Events in August 2023
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- “Remembering the Civil Rights Act: Looking Back While Moving Forward”
“Remembering the Civil Rights Act: Looking Back While Moving Forward”
“Remembering the Civil Rights Act: Looking Back While Moving Forward”
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August 3, 2023Thursday, August 3, 2023
6:30-8:00 PM
“Remembering the Civil Rights Act: Looking Back While Moving Forward”
Riverside Public Library – Community Room
3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside 92501
Next summer marks the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, which was signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson on July 2, 1964 – almost 100 years after the end of the Civil War. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
Yet, sixty years later, discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin remains profoundly impactful. Old issues re-emerge as new ones, in new and sometimes old ways. And so, in cooperation with the Civil Rights Institute of Southern California and the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties, Inlandia is proud to launch a season of civil rights-based talks for writers, readers, and other interested humans as part of our First Thursdays Arts Walk programming with Riverside Public Library. We hope you will join the conversation.
The series begins on Thursday, August 3, with “Remembering the Civil Rights Act: Looking Back While Moving Forward.” Join us for a discussion of what the Civil Rights Act meant in a political and historical context, and how it impacted America’s way forward. Hear from those who remember the times before, learn what has been accomplished since, and consider the work yet to be done.
Doors open at 6:30 PM, the program begins at 7:00. After the program, please join us as we walk across Mission Inn Avenue to visit the Civil Rights Institute from 8:00-8:30!
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- Journaling Journey from A-Zine: A Writing and Drawing Adventure for Kids Ages 9-12
Journaling Journey from A-Zine: A Writing and Drawing Adventure for Kids Ages 9-12
Journaling Journey from A-Zine: A Writing and Drawing Adventure for Kids Ages 9-12
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August 4, 2023Calling all kids ages 9-12! This summer, join Inlandia Institute for a writing and drawing adventure, “A Journaling Journey from A-Zine” at the Sgt. Salvador J. Lara Public Library in Casa Blanca. The workshop will meet in person for six consecutive Fridays beginning July 7, from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, with daily writing prompts delivered to parents’ inboxes via email. Throughout the program, participants will learn how to create a blank “’zine” using materials supplied by Inlandia. The daily prompts will provide new guided activities related to a letter of the alphabet – with a special focus on items that can be found in the Kathleen M. Gonzalez Garden at the Lara, engaging their senses and activating their creativity.
The program meets over the course of six Fridays, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4 & 11, 2023. These Friday check-ins will help keep kids connected to their peers, and allow time for participants to share what they’re created. Four facilitators with differing artistic skill sets will collaborate to develop activities and rotate through the weekly check-ins, with all participating in the culminating event on August 11. If your 9-12 year old is seeking a creative outlet this summer, Inlandia’s “A-Zine Writing and Drawing Adventure” could be the journey they’re looking for!
The Sgt. Salvador J. Lara Public Library is located at 2985 Madison Ave, Riverside, CA 92504.
This workshop is free and open to kids ages 9-12. A parental release and consent form is required: https://tinyurl.com/A-Zine2023
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- Hillary Gravendyk 2021 Poetry Prize Book Launch
Hillary Gravendyk 2021 Poetry Prize Book Launch
Hillary Gravendyk 2021 Poetry Prize Book Launch
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August 5, 2023Looking for some live poetry to go with a cool drink this August? Then join Inlandia at Riverside Main Library’s Community Room on Saturday, August 5, at 4:00 PM, and celebrate the publication of two exciting new poetry books with us! How to Know You're Dreaming When You're Dreaming, Lesson One by Angelica Maria Barraza Tran (National Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize, 2021) and Our Lady of Perpetual Desert by Alexandra Martinez (Hillary Gravendyk Regional Prize, 2021) are hot off the press and ready to launch.
And for the first time, both the National and Regional prize winners hail from the Inlandia region! National prize winner Angelica Maria Barraza Tran lives in Redlands, and Regional prize winner Alexandra Martinez is a resident of Yucca Valley. Each has been awarded $1,000 and book publication. Help us celebrate these talented local poets and welcome their beautiful collections into the world with poetry readings, snapping fingers, and summertime refreshments provided by Riverside’s beloved sculpture garden/taqueria, Tio’s Tacos.
Details: Saturday, August 5, 2023, from 4:00-6:00 PM, at Riverside Main Library Community Room, 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside 92501.
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- Journaling Journey from A-Zine: A Writing and Drawing Adventure for Kids Ages 9-12
Journaling Journey from A-Zine: A Writing and Drawing Adventure for Kids Ages 9-12
Journaling Journey from A-Zine: A Writing and Drawing Adventure for Kids Ages 9-12
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August 11, 2023Calling all kids ages 9-12! This summer, join Inlandia Institute for a writing and drawing adventure, “A Journaling Journey from A-Zine” at the Sgt. Salvador J. Lara Public Library in Casa Blanca. The workshop will meet in person for six consecutive Fridays beginning July 7, from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, with daily writing prompts delivered to parents’ inboxes via email. Throughout the program, participants will learn how to create a blank “’zine” using materials supplied by Inlandia. The daily prompts will provide new guided activities related to a letter of the alphabet – with a special focus on items that can be found in the Kathleen M. Gonzalez Garden at the Lara, engaging their senses and activating their creativity.
The program meets over the course of six Fridays, July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4 & 11, 2023. These Friday check-ins will help keep kids connected to their peers, and allow time for participants to share what they’re created. Four facilitators with differing artistic skill sets will collaborate to develop activities and rotate through the weekly check-ins, with all participating in the culminating event on August 11. If your 9-12 year old is seeking a creative outlet this summer, Inlandia’s “A-Zine Writing and Drawing Adventure” could be the journey they’re looking for!
The Sgt. Salvador J. Lara Public Library is located at 2985 Madison Ave, Riverside, CA 92504.
This workshop is free and open to kids ages 9-12. A parental release and consent form is required: https://tinyurl.com/A-Zine2023
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- The Stories and Storytellers of “These Black Bodies Are …”
The Stories and Storytellers of “These Black Bodies Are …”
The Stories and Storytellers of “These Black Bodies Are …”
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August 19, 2023Saturday, August 19, 2023
2:00-3:30 PM
The Stories and Storytellers of “These Black Bodies Are …”
Norman F. Feldheym Public Library
555 W 6th St
San Bernardino, CA 92410
Please join Inlandia Institute and Blacklandia on Saturday, August 19, from 2:00-3:30 PM, at the Feldheym Library in San Bernardino for “The Stories and Storytellers of These Black Bodies Are …” These Black Bodies Are … is an anthology of stories, poems, and essays by Black writers from the Inland Empire and beyond, and officially launched on Juneteenth of this year. You won’t want to miss this special time of sharing stories from the Black Experience – from everyday activism to change agents to excellence. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Blacklandia anthology submissions opened on May 8, 2022, in honor of Ahmaud Arbery’s birthday, and closed on October 7, 2022, in honor of Opal Lee’s birthday. Ms. Lee is known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.”
This is a free community event and all are invited to attend. Join us!