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November 3, 2019(1 event)

1:30 pm: CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER: BLACK INDIANS


November 3, 2019

Join Shonda Buchanan and Kendrick Davis on November 3rd for Black Indians: Identity, Ethnicity, Landscape and Loss.

Shonda Buchanan reads from her memoir Black Indian. Dr. Kendrick Davis follows with a reading from, Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage by William Loren Katz. This event culminates in a conversation with the speakers.

Award-winning poet and educator Shonda Buchanan (1968) was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter of Mixed Bloods, tri-racial and tri-ethnic African American, American Indian and European-descendant families who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia in the mid-1700 to 1800s to Southwestern Michigan. Black Indian, her memoir, begins the saga of these migration stories of Free People of Color communities exploring identity, ethnicity, landscape and loss.

Dr. Davis is the Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation and Associate Professor at UCR’s new School of Medicine. He is proud to say that he also received his B.A. in Philosophy from Cal State San Bernardino, and grew up in the Inland Empire. His research emphasis is quality improvement research with a focus on vulnerable, underserved, and marginalized populations. Dr. Davis is the Primary Investigator (PI) on a multi-million dollar federal grant. Further, Dr. Davis’ dissertation was published as a book, entitled, Connecting our Present and Future Selves: Examining the Impact of Reasoning, Motivation, and Self‐Regulatory Processes on Academic Achievement.

“My book is a prayer for my family. But as I think about it and talk about it more and more, my book is kind of a prayer for America, particularly now, with the rapid murdering of Black men and women.” —Shonda Buchanan

This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by UCR Center for Ideas and Society.

November 4, 2019
November 5, 2019(3 events)

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


November 5, 2019

Registration required. 

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Our Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center workshop is on going for participants 50+. They meet every Tuesday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.

The Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center is located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351-8800.

Please note that there will no meeting on 7/16, 8/20, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 11/26 (holiday), 12/10 and 12/24 (holiday).

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP SAN BERNARDINO WITH ROMAINE WASHINGTON


November 5, 2019

Registration required. 

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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.

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH JAMES DUCAT


November 5, 2019

Registration required. 

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NEW this season! The Creative Writing Workshop in Redlands with James Ducat, open to all ages.

The Redlands workshop meets every other Tuesday starting at 6:30pm at the Gregory Hall 270 at the University of Redlands. The university is located at 1200 E Colton Ave, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 793-2121. 

*Please note this workshop's room has been moved from Appleton Hall 101 to Gregory Hall 270.

November 6, 2019(2 events)

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


November 6, 2019

Registration required. 

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Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:00pm.

The Joslyn Senior Center is 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


November 6, 2019

Registration required. 

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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.

November 7, 2019(2 events)

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


November 7, 2019

Registration required. 

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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.

7:00 pm: ARTS WALK: LETTERS TO THE ANCESTORS WITH CHRISTINA GUILLEN


November 7, 2019

In honor of Native American Heritage Month and Day of the Dead, Christina Guillén will lead this program where participants can commune with their ancestors. We’ll write letters, build an altar, and more.
The Riverside Public Library is located at 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California 92501. This event starts at 7pm on Thursday, November 7th.
Christina Guillén is the author of the novel Cenquizqui and The Letters: A Prequel to Cenquizqui, as well as a series of zines on mixed-race called Halfmoonjefa. She studies Indigenous ways, shops at flea markets, and likes to ride her bike to abandoned parking lots in the I.E.
Thanks goes to our sponsors, Friends of the Library, and the Riverside Main Library
November 8, 2019(1 event)

4:30 pm: POETRY WORKSHOP WITH SANTEE FRAZIER


November 8, 2019

Join our friends at Cafe con Libros for a poetry workshop led by the author of Dark Thirty and Aurum.

Santee Frazier is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and brings a raw realism to his poetry. He has an MFA from Syracuse University.

This event will take place on November 8th at 4:30 pm at Cafe Con Libros Press, located at 280 W. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA 91766. Email cafeconlibrospress@gmail.com for more information.

****This is a sponsored partner event

November 9, 2019(1 event)

3:00 pm: METAL HORSE AND SHADOWS BOOK LAUNCH WITH AUTHOR DEENAZ COACHBUILDER


November 9, 2019

Join Inlandia on November 9th starting at 3 pm as we celebrate the launch of a new book of poems by Deenaz Paymaster Coachbuilder.
This event will take place at the Riverside Medical Clinic in the downstairs conference room. The clinic is located at 7117 Brockton Ave, Riverside, 92506.
Deenaz Coachbuilder is an educator, artist, poet, and environmental advocate. She is a retired school principal and professor in special education, past president of Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice and India Association of the Inland Empire, and a consultant in speech pathology. She is the author of two books of poems, Imperfect Fragments, and Metal Horse and Shadows, which have been received with critical acclaim both here and abroad.