Events in May 2022
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May 1, 2022(1 event)
N/A: A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling EventN/A: A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event N/A Sunday, May 1, 2022 (2:00-3:00 PM) Inlandia Institute and Riverside Art Museum Present A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event “Talking Objects” In Person at Andulka Park – Near the playground 5201 Chicago Ave, Riverside, CA 92507 On Sunday, May 1, please join Inlandia in partnership with Riverside Art Museum’s First Sundays as we explore the wonders of puppetry arts with Nicole Cloeren & Puppets a la Carte! This free, family event starts at 2:00, and will feature a hands-on workshop with puppeteer, Nicole Cloeren. Come join the fun! |
May 2, 2022 |
May 3, 2022(2 events)
11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) – Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group 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. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 6:00 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)6:00 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands) – 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 – 4/5, 4/19, 5/3, 5/17, and 5/31/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration for all workshops is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW
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May 4, 2022 |
May 5, 2022(1 event)
6:00 pm: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library6:00 pm: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library – Thursday, May 5, 2022 (6:00-8:00 PM) First Thursdays Arts Walk at Riverside Public Library (Arcade & Community Room) Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library “…tour groups going to the pyramids at nearby Teotihuacán”- Rose Hill by Carlos E. Cortés On Thursday, May 5, start your Arts Walk on the right foot with Carlos E. Cortés at Riverside Public Library! With plenty of free parking in back (enter from University Avenue), RPL is the perfect place to kick off your evening – and celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the same time. The event will kick off with a performance by Ballet Folklorico Cultural dancers from the Inland Empire, followed by a performance by Carlos Cortés of his acclaimed monologue— now available in book form— “A Conversation with Alana”. Also on hand will be independent booksellers in the open arcade area at street level, poetry writing on analog typewriters with Typewriter Muse Bob Marshall, and other book-related vendors, plus an open mic. “A Conversation with Alana” is a one-hour, one-person autobiographical play written by Cortés: “[At the request of my daughter Alana, I began writing family sketches -- mini- bios, recollections, anecdotes, memorable incidents –- in the form of letters to her”. In his play, Cortés presents his story of growing up as a young man of mixed ancestry in racially segregated, religiously divided, class conscious early post-World War II Kansas City, Missouri. The son of a Mexican Catholic immigrant father and an American-born Jewish mother, whose parents came from Austria and Ukraine, Cortés had to learn to navigate Kansas City's rigid racial, ethnic, and religious fault lines, while simultaneously dealing with the internal conflicts of his own divided family. Dr. Carlos E. Cortés is the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of History and currently co-director of the School of Medicine Health Equity, Social Justice, and Anti-Racism initiative at the University of California, Riverside. He has served as Scholar-in- Residence with Univision Communications and was the Creative/Cultural Advisor for Nickelodeon's “Dora the Explorer” and “Go, Diego, Go!” Cortés is the author of the memoir, Rose Hill: An Intermarriage Before Its Time and the award-winning poetry collection, Fourth Quarter: Reflections of a Cranky Old Man. |
May 6, 2022 |
May 7, 2022(2 events)
10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona) – This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21, and 6/4/22 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. Registration for all workshops is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Saturdays, May 7, 14, and 21, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III May Focus: Writing About Black Art Through a Psychoanalytical Lens On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome. This month, three “Writing About Black Art” workshops (May 7, 14, and 21) will explore writing about Black art from a psychoanalytical perspective, with specific attention devoted to how theories related to Black psychology correlate to Black art. Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will become familiar with African American artists whose work connects to issues related to Black psychology. |
| May 8, 2022 | May 9, 2022 |
May 10, 2022(2 events)
11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) – Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group 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. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) – Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, and 6/7/22 – from 6:00-8:00 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW
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May 11, 2022(1 event)
6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) – 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 – 4/13, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, and 6/8/22– from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW |
May 12, 2022(1 event)
6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) – This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. “Opening the Research Doorway PART TWO: Deepening Your Creative Nonfiction Voice” sessions are scheduled for alternating Thursdays – 4/28, 5/12, 5/26, 6/9, and 6/23/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW |
May 13, 2022 |
May 14, 2022(1 event)
4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Saturdays, May 7, 14, and 21, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III May Focus: Writing About Black Art Through a Psychoanalytical Lens On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome. This month, three “Writing About Black Art” workshops (May 7, 14, and 21) will explore writing about Black art from a psychoanalytical perspective, with specific attention devoted to how theories related to Black psychology correlate to Black art. Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will become familiar with African American artists whose work connects to issues related to Black psychology. |
| May 15, 2022 | May 16, 2022 |
May 17, 2022(2 events)
