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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS:
--by
Laurel Ann Bogen
1.
What Is It?
The
Big Picture, a convocation of poets.
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2.
When Is It?
Sunday,
April 7 from 2-5 p.m. Remember that Daylight Savings Time begins
on that day, starting at midnight. Set your clock ahead before
turning in on Saturday night, or you will be late!!!
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3.
Where Is It?
On
the front lawn of Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice
Blvd. Venice, CA (between Lincoln Blvd. and the Pacific Ocean).
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4.
What Is Beyond Baroque?
Beyond
Baroque Literary/Arts Center is a grass-roots non-profit foundation
which has been a hub for literary activity since 1968. It is home
to the Venice Poetry Workshop, the longest run poetry workshop in
Southern California, a world-class reading series, writing, literature
and performance classes, a bookstore, a gallery and the Beyond Baroque
Archive, containing collections of poetry, anthologies, literary
magazines, ephemera from Southern California writers dating back
to the 1940's.
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5.
Why Are We Doing This?
To
document the depth and breadth of Southern California's Poetry Community
with a group photograph and to add books, chapbooks and ephemera
to the Beyond Baroque Archive, the largest independent literary
archive in California.
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6.
What Does It Cost?
The event is a pot luck, the only (optional) fee is a contribution
to the communal table, there is no fee to be photographed. Voluntary
donations to support the expenses of the event or Beyond Baroque,
however, will be cheerfully accepted.
More
pot luck information can be found on the Sponsors page. Click
here to go there!
Please
DO NOT BRING ALCOHOL to this event!
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7.
Where Do I Park?
We STRONGLY suggest that participants car pool
to the event or arrange to be dropped off and picked up. Parking
is difficult in Venice at the best, but we have secured access to
the City Parking Lot immediately west of the Venice Beach
Library on Venice Blvd (at Dell Street, about half a mile west of
Beyond Baroque), and we are being given a generous discount rate
of $3.00 per car (providing you display the parking pass we will
provide via PDF for download); parking in that lot normally runs
about $10.00! We have been told, completely off the record, that
if you park in the Great Western Bank lot on Venice Blvd. at Milwood,
your car will NOT be towed (parking is not policed there on Sundays).
There is some street parking near Beyond Baroque, and in the small
lot to the east. We'll keep you posted as we continue to work on
this.
Additionally,
we will have a shuttle van (piloted by the plucky Beth Black)
that will pick up poets from the Venice/Dell parking lot and other
designated spots to help get the poets to and from Beyond Baroque.
Check
back on the front page of this site one week prior to the event,
we will have a printable PDF file with a map, a parking pass for
your dashboard, and list of available parking options.
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8.
Food/Potluck Info?
Please contact Erika Abbot by e-mail at AnnAbbot@aol.com
or by voicemail at (866) 510-6561 x5320. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
More
pot luck information can be found on the Sponsors page. Click
here to go there!
Please
DO NOT BRING ALCOHOL to this event!
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9.
Who Can Participate?
The
event is open to published poets.
Contact Amelie Frank if you have any questions about participation.
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10.
What Should I Bring?
Please
bring a copy of your publication to add to the archive and food
or non-alcoholic drink, if possible.
Please
DO NOT BRING ALCOHOL to this event!
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11.
What Is The Schedule?
As
follows:
- 12:30
to 2:00 p.m. – Volunteers set up.
- 2:00
p.m. – Check in, registration, donation of chapbooks, books
and ephemera, food, general hobnobbing of participants, some brief
words delivered by attending elected officials.
- 3:00
p.m. – The photograph is taken
- 4:00
p.m. – More hobnobbing and Gallery opening of Mark Savage's
photographs of Los Angeles' poets.
- 5:00
– 6:00 p.m. – Participants go gently into that good
night.
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12.
If I Was There, How Do I Get A Copy Of The Print?
Contact Mark Savage at marksavagaphoto@aol.com
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13.
Will There Be An Open Reading?
Alas,
no.
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14.
How Many Poets Are Expected?
Between
200-400.
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