Considering their city's notorious light and dark sides, it's no surprise that Angeleno poets are continuously inspired. Pharmaka gallery channels those creative juices through the Third Area: Poetry at Pharmaka, a reading held in its Downtown space. For the inaugural event, the monthly gathering invites a few notables: Beckian Fritz Goldberg, winner of the 2004 FIELD Poetry Prize; poet and fiction writer Mariano Zaro; LA native and award-winner Yvette Johnson; and Loyola Marymount professor Sarah Maclay.