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. |
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5/30 |
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L.A. Book Launch: To Ask for Love by Harry Northup
Saturday, May 30, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Beyond Baroque presents a reading and celebration of Harry E. Northup's To Ask For Love (Cahuenga Press). Harry E. Northup is a poet and actor (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Over The Edge, The Silence of the Lambs) and is the Producer and Host of Harry's Poetry Hour, Creative Chaos MPTF. Also reading from their work: Cahuenga Press poets James Cushing, Phoebe MacAdams and Jeanette Clough.
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6/4 |
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Unmodern Love: An Evening of Poetry
Thursday, June 4, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Derrick C. Brown, Brendan Constantine, Aman K. Batra, and Micah Bournes read from their new collections in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
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6/5 |
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Tom & Robert's Back Porch Blues
Friday, June 5, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Back by popular demand! Join us in the Wanda Coleman Theater once more 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 with some blue-sy poesy. Wine and cheese reception prior. Get your tickets before they're sold out!
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6/6 and 6/7 |
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LITLIT
Saturday, June 6 and Sunday June 7, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
In Person at SCI-Arc in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles
Beyond Baroque will be tabling at LITLIT (The Little Literary Fair) hosted by the Los Angeles Review of Books at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) located in Downtown Los Angeles. Visit our booth to get a copy of our latest anthology "Poetry Goes to the Movies" and select from our wide selections of zines, poetry & fiction books, and BB original merch. This is a free two-day festival celebrating West Coast literary culture and independent presses and magazines.
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6/12 |
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L.A. Book Launch: Rogue Astronaut by Mitchell Jacobs
Friday, June 12, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for the book launch of Rogue Astronaut by Mitchell Jacobs. The author will be joined by Darren Donate, Maxwell Suzuki, and Jorrell Watkins for a poetry reading in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Reception & book signings to follow.
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6/14 |
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Bloomsday Psychedelia
Sunday June 14, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a Psychedelic Art Party celebrating the James Joyce Multi-Verse of Finnegans Wake & Ulysses! There will be live readings, film, music, and dance with special guests including Zappa Glee Club. Free admission!
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6/25 |
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Skulls & Stairs: AJ Luxton, Consuelo, J. Saravia, Charlie Stuip
Thursday, June 25, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Skulls & Stairs is back! This reading series at the infamous staircase of the original Venice City Hall building features poets writing with a countercultural, punk, and goth attitude. This installment features Venice-based AJ Luxton, and hailing from the inlands and concrete streets of Los Angeles, Consuelo, J. Saravia and Charlie Stuip.
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6/26 |
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L.A. Book Launch & Theatrical Reading: The Sun Has Fallen by Tyler Neufeld
Friday, June 26, 8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
The Sun Has Fallen is an epic fantasy poem and Tyler Neufeld's authorial debut. It follows a fateful tale of magic, ghosts, children, second chances, and a battle between good and evil across an abstracted chessboard map. Told entirely in rhyme, an ensemble of 10 actors will bring 24 characters to life in this staged reading accompanied by props, costumes, and animated background visual graphics.
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