http://www.storiesla.com Books n Coffee n Stuff Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:43:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WEDS. MAY 20; 10:30am:    StoryTimeFunLand  with Daniel, Hayley and Mindy: Interactive kids’ story and music hour for anyone who loves their ABC’s and the buzz-buzz-Bumblebee.    Casual, fun atmosphere for toddlers and the people who keep their hands clean.  FRIDAY, May 22, 8pm:  Poetry curated by Rafael Alvarado Black & Tan  presents JUDI SMOLKER ... http://www.storiesla.com/2009/05/15/calendar-of-events/ The Bluegrass is the same The Place is the same The good time is the same... just make sure you have the correct date ! join us this Saturday, MAY 16 for the party ! http://www.storiesla.com/2009/05/15/water-tower-bucket-boys-will-be-with-us-this-saturday-may-16/ http://www.storiesla.com/2009/05/09/104/ Join on us for what we hope will become a semi-regular summer series with music and storytelling. Tonight, it's bluegrass from Portland, Oregon's The Watertower Bucket Boys "It sounds like a bluegrass/old-time fusion mit cajones. Bluegrass music anymore tends to be massively over-produced, slicker than an Escalade's paint job, excruciatingly boring, exponentially ... http://www.storiesla.com/2009/05/09/sat-may-17-7pm-campfire-chronicles-stories-patio-bluegrass-storytelling/ JERRY STAHL reads and signs from his new novel, "PAIN KILLERS" From the “brilliantly demented” author of Permanent Midnight and I, Fatty comes a novel of American Nazis, Born-again Porn, Secret Pharmaceuticals, Felonious Love and One Very Disturbing German Jerry Stahl earned a cult following with his gritty and fearless memoir, Permanent Midnight, a ... http://www.storiesla.com/2009/04/21/thurs-april-23-730pm-jerry-stahl/ Weds, April 22, 7:30pm NOBODY ROCKS PRESS  LAUNCH PARTY FOR  CULT CLASSIC  "The Last Stand of Mr America" by Jason Williams-Flroes. WWW.NOBODYROCKS.COM Nobody Rocks is the first alternative press to publish novels for the Kindle and Sony Reader. "Jason Flores-Williams is a literary force of nature...a train wreck of genius." San Francisco Chronicle. ... http://www.storiesla.com/2009/04/15/jason-flores-williams-reading-april-22-2009-730pm/   STORIES CALENDAR as of Saturday, March 29, 2009   WE’LL BE OPEN AT 8AM STARTING MON March 30. Gourmet espresso coffee made from Cafecito Organico beans, fresh bagels and other things to wake you up. Please enter thru alleyway between Logan & Lemoyne   Upcoming events: Every Friday: FRIDAY NIGHT KNITS; Tina Marin and Michelle ... http://www.storiesla.com/2009/03/28/april-flowers-may-stories/ http://www.storiesla.com/2009/02/24/82/ click on link! stories-narrow-books-event-flyer1 http://www.storiesla.com/2009/02/23/narrowbookshorsethieveseathell/ Dominic Priori signing To celebrate the release of "Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom"  and the growing popularity of Priore's "Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood" (Jawbone Press, London, 2007), the brand-new Stories book store in Echo Park will ... http://www.storiesla.com/2009/02/14/pop-surf-culture-and-surf-sounds-sat-feb-21-6pm/