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Events in February 2023

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January 29, 2023(1 event)

1:00 pm: Blacklandia Virtual Discussion: Black Panther - Wakanda Forever with Lisa Henry


January 29, 2023

Blacklandia Virtual Discussion: Black Panther - Wakanda Forever with Lisa Henry

Sunday, January 29, 2023

1:00 - 3:00 PM

On Zoom

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/BlacklandiaWakanda

This program will be a community discussion and an opportunity to consider some of the main themes of the film Wakanda Forever. Topics include Afro-futurism, pop-culture, Black exceptionalism, commemoration and grief. There will also be time for participants to respond to select writing prompts and to share their work.

Lisa Henry, is a curator based in Riverside, California. Henry has been a guest curator for institutions on both the east and west coasts. She has also worked with Riverside Art Museum on several projects including the exhibitions Brenna Youngblood: Lavender Rainbow, Sheila Pree Bright: #1960Now, and June Edmonds: Rhythmic Inquisions. Henry is on the steering committee for the Blacklandia Event Series and has led workshops including “June Edmonds and the Legacy of the American Abstract Painting” which she co-taught with art historian Richard Allen May III.

January 30, 2023
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February 1, 2023
February 2, 2023(1 event)

6:30 pm: “The Gratitude Project: Readers & Writers Edition"


February 2, 2023

First Thursdays Arts Walk

“The Gratitude Project: Readers & Writers Edition”

with Janine Pourroy Gamblin, Cati Porter, Leila Kirkconnell, Robert Kirkconnell, and David Stone

 

Riverside Main Library

3900 Mission Inn Blvd

Riverside, CA 92501

Doors Open at 6:00 PM

6:30-8:00 PM

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

Is gratitude part of what it takes to build a writer’s life? We think so.

In reading and writing, as in life, we don’t often take the time to tell people how much they – and their work – mean to us. Join Inlandia and a gathering of IE writers to learn how to weave together a literary life, and discover ways readers and writers can express gratitude for one another while doing so.

February 3, 2023
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February 5, 2023(1 event)

1:00 pm: Conversations at the Culver: Black Dads Who Write – A Conversation on Fatherhood and Poetry


February 5, 2023

Sunday, February 5, 2023

Blacklandia Presents Conversations at the Culver: Black Dads Who Write – A Conversation on Fatherhood and Poetry

Moderated by James Coats with panelists Eric DeVaughnn, George Hammons, and Brandon Allen

Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts

3834 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92501

1:30-3:00 PM

Doors open at 1:00 PM

This February, “Conversations at the Culver” offers a one-of-a-kind discussion on poetry and fatherhood – with four Black dads who also happen to be poets. Moderated by James Coats, the panel will investigate the ways fatherhood has shaped their writing in the past, and continues to show up in their poetry today. They will also look at the importance of being present, active, and inspirational in their roles as fathers. Plus, we'll receive the opportunity to hear some poetry from the panelists.

There will be a preshow dance performance by the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UCR.

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March 1, 2023
March 2, 2023(1 event)

6:30 pm: Don’t Just Hit SEND: On How to Avoid Common Errors in Publishing


March 2, 2023

First Thursdays Arts Walk

“Don’t Just Hit Print SEND: On How to Avoid Common Errors in Publishing” with Jo Scott-Coe

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

Riverside Main Library, 3900 Mission Inn Blvd, Riverside, CA 92501

Doors Open at 6:00 PM

6:30-8:00 PM

It happens to the best of us: We hit print, or send, and only afterwards notice a glaring error.

Proofreading our own work is notoriously difficult. Learn some tried and true strategies that anyone can implement for getting your work print ready.

Open readings start at 6:30. Program begins at 7:00.

Jo Scott-Coe’s essays and stories have been published widely, for literary as well as academic audiences. Her third book, Unheard Witness: The Life and Death of Kathy Leissner Whitman, is forthcoming in Fall 2023 from the University of Texas Press.

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