Upcoming Events
Godlike: Richard Hell at Beyond Baroque
Thursday, March 19, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
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.
Joy in the Belly of a Riot by Barbara Fant: A Book Celebration
Friday, March 20, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a celebration of Barbara Fant's Joy in the Belly of a Riot. Rebirth, renewal, and healing are the heart of Fant’s monumental collection, which is a continuation of her lifelong project of using poetry as prayer. This is healing-informed poetry to restore herself, her community, and the world. She will be joined by bridgette bianca, F. Douglas Brown, and traci kato-kiriyama in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Book signings to follow after the reading.
UN World Poetry Day: A Celebration in the Poets' Garden
Saturday, March 21, 2026
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
On Saturday, March 21, we'll be celebrating World Poetry Day under the stars in the Poets' Garden! In partnership with the United Nations Association Los Angeles Chapter, we're hosting a celebratory reading featuring a myriad of international poets, each representing a different country, unifying our communities through poetry! With our words and voices, we'll uplift and sing. Join us for this special night of inspiration and celebration in community!
Talking Pictures: Jill Moser, Major Jackson, & Elena Karina Byrne
Sunday, March 29, 2026
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us in celebrating New York painter Jill Moser’s latest project, Talking Pictures: Collaborations (H.J. Imprint). Poets Major Jackson and Elena Karina Byrne with artist Jill Moser will discuss collaboration as a process of reciprocity, outside traditional settings of ekphrasis and in relation to their associative experiences with visual media. After the conversation, there will be a Q&A with the audience.
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Intensive Workshops
Beyond Baroque's Sixth Annual 30 in 30 Workshop with Brendan Constantine
Saturdays, March 28 - April 25, 2026
11:00 AM PT
via Zoom
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 21, 2026
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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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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