Events in April 2024
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- Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
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April 4, 2024First Thursdays Arts Walk: Panel Discussion and Book Launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina
Thursday, April 4, 2024
7:00-8:00 PM
Riverside Main Library Community Room Riverside Public Library Community Room
3900 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public.
With William Medina, Carlos Cortés, Judith Auth, and Suzanna Medina
7:00-8:00 PM, doors open at 6:30
Inlandia Institute presents the launch of Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas by William Medina, Riverside historian and educator. The author will be joined by a distinguished panel to discuss his novel and the Medina family’s renowned Cafe. The panel consists of Judith Auth, Carlos Cortés, and Suzanna Medina.
William Medina’s novel, Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas is based on stories inspired by events and characters who frequented his parent’s eatery in Riverside. He masterfully re-imagines and chronicles “… curious bits and pieces of real events that I have reassembled to weave fictional stories,” states Medina.
William and his siblings grew up helping their parents Oscar and Josefina Medina at the cafe. Over the years he and his siblings managed the eatery. The original cafe was located in a shopping center in Riverside’s multicultural Eastside. Located nearby was the iconic Nosotros Fine Arts Workshop directed by acclaimed artist Leer Larkin — who was integral to the Medina family.
Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas will be available for sale and signing. The event is free and open to the public.
The library will also provide an array of books on local history available for check out. Don’t have a library card? You can get one on the spot!
Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Please join us.
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- Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha
Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha
Zoom launch for Guajira, the cuba girl by Zita Arocha
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April 6, 2024Saturday, April 6, 2024
2:00-3:00 PM PT, on ZOOM
Launch of Guajira – the Cuba girl by Zita Arocha
Winner of the 2021 Eliud Martínez Prize
Free and open to the public. Registration is required. TO REGISTER:
http://tinyurl.com/GuajiraLaunch
After you register, we will send you a Zoom meeting link prior to the event.
Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the publication of the inaugural Eliud Martínez Prize for literature, Zita Arocha, for Guajira – the Cuba girl, a memoir. This annual prize is awarded to a first book author in fiction or creative nonfiction who identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Chicana/o/x.
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- Puppets at RAM “Earth Day - Celebrate Life on Earth”
Puppets at RAM “Earth Day - Celebrate Life on Earth”
Puppets at RAM “Earth Day - Celebrate Life on Earth”
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April 7, 2024Sunday, April 7, 2024
2:00-3:00 PM
First Sundays with Riverside Art Museum
Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte
“Earth Day: Celebrate Life on Earth”
Riverside Art Museum
3425 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public.
Join Inlandia and RAM at Riverside Art Museum on Sunday, April 7, for puppetry fun for the whole family! Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte will present “Earth Day: Celebrate Life on Earth.”
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- “Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver
“Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver
“Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” at the Culver
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April 24, 2024Conversations at the Culver
7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30
“Stories of Love from the Empires We Call Home” with Perris, California author Rachel Stark in conversation with Susan Straight and Alex Espinoza
Barbara and Art Culver Center for the Arts
3824 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public.
Please join us at the Culver Center of the Arts on Wednesday, April 26, to celebrate the launch of Rachel Stark’s debut novel, Perris, California. Rachel will be in conversation with authors Susan Straight and Alex Espinoza beginning at 7:00 PM; doors open at 6:30.
Perris, California is published by Penguin Press, New York. Copies will be available for sale and signing at the event.
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- Submission Window CLOSES for 2024 Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prizes
Submission Window CLOSES for 2024 Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prizes
Submission Window CLOSES for 2024 Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prizes
April 30, 2024
February 1-April 30, 2024
Call for Entries: 2024 Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prizes
$20 reading fee
Submit at http://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmit
The Hillary Gravendyk Prize is an open poetry book competition for all writers regardless of the number of previously published poetry collections. The manuscript page limit is 48-100 pages, and Inlandia Institute Press invites all styles and forms of poetry. Only electronic submissions will be accepted via Inlandia’s “Submittable” portal. Multiple submissions are accepted, with a $20 reading fee required for each manuscript. The winners will be announced Fall 2024 for publication in 2025.
National and Regional awardees each win book publication and a cash prize of $1,000. Enter using Submittable: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmit
Poetry book manuscripts will be accepted via Submittable from February 1 through April 30, 2024. One National and one Regional prizewinner will each be awarded $1,000 and a standard book contract.