Name: The Inlandia Institute
Address: 4178 Chestnut Street, Riverside, CA, USA
Telephone: 951-369-1564

LITERATURE ON THE LAWN WITH REBECCA K. O'CONNOR

May 3, 2018 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

TBA

This event will take place in front of the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501.

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September 2018
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					1	2 1:30 pm: CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER WITH RON ARIAS AND JUAN DELGADO September 2, 2018 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm On Sunday September 2, 2018, please join Inlandia for Hispanic Truths: Ron Arias in conversation with Juan Delgado. This event begins at 1:30 pm. This month’s Conversations at the Culver will focus on Arias’ lifelong search for the truths about his Hispanic origins in a personal journey through research, life experience and creative work in fiction and non-fiction books. Arias will read from a chapter of his novel-in-progress, Gardens of Plenty, titled "Love On The Run.” The chapter takes place in 1570 in the wilds of the Sierra Gorda of eastern, present-day Mexico, as well as discuss his other publications and career. About Ron Arias Ron Arias is a former newspaper and magazine journalist, most recently a writer and global correspondent for 22 years at People magazine. He has published the following books: The Road To Tamazunchale, a novel nominated for a National Book Award; Five Against the Sea, Healing from the Heart, Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit; White’s Rules: Saving Our Youth, One Kid A Time, and My Life As A Pencil. Gardens of Plenty, a coming-of-age novel set in late 16th-century Europe and New Spain (more or less, present-day Mexico). He also taught English for 13 years in the Inland Empire at San Bernardino Valley and Crafton Hills community colleges. Photo credit Peter Sterling About Juan Delgado Juan Delgado is a retired professor of English, Creative Writing and Chicano Literature at California State University, San Bernardino. Delgado’s collections of poetry are Green Web (1994), selected by poet Dara Weir for the Contemporary Poetry Prize at the University of Georgia; El Campo (1998); and A Rush of Hands (2003). Delgado has been poet-in-residence at the University of Miami. He is the recently retired director of the MFA program in Creative Writing and a professor of English, creative writing, Chicano literature, and poetry at the California State University, San Bernardino. This program is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception, book sales & signing. The Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts is located at UCR ArtsBlock at 3834 Main Street on the pedestrian mall in the heart of downtown Riverside.
3 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON September 3, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Spring dates and availability. The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.	4 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS September 4, 2018 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.	5 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER September 5, 2018 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.	6 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON September 6, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Spring dates and availability. The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381. 7:00 pm: LITERATURE ON THE LAWN September 6, 2018 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm On Thursday September 6, please join Inlandia at 7 pm as we welcome back Poets in Distress for our last installment of Literature on the Lawn for this season. Poets in Distress is an Inland Empire-based performance poetry troupe. They will deliver an avant-garde performance of a diverse range of poems, combining a love for spoken word with an outrageous sense of fun. This event is emceed by the inimitable Brutus Chieftain and includes a poetry open mic. The group’s members live in Riverside, Moreno Valley, Pomona, Los Angeles and other Southern California cities. This event is FREE and open to the public. The Riverside Public Library is located at 3851 Mission Inn Avenue in the heart of downtown Riverside.	7	8 10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT September 8, 2018 10:30 am – 11:30 am Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside workshop meets every other Saturday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201. 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON September 8, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.	9
10 N/A: NO WHERE TO GO BUT INSIDE WRITING CONTEST September 10, 2018 N/A Ghost Walk Riverside, in partnership with Inlandia Institute, is seeking spooky tales of horror, mayhem, history, ghosts, zombies, aliens, and more. Send your story of no more than fifteen double spaced, typewritten pages to Inlandia@InlandiaInstitute.org. Contest ends September 10, 2018 at 11:59pm. Successful stories will consist primarily of dialogue with some stage direction and very little scene setting so that they are easily converted into a stage play. All entries will receive one free ticket for the Friday night Ghost Walk. Selected stories will receive one additional ticket for a total of two free tickets for stories chosen. ***All stories that are chosen may be subject to some light revision/editing depending upon the story location, available actors, and required props.	11 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS September 11, 2018 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.	12 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER September 12, 2018 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550. 6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH September 12, 2018 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Ontario workshop meets every other Wednesday at the Ovitt Library, located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764. They can be reached at (909) 395-2004.	13 5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL September 13, 2018 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Colton workshop meets every other Thursday at the Advance to Literacy Center, located at 656 N 9th Street, Colton. They can be reached at (909) 370-5083. 6:30 pm: PROSE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE September 13, 2018 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside workshop meets every other Thursday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.	14	15 1:00 pm: THE GREAT BOOK EXHIBITION September 15, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Book Signing and Historical Fair - FREE and Open to the Public! Official event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/258187894770847/ A chance to purchase books and have them signed by your favorite Authors! Lots of free goodies and fun. This is a rare opportunity for Los Angeles area fans of historical romance to meet their favorite authors all in one place and with no entrance fee (something most book conference signings charge). Our HRR authors, many in period costume, look forward to meeting and taking selfies with fans, autographing books, and giving away bookmarks and other free goodies. Additionally, an exclusive HRR tote bag will be given FREE to the first 50 people in line from the general public, and every attendee will be entered to win an exclusive gift basket of books and historically-themed gifts. Our 38 NY Times, USA Today, and award-winning authors: Victoria Alexander, Annabelle Anders, Jennifer Ashley, K.C. Bateman, Renee Bernard, Josephine Blake, Katherine Bone, Kerrigan Byrne, Christy Carlyle, Gina Danna, Kathryn Lynn Davis,* Elizabeth Essex, Sherry Ewing, Anna Harrington, Karen Hawkins, Virginia Heath, Elizabeth Hoyt, Kristi Ann Hunter, Amy Jarecki, Sabrina Jeffries, Wendy LaCapra, Laura Landon, Anthea Lawson,* Jade Lee, Kathryn Le Veque,* Sue London, Alanna Lucas, Deb Marlowe, Amanda McCabe, May McGoldrick, Hildie McQueen, Meara Platt, Stella Riley, Sonja Rouillard, Lauren Smith, Ava Stone, Caroline Warfield, and Mary Wine. * denotes our 3 L.A. area authors.	16
