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. |
Upcoming Events
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3/7 |
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Poetry Goes To The Movies Reading & Discussion at Burbank Public Library
Saturday, March 7, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Burbank Public Library
Taking place the weekend before the 2026 Academy Awards, this reading and conversation at The Burbank Public Library draws from Beyond Baroque’s anthology Poetry Goes to the Movies, which brings together editor and poet Suzanne Lummis with contributing writers Sesshu Foster, Beth Ruscio, and Mariano Zaro in a conversation moderated by author and film scholar Elena Karina Byrne.
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3/13 |
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Xicanx Futurism: Flash Fiction, Poetry, and Essays Exploring Xicanx Sci-Fi
Friday, March 13, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a night of readings from Xicanx Futurism: Gritos for Tomorrow, Codex I. Featuring Natalia Rivas, Elindioartscopyright1985, Peter Lechuga, Henry Madrid, Osmani Ochoa, Brenda Vaca, and Ernesto Ayala. Hosted by Anthology editor, Scótt Rusell Dúncan. The authors will present speculative futurist thought, art, flash fiction, poetry, and essays exploring the Xicanx tomorrow.
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3/14 |
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Cherry Pie Press: A New LGBTQ Poetry Imprint
Saturday, March 14, 2:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Cherry Pie Press is launching new titles from two highly talented queer voices: Tee Gardiner, with Books I Never Read, and Khalifa Mitchell with their debut Liquid Tachyen Temples. To celebrate these new releases, Cherry Pie is hosting a launch event with readings from T Gardiner and Khalifa, who will be joined by Kwyn Townsend Riley, Kwynology, Yana Orlando, Espi Love, Natasha Dennerstein, and Jeffrey Bryant.
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3/14 |
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Fix Your Hearts or Die: A Twin Peaks/David Lynch Night
Saturday, March 14, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Fix Your Hearts or Die is an evening for fans and newcomers to the Twin Peaks series. The Wanda Coleman Theater will turn into the darkly surreal dreamscape of the Lynchian imagination. The evening will begin with the Black Lodge String Quartet: Zoë Edeskuty (Violin I), Nico Nonato (Violin II), Krista Lombardi (Viola) and Ella Magen (Cello) performing classical renditions of the series' theme songs and more! Featured poets CD Eskilson, Mylo Lam, and Joseph Paulson will take the stage, followed by L.A.-based surf punk band The Martian Sunset closing out the night.
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3/19 |
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Godlike: Richard Hell at Beyond Baroque
Thursday, March 19, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a solo presentation by Richard Hell, who will be reading from his novel, Godlike. An outrageous spectacle of love between two untamed poets, a 27-year old man and a teenage boy, written by one of America’s original punks and finest writers. Based on Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine’s notorious affair, but set in the epochal downtown poetry scene of filthy 1970s New York, Godlike is a tribute to poetry and the beauty and mess of art, desire, and New York City. Richard Hell will read excerpts from the novel in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Book signing and reception to follow.
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4/3 |
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El peso de las palabras que llevamos / The weight of the words we carry
Friday, April 3, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Curated by Carolina Rivera Escamilla, this panel brings together writers honoring the dignity for past and present human rights violations. "The weight of the words we carry" refers to the responsibility that accompanies the transmission of the principles of dignity acquired through community life, a responsibility bequeathed by those who have already died. Featuring: Juana M. Ramos, Adriana Briff, Carolina Rivera Escamilla, Susana Marcelo, Margarita Drago, and Alicia Partnoy.
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