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Events in March 2021

  • - The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal
    The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal

    The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal


    March 3, 2021

    Workshop #1: Thursday, February 18, 7–8:30pm

    Workshop #2: Thursday, February 25, 7–8:30pm

    Dress Rehearsal: Wednesday, March 3, 7–8:30pm

    Performance: Thursday, March 4, 7–8:30pm

    “For ere this the tribes of men lived on earth remote and free from ills and hard toil and heavy sickness which bring the Fates upon men; for in misery men grow old quickly. But the woman took off the great lid of the jar with her hands and scattered all these and her thought caused sorrow and mischief to men. Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the rim of the great jar.”-Hesiod, Pandora’s Box, 700 BC

    In times of trouble we seek courage and strength, to persevere, in the hope that circumstances will take a turn for the better. The next Flame storytelling workshops in March will embrace the theme of the season, Hope Springs Eternal, as we explore stories where perhaps we can find meaning in the changing season. We will share stories of struggle and triumph, and reminder ourselves that we are resilient and brave. If you have a story about a time when you felt hopeless and ready to give up, but persisted anyway to prevail over despair, we would love to hear it. Let’s remember, although we are apart for now, we can connect through our stories.

    If you have a story of hope you’d like to share, please send a short synopsis to Inlandia@InlandiaInstitute.org. Spaces are limited!

    Stevie Taken is the founder of The Homespun Players, a small Riverside theatre group established in 2013. She loves all forms of storytelling and especially admires those who choose to share their experiences with live audiences; a special kind of self imposed punishment. This activity was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.

  • - Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello, The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal
    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello

    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello


    March 4, 2021

    Virtual Winter Workshops on Zoom

    Registration required. 

    Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Thursday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Zoom links will be sent by the workshop leader after registration confirmation.

    In partnership with the Joslyn Senior Center and the City of Redlands. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2021CWW.

    The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal

    The Flame: Hope Springs Eternal


    March 4, 2021

    Workshop #1: Thursday, February 18, 7–8:30pm

    Workshop #2: Thursday, February 25, 7–8:30pm

    Dress Rehearsal: Wednesday, March 3, 7–8:30pm

    Performance: Thursday, March 4, 7–8:30pm

    “For ere this the tribes of men lived on earth remote and free from ills and hard toil and heavy sickness which bring the Fates upon men; for in misery men grow old quickly. But the woman took off the great lid of the jar with her hands and scattered all these and her thought caused sorrow and mischief to men. Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the rim of the great jar.”-Hesiod, Pandora’s Box, 700 BC

    In times of trouble we seek courage and strength, to persevere, in the hope that circumstances will take a turn for the better. The next Flame storytelling workshops in March will embrace the theme of the season, Hope Springs Eternal, as we explore stories where perhaps we can find meaning in the changing season. We will share stories of struggle and triumph, and reminder ourselves that we are resilient and brave. If you have a story about a time when you felt hopeless and ready to give up, but persisted anyway to prevail over despair, we would love to hear it. Let’s remember, although we are apart for now, we can connect through our stories.

    If you have a story of hope you’d like to share, please send a short synopsis to Inlandia@InlandiaInstitute.org. Spaces are limited!

    Stevie Taken is the founder of The Homespun Players, a small Riverside theatre group established in 2013. She loves all forms of storytelling and especially admires those who choose to share their experiences with live audiences; a special kind of self imposed punishment. This activity was supported in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at www.arts.ca.gov.

  • - "Heart Full of Turquoise" Around the World with Karen & Nicole
    "Heart Full of Turquoise" Around the World with Karen & Nicole

    "Heart Full of Turquoise" Around the World with Karen & Nicole


    March 7, 2021

    Join Inlandia and The Riverside Art Museum on Sunday, March 7, for another Around the World with Karen and Nicole! This month, Karen and Nicole brings us “Heart Full of Turquoise” from the Pueblo People of the American Southwest. In this story, a medicine woman must protect her people from starvation when a giant tries to rob them of all the food they have carefully harvested for the winter.
    FREE • Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/aroundtheworldstory6
    Karen Rae Kraut has been blending story, song and creative movement in schools, libraries, museums, and theaters from California to East Tennessee since 1990. She has toured for the Smithsonian, and was commissioned by the McCallum Theatre to create a storyteller’s version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Karen’s CD, Cooler Water Cora and Other Stories, is the winner of an iParenting Media Award for Audio Excellence and a National Parenting Publications Honors Award. She has performed for Riverside’s First Sundays program since its inception in 1997.
    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.
  • - Adventures in Chronologyland with Dr. Carlos Cortés
    Adventures in Chronologyland with Dr. Carlos Cortés

    Adventures in Chronologyland with Dr. Carlos Cortés


    March 10, 2021

    In partnership with Riverside Public Library, Inlandia returns for a new season of "Adventures in Chronologyland," a creative writing workshop with Dr. Carlos Cortés. Free and open to the public, it meets every other Wednesday through May 26.
  • - Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello
    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello

    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello


    March 11, 2021

    Virtual Winter Workshops on Zoom

    Registration required. 

    Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Thursday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Zoom links will be sent by the workshop leader after registration confirmation.

    In partnership with the Joslyn Senior Center and the City of Redlands. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2021CWW.

  • - Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello
    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello

    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello


    March 18, 2021

    Virtual Winter Workshops on Zoom

    Registration required. 

    Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Thursday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Zoom links will be sent by the workshop leader after registration confirmation.

    In partnership with the Joslyn Senior Center and the City of Redlands. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2021CWW.

  • - “Slow Unraveling of Living Ghosts” with Johnny Bender and Cati Porter
    “Slow Unraveling of Living Ghosts” with Johnny Bender and Cati Porter

    “Slow Unraveling of Living Ghosts” with Johnny Bender and Cati Porter


    March 19, 2021

    Inlandia at Home Presents “Slow Unraveling of Living Ghosts” with Johnny Bender and Cati Porter

    As we reach the one year anniversary of California's formal shelter-at-home orders, join Johnny Bender, Cati Porter, and other Inlandia writers as they share work written in response to the pandemic crisis as published in the e-chapbooks Pandemic Spring, Pandemic Summer, Natural Inspirations, and Johnny and Cati's collaborative chapbook, Slow Unravelling of Living Ghosts. Public participants can read pandemic poems during the open mic and pay homage to the dead. On Zoom, RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/PandemicPoet

  • - Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello
    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello

    Redlands Creative Writing Workshop for Seniors with Mae Wagner Marinello


    March 25, 2021

    Virtual Winter Workshops on Zoom

    Registration required. 

    Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Thursday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Zoom links will be sent by the workshop leader after registration confirmation.

    In partnership with the Joslyn Senior Center and the City of Redlands. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2021CWW.

  • - LIVE CONVERSATION with "Still Water Saints" author Alex Espinoza
    LIVE CONVERSATION with "Still Water Saints" author Alex Espinoza

    LIVE CONVERSATION with "Still Water Saints" author Alex Espinoza


    March 26, 2021

    Join us for a LIVE chat with "Still Water Saints" author Alex Espinoza and Richard T. Rodriguez, the project’s humanities advisor, on March 26 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. RSVP for the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/StillWaterSaints.

  • - Adventures in Chronologyland with Dr. Carlos Cortés
    Adventures in Chronologyland with Dr. Carlos Cortés

    Adventures in Chronologyland with Dr. Carlos Cortés


    March 31, 2021

    In partnership with Riverside Public Library, Inlandia returns for a new season of "Adventures in Chronologyland," a creative writing workshop with Dr. Carlos Cortés. Free and open to the public, it meets every other Wednesday through May 26.