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Events in April 2024

The week's events

7:00 pm: Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina

2:00 pm: Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha

7:00 pm: “Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver

4 7:00 pm: Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm April 4, 2024 First Thursdays Arts Walk: Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina Thursday, April 4, 2024 7:00-8:00 PM Riverside Main Library Community Room Riverside Public Library Community Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Free and open to the public. With William Medina, Carlos Cortés, Judith Auth, and Suzanna Medina 7:00-8:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 Inlandia Institute presents the launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina, Riverside historian and educator. The author will be joined by a distinguished panel to discuss his novel and the Medina family’s renowned Cafe. The panel consists of Judith Auth, Carlos Cortés, and Suzanna Medina. William Medina’s novel, Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas is based on stories inspired by events and characters who frequented his parent’s eatery in Riverside. He masterfully re-imagines and chronicles “… curious bits and pieces of real events that I have reassembled to weave fictional stories,” states Medina. William and his siblings grew up helping their parents Oscar and Josefina Medina at the cafe. Over the years he and his siblings managed the eatery. The original cafe was located in a shopping center in Riverside’s multicultural Eastside. Located nearby was the iconic Nosotros Fine Arts Workshop directed by acclaimed artist Leer Larkin — who was integral to the Medina family. Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas will be available for sale and signing. The event is free and open to the public. The library will also provide an array of books on local history available for check out. Don’t have a library card? You can get one on the spot! Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Please join us. More

6 2:00 pm: Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm April 6, 2024 Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:00-3:00 PM PT, on ZOOM Launch of Guajira – the Cuba girl by Zita Arocha Winner of the 2021 Eliud Martínez Prize Free and open to the public. Registration is required. TO REGISTER: http://tinyurl.com/GuajiraLaunch After you register, we will send you a Zoom meeting link prior to the event. Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the publication of the inaugural Eliud Martínez Prize for literature, Zita Arocha, for Guajira – the Cuba girl, a memoir. This annual prize is awarded to a first book author in fiction or creative nonfiction who identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x. More

24 7:00 pm: “Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm April 24, 2024 Conversations at the Culver 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 “Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” with Perris, California author Rachel Stark in conversation with Susan Straight and Alex Espinoza Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501 Free and open to the public. Please join us at the Culver Center of the Arts on Wednesday, April 26, to celebrate the launch of Rachel Stark’s debut novel, Perris, California. Rachel will be in conversation with authors Susan Straight and Alex Espinoza beginning at 7:00 PM; doors open at 6:30. Perris, California is published by Penguin Press, New York. Copies will be available for sale and signing at the event. More