View the Shepard Fairey & Jonathan Lethem discussion about the politics and legacy of John Carpenter’s They Live

Check out the conversation that followed the Dirty Opera screening of John Carpenter’s They Live at The Claremont 5 Laemmle in California. Should you have read Lethem’s treatise on the film or heard Fairey discuss the film in relation to his art, this roundtable offers yet other ins and angles to both of them and …

Shepard Fairey & Jonathan Lethem Tickets for screening of They Live have sold out

The Dirty Opera screening at The Claremont Laemmle 5 on Tuesday April 29th at 7:30 PM of John Carpenter’s They Live has sold out. After the screening, Jonathan Lethem & Shepard Fairey will be joining us for a Q&A about the film. In the event that any ticket do open up, you can check here, …

Dirty Opera presents a screening of They Live with Jonathan Lethem and Shepard Fairey

Thrilled to announce news of the non-profit Dirty Opera that Dimitri Coats, Eddie Gonzalez and I have formed. We will be bringing music, art, films and other events to the greater Pomona Valley area. Our first entry is a screening of John Carpenter’s They Live at The Claremont Laemmle 5 on Tuesday April 29th at …

Richard Brown Lethem & Jonathan Lethem do first reading together ever this Saturday at The Maloof House

Check out this wonderful interview/piece on The Lethem’s and if you are in the Southern California area, this is an event not to be missed. Richard Brown Lethem’s book on Bamboo Dart Press with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem is available at all better bookstores or direct from us.

Richard Brown Lethem and Jonathan Lethem reading at The Maloof

Richard Brown Lethem’s new book on Bamboo Dart Press, Roots, Stones and Baggage is out now. The book features poems and paintings of Lethem’s spanning seventy years as well as an introduction by his writer son Jonathan Lethem. The two will be reading from their new books (Jonathan’s new book of lyrics and poems, Horse …

Richard Brown Lethem short premieres for his book “Roots, Stones and Baggage” Out on Bamboo Dart Press April 22

Richard Brown Lethem has, at 90, put together a book that acts as a survey and a reflecting pool of his life’s work thus far. The book Roots, Stones and Baggage features a wide swath of his poems and paintings spanning from 1952 to 2023. His paintings have traversed the world for installations and he …

Shrimper + Pelekinesis = Bamboo Dart Press

I am thrilled to announce a new collaborative imprint between Mark Givens & myself, Bamboo Dart Press. Like Shrimper and Mark’s Pelekinesis books, we will be issuing a uniquely curated line of literary & art related releases. As Bamboo Dart Press our aim is to allow writers and artists to godspeed works into the physical …