Events

Events in June 2024

  • - 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.

    Join Inlandia for a celebration of Pride Month as LGBTQIA+ community members share literary passages by LGBTQIA+ authors that have influenced, encouraged, shaped, and inspired them.

  • - 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris
    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


    June 8, 2024

    Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

    4-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.

  • - 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris
    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


    June 15, 2024

    Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

    4-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.

  • - 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris
    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


    June 22, 2024

    Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

    4-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.

  • - 4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris
    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris

    4-Week Manga Workshop with Sebraé Harris


    June 29, 2024

    Saturdays, June 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2024

    4-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.