Reading by Moonrise

April, National Poetry Month, will herald our spring return of Reading by Moonrise with a program curated by Ivanna Baranova, Co-Director of the Poetic Research Bureau and author of Threshold (Inpatient Press, 2024) and Continuum (Metatron Press, 2023). This installment will foreground the work of Los Angeles-based poets and luminaries beneath the sycamore grove in Los Angeles State Historic Park, hedged by landscapes of a city whose resiliency and enduring creativity shine as twin stars alongside a rising pink moon.

Save the date to join us. More details coming soon.

Saturday, April 12, 2025
4:00–6:00 PM
Los Angeles State Historic Park
1501 N Spring Street

This event is free and open to the public. Clockshop suggests a $5 donation to help support our free public programs.

ABOUT THE CURATOR
Ivanna Baranova is a poet and artist from the Pacific Northwest, living in Los Angeles, working across language, sound, image, and movement. She is Co-Director of The Poetic Research Bureau and former Creative Communications Coordinator of The Poetry Project. Recent books include Threshold (Inpatient Press, 2024) and Continuum (Metatron Press, 2023).

ABOUT CLOCKSHOP
Clockshop works with artists to deepen the connection between communities and public land, in order to build a shared vision of a future based in belonging and care. As a Los Angeles-based arts and culture nonprofit, Clockshop produces free public programming and commissions contemporary artist projects on public land to better connect Angelenos to the land we live on. We bring this mission to our work at Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown and the Bowtie in Northeast LA, in collaboration with California State Parks. 

REFRESHMENTS BY
Gu Grocery is a Chinese Taiwanese pop-up concept rooted in family recipes and traditional flavors, known for their savory picnic sets and large selection of baked goods featuring fun, seasonal, and local Californian ingredients.

ACCESSIBILITY
Arrival
Los Angeles State Historic Park is located at 1501 N Spring Street, directly adjacent to Chinatown and the Metro A Line. Follow the dirt path around the perimeter of the main lawn of the park to the northeast. Clockshop’s welcome table will be in view once you reach the boardwalk overlooking the wetland area.
Parking
There is paid parking at 1501 N Spring Street, the main parking lot of the park, at $2/hour, up to $8 daily. The park will open the dirt overflow parking lot directly in front of the main parking lot which is free and first come, first served. There is also free street parking around the park. Please avoid parking near residential homes on the east side of Main Street and give yourself plenty of time to park and walk over!

Restrooms
There are several all-gender public restrooms and portapotties on site.

SUPPORT
Reading by Moonrise is generously supported by Accelerate Resilience Los Angeles (ARLA).