Upcoming Events
Goat, Goddess, Moon: Catherine Strisik, Karen Kevorkian and Alicia Viguer-Espert
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 poets Karen Kevorkian and Alicia Viguer-Espert. Strisik’s poems move between the everyday and the mythic, drawing on Greek culture, family history, and ritual to explore memory, loss, and connection. Kevorkian is the author of Here in My Body it Feels Crowded (2025), joining for an evening of poetry in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Book signings & reception to follow.
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!
L.A. Book Launch: Convergence: Poetry on the Environmental Impacts of War
Friday, May 22, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Convergence: Poetry on the Environmental Impacts of War, offers a vital perspective that has rarely been considered: war’s destruction of the more-than-human environment. Arranged more or less chronologically, 90 poems and their contextual notes by 61 contemporary poets bring into vivid focus the eco-injustice of military damages in 37 nations on 6 continents and on the moon. The evening will feature readings by co-editor Teresa Mei Chuc, as well as contributors Sean Mclain Brown, Hazel Clayton, Lisbeth Coiman, Lucille Lang Day, Alicia-Viguer Espert, and Shahé Mankerian.
L.A. Book Launch: The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodriguez
Saturday, May 23, 2026
2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
The L.A book launch of The Life, Literature, and Legacy of Luis J. Rodríguez features readings and Q&A with Luis J. Rodríguez. The book details his life's journey and literary legacy as the author of several poetry collections and the award-winning memoir Always Running. Rodriguez served as Los Angeles poet laureate (2014-2016), and founded Tía Chucha Centro Cultural, an arts organization based in Sylmar, California. The author will be joined by co-editors Josephine Metcalf and Ben V. Olguín. Book signings to follow in the Scott Wannberg Bookstore & Lounge.
L.A. Book Launch: Canícula/Dog Days by William Archila
Saturday, May 23, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
William Archila’s Canícula/Dog Days is a bilingual selection of his first two books of poetry that chart the emergence of a newcomer in the chorus of Latine Poetry. Canícula, which means “dog days” in English, takes the reader on a poignant journey from the unrest in El Salvador in the 1980s to the urban landscape of the US immigrant. The author will be joined by Omar Bárcena, Mariano Zaro, and Carolina Rivera Escamilla in The Wanda Coleman Theater for readings in English and Spanish.
More Upcoming Events
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 Martin Jago via Zoom. Registration required.
Exhibitions
Beyond Baroque Spring Silent Auction Benefit
May 16-June 26, 2026
Preview
Saturday, May 16, 3:00-5:00 PM
Proxy Gallery Presents
xiouping:
modalities: the body keeps time
March 28 to May 9, 2026, 2026
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.
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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