June 6th, 2013: An Evening honoring two 20-Century Pioneer Poets

Come and celebrate with us two outstanding poets, who were friends,
on their mutual death date!

June 6th, 7:30 PM  - 9:30 PM

Justin Tanner at Beyond Baroque, Saturday, April 20

Playwright Justin Tanner will be screening two webisodes of his popular YouTube series, Avenue 43, at the Nearly Fatal Women Reading at Beyond Baroque, Saturday, April 20, 8:00 PM.


For more information visit: 
http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/01/justin_tanner_ave_43_playwright.php

Join the Surfrider West LA/Malibu Chapter for a Hands on Workshop at Beyond Baroque

Date: Saturday, April 6, 2013; 10 am to 3 pm (okay to come for part of day)

Location: Beyond Baroque Literary / Arts Center, 681 Venice Boulevard, Venice CA 90291

Learn by doing: how to turn a typical lawn into a resource-wise, habitat-friendly, and Ocean Friendly Garden (OFG)!

We will be: discussing the basics of building an OFG, re-grading the soil to capture and retain rain water, and retrofitting the building’s downspouts to direct roof runoff into the garden.

This workshop is the first in a series of three hands on workshops on building this new OFG demonstration project at Beyond Baroque which was awarded a 2013 Keep Los Angeles Beautiful Grant.

Refreshments and a pot luck lunch will be provided. Bring friends and family!

To RSVP, please contact Lisa at lisa@beyondbaroque.org.

Existing Lawn to be replaced with an Ocean Friendly Garden

   Conceptual OFG Plan

Volunteers in action at a recent Palisades workshop

Bring: A re-usable cup, sunscreen, gloves, and if you have one, a shovel

An Ocean Friendly Garden (OFG) applies “CPR” to revive our watersheds and oceans:

C – Conservation: properly-spaced native and climate-appropriate plants;

P – Permeability: healthy soil and mulch act like a sponge, and hardscape directs water into garden;

R – Retention: directing rain water into the garden and preventing runoff.

To learn more about Surfrider’s Ocean Friendly Gardens program, please visit: www.oceanfriendlygardens.org.

  Support Surfrider Foundation by becoming a member.

CPR, GAP, Lawn Patrol © Surfrider Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

3rd Annual Beyond Baroque Award Recipienst announced!

Beyond Baroque is proud to announce this year's recipients 

Eloise Klein Healy, recipient of the George Drury Smith Award, 

and Mike Sonksen, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. 

Read more on our awardees in our official press release from April 1, 2013.

Award ceremony takes place July 14th at 6PM at the Church in Ocean Park in Santa Monica, CA.
Tickets are available on-line at eventbrite.

More information available on our website.

Do you also know you can purchase program ads?
More info here. 
Purchase them on-line through eventbrite as well.

For any questions or inquiries you might have, please email Carlye Archibeque at carlye@beyondbaroque.org.

2 March, Saturday - 4:00 PM JACK McCARTHY MEMORIAL

A Southern California Celebration Of Life Memorial For JACK McCARTHY
for friends, family and anyone who was impacted by Jack's work.

Even if you didn't know Jack all that well, you are invited to come and listen. We want this to be a joyous celebration of Jack's life and the legacy he has left the poetry community.

Confirmed Readers:

CAROL McCARTHY
BEN TRIGG
STEVE RAMIREZ
ELLYN MAYBE
LEIGH WHITE
FELICIA VERDIN
DANIEL McGINN
RICHARD MODIANO
G. MURRAY THOMAS
ERIC MORAGO

Will Alexander's Kaleidoscopic Omniscience - Poetry Foundation

Will Alexander's Kaleidoscopic Omniscience - Poetry Foundation

Over the weekend we were excited to see Skylight Press announce the release of a new anthology of poetry by Will Alexander.
www.poetryfoundation.org/.../will-alexanders-kaleidoscopic-o...

Thanks for checking it out and passing it on!

Your Beyond Baroque Team

23 March, Saturday - 3:00 PM - TSAR TO LENIN: Film Screening & Discussion

First released in 1937, Tsar to Lenin presents an extraordinary cinematic account of the Russian Revolution—from the mass uprising, which overthrew the centuries-old Tsarist regime in February 1917, to the Bolshevik-led insurrection eight months later that established the first socialist workers’ state and the final victory in 1921 of the new Soviet regime over counter-revolutionary forces after a three-year-long civil war.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 ranks among the seminal events of the twentieth century. The victory of the Bolshevik Party and the establishment of the Soviet Union not only abolished capitalism in the largest country on earth. The example of a victorious socialist revolution politically radicalized the working class throughout the world, inspiring the masses with the possibility of an alternative to capitalism and imperialism.

Based on archival footage assembled over more than a decade by the documentary filmmaker Herman Axelbank (1900-1979), Tsar to Lenin provides an unparalleled film record of a revolutionary movement, embracing millions, which “shook the world” and changed the course of history. Following the screening of the film, there will be a question-and-answer session.
Presented by the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE.)