beyond baroque calendar
Beyond Baroque offers a wide variety of workshops, readings, performances, art exhibits, and community events and meetings. Click on one of the calendar links below to find something to enjoy.
Welcome to Beyond Baroque's Performances & Readings calendar. Note that the event schedule may change without prior notice. The best way to stay up to date is to sign up for our newsletter or follow us on
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REGULAR ADMISSION
$10 General Admission,
$6 Students/Seniors, Members free
Selected events will have a special admission price. |
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Suggested Donation $5-10,
no one turned away for lack of funds. |
Upcoming Events
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12/4 |
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Poets of Place & Body
Thursday, December 4, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Poets of Place & Body is a reading in celebration of Teresa Dzieglewicz’s Something Small of How to See a River (University of Chicago Press, 2025). Poets Meghann Plunkett, Jessica Abughattas, and Arumandhira Howard will read in the Wanda Coleman Theater, exploring strength, care, and radical joy through lyrics rooted in the environments they inhabit. A reception and book signings will follow the readings.
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12/5 |
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Con Garro y Sin Paz: Marcela Magdaleno Deschamps y Maricela Becerra García
Friday, December 5, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Beyond Baroque and Todos Santos Writers Workshop presents Con Garro y Sin Paz. Author Marcela Magdaleno Deschamps—a writer, playwright, poet, and chronicler—deeply engaged with the life and legacy of Helena Paz Garro and her renowned parents, Elena Garro and Octavio Paz. The author will read from her novel accompanied with photographs and letters chronicling the memories of Paz Garro during her final days at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She will be joined in conversation with Dra. Maricela Becerra García.
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12/6 |
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Magra Books Inaugural Reading & Book Signing
Saturday 6, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
With chapbooks by notable American and European poets, from 2016 to 2025, Magra Books embarks on a new course of independent publishing. The debut at Beyond Baroque features readings and discussion by Dennis Phillips, Bill Mohr, and Jessie McCarty, along with introductory remarks by Magra editors S. E. Pessin and Paul Vangelisti. Books will be available for signing by the authors following the readings in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
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12/6 |
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Judith Pacht, David St. John, & Holaday Mason
Saturday, December 6, 5:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Welcoming Judith Pacht, David St. John, & Holaday Mason for an afternoon of poetry in The Wanda Coleman Theater. The authors will be reading new and selected works in celebration of Pacht's PRECARIOUS, a poetry collection published by Giant Claw.
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12/7 |
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A Poetry Tribute for Cathy Colman
Sunday 7, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Join us for a celebration of the life of American poet, teacher and editor, Cathy Colman. Her first book, Borrowed Dress, won the 2001 Felix Pollak Prize for Poetry from the University of Wisconsin Press, chosen by Mark Doty. It made the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in October, 2001. Her second book, Beauty's Tattoo, was published by Tebot Bach Publications in 2009. Her third book, Time Crunch was published by What Books Press, October, 2019.
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12/12 |
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¡LA DI DADA! 12, West Coast Launch of MAINTENANT 19
Friday, December 12, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
An evening of provocative, exuberant, eclectic performance and poetry is slated to hit the stage as Three Rooms Press and Beyond Baroque present the Ninth Annual ¡LA DI DADA! Salon: a wild ride of contemporary DADA performance and poetry by leading LA-area maverick artists. The event includes the West Coast launch of the internationally-renowned MAINTENANT 19: Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art (2023, Three Rooms Press), which features more than 230 visual and literary works by artists and writers from six continents. Costumes encouraged. Come as you aren’t!
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