Upcoming Events
L.A. Book Launch: LABOR: The Testimony of Ted Gall by Cecilia Woloch
Thursday, January 16
8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Join us for Cecilia Woloch’s book launch, Labor: The Testimony of Ted Gall, an extended poem in the voice of coal miner and activist Ted Gall, weaving one man's personal story into the history of work and justice in America, featuring readings by Cecilia Woloch and Harry Northup presenting an immersive multimedia performance that includes archival images and musical interludes.
Gathered Dreams: Poetry, Art, & Music from the Wild Orchid Collective
Saturday, January 18
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
The four members of the Wild Orchid Collective, a Los Angeles interdisciplinary artist group, share their music, poetry and visual art in a one-hour program that interweaves readings of poems with the dream-like photographic imagery of Holaday Mason, paintings by James Cushing and Celeste Goyer and music by composer/musician Adrian Baer.
Nancy Miller Gomez, Lynda V.E. Crawford, & Lynne Thompson
Friday, January 24
8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Authors Nancy Miller Gomez (Inconsolable Objects), Lynne V.E. Crawford (Washing Water), and Lynne Thompson (Blue on a Blue Palette) are celebrating newly published collections and will be reading from their latest books at Beyond Baroque.
Mobile Data Mag: A Reading With L.A. Authors
Saturday, January 25
2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & Live on YouTube
Mobile Data Mag is a digital literary journal exclusively on Substack housing a collection of poetry and prose, particularly from authors who are born and raised in California. Hosted by founding editor and author Jesse Tovar, this IRL reading features five poets from all corners of Los Angeles County, with Pam Concepcion, Daryl Gussin, Jennifer “Miss B’ Baptiste, Mauricio “Soul on Fire” Moreno, and Laura Sermeño.
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Upcoming Workshops
Meter and Versification: A Workshop with Tim Steele
Saturday, December 14
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT
"Our workshop will explore metrical composition. We’ll examine how poets blend
the fixed units of meter with the variable rhythms of speech to produce poems.
We’ll consider ways that poets reconcile the predictable patterns of meter with the
unpredictable flow of living language. And we’ll try to illuminate—in a manner
specifically helpful for our writing—the magical paradox by which poets can
incorporate, in simple basic measures, a virtually infinite wealth of differently
shaped and shaded words, phrases, and clauses.
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 - December 14, 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.
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