived in Love

 Sun, 18 Jan at 12:00 pm Philosophical Research Society Free

Educator Workshop | Engaging Students With Project-Based Learning

 Sat, 07 Feb at 09:00 am 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90007

Claire Hoffman discusses her new Aimee Semple McPherson bio Sister, Sinner

 Sat, 17 Jan at 01:00 pm Edendale Branch Library Free

Black History Month Performance and Community Event

 Sat, 31 Jan at 04:00 pm Forest Lawn

The Kitchen Remembers: Catching Doves

 Sat, 07 Feb at 06:00 pm Beat Garage LA USD 0 to 20

❤️Pakse: 21 Day- Free On-line Kundalini Energy Awakening Meditation

 Sun, 25 Jan at 08:45 am Virtual Free

Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and...

 Tue, 24 Feb at 07:00 pm Mark Taper Auditorium - Central Library USD 0 to 42

The Intersection of Art and Care: Patrisse Cullors and Prentis Hemphill with Rashida Bumbray

 Thu, 22 Jan at 06:30 pm University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, California 90089

Fowler Films: The Journey Within

 Wed, 28 Jan at 06:00 pm The Fowler Museum at UCLA Free

A Burns Night with The Scotch Malt Whisky Society - Los Angeles

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:00 pm Tam O'Shanter USD 119 to 162

Rudy Francisco Live in Los Angeles

 Thu, 15 Jan at 07:30 pm The Upstairs USD 29

Poetry in the Park with Picnic

 Sat, 17 Jan at 10:00 am Lake Hollywood Park USD 23 to 39

Firecracker Department Comedy Cafe

 Sun, 25 Jan at 05:30 pm Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe USD 18 to 23

Leave It on the Table: A Women Writers Workshop

 Thu, 22 Jan at 07:00 pm Autumn Flynn Art Paint Studio & Art Gallery USD 7

Palabras Literary Salon (January 2026 edition)

 Sun, 25 Jan at 02:00 pm Not There Gallery Free

THIS IS A (REP CLUB) BOOK CLUB

 Sun, 25 Jan at 10:00 am Reparations Club Free

Things That Aren’t There Anymore: A Tour of LA’s Vanished Places

 Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm Philosophical Research Society USD 22

Rooted to Rise

 Sat, 17 Jan at 12:00 pm The Plant Chica USD 30 to 35

Jokes Fantasy Everything

 Thu, 15 Jan at 09:30 pm Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe USD 18 to 23

L.A. Book Launch: E by Noa Micaela Fields

 Thu, 15 Jan at 07:30 pm Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center USD 0 to 11

Poetry Workshop with Romaine Washington at Campo de Cahuenga Museum

 Sat, 31 Jan at 12:00 pm Campo De Cahuenga Free

Maya Shankar & Jay Shetty discuss THE OTHER SIDE OF CHANGE at B&N The Grove

 Tue, 20 Jan at 07:00 pm Barnes & Noble The Grove Free

BOOK EVENT: The Macabre w/Kosoko Jackson & Dahlia De La Vega

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:00 pm Reparations Club USD 0 to 39

"Hottest Investing Trends for 2026"

 Sun, 01 Feb at 10:00 am IMAN CULTURAL CENTER - COMMUNITY ROOM Free

Somatic Grounding Workshop with Staci K. Haines

 Wed, 21 Jan at 12:00 pm Watt Hall (WAH), 108 Free

The Intersection of Art and Care

 Wed, 21 Jan at 06:30 pm Wong Conference Center (Harris Hall) Free

What Does it All Mean, What Does Any of This Mean? Why? How? Help!

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Philosophical Research Society USD 13

Impound Comics Booking Signing & Pop Up

 Sat, 21 Feb at 01:00 pm The Comic Den LLC Free

L.A. Book Launch: The Long Now Conditions Permit by Jami Macarty

 Sat, 24 Jan at 07:00 pm Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center USD 0 to 11

King Day Freedom Calls International Fashions from Around the World

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm Afro City Marketplace USD 0 to 82

Monthly Book Club - Orlando by Virginia Woolf

 Sun, 18 Jan at 01:00 pm Be Nice Have Fun Free

Narrative Time L.A.: 7-Week Winter Prose Writing Workshop

 Wed, 28 Jan at 06:30 pm Hollywood USD 75 to 375

No Boys Allowed

 Thu, 22 Jan at 09:30 pm Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe USD 18 to 23