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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2/13 |
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Tom and Robert's Back Porch Blues
Friday, February 13, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us in the Wanda Coleman Theater for Back Porch Blues, a live acoustic concert featuring lead vocalist Tom Nolan of The Tom Nolan Band and lead guitarist Robert Resnick of the band 1969. Expect classic blues songs, ranging from 1905 to the present. Tom Laichas and Jeffrey Graham will support and weigh in with some blue-sy poesy. Wine and cheese reception prior.
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2/14 |
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Table Reading: What is Authority?
Saturday, February 14, 11:00 AM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a session of careful, attentive live reading and interpretation of “What is Authority” by Hannah Arendt and The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque, led by Renée Petropoulos and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP). There is no need to read anything ahead of time—the text will be passed out at the table. Just come, sit, and read with us. We look forward to your presence.
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2/14 |
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L.A. Book Launch:
This Time This Place by Susan Suntree
Saturday, February 14, 3:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
An evening of poetry in celebration of Susan Suntree’s poetry collection This Time This Place. Join us for a celebratory reading featuring Susan Suntree alongside poets Tom Laichas, Richard Modiano, and Stan Oropesa. Both meditative and urgently present, This Time This Place offers poems as contemplations of our current moment—works that pause, listen, and open outward.
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2/20 |
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The Golden Mean: A Reading Series at Beyond Baroque
Friday, February 20, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for the return of The Golden Mean, a quarterly reading series that brings together poets from the University of Southern California's PhD in Creative Writing & Literature program with other notable poets from Los Angeles and beyond. Featuring Nick Martino, Austen Leah Rose, Amanda Scharf, and Thomas Renjili, curated and hosted by Matthew Gellman.
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2/21 |
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L.A. Book Launch: Stanger's Journey by Gedda Ilves
Saturday, February 21, 3:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a poetry reading celebrating the Los Angeles book launch of Stranger’s Journey by Gedda Ilves. The afternoon will feature readings by Gedda Ilves, alongside Mariano Zaro, Jim Natal, and Gloria Vando.
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2/21 |
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Heidi Seaborn, Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, & Nick Martino
Saturday, February 21, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for an evening of poetry in celebration of Heidi Seaborn's collection tic tic tic. The author will read alongside poets Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, & Nick Martino, all sharing new and selected work. In a special format, tic tic tic offers poetry for the soul and 23 beautiful and stunning black and white photographs that tell their own story. This is a poetry collection to read, to share and display.
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2/27 |
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Woke in a World: Poetry Performance by Alyesha Wise featuring Muki Brewster
Friday, February 27, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a curated poetry performance by the author, poet, educator, and speaker, Alyesha Wise featuring music by Muki Brewster. Woke in a World is a never-before-seen showcase of storytelling and select poems from Wise's latest collection, My Older Brother, A Famous Rapper.
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