Events

Events in March 2024

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February 25, 2024(2 events)

1:30 pm: “Dark Matter” – A Writing Workshop for BIPOC Youth


February 25, 2024

Consecutive Sundays, February 11, 18, and 25, 2024

Inlandia Institute and UCR ARTS Present a Blacklandia Events Series Workshop

“Dark Matter” – A Writing Workshop for BIPOC Youth Inspired by “The Impact of Images: Mamie Till’s Courage from Tragedy” with Lydia F. Theon Ware i

Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts

3824 Main Street, Riverside

1:30-3:00 PM

Free to BIPOC teens ages 14-18, with parental approval.

Registration required: http://tinyurl.com/DarkMatterTEENS

 

BIPOC teens ages 14-18 are invited to a writing workshop based on the exhibition “The Impact of Images: Mamie Till’s Courage from Tragedy,” which runs through March 30, 2024 at the Culver Center of the Arts in downtown Riverside. This powerful collection of photographs includes both family photos and extraordinary images made by Black photojournalists, and will inspire the writing, reflection, and insight of a new generation.

2:00 pm: “Remaking Language: AAVE’s Influence on Culture through Writing” Workshop


February 25, 2024

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Inlandia Institute and UCR ARTS Present a Blacklandia Events Series Workshop

“Remaking Language: AAVE’s Influence on Culture through Writing” with James Coats

2:00-4:00 PM PT, on Zoom

To register: http://tinyurl.com/AAVEJamesCoats

Free and open to the public.

 

This generative writing workshop will focus on language while highlighting the impact of African American Vernacular English in writing and its influence on mainstream culture.

 

This workshop is intended to educate those who are unaware or misinformed about AAVE, and its history and influence in the world around us today. It will encourage writers, especially BIPOC writers, to embrace the language of their experiences and authenticity of their culture. The workshop will also prompt participants to explore poetic elements such as colloquialism, dialect, and vernacular.

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February 29, 2024(1 event)

Submission Window Closes for ONLINE JOURNAL ALL-TEEN ISSUE

February 29, 2024

January 16-February 29, 2024

Online Literary Journal Submission Window for

Inlandia: A Literary Journey ALL-TEEN ISSUE

Free and open to teens 13-19 years old.

To submit: http://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmit

March 1, 2024
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March 3, 2024(2 events)

1:30 pm: “Inlandia Books Authors on the Books That Made Them”


March 3, 2024

Sunday, March 3, 2024

1:30-3:00 PM

Inlandia Institute and UCR ARTS Present Conversations at the Culver

“Inlandia Books Authors on the Books That Made Them”

Featuring Stephanie Barbé Hammer, Judy Kronenfeld, Thatcher Carter, Victoria Waddle, and Carlos Cortés, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera, and Romaine Washington

Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts

3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501

Free and open to the public.

In commemoration of National Reading Month, join Inlandia on Sunday, March 3, for another Conversations at the Culver. Inlandia Books authors current and forthcoming will discuss the books that made them. Bring your own book to share and join in the conversation. Every reader has that one book that hooks them. What is yours?

 

2:00 pm: “Dog & Cat Show” with Marionettes at RAM


March 3, 2024

Sunday, March 3, 2024

2:00-3:00 PM

First Sundays with Riverside Art Museum

Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte

“Dog & Cat Show” with Marionettes!

Riverside Art Museum

3425 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Free and open to the public.

Join Inlandia and RAM at Riverside Art Museum on Sunday, March 3, for puppetry fun for the whole family! Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte will present “Dog & Cat Show” – with marionettes!

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March 7, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: Panel Discussion -- The Civic Responsibility of Journalism


March 7, 2024

Thursday, March 7, 2024

7:00-8:00 PM

Riverside Arts Walk

With Great Power: The Civic Responsibility of Journalism

Moderated by Minerva Canto with veteran journalists David Allen, Mark Acosta, Breanna Reeves, and Manny Sandoval

Riverside Main Library Community Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Free and open to the public.

