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.

Venice Art Crawl Mixer at Beyond Baroque

Thursday, February 20, 6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque

Is it part of your New Year’s resolution to connect with like-minded people and make more art? Join us for an evening of art and community at the Venice Art Crawl Mixer! This monthly event is an opportunity to connect with fellow artists and enthusiasts.

An Evening of International and Translated Poetry

Friday, February 21, 8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

Featuring Polish poet Krzysztof Siwczyk, whose poems were recently translated into English by author Piotr Florczyk. Catherine Theis presents translations to English-speaking audiences of Italian poet Jolanda Insana. The authors and translators will be reading original and translated texts joined by David St. John.

L.A. Book Launch: Brute Entropy

Saturday, February 22, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

jerry the priest's slender volume documents a range of spiritual quests and misadventures, by turns cringeworthy and hilarious, interspersed with a collection of highly transgressive poetry and short stories, all of which serve to illustrate first-hand, the ravages of unmedicated bi-polar disorder. It is at the same time, a work of blackest humor, a travel diary and an educational tome, as well as a cautionary tale. Joining the book launch are authors Richard Modiano, Dennis Cruz, and Richard Loranger.

Goth Prom Night: Fundraiser for the ARC

Thursday, February 27, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

Calling all Kings & Queens! Bring a date to Beyond Baroque for an early start to your Valentine's Day weekend full of dark wave music, zines, books, and more! This event is a community fundraiser for The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), an organization that works to end mass incarceration in California. Music performances in the Wanda Coleman Theater feature SFV's Surf-Punk band, The Martian Sunset, and the darkwave industrial sounds of Spiral Teeth and EAM (Empathic Assesment Module). Vendors will sell zines and other goth merch.

L.A. Book Launch: What She Wants by Kim Dower

Friday, February 28, 8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

Following the commercial and literary success of her bestselling poetry collection, I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom: Poems on Motherhood, Kim Dower delivers What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria—turning her keen eye, vibrant imagination, trademark insight, and humor to the intensity of obsessive love. The author will be joined in a reading and conversation with Publisher, Co-founder, and Managing Editor of Red Hen Press, Kate Gale.

L.A. Book Launch: A Shared Condition by The Venice Collective

Saturday, March 1, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

Join the book launch celebration with contributors sharing their poetry in The Wanda Coleman Theater! Featuring Mariano Zaro, Holaday Mason, Jan Wesley, Jim Natal, Jeanette Clough, Paul Lieber, Marjorie Becker, Dani Hardy, & Sarah Maclay.

The Golden Mean: A USC & Beyond Baroque Reading Series

Friday, March 7, 8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

Join us for the first intallment of The Golden Mean, a quarterly reading series that brings together poets from USC's PhD in Creative Writing & Literature program with other notable poets from Los Angeles and beyond. Featuring readings by Alexandria Hall, Elizabeth Metzger, Nicholas Molbert, Chris Santiago, and Jorrell Watkins. Hosted and curated by L.A. Johnson.

Contact Tracing: Authors Reflect on COVID-19 Pandemic

Saturday, March 8, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

With the publication of Lisa Eve Cheby's chapbook, Contact Tracing, a book-length meditation and witnessing of the early days of lockdown, this program brings together writers and poets to reflect on the challenges, blessings, and the wisdom carried forth from the COVID-19 Pandemic aftermath. The program includes readings & a conversation by Lisa Eve Cheby, Romaine Washington, Hazel Kight Witham, Noriko Nakada, Désirée Zamorano, and Katy Maruyama.

L.A. Book Launch: S is For by William Archila

Saturday, March 8, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

Celebrate the launch of S is For, the newest poetry collection by poet, William Archila. S is For is an investigation of the Central American migrant crisis haunted by the past of the civil war in El Salvador, the meanings of family spirits, and trees disappearing to urban sprawl—always wielding the voice of the immigrant, the refugee, and the ever-present exile as a weapon against invisibility and displacement. The author is joined by other notable writers of the SoCal region, including Doug Manuel, Arthur Kayzakian, and Cynthia Guardado.

Interfinity: Artificial Art –– AI vs. Human Composers

Thursday, March 13, 8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube

An innovative production of the interdisciplinary Swiss music festival Interfinity that explores the fascinating interplay between human and artificial intelligence in music—set in an engaging and interactive game show format, this production invites the audience to become musical detectives, testing their ability to distinguish between compositions created by human minds and those generated by AI. In partnership with Brightwork Newmusic.