Upcoming Events
L.A. Book Launch: Chabóchi Doll by féi iká shumarí
Thursday, July 9, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Book launch for féi iká shumarí’s Chabóchi Doll. The author will be reading excerpts from her collection of essays, alongside co-features Chekwube Danladi, Jade Phoenix, Myriam Gurba, and Richard Villegas Jr. in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
Poetry, Like Fútbol, is for Everyone
Friday, July 10, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a poetry reading organized around the principle that fútbol brings all people together while FIFA's machinations seem always to divide people along economic, nationalistic, or even ethnic lines. This reading highlights a diverse array of thought centered on the idea that who makes a sport are the people that play it, not the people that pay it. Featuring SoCal writers Jennifer Doyle, Yago Cura, Romeo Guzmán, George B. Sánchez-Tello, and Jose Oseguera.
Charles Harper Webb & Ron Koertge
Saturday, July 11, 2026
2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
An afternoon of book celebrations with Charles Harper Webb and Ron Koertge. Webb's newest collections include a collection of prose poems, The Elephant of Surprise (Moon Tide Press) and Old Gnu (Winner of the Editor's Choice Prize at Longleaf Press). Koertge's Pandora's Kitchen (Red Hen Press) creates brilliant mashups of ancient and contemporary human frailties, from Persephone's unhappiness to Jane Austen at the mall.
L.A. Book Launch: Todos Somos Sagrados by Rey M. Rodriguez
Saturday, July 11, 2026
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for the L.A. Book Launch of Rey M. Rodríguez's poetry collection, Todos Somos Sagrados (El Martillo Press, 2026) with Rey M. Rodriguez, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and William Archila in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
Beyond Certainty: Poetry as Prismatic Inquiry
Thursday, July 16, 2026
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Organized by DoppelHouse Press, this event reunites three Southern California poets at Beyond Baroque -- Eve Wood, Ed Schad and David Starkey -— for readings and conversation about how they approach the reframing of events through question-and-answer, multi-vocal or multi-temporal epistolary constructions, and by subverting assumptions.
The Lit Show
Saturday, July 18, 2026
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for The Lit Show starring Suzy Williams and Brad Kay! This is the 19th annual celebration of song and literature. No advance tickets, first come, first served. More information on laughtears.com.
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 - July 25, 2026
Visit our online auction page HERE to bid on art remotely.
Proxy Gallery Presents
Brian C. Moss:
What’s up, Mazzocchio
May 16 to July 11, 2026
Closing Reception:
Saturday, July 11, 3-5 PM
We see here an upside-down globe representing the oceans and blank space where the continents are, but no countries. The globe is illuminated from the inside, with the illumination coming through the missing land mass, and projecting onto the walls, floor and ceiling of the gallery. The gallery being cubical, the projections are distorted.
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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