Upcoming Events
L.A. Book Launch: zirconium ash by jimmy vega
Friday, October 31, 2025
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us on the evening of Halloween for the book launch of jimmy vega's debut poetry collection, zirconium ash. Centered around loss—death of individuals, relationships, and ways of communicating, the poems of zirconium ash physically and psychically map the geography of Los Angeles. The evening kicks off with DJ Edie spinning ghostly tunes from 6 - 8 PM in the Poets' Garden. L.A.-based poets Sesshu Foster, Prageeta Sharma, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and Karen Kevorkian will read alongside vega in The Wanda Coleman Theater, plus special surprise guests. Costumes encouraged or come as you aren't!
L.A. Book Launch: Matriarchy by Briana Muñoz
Thursday, November 6, 2025
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Beyond Baroque presents the book launch of Briana Muñoz’s Matriarchy: Sacred Poems, a collection that draws from ancestral memory to affirm the resilience and sacred power of motherhood and feminine creation. The evening will feature readings by Briana Muñoz, Pomona Poet Laureate Natalie Sierra, Altadena Poet Laureate Sehba Sarwar, and Aruni Wijesinghe, along with a special pop-up art exhibition by Cherille Williams, a Navajo/Diné photographer debuting her work in Los Angeles.
Beyond Baroque Fundraiser Dinner
Sunday, November 9, 2025
5:00 PM PT
In Person in Venice
We're kicking off our fall fundraiser season with an intimate dinner gathering! The evening will be full of food, drinks, literature, art, and community. Enjoy a Middle Eastern/Palestinian style cuisine paired with bold and delicate wines, and listen to readings from writers J. Ryan Stradal, Safia Elhillo, and Jessica Abughattas. We'll have food-related writing prompts, special giveaways, and will also be announcing our next project, the Beyond Baroque Cookbook!
No Fest: Poetry Marathon Fundraiser
Sunday, November 15, 2025
12:00 - 9:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a full day of poetry, books, and community in support of Beyond Baroque’s mission to sustain literary and artistic experimentation in Los Angeles and beyond! This year’s fundraiser is especially vital. Following the loss of our NEA grant earlier this year—which has limited our programming and canceled the Southern California Poetry Festival—we are calling on our community to help us continue providing a home for writers and artists.
The day features a Book Fair in the Poets’ Garden, an Open Mic in the Community Garden, and featured readings and supporters from the Beyond Baroque family in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Each segment will spotlight a different theme reflecting our values and community spirit. Tickets are available for individual segments—or you can experience the full day of readings with an all-day No Fest pass.
More Upcoming Events
Upcoming Workshops
Manuscript Lab with Sara Ellen Fowler
Application Deadline
December 2, 2025, 11:59 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Beyond Baroque’s second Manuscript Lab seeks ten poets who will each revise and complete their first manuscripts over the duration of eight in-person sessions. The lab will create an active space in which peer feedback, one-on-one conferences, and a braintrust of our community is generated and shared among writers who are working on their first full-length manuscript. The Manuscript Lab will focus on building a workshop community centered around collaborative discussion and discovery.
Hosted by author Sara Ellen Fowler, this program is an opportunity to learn with and from an intimate cohort and analyze what compels a successful first book of poetry–the hows and whys of architecture, craft, and thematic energy. Poets will create and develop their first manuscripts in daring new ways which expand the visions of each collection.
Ongoing Free Workshops
Monday Night Fiction Workshop with Raquel Baker
Mondays 7:30 PM PT
Via Zoom
A community writing workshop in which participants are asked to bring 2-3 pages of fiction to read and receive feedback. Facilitated by Raquel Baker via Zoom. Registration required.
Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop
Wednesdays 8:00 PM PT
Via Zoom
The West Coast’s longest-running free poetry workshop welcomes new and seasoned poets to share new work and provide feedback. Please be prepared to share one poem. Facilitated by Jose Hernandaz Diaz via Zoom. Registration required.
Exhibitions
East of Western: Close Ups of Charles Bukowski by Joan Ganny
October 11 - December 20, 2025
Gallery Tour with Joan Ganny:
October 11, 4:00 PM
Opening Conversation with Joan Ganny & Mike Sonksen:
October 11, 5:00 PM
East of Western: Close Ups of Charles Bukowski by Joan Ganny, an extraordinary photography exhibition offering an intimate portrait of the legendary Los Angeles poet.
More information here.
Proxy Gallery Presents
Leo Mondor: Just a Short Distance from Here to the Convenience of Abstraction; rendered four times.
October 18 - November 29, 2025
It is common to assert that form and content are inseparably intertwined, but with this work, the artist launches them into dialogue by presenting a fragment of language, a phrase without a verb. Without other context we cannot know whether abstraction is the opposite of the real, the opposite of representation, or the opposite of “here;” and, what is “convenient” about it.
Language is by definition an abstract system, so its material form becomes singularly important; like a head with an open mouth, the Proxy Gallery pours forth a cascade of letterforms and words repeated and entangled with each other, that in their resistance to being read, call attention to their presentation in a way that is in dialogue with graphic design and communication design.
For more information visit Proxy Gallery online here.
For past Proxy Gallery shows at Beyond Baroque click here.
We have new merch for you!
New arrivals include our new tote bags, zip bags, journals, candles, and of course, our classic Metaphors Be With You shirt. All proceeds support Beyond Baroque programming!
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