Upcoming Events
Southern California Poetry Festival 2024
Friday, November 15 -
Sunday, November 17
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
The Southern California Poetry Festival is an annual celebration of the art of poetry and the diversity of voices within Southern California. All programs and workshops are free. Click here for more information, schedule and tickets.
L.A. Book Launch: In the Thaw of Day by Cynthia Good
Friday, November 22
8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
In The Thaw of Day, a new collection of poems by Cynthia Good, chronicles the speaker’s recovery and life after leaving an abusive marriage, and coming to terms with trauma experienced over the course of a lifetime, and her journey to heal while finding humor, as well as deep meaning and joy in the smallest things. The author will be reading in the Wanda Coleman Theater alongside poets Kim Addonizio, and Michelle Bitting.
More Upcoming Events
Upcoming Workshops
Critique Workshop with Dorianne Laux and Kim Addonizio
Saturday, November 23
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT
Bring a draft of a poem-in-progress (under 2 pages), with copies for all (14 total) for close reading from Kim and Dorianne. We’ll discuss elements like clarity, structure, line, image, and other aspects of craft, talk about what we value in poems, and give you specific ideas about revising your work.lues songs. Lastly, we’ll have a guided writing session and round of sharing our work.
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 with Arthur Kayzakian
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.
Current Exhibitions
Byron Baker & Will Alexander
Anonymous Steller Ravines vol 1.
October 12 - November 23, 2024
Anonymous Stellar Ravines is an exhibition of images from the newly published collaboration between artist Byron Baker and Beyond Baroque Poet-in-Residence Will Alexander. This collection of prints draws on their shared Surrealist tendencies, but also demonstrates the ongoing vitality of the techniques of automatism and belief in animism central to that tradition.
Proxy Gallery Presents
Sally Stein and Las Terminas,
In Dicey Times... Voting Matters Most!
October 11 - November 30, 2024
The present work, created expressly for the Proxy Gallery and titled “In dicey times… voting matters most!” combines symbolism and literalism to powerful effect: The title already prefigures a contradiction: Dice, the aleatory, stand for chance, while voting stands for the strong desire to make a difference in the outcome of the elections. Both these versions are true: the elections could go this way or that, but what is at stake is democracy itself.
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