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.
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.
L.A. Book Launch: To Ask for Love by Harry Northup
Saturday, May 30, 2026
2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and 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.
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
Brian C. Moss:
What’s up, Mazzocchio
May 16 to June 26, 2026
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.
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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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