beyond baroque calendar
Beyond Baroque offers a wide variety of workshops, readings, performances, art exhibits, and community events and meetings. Click on one of the calendar links below to find something to enjoy.
Welcome to Beyond Baroque's Performances & Readings calendar. Note that the event schedule may change without prior notice. The best way to stay up to date is to sign up for our newsletter or follow us on
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REGULAR ADMISSION
$10 General Admission,
$6 Students/Seniors, Members free
Selected events will have a special admission price. |
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Suggested Donation $5-10,
no one turned away for lack of funds. |
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5/22 |
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L.A. Book Launch: Convergence: Poetry on the Environmental Impacts of War
Friday, May 22, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Liveon 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.
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5/23 |
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L.A. Book Launch: The Life, Literature and Legacy of Luis J. Rodriguez
Saturday, May 23, 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.
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5/23 |
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L.A. Book Launch: Canícula/Dog Days by William Archila
Saturday, May 23, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & 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.
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5/30 |
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L.A. Book Launch: To Ask for Love by Harry Northup
Saturday, May 30, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque & 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.
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6/4 |
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Unmodern Love: An Evening of Poetry
Thursday, June 4, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Derrick C. Brown, Brendan Constantine, Aman K. Batra, and Micah Bournes read from their new collections in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
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6/5 |
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Tom & Robert's Back Porch Blues
Friday, June 5, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Back by popular demand! Join us in the Wanda Coleman Theater once more for Back Porch Blues, a live acoustic concert featuring lead vocalist Tom Nolan of The Tom Nolan Band and lead guitarist Robert Resnick of the band 1969. Expect classic blues songs, ranging from 1905 to the present. Tom Laichas and Jeffrey Graham will support with some blue-sy poesy. Wine and cheese reception prior. Get your tickets before they're sold out!
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6/6 and 6/7 |
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LITLIT
Saturday, June 6 and Sunday June 7, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
In Person at SCI-Arc in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles
Beyond Baroque will be tabling at LITLIT (The Little Literary Fair) hosted by the Los Angeles Review of Books at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) located in Downtown Los Angeles. Visit our booth to get a copy of our latest anthology "Poetry Goes to the Movies" and select from our wide selections of zines, poetry & fiction books, and BB original merch. This is a free two-day festival celebrating West Coast literary culture and independent presses and magazines.
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6/12 |
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L.A. Book Launch: Rogue Astronaut by Mitchell Jacobs
Friday, June 12, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for the book launch of Rogue Astronaut by Mitchell Jacobs. The author will be joined by Darren Donate, Maxwell Suzuki, and Jorrell Watkins for a poetry reading in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Reception & book signings to follow.
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6/26 |
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L.A. Book Launch & Theatrical Reading: The Sun Has Fallen by Tyler Neufeld
Friday, June 26, 8:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
The Sun Has Fallen is an epic fantasy poem and Tyler Neufeld's authorial debut. It follows a fateful tale of magic, ghosts, children, second chances, and a battle between good and evil across an abstracted chessboard map. Told entirely in rhyme, an ensemble of 10 actors will bring 24 characters to life in this staged reading accompanied by props, costumes, and animated background visual graphics.
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