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JANUARY AT BEYOND BAROQUE!! Regular Admission: $10 general, $6 Students & Seniors, Members Free to most events Special Admission: as listed 3 January, Saturday - 8:00 PM POETRY IN MOTION Since 1988, Eve Brandstein presents an eclectic array of writers from the literary and Hollywood communities. This season Poetry In Motion will feature special events and solo performances. Check out her website evebrandsteinpoetryinmotion and Facebook page for more information. Special General Admission – Advanced tickets $15 on Eventbrite; $20 at the door; $10 Students/Seniors; Members $8. 4 January, Sunday - 2:00 PM MEMORIAL FOR ALFRED BENJAMIN Beyond Baroque has lost a treasure: He escaped Nazi Germany in 1936, pioneered medical photography & authored 4 books. Celebration of a life well lived. FREE. 4 January, Sunday - 5:00 PM FIRST SUNDAY OPEN READING Our popular monthly open reading. This month’s feature: Jeff Rodgers. Hosted by Steve Goldman. Sign ups begin at 4:45 PM. Five-minute limit. Suggested donation $5. 4 January, Sunday - 7:00 PM SHAMAN’S BLUES: THE ART AND INFLUENCES BEHIND JIM MORRISON AND THE DOORS Denise Sullivan reads from Shamans Blues: The Art and Influences Behind Jim Morrison and the Doors. A thorough, clear-eyed, admirable book, says author Rudy Rucker. FREE. 9 January, Friday - 8:00 PM JAMES CUSHING PUBLICATION READING James Cushing is an “unrepentant surrealist” (Sarah Maclay), a familiar in the L.A. poetry scene since the late 1970s, and former San Luis Obispo Poet Laureate. His new book The Magicians’ Union is out now from Cahuenga Press. Regular Admission. 10 January, Saturday - 4:00 PM ART RECEPTION: BOOK OF THE DAD The work of George Koll (1941-2013) - hilarious, controversial, insightful drawings and writings - will be shown for the first time in public at the Mike Kelley Gallery at Beyond Baroque beginning on January 10, 2015. George Koll lived an alternative life in the underground of San Francisco and his writings and art are testimony to his life. He survived, - sometimes thrived - under the radar and longer than most, if not all, of his friends and contemporaries of the Beat Generation, the 60s, 70s and beyond. FREE. The official opening for the show will be Saturday, January 10, 2015, from 4-6pm. Juri Koll, Director of The Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, will be curating his fathers work, which has been an inspiration to him and his life as an artist. Fatemeh Burnes and Peter Frank will be curating Mr. Kolls paintings into the show, based on Kolls selections of his fathers work. Juri and Saul Koll are preparing a definitive book on the project which will debut at the opening on January 10. Its an event not to miss. We are very proud to present this exhibition and book at Beyond Baroque which is one of the United States leading independent Literary | Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to expanding the publics knowledge of poetry, literature and art through cultural events and community interaction. Through the years, Beyond Baroque has played muse to the Venice Beats, the burgeoning Punk movement and visiting scholars. FREE. 10 January, Saturday - 8:00 PM POETRY IN MOTION - SPECIAL EDITION Since 1988, Eve Brandstein presents an eclectic array of writers from the literary and Hollywood communities . This season Poetry In Motion will feature special events and solo performances. Check out her website evebrandsteinpoetryinmotion and Facebook page for more information. Special General Admission – Advanced tickets $15 on Eventbrite; $20 at the door; $10 Students/Seniors; Members $8. 11 January, Sunday - 2:00 PM SOAP BOX OPEN READING This is your home. Bring your words. The mic is yours. Sign ups begin at 1:45 PM. There is a 7-minute limit. This month’s feature: Fernando Castro. Hosted by Jessica Wilson. Suggested donation $5. 16 January, Friday - 8:00 PM JUMPSTART STORIES: NANCY AGABIAN & FRIENDS Nancy Agabian, former Beyond Baroque artist-in-residence (1994-1999), reads with members of her current online creative non-fiction/autobiographical fiction writing workshop, “Jump Start Your Writing. Regular Admission. 17 January, Saturday - 8:00 PM STEINBECK CALLING A celebration of Steinbecks works with readings and music, including: Pastures of Heaven, Cannery Row, Travels with Charley, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. Performers include Lee Boek, Eric Vollmer, and Ross Altman on guitar. Regular Admission. 18 January, Sunday – 7:00 PM WRITERS ROUND Mende Smith and Keith Martin host established and emerging writers in a writers roundtable meet talk show format. Writers will answer questions from the audience and the audience is encouraged to answer the monthly Big Question. Special Admission $7 general/students/seniors, Members Free 18 January, Sunday - 6:00 PM KATIA MORAES: BRAZILIAN LANGUAGE LOUNGE Kátia Moraes sews together pieces of her life’s inspirational puzzle: Brazilian music, poetry, theatre, dance, and visual art. Special guests: guitarist Mitchell Long and poet Peter Lownds. Suggested donation $5. 25 January, Sunday - 7:00 PM NEBRASKA GIRL OPEN READING In the Mike Kelley Gallery Open reading with features hosted by WYATT UNDERWOOD and MELISSA ALVARADO. This month’s feature: Doug Kearney, Douglas Brown and Doug Knott. Five-minute limit, sign ups at 1:45 PM. Suggested donation $5. 25 January, Sunday - 5:00 PM LA POESÍA SALON: A MULTILINGUAL POETRY EXPERIENCE In the Bookstore Bring original Multilingual poetry to share.Potluck Party donations are welcome. A salon style meet up of Spanish language and bilingual poets sharing their work. Bring poems and a snack or drink to share. Hosted by Antonieta Villamil. Suggested donation $5. 25 January, Sunday - 7:00 PM 7 DUDLEY CINEMA: FILMS OF VENICE Colorful history of films made in Venice, California with Jeffrey Stanton, Mark Steven Shepherd, Tim Corvins Venice Beach -1985 Live Music by the Boardwalks Maestro Alan Robinson. Laughtears Free, donations appreciated. 30 January, Friday - 8:00 PM DAVID STARKEY: SANTA BARBARA POET LAUREATE David Starkey, a former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, will read from his latest collection, Like a Soprano, an episode-by-episode re-visioning of The Sopranos TV series. Regular Admission. 31 January, Saturday - 8:00 PM LAUREL ANN BOGEN, PHIL TAGGART & LYNNE THOMPSON LA native, Laurel Ann Bogen is an award-winning poet and teacher whose work has been published in over 100 literary magazines and anthologies. For this evening, and in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the original event at Beyond Baroque, she will be collaborating with visual artist Anya Liffey who will interpret her poetry on canvas. Phil Taggart’s latest book Rick Sings is published by Brandenburg Press. Rick Sings’ focus and muse is Taggart’s younger brother who suffers from schizophrenia.The reading will incorporate a video created for the book. Lynne Thompson’s most recent collection of poetry, Start With A Small Guitar, was published by What Books Press in October, 2013. Her first, Beg No Pardon, won the Perugia Press Book Award as well as the Great Lakes Colleges Association’s New Writer’s Award. Regular Admission.