Events

The week's events

  • - How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City
    How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City

    How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City


    June 2, 2024

    Sunday, June 2, 2024

    Conversations at the Culver with Stephanie Barbé Hammer and Romaine Washington

    How to do Justice to Diversity in Fiction — Journey to Merveilleux City

    1:30-3:00 PM; doors open at 1:00 PM

    UCR ARTS

    Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts

    3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501

    Free and open to the public.

    How do we, as writers, tell the stories of characters whose lived experience is different from our own? How do we create a world in our work that’s true to the multicultural spaces we inhabit – without risking the misappropriation of those cultures?

    Please join Romaine Washington and Stephanie Barbé Hammer in conversation about Stephanie’s new novella, Journey to Merveilleux City, finalist for the Foreword Indie book award, Mystery category.

  • - Loud and Clear -- The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature
    Loud and Clear -- The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature

    Loud and Clear -- The Voices of Gay and Trans Literature


    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.