L.A. Book Launch: Without The Consent of The People by Fred Dewey



Wednesday, May 6, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for the Los Angeles launch of Without the Consent of the People, a posthumous collection by Fred Dewey (Beyond Baroque Executive Director, 1996 - 2010), published by IFSF Publishing. Written in the final years of his life and completed through the dedicated efforts of the Fred Dewey Legacy Project, this long-awaited book gathers Dewey’s reflections on art, politics, public life, and the possibilities of collective civic imagination.

Juicy Questions About Reality



Thursday, May 7, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
To culminate the exhibit of Judy Kleinberg’s visual poetry now on view in the Mike Kelley Gallery, Beyond Baroque invites you to a lively reading with Judy Kleinberg, poet Suzanne O’Connell, and essayist Liz Stephens. In language that explores beauty in the unlovely and poetry in the unpoetic, the three writers contemplate memory, identity, and place. Please join us for a memorable evening of words and images.

Book Launch: Swirl & Vortex by Larry Levis, David St. John, & David Ulin



Friday, May 8, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Swirl & Vortex at last makes all of Larry Levis’s poetry available in one definitive volume. This collection includes the five books published in Levis’s lifetime, a brilliant reconfiguration of Levis’s posthumous books, and unpublished late poems, edited and with an afterword by David St. John. Join us for a reading, and a Q&A between editor David St. John and author, David L. Ulin.

L.A. Book Launch: Piecework by Amy Shimshon-Santo



Saturday, May 9, 2026
1:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a celebration of Amy Shimshon-Santo's newest collection, Piecework: Ethnographies of Place (Unsolicited Press). The afternoon will feature readings and perfomances by Amy Shimshon-Santo, Avila Santo and Reva Santo, followed by a moderated discussion with Betty Avila. iecework brings together intergenerational essays that reflect on how people create possibility and shape place through creative work. The book moves between personal narrative and collective history, offering a thoughtful look at how change happens on the ground. Moving across classrooms, neighborhoods, and personal histories, The book highlights what becomes possible when communities come together with intention.

Women of the World: Poetry & Music Performances



Saturday, May 9, 2026
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
UCLA’s Comparative Literature Graduate Student Association, in partnership with Beyond Baroque, is pleased to present Women of the World, an evening of commemoration for the struggles of women around the world. The program presents a commemoration for female poets and reflections on the struggles of women around the world involving talks about the history of International Women’s Day and various poetry readings in multiple languages with translations; featuring Hannah Jakobsen, Ivanna Berrios, JuliAnne Rach, Sylvie Gallagher, and Consuelo Salamia Góngora. The event will culminate in musical performances of songs of resistance by women artists Andrea Y Los Gallos and Guerra Paz.

Goat, Goddess, Moon: Poetry with Catherine Strisik & Karen Kevorkian



Thursday, May 14, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Beyond Baroque hosts a reading with poet Catherine Strisik celebrating her new collection Goat, Goddess, Moon (Holy Cow! Press, 2025), alongside Los Angeles poet Karen Kevorkian.

Poetry & Wine Tasting: A Fundraiser for Beyond Baroque



Saturday, May 16, 2026
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us in the Poets’ Garden at Beyond Baroque for our spring fundraiser! Enjoy an evening of wine tastings paired with poetry, with all proceeds supporting Beyond Baroque’s programming and its mission to expand opportunities for a diverse literary community. As Los Angeles’ oldest literary organization, Beyond Baroque needs your support to continue providing a home for learning and creative expression through workshops, weekly readings, and performances at our historic space in Venice. Stay tuned for more info!

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The work of artist xiouping is a 12-minute video and sound installation composed of a looped single-channel video. The camera stays in a fixed position inside a bedroom. We see a woman pushing someone in a wheelchair off camera, and then the same woman coming and going, tidying the room and the bed, carrying cups and bottles away from the bedside table, arranging medications, emptying the commode and changing the lining, placing new mattress protectors on the bed, and performing many actions indicative of caregiving to a disabled person, who is off camera.

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