To celebrate the paperback launch of Jade Chang's What a Time to be Alive, we invite you to an experimental evening, curated by the author.

Think of it as a marketplace of experiences, with some of your favorite LA artists and writers offering one-one-one interactions, in exchange for a secret or a song. (Other forms of non-governmental currency also accepted.)

A few things you’ll find:

- A Flower Machine

- Venn Diagrams for your existential crisis

- Flash Embroidery

- A Confrontational Sandwich Bar

and more!

What will happen? How will it feel? Will you fall in love?

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(But maybe.)

What does it have to do with the book?

What a Time to be Alive is a year in the life of Lola Treasure Gold. It is about nighttime in LA and how we commodify grief and how it feels when your friends get famous and the modern-day guru circuit and love and music and why we believe in the things we believe in. It’s also about how money is not the only currency and how anything might change the direction of your life.

Join us!

Note: Buy a paperback for a turn at the confrontational sandwich bar. For all other interactions, please bring something to trade. It can be a favorite object, a found token, a piece of gossip, an original and irrefutable theory, a hat, etc.