• A Juneteenth Poetry Reading: Poetry in AfroDiaspora & Chamorrita Song

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    A Reading celebrating Audrey Shipp's debut poetry collection and Danielle P. William's Chamorrita Song Join us on Juneteenth for a double book launch celebrating Audrey Shipp's new collection Poetry /Poes´ía/ Poésie in AfroDiaspora and Danielle P. Williams's Chamorrita Song. In this stunning collection, writer Audrey Shipp resucitates the poems of her poetic voice, Adriana––a young poet who resists the alienation Read More ...

  • L.A. Book Launch & Theatrical Reading: The Sun Has Fallen by Tyler Neufeld

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Told entirely in rhyme, an ensemble of 10 actors will bring 24 characters to life in this staged reading The Sun Has Fallen is an epic poem and Tyler Neufeld's authorial debut. It follows a fateful tale of magic, ghosts, children, second chances, and a battle between good and evil across an abstracted chessboard fantasy map. Told entirely in rhyme, Read More ...

  • L.A. Book Launch: Todos Somos Sagrados by Rey M. Rodriguez

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Rey M. Rodriguez, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and William Archila in The Wanda Coleman Theater Join us for the L.A. Book Launch of Rey M. Rodríguez's poetry collection, Todos Somos Sagrados (El Martillo Press, 2026). A meditation on the daily community work of neighborhood projects like Proyecto Pastoral in East Los Angeles aiding the unhoused, immigrant, and violence-plagued Read More ...