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October 1, 2023

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October 1, 2023

Celebrating Cultura: An Afternoon of Chicana/o and LatinX Poetry & Spoken Art

Celebrating Cultura: An Afternoon of Chicana/o and LatinX Poetry & Spoken Art

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

12:00 pm: Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents Ellen Estilai and Exit Prohibited

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

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

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

1:00 pm: Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest

Name: Celebrating Cultura: An Afternoon of Chicana/o and LatinX Poetry & Spoken Art
Start: 2023-10-01T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2023-10-01T15:00:00-05:00

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October 1, 2023

First Sundays Conversations at the Culver:

Celebrating Cultura: An Afternoon of Chicana/o and LatinX Poetry & Spoken Art

Sunday, October 1, 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.

In honor of Latino Heritage Month, the program will feature the diverse voices of poets who celebrate the culture of the Chicana/o and LatinX experience. Their narratives will both move you and entertain you.

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 12:00 pm: Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents Ellen Estilai and Exit Prohibited 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm June 8, 2024 Saturday, June 8, 2024 Inlandia at the Maloof Artist Series Presents Ellen Estilai and Exit Prohibited 12:00-2:00 PM Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts 5131 Carnelian St Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701 Free and open to all ages. Inlandia Institute, in partnership with the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, invites you to a very special afternoon with Ellen Estilai, author of Exit Prohibited: A Memoir of Iran, published by Inlandia Books. A book talk is scheduled for Saturday, June 8, at 12:00 PM, at the Maloof Home, Gardens, and Gallery in Rancho Cucamonga, and will include a discussion of the author’s extraordinary experiences living in—and leaving—Iran, accompanied by selected readings and book signing by the author. Books will be available for sale in the Maloof Store, and may be purchased online at https://inlandia-institute.square.site/ and through Amazon. Exit Prohibited explores a side of Iran and Iranians seldom portrayed in popular media. It follows Ellen Estilai and her family after the 1979 Iranian Revolution as they attempt to leave Tehran, their home of nine years. At the airport, Ali, her Iranian husband, is inexplicably prevented from leaving. As he confronts hostile colleagues and the Islamic Republic’s opaque bureaucracy, Estilai examines their lives, trying to understand what might have brought them to this point. It is a story of an Iran that is at once welcoming and hostile, progressive and traditional, enamored of and distrustful of the West—an Iran as complex as Estilai’s relationship to it. Ellen Estilai has spent much of her career collaborating with artists, writers, and agencies to strengthen communities through the arts. She has served as the executive director of the Riverside Arts Council and the Arts Council for San Bernardino County, and has taught English language, literature, and writing in universities in Iran and California. Because Ellen and her husband have been immigrants in each other’s countries, her writing frequently explores the joys and tribulations of the immigrant experience. More 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

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

29 1:00 pm: Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm June 29, 2024 Saturday, June 29, 2024 Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest Featuring Black Kirby 1:00 PM-5:00 PM UCR ARTS Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts 3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501 $15 Admission Culver Center of the Arts Mini Comic Fest is back! This event brings together artists, writers, creators, and scholars to discuss comics, culture, and industry. The event will feature panel discussions and the Black Kirby exhibition “Whatever Happened to Dyno-Woman: The Alternative History of an Afrofuturist Icon” on view now at the Culver Center of the Arts. More