Fix Your Hearts or Die: A Twin Peaks/David Lynch Night

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Fix Your Hearts or Die is an evening for fans and newcomers to the Twin Peaks series. The Wanda Coleman Theater will turn into the darkly surreal dreamscape of the Lynchian imagination.

The evening will begin with the Black Lodge String Quartet: Zoë Edeskuty (Violin I), Nico Nonato (Violin II), Krista Lombardi (Viola) and Ella Magen (Cello) performing classical renditions of the series' theme songs and more! Featured poets CD Eskilson, Mylo Lam, and Joseph Paulson will take the stage, followed by L.A.-based surf punk band The Martian Sunset closing out the night.

Costumes encouraged! Come dressed in your favorite Twin Peaks character or from any of Lynch's movies and take part in this homage to the beloved filmmaker. See you at the Double B Café (aka Beyond Baroque)!

Cherry pie and coffee available while supplies last.

About the authors

CD Eskilson is the author of Scream / Queen (Acre Books, 2025). Their work appears in Kenyon Review, The Offing, Pleiades, Georgia Review, and others. CD is poetry co-editor of Split Lip Magazine. They were once in a punk band.

Joseph Paulson is poetry editor for the literary journal Months To Years. He teaches poetry as poet-in-residence of the Institute for Arts in Medicine (I_AM) at USC's Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Mylo Lam (he/him) was born in Vietnam and currently lives in Los Angeles. He and his family are refugees from Cambodia. Mylo’s work has been published or is forthcoming in Barrelhouse, The Margins, MĀNOA Journal, GASHER, and elsewhere. His multimedia work won Palette Poetry’s Brush & Lyre Prize, his poetry won Blood Orange Review's Emerging Writers Contest, and his chapbook “AND NOT/AND YET” was the Editors' Choice by Quarterly West.

About the musicians:

The Black Lodge String Quarter: Composed of Zoë Edeskuty (Violin I), Nico Nonato (Violin II), Krista Lombardi (Viola) and Ella Magen (Cello).

The Martian Sunset: From the crypts of The San Fernando Valley. Drenched in reverb and out for souls.

About 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.

Livestream: This event won't be livestreamed.

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.

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