Upcoming Events
Table Reading
Saturday, October 11, 2025
11:00 AM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join for a session of careful, attentive live reading and interpretation of “What is Freedom” from The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque's bookstore, led by Renee Petropolous and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP). No need to read anything ahead of time—the text will be passed out at the table. Just come, sit, and read with us. We look forward to your presence.
An Evening of Music: JAZZ Films with Mark Cantor
Sunday, October 12, 2025
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for an evening of music film screenings with cinema historian Mark Cantor in “I’ve Just Gotta See It But It Ain’t On YouTube Blues.” Films will feature genres, such as jazz, blues, folk music, Western Swing and just plain “pop,” drawn from the Celluloid Improvisations Music Film Archive. These rare film clips cannot be seen on YouTube or be found on commercial DVDs. Featured on screen will be artists, such as Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, Frank Sinatra, Archie Shepp, Louis Armstrong, and many more.
Poe-Etic License: See Edgar Allan Poe as You Never Have Befo'
Thursday, October 16, 2025
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Beyond Baroque presents an Edgar Allen Poe-inspired variety show full of 19th century American gothic and tragicomedy, starring Dr. Bradley Bobbs! Cast includes Alayah Aquarian as The Raven and live band performance led by Musical Director Daniel Collins.
Double Book Launch: Rich Ferguson & Kathleen Florence
Friday, October 17, 2025
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join Beyond Baroque for a special night of poetry, film and music celebrating the launch of two new poetry collections by Rich Ferguson and Kathleen Florence. Featured alongside are poets Aruni Wijesinghe, Bill Mohr, David A. Romero, Harry E. Northup, Jeremy Ra, Nicelle Davis, S.A. Griffin, and Susan Hayden. Music by Jeremy Toback and a short film by Mark Wilkinson will also be featured as we celebrate the power of words and connection.
Flexing The Soft Power of Women Who Submit
Saturday, October 18, 2025
2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
An afternoon of resilience for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join poets Angela M. Franklin, Jessica Gallion, Sharon Langley, Ronna Magy, Pam Ward, and Romaine Washington. These poets—four from Women Who Submit, a literary collective championing women and non-binary writers—bring their voices to The Wanda Coleman Theater.
Double Book Launch: Ramón García & Mariano Zaro
Saturday, October 25, 2025
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Beyond Baroque presents an evening featuring Ramón García and Mariano Zaro as they present new books published by Walton Well Press. A neo-baroque, lyrical treatise on encountering the Other, García's poems in Strange Signatures reverse the colonial gaze and transform it into scenes of conflicted recognition. Zaro’s The Weight of Sound features language rich in texture and syntax, allowing the reader to feel every verse on the page.
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Upcoming Workshops
Please, Cross the Line Creative Writing Workshop with Manuel Becerra
Tuesdays, October 14 - November 18, 2025
8:00 PM PT
Online
Beyond Baroque and the International Writing Program's first collaborative workshop with Manuel Becerra
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 Jose Hernandaz Diaz via Zoom. Registration required.
Exhibitions
East of Western: Close Ups of Charles Bukowski by Joan Ganny
October 11 - December 20, 2025
Gallery Tour with Joan Ganny:
October 11, 4:00 PM
Opening Conversation with Joan Ganny & Mike Sonksen:
October 11, 5:00 PM
East of Western: Close Ups of Charles Bukowski by Joan Ganny, an extraordinary photography exhibition offering an intimate portrait of the legendary Los Angeles poet.
More information here.
Proxy Gallery Presents
Leo Mondor: Just a Short Distance from Here to the Convenience of Abstraction; rendered four times.
October 18 - November 29, 2025
Opening Reception:
October 18, 2025, 3:00-5:00 PM
It is common to assert that form and content are inseparably intertwined, but with this work, the artist launches them into dialogue by presenting a fragment of language, a phrase without a verb. Without other context we cannot know whether abstraction is the opposite of the real, the opposite of representation, or the opposite of “here;” and, what is “convenient” about it.
Language is by definition an abstract system, so its material form becomes singularly important; like a head with an open mouth, the Proxy Gallery pours forth a cascade of letterforms and words repeated and entangled with each other, that in their resistance to being read, call attention to their presentation in a way that is in dialogue with graphic design and communication design.
For more information visit Proxy Gallery online here.
For past Proxy Gallery shows at Beyond Baroque click here.
We have new merch for you!
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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