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October 22, 2023

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October 22, 2023

Launch of UNHEARD WITNESS: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman by Jo Scott-Coe

Launch of UNHEARD WITNESS: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman by Jo Scott-Coe

7:00 pm: Loud and Clear -- The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature

1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

Art Appreciation for Ekphrastic Poets and Writers with Jane Edberg and John Brantingham

1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

Name: Launch of UNHEARD WITNESS: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman by Jo Scott-Coe
Start: 2023-10-22T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2023-10-22T15:00:00-05:00

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October 22, 2023

Launch of UNHEARD WITNESS: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman by Jo Scott-Coe

Sunday, October 22, 2023

1:30-3:00 PM

Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Performing Arts

3834 Main St

Riverside, CA 92501

Free and open to the public.

Join Inlandia Institute and UCR ARTS on Sunday, October 22, for a Conversation at the Culver you won’t want to miss. In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, author Jo Scott-Coe will launch her new book, Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman, and join in a riveting conversation with domestic violence expert Clarissa Punla.

Unheard Witness provides a portrait of Kathy Leissner Whitman’s life at a time when Americans are slowly grasping the link between domestic abuse and mass shootings.

6 7:00 pm: Loud and Clear -- The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm June 6, 2024 Thursday, June 6, 2024 First Thursdays Arts Walk – Loud and Clear: The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature Riverside Main Library Community Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 7:00-8:00 PM; doors open at 6:30 PM Free and open to the public. Celebrate Pride with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library at Riverside Main Library on Thursday, June 6, as LGBTQIA+ community members share literary passages by LGBTQIA+ authors who have influenced, encouraged, shaped, and inspired them. The program begins at 7:00 PM in the Community Room. There will also be an open mic that is open to all! Please bring a (3-4 minute) passage by an LGBTQIA+ author you’d like to share. Free and open to all. Join us – and be inspired, too. More

8 1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm June 8, 2024 Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL 1:00-3:00 PM Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More

9 Art Appreciation for Ekphrastic Poets and Writers with Jane Edberg and John Brantingham June 9, 2024 Sunday, June 9, 2024 Art Appreciation for Ekphrastic Poets and Writers with Jane Edberg and John Brantingham 8-Week Asynchronous Writing Boot Camp $150; to register: https://tinyurl.com/EkphrasticBootCamp In this 8-week asynchronous boot camp, participants will learn the artistic techniques – along with the design elements and principles – that artists use, and how understanding an artist's approach can enhance a poet's conversation of a work. An exploration of two- and three-dimensional art pieces will provide visual examples ranging from unusual contemporary work to old classics to ancient art. This class is open to all levels of experience, from the beginner to the professional writer. Prompts and an open forum will create opportunities for feedback from instructors and fellow writers. Jane Edberg holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Davis with an emphasis in photography, painting, and performance art. She taught photography and art for thirty years, retiring after twenty years at Gavilan College. Her art has been published and exhibited internationally. Jane is the author of the art illuminated memoir, The Fine Art of Grieving, published by Linen Press Books, 2024. Her writing is featured in the books, Death, and its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons: Field Notes from The Death Dialogues Project; Sasse Museum of Art: Terry Givens Ekphrasis Collection; My Dead, Kelsey Books, 2024, in the flash anthology, BAM 42 Stories (to be released October 2024); and in journals, including Cholla Needles, and Gyroscope Review. John Brantingham was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, Writers Almanac and The Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2022. He has nineteen books of poetry and fiction including Life: Orange to Pear (Bamboo Dart Press). He is the founder and general editor of The Journal of Radical Wonder. He lives in Jamestown, NY. More

15 1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm June 15, 2024 Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL 1:00-3:00 PM Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More

22 1:00 pm: 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm June 22, 2024 Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024 3-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris FREE and open to all ages, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/MangaRPL 1:00-3:00 PM Riverside Main Library Carnegie Room 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501 Join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library for a creative workshop introduction to the inner workings of the Japanese comic medium, Manga, which will explore terminology, story, character design, and paneling to create your own one shot or series! Presented by animator and mangaka, Sebraé Harris. Sebraé Harris – AKA “StarLite Crystal” – is an African American artist, entrepreneur, and professional mangaka. He started drawing at the age of four and began taking art seriously when he was eight. Sebraé is a graduate of Riverside City College with degrees in Fine & Applied Arts, Animation, and Business & Entrepreneurship. The Vermillion Speedateer is his first manga/comic series. More