Beyond Baroque honors the life and legacy of poet, curator, and former trustee of Beyond Baroque, Jerry Garcia.
This special tribute will be hosted by Rick Lupert as the literary community reads Jerry’s poems and shares a myriad of beloved memories. Readers include some of his closest friends and colleagues, as well as some of the poets and artists he avidly advocated for and cherished. They include Ashaki Jackson, Beth Ruscio, Bruce McBirney, Bryn Wickerd, E. Amato, Elizabeth Iannaci, Laurel Ann Bogen, Lisa Cheby, Mary Torregrossa, Michael C. Ford, Susan Hayden, & Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, amongst others.
Jerry Garcia was a poet, photographer, and filmmaker from Suthern California. His poetry has been seen in Pratik, Oikos Poeti per il future, Spillway 28, Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, and The Chiron Review, among a variety of journals and anthologies, domestic and international. He was nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and has published three books of poetry: Trumpets in the Sky (Moon Tide Press,) On Summer Soltice Road (Green Tara Press,) and the chapbook, Hitchhiking With the Guilty.
Jerry supported countless individuals at various stages in their artistic careers, and as a former Vice President of Beyond Baroque's Board of Trustees, he worked tirelessly to ensure the space remained open for future generations.
He also served as the director of the Valley Contemporary Poets and spent the last couple of years of his life retired from the poetry community and producing and editing television commercials, documentaries and motion picture reviews in the Coachella Valley with his family and marvelous wife Becky.
