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. |
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7/16 |
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Beyond Certainty: Poetry as Prismatic Inquiry
Thursday, July 16, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Organized by DoppelHouse Press, this event reunites three Southern California poets at Beyond Baroque -- Eve Wood, Ed Schad and David Starkey -— for readings and conversation about how they approach the reframing of events through question-and-answer, multi-vocal or multi-temporal epistolary constructions, and by subverting assumptions.
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7/17 |
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A Night of Blues & Poetry with M.L. Liebler & Special Guests
Friday, July 17, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Detroit poet M.L. Liebler celebrates the release of Hound Dog: A Poet's Memoir of a Revolutionary Poet with a reading from his new memoir. Liebler will be joined by the LA Coyote Monk Poetry Band for a live set featuring Willie Aron, Pat Thomas, Dave & Carolyn Soyars. Special performance by acclaimed Los Angeles singer-songwriter Bonnie Murray Tamblyn.
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7/18 |
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Table Reading
Saturday, July 18, 11:00 AM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a session of careful, attentive live reading and interpretation of “What is Authority” by Hannah Arendt and The School of Public Life by the late Fred Dewey. Table Reading sessions are hosted at Beyond Baroque, led by Renée Petropoulos and the Fred Rogers Dewey Legacy Project (FRDLP). There is no need to read anything ahead of time—the text will be passed out at the table. Just come, sit, and read with us.
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7/18 |
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The Lit Show
Saturday, July 18, 7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for The Lit Show starring Suzy Williams and Brad Kay! This is the 19th annual celebration of song and literature. No advance tickets, first come, first served. More information on laughtears.com.
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7/23 |
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Beat Poetry & Poetry in Translation: Michael Amitin & Doreen Stock
Thursday, July 23, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
International Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2021) Michael Amitin reads from his new collection Rainy Night Paris; described as a noir-soaked chronicle of Amitin's travels; anti-authoritarian to the bone, the poems burn with jazzy riffs and folk undercurrents for misfits and night owls. Author and translator, Doreen Stock, presents La Cuenta Mundo a bilingual collection of poems originally written in Spanish by Nobel-Prize winning Chilean author Gabriela Mistral with English translations by Stock.
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7/24 |
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Flash Photography by Genesis Perez: 5th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, July 24, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us in celebrating five years of Flash Photography by Genesis Perez. This debut collection was published by Spit Shine Press at the end of Perez's time as the Youth Poet Laureate of Ventura County. Flash Photography acts a time capsule of Perez's teen years and earliest published writings. Be prepared for angst, cringe, and an honest look into the teen years. Co-features include Ga'agé Taya, Fernando Albert Salinas, and more surprise special guests reading original work and poems from Flash Photography in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
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7/25 |
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Salsa, Sabor, & Sonnets: Fundraiser for Beyond Baroque
Saturday, July 25, 6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Beyond Baroque's summer fundraiser is here! Join us for a night of dancing, poetry, and community as we transform our Poets' Garden and Wanda Coleman Theater into beat-thumping dance floors! The night will feature a lineup of five dazzling poets, salsa and bachata lessons given by professionals in the field, a performance by a traditional salsa band, and a dance party! We'll also have a food vendor stationed throughout the night so that you can keep your energy up to dance all night long. Stay tuned for more details!
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7/31 |
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Double Book Launch: Michelle Bitting, Lynne Thompson, & James Meetze
Friday, July 31, 7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Beyond Baroque presents a double book launch celebrating Ruined Beauty (Walton Well Publishing) by Michelle Bitting and The Long Now (White Stag Publishing) by James Meetze. Both authors will read from their sixth poetry collections, exploring themes of grief, family, and the emotional depth of the lyric. They will be joined by former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson in The Wanda Coleman Theater.
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