Please join Inlandia – in partnership with Riverside Public Library, the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, and the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties – at Riverside Main Library at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 7, for a panel discussion about the enduring principles of civic and ethical responsibility in journalism. Moderated by Minerva Canto with veteran journalists David Allen, Mark Acosta, Breanna Reeves, and Manny Sandoval. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

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March 21, 2024(1 event)

2:00 pm: Celebrate World Poetry Day at Heritage House!


March 21, 2024

Thursday, March 21, 2024

2:00-4:00 PM

Inlandia Institute and Museum of Riverside Present World Poetry Day at Heritage House

Heritage House

8193 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside 92504

Free and open to the public.

Experience World Poetry Day: A Multilingual Poetry Experiment – in partnership with Museum of Riverside in celebration of their centennial birthday! Featuring poets Romaine Washington, Cindy Rinne, Lydia Theon Ware i, James Ducat, and James Coats.

We will also have an open mic! Bring your poetry – in any language – to share!

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April 1, 2024(1 event)

Call for Poems - Invent-an-Insect!

April 1, 2024

Submission Window Open Now!

Call for Poems: Invent-an-Insect

This Earth Day, invent an insect! Write a poem about the new species you've "discovered". What is its habitat? Its habits? Describe it and give it an insectilicious name of your own invention. What would a hot dog bug look like? How about a bubble bee? Or a clockroach? What does it eat? Where does it live? Get creative with your answers! Illustrate or embellish your poem however you’d like. Open to all ages.

DEADLINE: April 14, 2024

Guidelines:

  • You may submit up to three individual poems.
  • Each poem must fit legibly on one side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.
  • Poems written by a minor must be submitted by a parent or guardian.

Selected poets must be available to attend the Insect Fair in person on Earth Day, April 20, 2024, and present their poem on the Main Stage at 10 AM.

To submit: https://tinyurl.com/InsectFairPoems

April 2, 2024
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April 4, 2024(1 event)

7:00 pm: Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina


April 4, 2024

First Thursdays Arts Walk: Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina

Thursday, April 4, 2024

7:00-8:00 PM

Riverside Main Library Community Room Riverside Public Library Community Room

3900 Mission Inn Avenue

Riverside, CA 92501

Free and open to the public.

With William Medina, Carlos Cortés, Judith Auth, and Suzanna Medina

7:00-8:00 PM, doors open at 6:30

Inlandia Institute presents the launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina, Riverside historian and educator. The author will be joined by a distinguished panel to discuss his novel and the Medina family’s renowned Cafe. The panel consists of Judith Auth, Carlos Cortés, and Suzanna Medina.

William Medina’s novel, Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas is based on stories inspired by events and characters who frequented his parent’s eatery in Riverside. He masterfully re-imagines and chronicles “… curious bits and pieces of real events that I have reassembled to weave fictional stories,” states Medina.

William and his siblings grew up helping their parents Oscar and Josefina Medina at the cafe. Over the years he and his siblings managed the eatery. The original cafe was located in a shopping center in Riverside’s multicultural Eastside. Located nearby was the iconic Nosotros Fine Arts Workshop directed by acclaimed artist Leer Larkin — who was integral to the Medina family.

Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas will be available for sale and signing. The event is free and open to the public.

The library will also provide an array of books on local history available for check out. Don’t have a library card? You can get one on the spot!

Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Please join us.

April 5, 2024
April 6, 2024(1 event)

2:00 pm: Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha


April 6, 2024

Saturday, April 6, 2024

2:00-3:00 PM PT, on ZOOM

Launch of Guajira – the Cuba girl by Zita Arocha

Winner of the 2021 Eliud Martínez Prize

Free and open to the public. Registration is required. TO REGISTER:

http://tinyurl.com/GuajiraLaunch

After you register, we will send you a Zoom meeting link prior to the event.

Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the publication of the inaugural Eliud Martínez Prize for literature, Zita Arocha, for Guajira – the Cuba girl, a memoir. This annual prize is awarded to a first book author in fiction or creative nonfiction who identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x.