OPEN PRESS 2016: October 21, 22 & 23

Open Press is a medium to extend the work of the writer, editor, and curator, to instigate new channels of reciprocity among those interested and engaged in what might constitute the literary at any given time. Over the course of three days, Open Press 2016 will feature roundtables, readings, panels, performances, a moveable book fair, and more in various locations across the Los Angeles area.

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hosts:
The Poetic Research Bureau, eohippus labs, ENTROPY, & Insert Blanc Press. 

guest presses & projects:
Wonder, KRUPSKAYA, Les Figues Press, Hex Presse, Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs, DUM DUM Zine, Primrose Press, Econo Textual Objects, Copilot Press, ypolita press, MONDO BUMMER, Outside Gallery, Phoneme Media, Tripwire, Círculo de Poesía, Valparaiso Editions, Unnamed Press, Rebel Hands Press, Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, The Unwrinkled Ear. 

people:
Stephanie Sauer, Raquel Gutiérrez, Tia Blassingame, Carrie Hunter, Amy Berkowitz, Amanda Ackerman, Harold Abramowitz, Andrea Quaid, Michelle Detorie, Brenda Iijima, Taleen Kali, Teresa Carmody, Janice Lee, Ben Fama, Syd Staiti, Trisha Low, Lauren Levin, Kim Calder, Joseph Mosconi, Andrew Maxwell, Mathew Timmons, Greg Curtis, David Shook, Roberto Castillo, Mijail Lamas, Olivia Taylor Smith, Jeremy Kennedy, j. shelley harrison, mark rice, Guan Rong, Eric Kim, Andrew Choate, Kathleen Kim, Brian Griffith, Monica McClure, Sun Araw, Aaron Beasley.

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Friday October 21 from 7-12 pm at Insert Blanc Press 
2806 1/2 Lincoln Park Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90031 

Insert Blanc Press & Outside Gallery are located around the corner and adjacent to the backhouse at 2806 1/2 Lincoln Park Ave., a more accurate yet fictitious address would be 3613 Pomona St., Los Angeles, CA 90031. 

Insert Blanc Press and Outside Gallery present 

• Greg Curtis: Step & Repeat - 7pm
• Performances readings and translation - 8:00 pm w/ Phoneme Media: David Shook, Roberto Castillo, Anthony Seidman; Tripwire: David Buuck; Círculo de Poesía & Valparaiso Editions: Mijail Lamas & Sergio Eduardo Cruz
• Performances, readings and the archives - 9:00 pm w/ Unnamed Press: Debbie Graber; Rebel Hands Press: Jeremy Kennedy, j. shelley harrison, Mark Rice; Los Angeles Contemporary Archive: Kelman Duran
• Performances, vocalizations and improvisation - 10:00 pm w/ The Unwrinkled Ear: Andrew Choate, Brian James Griffith, Kathleen Kim, and Sun Araw

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Saturday October 22 from 1-3 pm @ Ave 50 Studio 
131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042 

• eohippus labs will be hosting a panel that wishes to ask how publishing is an act of writing with Raquel Gutiérrez of Econo-Textual Objects, Stephanie Sauer of Copilot Press, Tia Blassingame of Primrose Press, Carrie Hunter of ypolita press, and Amy Berkowitz of MONDO BUMMER! -- Panel will be moderated by Andrea Quaid.
• Food Intermission: Food & drinks & delicious edibles, catered by SOO N Food!

Saturday October 22 from 3:30-5:30 pm @ Ave 50 Studio 131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042 

• Entropy will be hosting a panel on interspecies communication with Brenda Iijima of Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, Teresa Carmody of Les Figues Press, Taleen Kali of DUM DUM Zine, & Michelle Detorie of Hex Presse.

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Sunday October 23 from 11 am-2 pm @ Poetic Research Bureau 951 Chung King Rd. Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 90012 

The Poetic Research Bureau hosts 
Krupskaya Press 
& Wonder Press 

"Wonder & Krupskaya Eat Dim Sum Together.” 

• Films by Syd Staiti
• IRL Live podcast with Ben Fama and Monica McClure, with Trisha Low and Joseph Mosconi
• Reading by Lauren Levin
• Dim sum will be provided.

Sunday October 23 from 4pm-7pm @ Poetic Research Bureau
951 Chung King Rd. Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Open Press hosts "A Finale Reading.”

Readings from:

• David Shook
• Anthony Seidman
• Guan Rong
• Monica McClure
• Trisha Low
• Brenda Iijima
• Sergio Eduardo Cruz
• Kim Calder
• Amy Berkowitz
• Aaron Beasley
• more TBA