WeHo Reads: Voices of Transformation

The City of West Hollywood's Arts Division delivers a broad array of arts programs including: Art on the Outside (temporary public art), Arts Grants for Nonprofit Arts Organizations, City Poet Laureate Program, Free Theatre in the Parks, Human Rights Speaker Series, Library Exhibits and Programming, One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival, Summer Sounds, Urban Art Program (permanent public art), WeHo Reads, and Winter Sounds. More info at www.weho.org/arts or on social media at @WeHoArtsLEARN MORE:www.weho.org/artswww.weho.org/pridewww.weho.org/wehoreads

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To achieve transformation, we must first imagine it. Four authors share visions of life, death, and sublime and horrific moments in between.

West Hollywood Library

WeHo Reads 2025

In 2025, WeHo Reads explores the potential for literary arts to act as a transformative force in the pursuit of social justice.

WeHo Reads: Voices of TransformationWednesday, October 8, 2025 | 6:30–8 p.m. PTIn Person: West Hollywood Library Community Room, 625 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 Free, RSVP Requested To achieve transformation, we must first imagine it. The fall season of WeHo Reads 2025 begins with four authors summoning their powers of creativity and advocacy. The participating writers will share expansive visions of life, death, and all the sublime and horrific moments in between. This event brings together poets and authors with queer and marginalized perspectives on the transformative power of literature. Featuring: Gina Rae Duran, interdisciplinary artist, trauma-informed educator, and editor of The White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness anthology, forthcoming from FlowerSong Press; Carlos Allende, educator and author of Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love and Love, or the Witches of Windward Circle; Myriam Gurba, activist and author of several books including Poppy State: A Labyrinth of Plants and a Story of Beginnings; and Dan López, editor and author of The Show House, named a Best Book of 2016 by Chicago Review of Books, and Part the Hawser, Limn the Sea. West Hollywood City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng will open the event with the reading of a poem. Additional information:<ul><li>Free Parking. Attendees may park in the 5-story Public/Park Parking Structure at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd</li><li>Content warning: This program may contain explicit language or content.</li></ul>