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Empty Trash - LA Times Festival of Books Off-Site Edition

Thursday, April 18th @ 7pm

The Three Clubs, Hollywood

Starring:

Jennifer Baker

Hannah V. Sawyerr

Anna Dorn

Amanda Montell

Isle McElroy

Katya Apekina

Michelle Tea

Tracey Rose Peyton

Elizabeth Teets

Sarah Rose Etter

Hosted By:

Greg Mania & Jen Winston

Arts & Culture: Discussing The Gay Agenda

w/ Brontez Purnell, Danny Pellegrino, Rob Anderson & Greg Mania

Seeley G. Mudd 123

Sunday, Apr 21

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Event Description

Our very, very early holiday gift to you: a sure-to-be lively conversation about hilarious holiday hijinks, the “gay science” behind LGBTQ+ culture, myths, and stereotypes, and an inventive, energetic memoir-in-verse. These writers are also performers, as evidenced by their vivid, entertaining, theatrical skills in bringing their ideas and stories to life on the page.

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