I'll be reading from my opium den memoir coming out NOW in SLAKE this Sat., Jan. 22nd, 7pm, at Track 16 Gallery. There will be other readers AND incredible art from SLAKE visual contributors, including my and Barnacle's very own Devri Richmond. FULL INFO BELOW!
FROM SLAKE:
This Weekend: Slake No. 2 Launch Party!
Dear friends,
Readings, art, music, drinks, Slake No. 2 … and whoopie pies!
All these—and you—will come together to celebrate the release of Slake: Los Angeles No. 2, “Crossing Over,” on Saturday. We received an early shipment last week, and we’ll have a sales table at the party so you can be among the first in L.A. to see the new book!
When: Saturday, January 22, 7 p.m. (readings begin at 8)
Where: Track 16 Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
If you haven’t already, please RSVP at Slake.la so we can know how many beautiful faces to expect.
Readers will include: Hank Cherry, James Greer, Rachel Resnick, Sam Slovick, Yxta Maya Murray, Joseph Mattson, Laurie Wheeler, John Albert, Mary Woronov, Amy Scattergood, Matt Fleischer
Original art available for sale by: Michelle Pullman, Arlie John Carstens, C.R. Stecyk III, Matjames, Mary Woronov, Ingrid Allen, Elisa Linda Saether, Sage Vaughn, Dan Peterka, Alex Bacon, Anne Fishbein, Kelly Fajak, Shannon Donnelly, Johannes Spalt, Elyse Pignolet, Len Burge
DJ sets by: Justin Warfield of She Wants Revenge
$5 food menu by: Border Grill
Cocktails by: Sino Tequila
Whoopie pies by: Baking Whoopie
(Special thanks to Europane Bakery, ANTI- Records, and the Hammer Museum.)
