Arts Walk (11/4)

By Dawn Hassett on October 20, 2021

A Conversation with Gordon Lee Johnson and Terria Smith Native American Heritage Month Event FREE • Thursday, November 4 • 7 PM First Thursdays Arts Walk FREE • Masks required. 3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501, Community Room (ground level) In honor of Native American Heritage Month, join Inlandia Institute for a conversation with […]

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Book Launch (10/2)

By Dawn Hassett on September 16, 2021

More Dreamers of the Golden Dream Virtual Book Launch with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh FREE • Saturday, October 2 • 2:30–3:30 PM Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/MoreDreamers Facebook: @inlandia Join Inlandia Institute online for a conversation with renowned writer Susan Straight and eminent photographer Douglas McCulloh, as they discuss their powerful new book, More Dreamers of the […]

Call for Entries

Writing Prize

By Dawn Hassett on October 20, 2021

Eliud Martínez Prize Submission Submission period: November 1, 2021-January 31, 2022 For submission guidelines and eligibility, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaEMP. The Eliud Martínez Prize submission window opens November 1, 2021 and runs through January 31, 2022! If you are a first book author in fiction or creative nonfiction who identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x, you […]

Online Workshops

Black Art (11/6)

By Dawn Hassett on October 20, 2021

How to Write About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Part 2 Blacklandia Events Series FREE• Saturdays, November 6, 13, and 20 • 4 PM Zoom • Register at https://tinyurl.com/WritingBlackArt Back by popular demand, Writing about Black Art with Richard Allen May III returns this November with both new and continued explorations of […]

Events

Gravendyk Winner (11/13)

By Dawn Hassett on October 20, 2021

Book Launch and Celebration for Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual by Adam D. Martinez FREE • Saturday, November 13 • 11 AM–2 PM Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Ave • Riverside Mask AND Proof of Vaccination required. RSVP required: https://tinyurl.com/RemythLaunch Join Inlandia Institute at Riverside Art Museum on Saturday, November 13, from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, […]

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Virtual Reading (11/21)

By Dawn Hassett on October 20, 2021

2020 Writing From Inlandia VIRTUAL Event FREE • Sunday, November 21 1 PM Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/2020WFI Facebook: @inlandia Join Inlandia Institute for a special online reading of selected works from 2020 Writing from Inlandia! This yearly anthology has been published since 2011 and is an Inlandia tradition, with contributors from sixteen of Inlandia’s creative writing workshops […]

Online Workshops

Food Writing (10/20)

By Dawn Hassett on September 16, 2021

Second Helpings: Food Writing Workshop Part Two with Alaina Bixon FREE • Wednesdays: October 20, 27; November 3, 10, 17; December 1, 8, 15 • 2–3:30 PM Workshops are held on Zoom Register at: https://tinyurl.com/WritingOnFood Second Helpings: Food Writing Part Two in the Season of Comfort Foods Whet your literary culinary appetite this fall, and […]

