Fall of Freedom: Reading Aloud: What Is Power? by Fred Dewey

Join us for a screening of Reading Aloud: What Is Power? by Fred Dewey at Beyond Baroque, followed by a discussion of the making of the film and Fred's ideas about democracy and people's power with filmmaker Dana Berman Duff and Renée Petropolous along with participants from the film: Dorit Cypis, Trinidad Ruiz, Jody Zellen, Dakota Higgins, Brendan Constantine, and democracy activist Wayne Leibman. This program is in participation with Fall of Freedom, a platform empowering the arts community to stand in defiance against authoritarianism.

About Beyond Baroque

Beyond Baroque 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.

If you are attending in person, ticket purchase is required. Tickets will be available at the Beyond Baroque bookstore on the day of the event, but 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.