{"id":294867,"date":"2025-02-11T20:35:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/culver-city-book-festival-returns-february-22\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T20:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:35:32","slug":"culver-city-book-festival-returns-february-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/culver-city-book-festival-returns-february-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Culver City Book Festival Returns February 22"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The February 22 Culver City Book Festival event will highlight authors, small-press publishers and literary nonprofits.<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Culver City Book Festival<\/strong>\u00a0will return on\u00a0Saturday, February 22, from 10 AM to 5 PM<\/strong>. The event is FREE<\/strong> and open to everyone, and will highlight the work of local authors, publishers, journals, and literary nonprofits. A partnership between\u00a0Culver City Arts Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0Village Well Books & Coffee<\/a>,\u00a0El Martillo Press<\/a>,\u00a0Beyond Baroque<\/a>, the\u00a0Wende Museum<\/a> and the City of Culver City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event takes place on site at the\u00a0Wende Museum, 10808 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis festival is intended to be accessible to and inclusive of the many creative voices in our community,\u201d says Village Well Books & Coffee founder and owner Jennifer Caspar. Village Well is an independent bookstore and caf\u00e9 located in downtown Culver City, opened in 2020.\u00a0 \u201cWe are delighted to be the organizers for this year\u2019s festival, which gathers and channels the energy of this very creative community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In addition to tables exhibiting the work of local presses, there will be panels on a variety of topics including:\u00a0<\/h6>\n

\u25cf\u00a0\u201cImmigration Then Today & Tomorrow\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0with Jason de Le\u00f3n\u00a0(2024 National Book Award Winner for Nonfiction, 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow), Natalia Molina\u00a0(USC Professor of History, 2020 MacArthur Foundation Fellow), and Jesse Katz\u00a0(Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author), moderated by Gustavo Arellano\u00a0(Pulitzer Prize-winning LA Times columnist and author)<\/p>\n

\u25cf\u00a0\u201cThe Truth Genre Tells\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0with fantasy and horror writers Olivie Blake, Chuck Tingle, Philip Fracassi, Sarah Langan, Liz Kerin, and CJ Leede, moderated by author and Village Well bookseller Colin Hinckley\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cf A conversation on\u00a0Altadena\u2019s history as a community for Black artists<\/strong>, convened by Beyond Baroque\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cf\u00a0Creative activities<\/strong>\u00a0for all ages \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cf\u00a0Zine-Making\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25cf\u00a0Kids activities<\/strong>
\u25cb Storytimes w\/ Seth Fishman and Nell Cross Beckerman\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cb Collage-making w\/ Shira Sergant\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cb Origami w\/ Joel Stern\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cb Cardboard makerspace with reDiscover Center\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u25cb Kids yoga with Zooga Yoga\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exhibitors will include literary organizations such as 826LA, What Books Press, Heavy Manners Library, Angel City Press, X Artists\u2019 Press Books, WriteOn!, and more.<\/p>\n

For more information and current list of participants and activities, email:\u00a0bookfest@villagewell.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Culver City Book Festival<\/strong>\u00a0is a partnership between Culver City Arts Foundation, Village Well Books & Coffee, El Martillo Press, the Wende Museum, Beyond Baroque, and the City of Culver City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Village Well Books & Coffee <\/a><\/strong>is the only independent general interest bookstore in Culver City and carries 15,000 titles in all formats and genres. The store hosts a variety of literary events, community gatherings, and artistic workshops and programs. The caf\u00e9 serves healthy drinks, snacks and meals, including beer and wine. Located in the heart of downtown Culver City across from City Hall and the Kirk Douglas Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Culver City Arts Foundation<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a local nonprofit founded to boost the creative culture of Culver City. Through fiscal grants, program supports, and creative networking opportunities, CCAF supports an engaged community that values a thriving arts culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Wende<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a Culver City-based art museum, cultural center, and archive of the Cold War that preserves history and brings it to life through exhibitions, scholarship, education, and community engagement.<\/p>\n

El Martillo Press<\/strong><\/a>, founded by Matt Sedillo and David A. Romero, publishes writers whose pens strike the page with clear intent; words with purpose to pry apart assumed norms and to hammer away at injustice. El Martillo was Launched in Los Angeles with a diverse group of celebrated and hardworking writers who embody its working-class intellectual spirit.<\/p>\n

Beyond Baroque<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is an arts center whose mission is to advance the public awareness of and involvement in the literary arts; to provide a challenging program of events which promotes new work and diversity; to foster a place in the community for the exchange of challenging ideas and the nurturing of new work; to support writers through readings, workshops, books sales, publication, access to archived material and performance space; to encourage collaboration and cross-fertilization between writers and artists in multiple disciplines with the goal of producing mixed media art; to use the literary arts as a foundation for increasing education and literacy in our community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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