October 2021
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					1	2 2:30 pm: "More Dreamers of the Golden Dream" AUTHOR TALK with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh October 2, 2021 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Join Inlandia Institute for a conversation with writer Susan Straight and photographer Douglas McCulloh as they discuss their powerful new book, More Dreamers of the Golden Dream, based on their 2013 Riverside Art Museum exhibit by the same name. The show brought an entire community together to share stories from four generations of Californians, and now, eight years later, Straight and McCulloh return with a rich collection of essays and images that continue the chronicle of Riverside’s Eastside experience. Register now for a discussion of their collaboration – and get a sneak peek into the upcoming, updated exhibition at Riverside Art Museum, which will open October 7, 2021 and run through January 2, 2022. On Zoom. To register for the author talk with Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh: https://tinyurl.com/MoreDreamers More
3	4 1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL October 4, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time. Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside. More	5 6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) October 5, 2021 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, and 11/30/21 – from 6:00-8:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	6 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) October 6, 2021 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm This Intermediate/Advanced ALL GENRES workshop with Victoria Waddle is based in Ontario but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Wednesdays – 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	7 6:00 pm: "More Dreamers of the Golden Dream" BOOK LAUNCH and Opening Reception at RAM with Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, and Delphine Sims October 7, 2021 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Inlandia Institute and Riverside Art Museum Present More Dreamers of the Golden Dream Book Launch and Opening Reception at RAM / First Thursdays Arts Walk with Susan Straight, Douglas McCulloh, and Delphine Sims Free and open to the public at Riverside Art Museum 3425 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501 Masks AND Proof of Vaccination required.* Exhibition at RAM: October 7, 2021-January 2, 2022 More Dreamers brought an entire community together to share stories from four generations of Californians, and in 2021, with new essays by the next generation in Delphine Sims (daughter of author Susan Straight), plus new images by photographer Douglas McCulloh, the exhibition and the accompanying book show the universal love in the iconic places of Riverside's Eastside, and in the world. *Important COVID-19 attendance guidelines: For this event, proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 is required. “Fully vaccinated” means the event is at least 14 days after a participant’s final vaccine dose. To enter the event, participants must bring proof of vaccination, either a physical vaccination card, a picture of a vaccination card, or a digital vaccination record. Most California residents may request a digital vaccination record at myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov. Anyone 12 and over without proof of being fully vaccinated must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours (3 days) prior to entering the event. Masks are also required at all times indoors, except when eating, drinking, or actively speaking to a group as part of a presentation for all patrons and visitors, regardless of vaccination status at the Riverside Art Museum. More 7:00 pm: How to “Win” NaNoWriMo: A National Novel Writing Month Workshop with Becca Spence Dobias October 7, 2021 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm First Thursdays Arts Walk event in the Riverside Main Library Community Room! 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501 7:00-8:00 PM MASKS REQUIRED Join Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library for an extra-special First Thursdays Arts Walk event: How to “Win” NaNoWriMo: A National Novel Writing Month Workshop with Becca Spence Dobias. The author of On Home, Becca Spence Dobias wrote the first draft of her novel during NaNoWriMo in November 2012. In this workshop, she will share the journey from that draft to a published novel, provide tips and tricks for “winning” NaNoWriMo, and answer questions. Come prepared to write, as parts of the workshop will be participatory. More	8 1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos Bilingual/Bicultural Stories and Poems (Casa Blanca) October 8, 2021 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Bilingual Writing Workshop with Frances J. Vasquez – Casa Blanca – Beginning – All Genres – alternating Fridays, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3/21 – from 1:00-2:30 PM IN PERSON at Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison Avenue, Riverside. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	9 10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Andrea Fingerson (Corona) October 9, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Andrea Fingerson is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, and 11/6/21 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More
10	11 1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL October 11, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time. Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside. More	12 6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with James Ducat (Redlands) October 12, 2021 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with James Ducat is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, and 11/9/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	13	14 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) October 14, 2021 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for Thursdays – 9/9, 9/23, 10/14, 10/21, and 11/18/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	15 6:00 pm: 2019 Hillary Gravendyk Prize Winners Book Launch and Poetry Reading October 15, 2021 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Inlandia Institute proudly presents Book Launch and Poetry Reading with Bronwen Tate, The Silk the Moths Ignore Adam D. Martinez, Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual Winners of the 2019 Hillary Gravendyk Prize On Zoom; free and open to the public but registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/HGPBookLaunch Join Inlandia as we welcome two new Hillary Gravendyk Prize-winning poetry collections into the world. Authors Bronwen Tate of The Silk the Months Ignore and Adam D. Martinez of Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual and special guest readers will read from, discuss, and celebrate the publication of their debut poetry collections. The Silk the Moths Ignore animates the liminal, sometimes gothic, spaces of miscarriage, pregnancy, and early parenthood. It sings, bleeds, and casts spells to "carry hope like a weight." Remyth: A Postmodernist Ritual is Hip-Hop and Punk. It's high art meeting low art at the church altar. It is a baptism and an exorcism. A Works Cited page at the crossroads with remix culture. Bronwen Tate writes poems and essays that have appeared in The Rumpus, Bennington Review, Contemporary Literature, and elsewhere. She lives in Vancouver, BC and teaches in the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Read more of her work at https://www.bronwentate.com/ or follow her on Twitter or Instagram @bronwentate. Adam Daniel Martinez first scraped his knee playing in his hometown of San Bernardino, California. Since then, as a first-generation Chicano college student, he has earned a dual MA/MFA in English and Creative Writing