Name: Exit Interviews: A Community Celebration with Quentin Ring
Start: 2025-08-01T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-08-01T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Beyond Baroque

Exit Interviews: A Community Celebration with Quentin Ring

Beyond Baroque is one of the United States' leading independent Literary/Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to literary and cultural production, contact, interaction, and community building. Founded in 1968, it is based in the Old Town Hall in Venice, California, near the Pacific Ocean. It offers a program of readings, new music, free workshops, publishing, bookstore, archiving, and education. Learn more at beyondbaroque.org.

Beyond Baroque Literary | Arts Center

Please join us for a special farewell reading & party for Beyond Baroque’s Executive Director, Quentin Ring!

Beyond Baroque

After more than a decade at Beyond Baroque—and six years as Executive Director—Quentin is stepping down. On Friday, August 1, he’ll host one final event, gathering poets, friends, and collaborators together to mark the occasion.The evening will feature readings by just a few of the many, many writers who have helped build Beyond Baroque’s community with Quentin, and whose work reflects the depth and range of Beyond Baroque’s literary life.After the readings, we’ll have a special reception &amp; party in the Poets’ Garden and share food and drinks together. With readings by:Will AlexanderRyka AokiLaurel Ann BogenShonda BuchananRhiannon Cielos ChavezRamón GarcíaS.A. GriffinAshaki JacksonL.A. JohnsonKaren KevorkianGenesis PerezLuivette RestoIván SalinasDavid St. JohnLynne ThompsonJimmy VegaSarah Yanni About Beyond Baroque <a href="https://www.beyondbaroque.org/" title="https://www.beyondbaroque.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Beyond Baroque</a> is one of the United States' leading independent Literary | Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to expanding the public's knowledge of poetry, literature and art through cultural events and community interaction. Founded in 1968 as an experimental literary magazine, Beyond Baroque is based out of the original City Hall building in Venice, California. The Center offers a diverse variety of literary and arts programming including readings and workshops. The building also houses a bookstore with a large collection of new poetry books for sale. Livestream: If you can’t join us in-person the event will be livestreamed on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos" title="https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/videos" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Beyond Baroque’s YouTube channel</a> at the scheduled time of the event. This is a free event, but please note seating is limited. We recommend registering in advance through Eventbrite. Masks are encouraged while inside our center. Please arrive early. Event attendees are expected to behave in a respectful and considerate manner while in our space. Beyond Baroque reserves the right to remove individuals from our events, virtual or otherwise, if they are not respecting the space, staff, fellow attendees, or performers.

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