Events in April 2024
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- Call for Poems - Invent-an-Insect!
Call for Poems - Invent-an-Insect!
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
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- Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
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April 4, 2024First 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.
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- Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha
Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha
Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha
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April 6, 2024Saturday, 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.
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- Riverside Insect Fair
Riverside Insect Fair
Riverside Insect Fair
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April 20, 2024Saturday, April 20, 2024
10:00 AM
Riverside Insect Fair
Poetry Contest Reading on the Main Stage
Riverside Main Library
3900 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public.
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- “Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver
“Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver
“Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver
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April 24, 2024Conversations at the Culver
7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30
“Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” with Perris, California author Rachel Stark in conversation with Susan Straight and Alex Espinoza
Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts
3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public.
Please join us at the Culver Center of the Arts on Wednesday, April 26, to celebrate the launch of Rachel Stark’s debut novel, Perris, California. Rachel will be in conversation with authors Susan Straight and Alex Espinoza beginning at 7:00 PM; doors open at 6:30.
Perris, California is published by Penguin Press, New York. Copies will be available for sale and signing at the event.
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- 11th Annual Riverside Tamale Festival
11th Annual Riverside Tamale Festival
11th Annual Riverside Tamale Festival
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April 27, 2024Saturday, April 27, 2024
11:00-5:00 PM
Riverside Tamale Festival - Kids Zone
With children’s authors José Chavez, Vilayvanh Bender, James Luna, Carmen Gutierrez, and Yesenia Rodriguez
Visit the Tamale Festival and stop by the Inlandia Storytelling Booth to hear vibrant multicultural stories by authors from the region. Stories presented on the hour at 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, and 4 PM.