11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) – Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group 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. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 6:00 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)6:00 pm: Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands) – 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 – 4/5, 4/19, 5/3, 5/17, and 5/31/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration for all workshops is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW
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May 21, 2022(3 events)
10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona) – This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21, and 6/4/22 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. Registration for all workshops is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 1:00 pm: Friends of the Riverside Public Library Annual Meeting Featuring Susan Straight1:00 pm: Friends of the Riverside Public Library Annual Meeting Featuring Susan Straight – Saturday, May 21, 2022 Friends of the Riverside Public Library Annual Meeting Featuring Susan Straight Free and open to the public • Saturday May 21, 2022 • 1 PM doors open 2 PM reading & conversation Riverside Public Library “to us it felt truly magical.” — Susan Straight on growing up with the Riverside Public Library On May 21, join the Friends of the Riverside Public Library for an afternoon of camaraderie and conversation with acclaimed Riverside author, Susan Straight, who will be reading from her new novel, Mecca. In addition, participate in a silent auction, enjoy refreshments, and learn more about the Friends of the Library. Susan Straight is the author of eight novels, including the national bestseller Highwire Moon, a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Million Nightingales, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, as well as the memoir In the Country of Women, named a best book of 2019 by NPR. She is the recipient of the Edgar Award for Best Short Story, the O. Henry Prize, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her stories and essays have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, Granta, Harper’s Magazine, and elsewhere. She was born and continues to live with her family in Riverside, California, where she is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside. The Friends donate time and resources to help fund materials and programs by operating the BOOKSTORE located on the first floor of the new main library in downtown Riverside. They encourage reading and a love of books by supporting programs like Inlandia at Arts Walk and work in tandem with the library board of trustees Riverside Public Library Foundation to promote excellence in the library system. Their annual meeting is an opportunity to engage with a distinguished local author. In Mecca, the celebrated novelist Susan Straight crafts an unforgettable American epic, examining race, history, family, and destiny through the interlocking stories of a group of native Californians all gasping for air. With sensitivity, furor, and a cinematic scope that captures California in all its injustice, history, and glory, she tells a story of the American West through the eyes of the people who built it―and continue to sustain it. As the stakes get higher and the intertwined characters in Mecca slam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it’s always better to push back. 4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Saturdays, May 7, 14, and 21, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III May Focus: Writing About Black Art Through a Psychoanalytical Lens On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome. This month, three “Writing About Black Art” workshops (May 7, 14, and 21) will explore writing about Black art from a psychoanalytical perspective, with specific attention devoted to how theories related to Black psychology correlate to Black art. Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will become familiar with African American artists whose work connects to issues related to Black psychology. |
| May 22, 2022 | May 23, 2022 |
May 24, 2022(2 events)
11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) – Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group 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. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)6:00 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) – Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino) This Beginning ALL GENRES workshop with Allyson Jeffredo is based in San Bernardino but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Tuesdays – 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, and 6/7/22 – from 6:00-8:00 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW
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May 25, 2022(1 event)
6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)6:30 pm: Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario) – 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 – 4/13, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, and 6/8/22– from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW |
May 26, 2022(1 event)
6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)6:30 pm: Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside) – This Intermediate/Advanced NONFICTION workshop with Jo Scott-Coe is based in Riverside but will take place on Zoom. “Opening the Research Doorway PART TWO: Deepening Your Creative Nonfiction Voice” sessions are scheduled for alternating Thursdays – 4/28, 5/12, 5/26, 6/9, and 6/23/22 – from 6:30-8:30 PM. Registration is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW |
May 27, 2022 |
May 28, 2022(1 event)
3:00 pm: 5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey3:00 pm: 5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey – Saturday, May 28 (3-4:30 PM) 5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey On Zoom. RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/ILJAllTeenIssue Join Inlandia and teen-aged guest editors of the 5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey for a reading and discussion of works created exclusively by teens. Emceed by the journal’s founding editor Cati Porter with managing editor Erin Michaela Sweeney, hear and see these engaging new works. Featuring special Katie Xin, Riverside County’s inaugural Teen Poet Laureate and other special guests. Free and open to the public but registration required. |
| May 29, 2022 | May 30, 2022 |
May 31, 2022(1 event)
11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside) – Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, this group 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. Click here to register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW |
June 1, 2022(1 event)
