Upcoming Events
International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles 2026
Friday April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2026
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
The fifth edition of the International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles, features screenings of 64 poem-based films from around the world, including selections from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom, among other countries. Selected by festival director Lynn Holley and Beyond Baroque, the films will be screened in The Wanda Coleman Theater. Click here for more information.
L.A. Book Launch: Hovering by Carol V. Davis
Friday, May 2, 2026
3:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
In her haunting new poetry collection, Hovering, Carol V. Davis explores how disease steals what makes us human. These poems explore what it means when language and memory uncouple like merry-go-round animals that break free and gallop off. Drawing on texts and traditions, the poems confront the reality of the void and the length of the journey. The author will be reading new and selected work with poet Lory Bedikian, author of Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body.
Poet Film Stage: Outlaws & Angels
Friday, May 2, 2026
7:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Poet Film Stage returns to Beyond Baroque for a one-night performance. This year’s theme, Outlaws & Angels, unfolds as a 75-minute program shaped by a live score, where music threads through poetry, vignettes, and film, connecting each moment into a cohesive, emotionally rich visual narrative. Featuring: Amy Raasch, Annie Wood, Aruni Wijesinghe, Brendan Constantine, Dig Wayne, Jeremy Ra, jimmy vega, Joseph Paulson, Kathleen Florence, Michelle Bitting, Nicelle Davis, Phil Abrams, Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Mylo Lam, Sandy Rogers, Sean Hill, and Susan Hayden.
L.A. Book Launch: Piecework by Amy Shimshon-Santo
Saturday, May 9, 2026
1:30 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
Join us for a celebration of Amy Shimshon-Santo's newest collection, Piecework: Ethnographies of Place (Unsolicited Press). The afternoon will feature readings and perfomances by Amy Shimshon-Santo, Avila Santo and Reva Santo, followed by a moderated discussion with Betty Avila. iecework brings together intergenerational essays that reflect on how people create possibility and shape place through creative work. The book moves between personal narrative and collective history, offering a thoughtful look at how change happens on the ground. Moving across classrooms, neighborhoods, and personal histories, The book highlights what becomes possible when communities come together with intention.
Women of the World: Poetry & Music Performances
Saturday, May 9, 2026
7:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque and Live on YouTube
UCLA’s Comparative Literature Graduate Student Association, in partnership with Beyond Baroque, is pleased to present Women of the World, an evening of commemoration for the struggles of women around the world. The program presents a commemoration for female poets and reflections on the struggles of women around the world involving talks about the history of International Women’s Day and various poetry readings in multiple languages with translations; featuring Hannah Jakobsen, Ivanna Berrios, JuliAnne Rach, Sylvie Gallagher, and Consuelo Salamia Góngora. The event will culminate in musical performances of songs of resistance by women artists Andrea Y Los Gallos and Guerra Paz.
Poetry & Wine Tasting: A Fundraiser for Beyond Baroque
Saturday, May 16, 2026
6:00 PM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us in the Poets’ Garden at Beyond Baroque for our spring fundraiser! Enjoy an evening of wine tastings paired with poetry, with all proceeds supporting Beyond Baroque’s programming and its mission to expand opportunities for a diverse literary community. As Los Angeles’ oldest literary organization, Beyond Baroque needs your support to continue providing a home for learning and creative expression through workshops, weekly readings, and performances at our historic space in Venice. Stay tuned for more info!
More Upcoming Events
Intensive Workshops
Writing With Family and Community Archives
Saturday, May 2, 2026
11:00 AM PT
In Person at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a workshop with Amy Shimshon-Santo! Here’s your chance to experience a generative writing workshop that delves into family and community legacies! Please come with any images, artifacts, or oral stories you wish to play with on the page.
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
The poem My trembling candle, a selection of visual poems by J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg.
April 11 - May 9, 2026
Closing Reading
Thursday, May 7, 7:30 PM
The poem My trembling candle is a selection of visual poems by J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg. The exhibit features framed original collages, about 4.25” x 5.5”, as well as enlargements in several sizes. The work in The poem My trembling candle touches on both the physical and the metaphorical. Doors seem to open on possibility as often as they open into rooms or houses. Light and shadow interplay in mood and spirit. Birds (tap-dancing with cardinals) cavort in an abbreviated syntax that Kleinberg describes as “somewhere between Dada and Twitter, between ransom note and haiku.”
More information here.
Proxy Gallery Presents
xiouping:
modalities: the body keeps time
March 28 to May 9, 2026, 2026
The work of artist xiouping is a 12-minute video and sound installation composed of a looped single-channel video. The camera stays in a fixed position inside a bedroom. We see a woman pushing someone in a wheelchair off camera, and then the same woman coming and going, tidying the room and the bed, carrying cups and bottles away from the bedside table, arranging medications, emptying the commode and changing the lining, placing new mattress protectors on the bed, and performing many actions indicative of caregiving to a disabled person, who is off camera.
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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