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This winter and spring, the Inlandia Institute will be hosting "Poetry! At the Library". Join us on March 2 from 7 pm - 8:30 pm at the Riverside Public Library downtown, upstairs, Ruth Nolan and Allyson Jeffredo.

Each month through June we will be exploring the range of poetry that exists in the Inland Empire, from the Beat tradition to the Indian diaspora, from desert to ecology to spoken word, and more. Readings to be followed by a brief open mic, so bring a poem to share and be in the spotlight too! Sign ups begin at 6:45 pm.

The Riverside Public Library is located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue in the heart of downtown Riverside.

Ruth Nolan is professor of English and creative writing at College of the Desert. Her debut poetry chapbook, Ruby Mountain, was published in November, 2016 by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry has most recently been published in the Pen USA/Rattling Wall anthology Only the Light Can Do That and in Angels Flight Literary West. Her short story "Palimpsest" was published in the L.A. Fiction Anthology (Red Hen Press 2016) and won an Honorable Mention award in Sequestrum's 2016 Editor's Reprint award.. 

Allyson Jeffredo is a writer of Southern California. Her work can be found in The Fem, Cider Press Review, Slipstream Press and others. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from California State University San Bernardino and currently teaches writing to elementary and college students of the Inland Empire.

This event is free and open to the public.

On Thursday March 16, 2017 from 7:00pm- 8:30pm, join the Inlandia Institute for an evening with author Tod Goldberg as we present Conversations at the Culver, held at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.

The Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts is located at 3834 Main St, Riverside, CA 92501.

Tod Goldberg, nicknamed "the Todfather" due to his love for writing crime fiction, will be present for a reading and conversation.

Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the novels The House of Secrets (Grand Central), which he co-authored with New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, Gangsterland (Counterpoint), a finalist for the Hammett Prize, Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV), and five installments of the popular Burn Notice series: The Fix, The Endgame, The Giveaway, The Reformed, and The Bad Beat. He is also the author of two prize-winning story collections, Simplify, which was finalist for the SCIBA Award for Fiction and Winner of the Other Voices Short Story Collection Prize, and Other Resort Cities, both published by OV Books. His books have been translated into German, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Hungarian, French, and published throughout the United Kingdom and Australia.

His essays, journalism, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including the Best American Essays, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, and Las Vegas Weekly, among many others, and have earned five Nevada Press Association Awards for excellence. Tod is also the cohost of the hugely popular podcast Literary Disco, along with Julia Pistell and Rider Strong.

Tod Goldberg holds an MFA in Creative Writing & Literature from Bennington College and directs the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. He lives in Indio, CA with his wife, the writer Wendy Duren. His next book, a sequel to Gangsterland, will be released in Fall 2017.

"Clearly influenced by the great Elmore Leonard, Goldberg puts his own dry comic spin on the material...Clever plotting, a colorful cast of characters, and priceless situations make this comedic crime novel an instant classic." --Kirkus, Starred Review on Gangsterland

"Goldberg's second novel is both a page-turner and a complex study of human relationships. Fans of psychological thrillers will find a lot to like here." -- Booklist on Living Dead Girl

"This collection gleefully introduces uninitiated readers into Goldberg's richly comic voice and his continued preoccupation with our potential for violence and self-deception...What Goldberg taps into most beautifully is the impulse to retreat from the chaotic complexity of the world, the ubiquitous temptation to inhabit the pristine model-home lives of our dreams."--Los Angeles Times on Other Resort Cities

Books will be available for signing and purchase. Light refreshments will also be served.

This event is free and open to the public.