Late notice BUT DON’T BE LATE THIS THURSDAY!! Blacklandia is hosting an open mic night at the Riverside Main Library during Artswalk, from 6-7:30 PM! We want any and all spoken word lovers to come show up and show out. Snacks, drinks, and more will be provided, and don’t forget to pick up These Black […]
Inlandia is officially opening up applications to be considered for a workshop leader position. There are several open positions, so all who want to apply, please feel welcome to. The application closes at 11:59 PM on April 10th, 2026 and late applications will not be considered. Please follow this link to the application: https://forms.gle/CckUtzP8wknFnrFL9. If […]
An Evening with Susan Straight and Sacrament Wednesday, November 19, 6:30-8:00 PM; doors open at 6:00 Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts 3834 Main Street, in downtown Riverside FREE. All are welcome. Join us at the Culver Center on Wednesday, November 19, to celebrate the launch of Sacrament by Susan Straight, acclaimed local […]
Oral History Interviews and Community Power: Riverside Women Creating Change Saturday, November 8, 3:30-4:30 PM; doors open at 3:00 Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties 3855 Market Street, Riverside FREE. All are welcome. With Nicolette Rohr and Deborah Wong of the Inlandia book Riverside Women Creating Change. Come learn how oral history is a vibrant tool for bottom-up knowledge, […]
A Celebration of Black Teen Poetry Thursday, November 6, 6:00-7:30 PM Riverside Main Library Upstairs Reading Room 3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside 92501 FREE. All are welcome. Join Inlandia’s Blacklandia Events Series at Riverside Main Library for a First Thursdays Artswalk celebration of Black Youth Poetry! Poet Romaine Washington will host a lineup of teen […]
Inlandia’s Cultura Without Borders presents DÍa de los Muertos: Remembering Loved Ones Join us for Artswalk at Riverside Main Library Community Room on Thursday, October 2, from 5:30-7:30 PM, and learn about Día de los Muertos, an indigenous tradition dating back hundreds of years and celebrated throughout Latin America and the United States! Honor your departed loved ones […]
A second launch for Scouts’ Honor by Carlos E. Cortés? Yes, please! We celebrated Scouts’ Honor at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California in Riverside on August 31 — but if you missed it, don’t worry. We have an encore! This time, it’s in Rancho Cucamonga at the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for […]
Richard Wright and the Chicago Black Renaissance (Sept 4) September 4 is Richard Wright’s birthday! Join Inlandia and Blacklandia at Riverside Main Library for a First Thursdays Artswalk celebration of Wright, author of Native Son and a key creative in the Chicago Black Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. Visit the lives and works of […]
Come to the Riverside Book Festival, where books and community come together! For the first time ever, Riverside will have its very own festival of books. More than fifty exhibitors will thrill you with their page-turners! Visit the Children’s Pavilion, delve into Local History & Culture, and peruse the New Books Discovery Zone for horror, fantasy, romance, […]
Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the publication of Scouts’ Honor by Carlos E. Cortés! Please join us for a book launch and celebration of Scouts’ Honor by Carlos E. Cortés on Sunday, August 31, from 1:00-3:30 PM. The program will be held at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, 3933 Mission Inn Ave […]