This year’s Lit Crawl® L.A is scheduled for Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
For the FIFTH consecutive year, thousands of literary arts lovers from throughout Southern California are expected to converge in the North Hollywood Arts District for one night of “literary mayhem.” As you might recall, Lit Crawl is a choose-your-own literary adventure experience featuring dozens of restaurants, theaters, galleries, bars, and other unique venues hosting literary events over the course of three rounds.
–Over 40 presenters including readings series, lit journals, performance groups, local presses and more are hosting events at 36+ locations across the NoHo Arts District! Held in three 45-minute rounds, this progressive literary night is a chance to dine, explore, and stroll while enjoying readings and performances
–3,500 guests are expected at this year’s Crawl, which will feature hundreds of writers, the Los County Library’s Bookmobile, and the Los Angeles Public Library’s Library Store on Wheels. Guests are strongly encouraged to Go Metro to Lit Crawl L.A! (For more information on Metro services to this event, visit www.metro.net.)
From readings to performances, the 5th annual Lit Crawl L.A. will be an unforgettable—and entirely walkable— experience
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Lit Crawl L.A. is held in three 45-minute “rounds” plus an Opening Program and Closing Party. Guests can choose to attend just one event each round or “crawl” from event to event.
Lit Crawl Dogs
The most current Lit Crawl L.A. schedule is below and online at www.LitCrawlLA.org.
(Find all the details on who is reading/speaking where on the website- www.LitCrawlLA.org. Otherwise, this post would be about 4 pages long!)
OPENING WELCOME
Groundworks/Historic North Hollywood Train Station Plaza, 11275 Chandler Blvd.
6:00PM Opening Program and Poet Laureate Parade
* 7:00PM Round One
* 8:00PM Round Two
* 9:00PM Round Three
* 10:00PM Closing “Speak-Easy” hosted by Amazon Studios
The Eclectic, sponsored by Amazon Studios, 5303 Lankershim Blvd.
ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR PRESENTATIONS at:
MakMo Van| County of Los Angeles Library
ROUND ONE: 7 PM
iLead North Hollywood | Poets 4 Progress
CLOSING PARTY
The Eclectic, sponsored by Amazon Studios, 5303 Lankershim Blvd.
Rounds 1 and 3, [on the street].
A few of the outstanding collection of 200 writers and artists participating in the 2017 Crawl include:
actor/writer and Desert Storm veteran, Mark Valley (Angel City Review);
poet, actor, and teacher Jeremy Radin (Always Sunny in Philadelphia);
novelist and screenwriter Laurie Stevens (Autumn Dreams; Time Trax);
writer, screenwriter, and author Emily R. Clark (Voodoo Kitchen, Inside the Grace, Missing Lunch, PinkCity, Superstitious Man);
Joseph Henry Jackson award-winner Alyss Dixson;
KPFK 90.7 FM’s: “Think Outside the Cage” producer, playwright, and actor Jesse Bliss;
Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director Diane Rodriguez;
author Gretchen McNeil, whose film adaptation of Ten starring China Anne McClain (Descendants 2, Black Lightning) and Rome Flynn (The Bold and the Beautiful)
premieres later this year;
producer and actor Kevin Mangold (Silver Spoons, Saved by the Bell, Seabiscuit);
three-time Moth GrandSLAM Champion and Emmy winner Cole Kazdin;
screenwriter Robert Payne Cabeen (Heavy Metal 2000, A Monkey’s Tale, and Walking with Buddha);
poet and performance artist Linda Ravenswood;
sci-fi young adult author Allison Rose (Tick series);
Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction winner Mary Kuryla; and more!
About the Lit Crawl
The Lit Crawl originated in 2004 as part of Litquake, San Francisco’s Literary Festival, which is tremendously popular and to this day attracts thousands of guests, annually. San Francisco’s Litquake literary festival runs every October with affiliated Lit Crawls in San Francisco, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Austin, Iowa City, Seattle, London, Helsinki, Portland, Chicago, Denver and Cheltenham.
Lit Crawl L.A. is presented by the Los Angeles Literary Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit corporation and is also a project of the Litquake Foundation
Lit Crawl LA’s Major Sponsors include:
Amazon Studios,
Kaiser Permanente (Official Walking sponsor),
Knitting Factory Entertainment,
Poets & Writers, Inc.,
Mid-Town North Hollywood Neighborhood Council,
Laemmle Theatres.
Lit Crawl L.A. is also made possible in part by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs and with the support of Community Partners.
Presenting partners include:
The NoHo Arts District Business Improvement District,
Los Angeles City Council District 2,
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs,
Community Partners,
Los Angeles Public Library,
County of Los Angeles Public Library
Lit Crawl’s Media Partner is: NoHoArtsDistrict.com
Lit Crawl L.A. is the official Los Angeles affiliate of the Global Lit Crawl series which takes place in 15 cities including San Francisco, New York, Austin, Iowa City, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Denver, Boston, Minneapolis, Cheltenham, England, Wellington, NZ, Kells, Ireland, and Helsinki.
For more information on Metro services to this event, visit www.metro.net.
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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