Upcoming Events
Gleaning the Digital and the Urban
Thursday, January 23, 2026
Walking Tour 12:00 PM PT
Film Screening 6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
The CalArts School of Critical Studies’ MA Aesthetics and Politics program is hosting an Urban Anti-Tour of the Santa Monica Pier and Beyond Baroque on Jan. 22 at 12 PM. Join us later for Screening & Discussion: Marc Bertel (Royal Academy, Antwerp), Rudy Drayton Jr. (Los Angeles) moderated by Shaqueal Adkins (Our Watts Bookshop), a film project born of a ten-year friendship between Marc Bertel and Rudy Drayton Jr.
¡Gente! A Reading & Panel Discussion with Chicana Authors
Friday, January 23, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Four writers across literary genres read their work and discuss the impact of words with communities under assault. Featuring Désirée Zamorano, Matt Sedillo, Rosanna Alvarez, and Veronica Gutierrez.
L.A. Double Book Launch: Robbi Nester & Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Saturday, January 24, 2026
3:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for an afternoon of poetry celebrating the launch of two poetry collections: About to Disappear by Robbi Nester and The Exhaust of Dreams Adulterated by Jane Rosenberg LaForge. The poets will read from their new collections in The Wanda Coleman Theater followed by a reception and book signing.
L.A. Book Launch: The Long Now Conditions Permit by Jami Macarty
Saturday, January 24, 2026
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us at Beyond Baroque for a celebration with Jami Macarty as she reads from her new collection, The Long Now Conditions Permit. The poet will read alongside Karen Kevorkian, Crystal AC Salas, and Margarita Pintado Burgos. Book signings and reception to follow.
The Pushcart Prize Reading
Thursday, January 29, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us in the Wanda Coleman Theater to celebrate various Pushcart Prize winners from Southern California. The 50th anniversary edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology features new work from second-time winner Lou Mathews. Reading alongside him are fiction writers Tommy Moore and Kim Samek, as well as poets Michael Mark and Melissa McKinstry. Reception and book signings to follow.
Heidi Seaborn, Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, & Nick Martino
Friday, January 30, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for an evening of poetry in celebration of Heidi Seaborn's collection tic tic tic. The author will read alongside poets Erin Marie Lynch, Matthew Gellman, & Nick Martino, all sharing new and selected work. In a special format, tic tic tic offers poetry for the soul and 23 beautiful and stunning black and white photographs that tell their own story. This is a poetry collection to read, to share and display.
L.A. Book Launch: Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires
Saturday, Jan 31, 2026
3:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Catching Fire, The Los Angeles Wildfires chronicles the devastating fires that erupted in January, 2025. Join us for an afternoon in community, marked by resilience and healing through the written word. Featuring: Susan Auerbach, Michelle Bitting, Brendan Constantine, Land Flowers, Laurel Ann Bogen, Lynne Bronstein, Mona Jean Cedar, Jeanette Clough, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, Spencer Griffin, Rick Lupert, Teresa Mei Chuc, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Majid Naficy, Harry Northup, Kennon B. Raines, Marilyn N. Robertson, Cathie Sandstrom, Dan Saucedo, A.K. Toney, jimmy vega, Dig Wayne, & Z.
More Upcoming Events
Intensive Workshops
Writing from the Fragments We Keep with Jami Macarty
Saturday, January 24, 2026, 11:00 AM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
This three-hour generative workshop led by award-winning author, Jami Macarty, teaches writers of all genres how to mine their notebooks for golden images and ideas to inspire new writing and revision techniques. To our maker-space, bring an already-filled up notebook, a new notebook, and a pen full of ink!
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
Víctor Mortales: Language is a Place
January 17 – March 7, 2026
Performance: Thursday, February 19, 7:30 PM
Language is a Place is a solo exhibition by Oaxaca-based visual artist Víctor Mortales. The exhibition takes its conceptual starting point from the book Language is a Place: 14 Voices that Change Language to Explore Literature and Life in Different Contexts a publication that gathers reflections by writers who explore the conditions, transformations, and possibilities of language across cultures and identities. Víctor Mortales (born 1985, Oaxaca, México) is a visual artist with a background in linguistics whose site-specific practice examines the ephemeral nature of creative processes and the relationships between space, language, and materiality.
More information here.
Proxy Gallery Presents
Sandeep Mukherjee:
Observer, Observed
January 31 to March 14, 2026
Reception: Saturday, January 31, 3-5 pm
Mukherjee’s installation is a fiberglass head, made by rotating in a 3D printer his own profile horizontally 360 degrees. The translucent fiberglass is lit from within. The light is reflected and refracted in many pieces of irregularly broken mirrors affixed to all five surfaces of the proxy gallery. The idea harkens distantly to the 1915 perceptual experiment by Edgar Rubin, the face/vase illusion, where the shapes of two identical profiles facing each other form the shape of a vase in the negative space between them. The concept became very important in gestalt psychology, showing how the human brain organizes information about figure and ground.
For more information visit Proxy Gallery online here.
For past Proxy Gallery shows at Beyond Baroque click here.
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