Some Upcoming Major Readings

Beyond Baroque

Old Venice City Hall, 681 Venice Blvd.; (310) 822-3006.

Admission: $6 non-members, $3 members, students & seniors.

Readings Friday evenings.

* Nov. 1: Harold Brodkey.

Chateau Marmont

8221 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood; (213) 472-4533.

Poetry Society of America, West readings: The Act of the Poet.

Free admission. Actors select their own programs; poets read from their own works.

* Oct. 27: Helen Shaver, Alberto Rios.

* Nov. 17: Joe Spano, Timothy Steele.

* Dec. 15: Alfre Woodard, David St. John.

* Jan. 26: David Dukes, Carol Muske.

Getty Museum/KCRW

17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.

Admission: $12.50 through TicketMaster (213) 480-3232; KCRW information: 450-5183.

Symphony Space’s Selected Shorts: A celebration of the short story. Noted writers read by distinguished actors. Live performances of programs to be broadcast in November on KCRW.

* Oct. 25, 26 and 27: 14 authors, including Heinrich Boll, Sandra Cisneros, Harry Mark Petrakis, Andrea Barrett; actors include Linda Lavin, Ed Asner, Bonnie Bedelia, Christina Pickles.

Lannan Foundation programs at Pacific Design Center

8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood

Tickets: $5; seniors, students $2.50. Theatix (213) 466-1767.

Readings followed by conversations with the author

* Today: Seamus Heaney

* Nov. 19: Maurice Sendak

* Dec. 3: Mark Strand

Los Angeles City College

855 N. Vermont Blvd., Los Angeles; (213) 669-4232.

Free admission.

City Works readings.

* Oct. 22 and 23: Wanda Coleman, Austin Straus

* Dec. 9: Sandra Cisneros

MET Theater

1089 Oxford Ave., Los Angeles.

Tickets: $12; 2 for $20 through (213) 660-TKTS.

* Tuesdays, Wednesdays through November: Authors reading include Barry Gifford, Fran Lebowitz, Denis Johnson, Bruce Wagner, Hubert Selby Jr. Authors being read include Patricia Highsmith, Don Delillo, Louise Erdrich, Ann Beattie. Actors reading include Holly Hunter, Laura San Giacomo, Ed Begley Jr., Darrell Larson, Richard Masur, Forrest Whitaker.