at Chapman University. Currently, Adam enjoys sharing his love for words with his students as an English professor at Chaffey College. He lives in Redlands, California with his wife and two cats, Virginia and Percival. More	16 11:00 am: "Harvesting Balance: Painting and Storytelling" with Kayjo Creatives at RAM October 16, 2021 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Harvesting Balance: Painting and Storytelling Presented by Kayjo Creatives in partnership with Inlandia Institute Riverside Art Museum, 3425 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501 Free and in person. Maximum 15 participants. Registration required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/HarvestingBalance Registrations accepted on a first come, first served basis. Masks required. Join Inlandia Institute and KayJo Creatives for Harvesting Balance: A Painting and Storytelling Workshop. Keya Vance and Natalie Graham will lead participants through a series of guided and meditative painting and writing activities. These activities are designed to connect arts practice to mindfulness, storytelling, and balance. We will consider the power of affirming and integrating fragments and messiness as part of creating art and an artist’s statement. The workshop is free and all materials will be provided (although a donation toward material costs is appreciated). Boxed lunches will be available for $15. In April 2018, Natalie J. Graham (Poet Laureate of Orange County) and Keya Vance founded KayJo Creatives, an artistic event planning and management company, with a mission to create community and reveal the beauty of humanity. In addition to creating a range of media deliverables for their clients, they host joyful and engaging workshops and events that empower diverse creators at all stages of development in Orange and San Bernardino County. More
17	18 1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL October 18, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time. Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside. More	19 6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) October 19, 2021 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, and 11/30/21 – from 6:00-8:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	20 2:00 pm: Food Writing Workshop with Alaina Bixon October 20, 2021 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Join Alaina Bixon for an 8-week food writing workshop! On Zoom, register here: https://tinyurl.com/WritingOnFood Alaina studied food writing with NYTimes writer Jeannette Ferrary and wrote about wine while working as regional director for Wines West in San Francisco. Her inspiration for many articles came from her friendship with Maggie Waldron, who operated the Ketcham Test Kitchen in San Francisco. For several years, Alaina has led creative writing and memoir writing workshops for Inlandia Institute. She has spoken on food and wine pairing, food irradiation, and her adventures in the wine business. The previous Inlandia food writing series took place online from October-November 2021, and participants included a restaurant owner, home chefs and enthusiastic writers of all levels, from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire and even the San Francisco Bay area. The response was so encouraging, and the writing so fascinating, that Inlandia and Alaina are pleased to present another series of food writing workshops – stories told through the lens of food and drink. Each 90-minute workshop will include 2 writing prompts, with time to create a food-related story for both prompts. Some topics we will address are food history, sustainability, nutrition and health, family stories, cookbooks, food and travel, culinary memoirs, and the politics of food. Resources: Reading lists, podcasts, magazines, web sites, blogs, YouTube. We will discuss how to submit articles for publication. More 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) October 20, 2021 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm This Intermediate/Advanced ALL GENRES workshop with Victoria Waddle is based in Ontario but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Wednesdays – 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, and 11/17/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	21 6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) October 21, 2021 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for Thursdays – 9/9, 9/23, 10/14, 10/21, and 11/18/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	22 1:00 pm: Tesoros de Cuentos Bilingual/Bicultural Stories and Poems (Casa Blanca) October 22, 2021 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Bilingual Writing Workshop with Frances J. Vasquez – Casa Blanca – Beginning – All Genres – alternating Fridays, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3/21 – from 1:00-2:30 PM IN PERSON at Salvador J. Lara Casa Blanca Library, 2985 Madison Avenue, Riverside. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	23 10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Andrea Fingerson (Corona) October 23, 2021 10:00 am – 12:00 pm This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Andrea Fingerson is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 9/11, 9/25, 10/9, 10/23, and 11/6/21 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More
24	25 1:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Rose Y. Monge (Goeske Center) - FULL October 25, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Enrollment is FULL for this workshop. Regretfully, no more registrations will be accepted at this time. Rose Y. Monge facilitates this memoir writing workshop for seniors – alternating Mondays 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/22, 11/29, and 12/6/21 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside. More	26 6:30 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with James Ducat (Redlands) October 26, 2021 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with James Ducat is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, and 11/9/21 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Fall2021CWW More	27 2:00 pm: Food Writing Workshop with Alaina Bixon October 27, 2021 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Join Alaina Bixon for an 8-week food writing workshop! On Zoom, register here: https://tinyurl.com/WritingOnFood Alaina studied food writing with NYTimes writer Jeannette Ferrary and wrote about wine while working as regional director for Wines West in San Francisco. Her inspiration for many articles came from her friendship with Maggie Waldron, who operated the Ketcham Test Kitchen in San Francisco. For several years, Alaina has led creative writing and memoir writing workshops for Inlandia Institute. She has spoken on food and wine pairing, food irradiation, and her adventures in the wine business. The previous Inlandia food writing series took place online from October-November 2021, and participants included a restaurant owner, home chefs and enthusiastic writers of all levels, from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire and even the San Francisco Bay area. The response was so encouraging, and the writing so fascinating, that Inlandia and Alaina are pleased to present another series of food writing workshops – stories told through the lens of food and drink. Each 90-minute workshop will include 2 writing prompts, with time to create a food-related story for both prompts. Some topics we will address are food history, sustainability, nutrition and health, family stories, cookbooks, food and travel, culinary memoirs, and the politics of food. Resources: Reading lists, podcasts, magazines, web sites, blogs, YouTube. We will discuss how to submit articles for publication. More	28	29	30
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6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

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