The Events Calendar display upcoming not working right

I’ve added the suggested function from [ https://displayposts.com/2019/01/04/display-upcoming-events-from-the-events-calendar/ ] to display upcoming events. I’ve also added a custom taxonomy filter to show events in certain categories.

It looks great, except it’s showing both past and upcoming events AND the “order by” doesn’t seem to have any effect. I would like to see the upcoming events closest to today’s date at the top.

Is this function outdated? Is there a new one I am missing? thank you!