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  • - Blacklandia Presents: The Confession of Copeland Cane with Keenan Norris, First Sundays with RAM: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte!
    Blacklandia Presents: The Confession of Copeland Cane with Keenan Norris

    Blacklandia Presents: The Confession of Copeland Cane with Keenan Norris


    February 6, 2022

    Inlandia Institute’s

    Blacklandia Events Series Presents

    The Confession of Copeland Cane with Keenan Norris

    In conversation with Eric DeVaughnn

    Sunday, February 6, 2022, 1:30-2:30 PM PST

    On Zoom

    Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

    https://tinyurl.com/CopelandCane

    On Sunday, February 6, from 1:30-2:30 PM, Inlandia’s Blacklandia Events Series will present a conversation you won’t want to miss! Join author and educator Eric DeVaughnn and novelist, essayist, and short story writer Keenan Norris as they discuss Norris’s latest novel, The Confession of Copeland Cane. This online event is free, but registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/CopelandCane. All are welcome.

    Publisher’s Weekly named The Confession of Copeland Cane one of the best books of the summer: “Norris has created a voice that cannot be ignored.”

    BuzzFeed calls The Confession of Copeland Cane a “significant new voice in fiction. Norris has written what may be one of the defining novels of the era at the intersection between Black Lives Matter and COVID-19.”

    About the novel: Copeland Cane V, the child who fell outta Colored People Time and into America, is a fugitive …

    He is also just a regular teenager coming up in a terrifying world. A slightly eccentric, flip-phone loving kid with analog tendencies and a sideline hustling sneakers, the boundaries of Copeland’s life are demarcated from the jump by urban toxicity, an educational apparatus with confounding intentions, and a police state that has merged with media conglomerates.

    Recruited by the nearby private school even as he and his folks face eviction, Copeland is doing his damnedest to do right by himself, for himself. Yet the myriad forces at play entrap him, and while Copeland’s wry awareness of the absurd keeps life passable (as do his friends and their surprising array of survival skills), when he is caught in the aftermath of a protest rally against police violence, everything changes.

    Set in East Oakland, California in a very near future, The Confession of Copeland Cane introduces us to a prescient and contemporary voice, one whose take on coming of age in America is a profound reflection of our present moment.

    First Sundays with RAM: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte!

    First Sundays with RAM: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte!


    February 6, 2022

    Sunday, February 6, 2022 (3:00-4:00 PM)

    Riverside Art Museum and Inlandia Institute Present

    First Sundays Storytelling and Puppetry Event

    Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte!

    Live and in person at:

    Andulka Park

    5201 Chicago Ave

    Riverside, CA 92507

    This is a free family event. Please wear a mask.

    To celebrate Lunar New Year, Puppets a la Carte invites you to its annual “Running of the Dragon.” Listen to a story, learn about the Lunar New Year, and help our giant dragon puppet parade through the park. Bring a blanket to sit on, but be ready to run with the dragon!

    Nicole Cloeren is the founder of Puppets a la Carte, where she uses puppets and techniques of improvisation to create a space of surprise and wonder in which we can all learn from one another. She is a resident artist at Riverside Studios, has performed with puppets at numerous indoor, outdoor, and online events around Southern California, and loves partnering with other artists.

  • - Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)
    Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)

    Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge (Janet Goeske Center, Riverside)


    February 7, 2022

    Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.

    Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside), Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    February 8, 2022

    Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, Celena's Scribes with workshop leader Wil Clarke meets weekly on Tuesdays from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM on Zoom. All genres. Participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members.

    Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

    Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

    Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)


    February 8, 2022

    This Beginning/Intermediate POETRY workshop with Romaine Washington is based in Redlands but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, and 3/8/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

    To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

  • - Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)
    Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)


    February 9, 2022

    This Intermediate/Advanced ALL GENRES workshop with Victoria Waddle is based in Ontario but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Wednesdays – 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 2/23, and 3/9/22– from 6:30-8:30 PM.

    To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW

  • - Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)
    Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

    Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)


    February 10, 2022

    This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. “Opening the Research Doorway: Deepening Your Creative Nonfiction Voice” sessions are scheduled for alternating Thursdays – 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, and 3/24/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM.

    To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW