The Poetry Brothel L.A.: Kraken’s Kiss

Pirates meets Pride at this seafaring edition of the Poetry Brothel, where you’ll find an all-inclusive cast providing a “queer nautical fever dream of poetry and desire” at Sassafras Saloon. Enjoy live poetry from queer poets—and newly appointed Los Angeles Poet Laureate Brian Sonia-Wallace—as well as music, tarot readings, appetizers, and themed cocktails. You can upgrade your experience with tokens that will give you access to private poetry readings behind closed curtains, where you might hear dirty sonnets or whispered secrets. The dress code is “nautical glamour, pirates, sea creatures, mourning-at-sea attire or elegant shipwreck chic.”