17	18 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS September 18, 2018 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800.	19 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER September 19, 2018 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.	20 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON September 20, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Spring dates and availability. The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.	21	22 10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT September 22, 2018 10:30 am – 11:30 am Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside workshop meets every other Saturday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201. 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON September 22, 2018 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be reached at (951) 736-2381.	23
24	25 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS September 25, 2018 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside Poetry in Motion workshop meets every Tuesday at the Janet Goeske Foundation & Senior Center, located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351- 8800. 5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN SAN BERNARDINO WITH ALLYSON JEFFREDO September 25, 2018 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The San Bernardino workshop meets every other Tuesday at the Rowe Branch Library, located at 108 E Marshall Blvd, San Bernardino, CA 92404. They can be reached at (909) 883-3411.	26 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER September 26, 2018 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Redlands workshop meets every Wednesday at the Joslyn Senior Center, located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550. 6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH September 26, 2018 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Ontario workshop meets every other Wednesday at the Ovitt Library, located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764. They can be reached at (909) 395-2004.	27 5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL September 27, 2018 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Colton workshop meets every other Thursday at the Advance to Literacy Center, located at 656 N 9th Street, Colton. They can be reached at (909) 370-5083. 6:30 pm: PROSE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE September 27, 2018 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Registration required. Check back for Winter dates and availability. The Riverside workshop meets every other Thursday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.	28	29 9:00 am: 2018 WRIGHTWOOD LITERARY FESTIVAL September 29, 2018 9:00 am – 7:00 pm Local artists from the mile-high mountain community of Wrightwood are putting together the town’s fourth annual literary festival the last weekend of September. Guest faculty this year include novelist and publisher Yi Shun Lai (author of Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu), the cross-genre poet Nicelle Davis (The Walled Wife), and journalist-poet Alejandro Escudé (My Earthbound Eye), with a keynote presentation and conversation with award-winning Young Adult author and poet Ron Koertge (Shakespeare Bats Cleanup). In addition to the usual fiction, poetry, and editing workshops, the festival features new classes in parody songwriting, news poetry, community building, and the business of being an author. Some workshops are geared toward experienced writers, while others are offered for more casual readers. For $55, festival registration includes any two workshops, lunch, the keynote presentation, and free entry into the annual “soapku” contest and Wrightwood Poetry Slam. Saturday night and Sunday festivities are free to the public, including the guest faculty reading, a group hike, presentation of the annual Young Authors Award, and a poetry slam, where poets will compete in a rowdy contest of verse for a $200 prize. Find more at https://www.wrightwoodlitfest.com	30 8:30 am: 2018 WRIGHTWOOD LITERARY FESTIVAL September 30, 2018 8:30 am – 11:00 am Local artists from the mile-high mountain community of Wrightwood are putting together the town’s fourth annual literary festival the last weekend of September. Guest faculty this year include novelist and publisher Yi Shun Lai (author of Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu), the cross-genre poet Nicelle Davis (The Walled Wife), and journalist-poet Alejandro Escudé (My Earthbound Eye), with a keynote presentation and conversation with award-winning Young Adult author and poet Ron Koertge (Shakespeare Bats Cleanup). In addition to the usual fiction, poetry, and editing workshops, the festival features new classes in parody songwriting, news poetry, community building, and the business of being an author. Some workshops are geared toward experienced writers, while others are offered for more casual readers. For $55, festival registration includes any two workshops, lunch, the keynote presentation, and free entry into the annual “soapku” contest and Wrightwood Poetry Slam. Saturday night and Sunday festivities are free to the public, including the guest faculty reading, a group hike, presentation of the annual Young Authors Award, and a poetry slam, where poets will compete in a rowdy contest of verse for a $200 prize. Find more at https://www.wrightwoodlitfest.com

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LITERATURE ON THE LAWN WITH REBECCA K. O'CONNOR

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER

N/A: 2018 WRITING FROM INLANDIA

1:30 pm: CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER WITH RON ARIAS AND JUAN DELGADO

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON

7:00 pm: LITERATURE ON THE LAWN

10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON

N/A: NO WHERE TO GO BUT INSIDE WRITING CONTEST

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL

6:30 pm: PROSE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE

1:00 pm: THE GREAT BOOK EXHIBITION

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON

10:30 am: POETRY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JAMES DUCAT

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN SAN BERNARDINO WITH ALLYSON JEFFREDO

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL

6:30 pm: PROSE CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE

9:00 am: 2018 WRIGHTWOOD LITERARY FESTIVAL

8:30 am: 2018 WRIGHTWOOD LITERARY FESTIVAL