Upcoming Events
L.A. Book Launch: The Invasion of Pantomime by Tim Xonnelly
Thursday, February 5, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for an evening in the Wanda Coleman Theater celebrating the release of The Invasion of Pantomime, a book by Tim Xonelly composed of themes such as dream imagery and queer pride. Featured poets are writer and educator, antmen pimentel mendoza and therapist, poet and performer, Roberto F. Santiago. Reception and book signings to follow.
Triple Book Celebration: Elline Lipkin, Patty Seyburn, & Lin Nelson Benedek
Friday, February 6, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join three LA poets as they launch their fall 2025 books of poetry: Elline Lipkin with Girl in a Forest (Trio House Press), Lin Nelson Benedek with Two Cats in the Yard, (Kelsay Books), and Patty Seyburn with Jukebox (What Books Press).
L.A. Book Launch:
A Translator's Memoir by Suzanne Jill Levine
Saturday, February 7, 2026
3:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
In this witty and incisive memoir, Suzanne Jill Levine–winner of the 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation–establishes a new way of writing about a translator's life. The author will be joined in conversation with Erik Noonan, author of the poetry collections, Stances and Haiku d'Etat, in The Wanda Coleman Theater at Beyond Baroque. Book signings and reception to follow.
Sesentañera for Serros: Celebrating the Life and Work of Michele Serros
Saturday, February 7, 2026
5:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a celebration of the life and work of Michele Serros, a Gen X poet, performer, rock star role model, and dear friend. We celebrate her 60th birthday in a way she would have loved with poofy dresses, poetry, stories, music, and laughter. The event will feature readers Steve Abee, Luis Alfaro, Maya Chinchilla, Jesenia Chavez, Consuelo G. Flores, Mona Alvarado Frazier, Maricela J. Becerra García, liz gonzález, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Georgina Guzman, Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley, and Joseph Rios. The evening will be hosted by Luivette Resto and Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo. DJ Set by Metro Sessions and live music by Necia.
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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
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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