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Fairfax BlvdLos Angeles, Ca 90036www.dapoetrylounge.com1st & 3rd TUESDAYS POETRY,7:15pmTuesday Night Café Project120 Judge John Aiso StLos Angeles, CA 90012www.tnkat.orgWEDNESDAY OPEN MIC, 8pmVelvet Guerilla CabaretUnUrban C<strong>of</strong>feehouse3301 Pico Blvd.Santa Monica, CA 90405www.velvetguerilla.comWEDNESDAY WORLD STAGELITERARY SERIES OPEN MIC,9:05pmAnasi Writer’s WorkshopWorld Stage4344 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CAwww.theworldstage.org1st SUNDAY FREEOPEN READINGS(except Aug., Sept., Jan.), 5pmBeyond Baroque681 Venice Blvd.Venice, CA 90291www.beyondbaroque.orgART - WORKSHOPSPAINTLAB2912 Main St.Santa Monica, CA 90405www.paintlab.netLOS ANGELES ARTASSOCIATIONWednesday Drawing Workshop atthe Lynn Studio, 7:30pmSanta Fe Art Colony2349 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Studio CLos Angeles, CAwww.laaa.orgTEALE STREETSCULPTURE STUDIO11847 Teale StreetCulver City, CA 90230www.tealestreetsculpturestudio.comDESIGN AND COLLAGEWORKSHOPSWest Los Angeleswww.mitzitrachtenberg.comLOS ANGELES CENTER FORDIGITAL ART107 West Fifth StreetLos Angeles, CA 90013www.lacda.comTHE JULIA DEANPHOTO WORKSHOPS801 Ocean Front Walk,Studio 8Venice, CA 90291www.juliadean.comMore Resources forArtist Groups & Workshops:www.veniceartcenter.comwww.artschools.comTo have your group, workshop, or reading listed in Forth, please email us at editor@forthmagazine.com!FABLE. Continued from p. 5wards so his heart can read it. Morton imaginescrawling inside the man’s lonely ribcageand from the inside, next to his heart, he seesthe name: Bianca. Connecting the dots, hecrosses sign #2 <strong>of</strong>f his invisible list, althoughhe’s now faced with having to find her.His favorite crime thriller writer, LouisBayard, is giving a talk tonight on his newbook, The School <strong>of</strong> Night, at The LawrenceAsher Gallery in Beverly Hills. He heard Louisis one <strong>of</strong> the few unaffected by amnesia, buteither way, it’s worth the risk; Louis wouldn’tforget what’s already been written. At the gallery,whilst looking at himself in a mirror, henotices ACNAIB reflecting from behind him,barely in view. Turning around in haste, hewalks over to a visually arresting installationpiece- a featured landscape made from coloredpencils, product packaging, adhesives and maptacks, to find none other than Bianca Kolonusz-Partee’ssignature on the bottom righthandcorner. He finds the artist in the crowdand explains the series <strong>of</strong> events that have ledhim here, to be standing right in front <strong>of</strong> her.Bianca discloses what she believes to be thecause he’s been searching for. As it turns out,Cooley is allegedly behind an elephant salivatraffickingscam, pocketing more money thanwhat he could get if the laws were reversed.The natural laws <strong>of</strong> supply and demand, sheexplains. The room now redolent <strong>of</strong> weed asthe two share notes, trying not to breathe intoo much.Morton quickly learns the following keyfacts: the city has been covertly selling elephantmemory on the black-market for anaudacious fee. Cooley has been using the zooas a cover for trafficking these elephants intothe city, using and disposing them one by one.Billy, the longest-lasting elephant to date, hasproven to be a valuable resource as his memorydepletes at snail’s pace in comparison. Affluentcustomers are told through the grapevine thatrubbing fresh Elephant saliva in a slow, circularmotion on one’s head cures amnesia. Soldas “Elephant Ram juice,” the cellular componentsin the saliva are believed to stimulate thehippocampus; the fastest route for absorptionbeing through the head.Outraged by the sexual nature with whichthe “Elephant Ram Juice” is extracted and applied,Bianca and Morton jump in the PinkBus and head towards the zoo. Picking upmore trash along the way, Bianca assemblesscraps, wrappers and tin into artwork in theback. After summoning help from all themembers <strong>of</strong> Truckers Against Elephant Trafficking,support was not light. Hundreds <strong>of</strong>18-wheelers begin to break through the lockedgates at the zoo to rescue the tortured animals.Witnessing the act as each long-necked giraffe,cuddly wombat, hissing hyena and kind-eyedelephant cram into the trucks, Morton realizeshe’s stumbled upon sign #3: Noah. Smilingrichly like the Cheshire Cat, he dusts <strong>of</strong>f hishands as a bona-fide crime detective.The next morning, as the smog settles onceagain along the LA skyline, the unsuspectingzookeepers arrive to find thousands <strong>of</strong> art installationsin each cage, where Billy and hisfriends stood just hours before. Each statuemagnificently sculpted and poised as if it werethe animal itself. Looking in awe at a sea <strong>of</strong>energetic, bright colors, decoupaged fabricson wood and bedazzled eyes <strong>of</strong> rhinestone, thezookeepers and visitors notice nothing out <strong>of</strong>the ordinary, simply because they couldn’t rememberthe difference.
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