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Events in April 2023

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April 6, 2023(1 event)

6:30 pm: “Arranging Your Poetry Manuscript” with Cati Porter and guests


April 6, 2023

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library Present

First Thursdays Arts Walk

“Arranging Your Poetry Manuscript”

with Cati Porter and guests

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

For National Poetry Month, learn some new techniques for arranging a poetry manuscript. Join Cati Porter and special guests who talk about their own adventures in arranging a poetry manuscript and give you some strategies for arranging your own.

If a poem is the best words in their best order, then a poetry manuscript is the best poems in their best order. But with so many possible variations, how do you decide what is “best”? Cati Porter is the author of eleven poetry books and chapbooks and has extensive experience in what not to do, and some tried-and-true strategies and tips.

Attendees of this program who submit a manuscript to the Hillary Gravendyk Prize open poetry book competition will have their contest entrance fee comped.

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

Cati Porter has been writing and publishing for three decades. She has a Masters in Fine Arts — Poetry from Antioch University, Los Angeles, and is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including The Body at a Loss (CavanKerry Press, 2019), Novel (Bamboo Dart Press, 2022), and the forthcoming small mammals (Mayapple Press, 2023). She is founder and editor of Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry and executive director of Inlandia Institute.

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May 4, 2023(2 events)

5:30 pm: Ballet Folklorico at Riverside Main Library!


May 4, 2023

Our Arts Walk event "Music and Memoir" starts at 7:00, but come early if you can! Our second annual Cinco de Mayo performance by Ballet Folklorico Cultural dancers begins at 5:30 PM in RPL’s outdoor arcade. After the performance, join us inside for an open mic experience from 6:30-7:00 where you can read poetry, flash fiction, or an excerpt from your work in progress. And while you’re there, explore the month’s topic of books available for checkout in the Community Room. Don’t have a library card? Apply for one at the event!

 

6:30 pm: Music and Memoir: A Conversation About Writing, Post-Punk, and US Latinidad


May 4, 2023

Thursday, May 4, 2023

First Thursdays Arts Walk

“Music and Memoir: A Conversation About Writing, Post-Punk, and US Latinidad”

With Richard T. Rodríguez and Juanita E. Mantz

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

 

Riverside Main Library

Community Room & Arcade

3900 Mission Inn Blvd

Riverside, CA 92501

5:30 PM Ballet Folklorico Cultural – Arcade

6:30 PM Open Mic – Community Room

7:00 PM “Music and Memoir” – Community Room

Join Inlandia and Riverside Public Library at First Thursdays Arts Walk for a one-of-a-kind conversation between music loving authors Richard T. Rodríguez and Juanita Mantz. The pair will discuss their mutual devotion to punk and how it intersects with US Latinidad, and share their journeys from first inspiration to the completion of a book. How do the dots connect between British post-punk and Latinx audiences? How does punk music become the soundtrack of memoir? Join us in the RPL Community Room at 7:00 PM on May 4 to find out!

But come early if you can! Our second annual Cinco de Mayo performance by Ballet Folklorico Cultural dancers begins at 5:30 PM in RPL’s outdoor arcade. After the performance, join us inside for an open mic experience from 6:30-7:00 where you can read poetry, flash fiction, or an excerpt from your work in progress. And while you’re there, explore the month’s topic of books available for checkout in the Community Room. Don’t have a library card? Apply for one at the event!

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