Journaling Journey From A-Zine Begins!Journaling Journey From A-Zine Begins! June 1-30, 2022 Journaling Journey From A-Zine! FREE Summer Program for Elementary School-Aged Children Parental registration required: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaAtoZine Weekday sessions held via email and Zoom A is art + W is for words + Y is for YOU + Z is for zine! Looking for a low-key way to commune with creativity this summer? Join Inlandia on a Journaling Journey in June! Learn how to make a DIY zine, then fill it up with the alphabet and your imagination. With optional Monday through Thursdays check-ins and Friday read-arounds, you will soon be an indie author with your very own book! Led by a team of experienced young authors under the guidance of Inlandia Institute core staff, this program is free for elementary school-aged youth. How it works: During the month of June, a new daily prompt will be emailed each day. Complete at your own pace! Join us for the daily check-ins or just the weekly read-arounds, or participate completely via email. Parent/guardian registration required. If registering multiple children, only one form is required. |
June 2, 2022(1 event)
6:00 pm: Book Launch for Pretend Plumber with Stephanie Barbé Hammer!6:00 pm: Book Launch for Pretend Plumber with Stephanie Barbé Hammer! – Thursday, June 2, 2022 (6:00-8:00 PM) Book Launch for Pretend Plumber with Stephanie Barbé Hammer First Thursdays Arts Walk at Riverside Public Library (Arcade & Community Room) 3900 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501 On Thursday, June 2, start your Arts Walk on the right foot at Riverside Public Library with author Stephanie Barbé Hammer as we launch of her latest novel, Pretend Plumber: An Adventure! With plenty of free parking in back (enter from University Avenue), RPL is the perfect place to kick off your evening – and celebrate summer at the same time. This event will include the playlist from the book, independent booksellers in the open arcade area at street level, poetry writing on analog typewriters with Typewriter Muse Bob Marshall, and an open mic. Plus, freshly popped popcorn! Don’t miss it! Listen to the playlist here: tinyurl.com/PretendPlumberPlaylist Pretend Plumber: An Adventure tells the story Sarassine Anfang, a precocious, queer-curious Los Angeles teen, who grows so fed up with her wealthy, dysfunctional Jewish Hancock Park family that she decides to run away to her grandfather's Wilshire condo, and become a plumber. But her chocolate eating grandmother and her distracted parents have other ideas. |
June 3, 2022(1 event)
4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter4:00 pm: Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter – Alternating Fridays, June 3 – July 29, 2020 4:00-5:00 PM on Zoom Revising and Submitting Your Writing for Publication with Cati Porter FREE as part of the Inlandia Creative Writing Workshops program Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/Inlandia-Rev-Sub You have begun to tentatively call yourself a writer, but you don’t know how to take that next step and get your work published. Or you’ve been published but you need some accountability to kick start your summer submissions. Or maybe you have lots of drafts that could use some polishing, or even some dusting off if they’ve been in that proverbial desk drawer. In this workshop you will be given the tools and the time to work toward publication. Please note: This is NOT a writing workshop. It is recommended that at the start of the workshop you have no fewer than ten pieces of writing you would like to revise and submit. This workshop will meet virtually every other week for five weeks but there will also be optional coaching and mentorship via email check-ins to report on progress and office hours to work one-on-one with Cati via email, Zoom, or phone, by appointment. Inlandia Institute Executive Director Cati Porter has been publishing prose and poetry in magazines, newspapers, literary journals, and anthologies for thirty years. She is the author of ten poetry collections published with a variety of independent and nonprofit publishers. She has hosted panel discussions and roundtables on publishing, led workshops for children, teens, and adults, and conducted professional development workshops for teachers teaching poetry. She is a native of Southern California where she lives with her family. |
June 4, 2022(2 events)
10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)10:00 am: Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona) – This Beginning/Intermediate ALL GENRES workshop with Renee Gurley is based in Corona but will take place on Zoom. Workshop sessions are scheduled for alternating Saturdays – 4/9, 4/23, 5/7, 5/21, and 6/4/22 – from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. Registration for all workshops is now open. Click here to enroll: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2022CWW 4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III4:00 pm: Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III – Saturdays in June, July, and August! (Date and times below) Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III On Zoom. Registration is required. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 Workshops are free. All are welcome.Just in time for summer, Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series is proud to announce three NEW “Writing About Black Art” workshops led by esteemed artist and educator Richard Allen May III. Sign up for one, two, or all three! Free and open to all. All sessions will be held on Zoom. To register: https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022 June – Writing about Black Art: The Curator Profile Curators play an essential role in how Black art is organized for viewership – and how it’s interpreted. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding of what it means to curate an exhibition, how to prepare questions for the art curator, and how to organize those responses into a curator profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: June 4, 11, and 25, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). July – Writing about Black Art: The Artist Interview Artists create the work that is exhibited, collected, and written about in various publications. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the role of the artist in society, how to prepare questions for the artist, and how to organize those responses into an artist profile essay ready for publication. Saturdays: July 9, 16, and 23, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). August – Writing about Black Art: The Book Review Learn the process and form behind writing a review of a published work about art. This workshop will give participants a basic understanding about the craft of writing as it pertains to summarizing and evaluating – and shed light on the difference between editing and revising. Saturdays: August 6, 20, and 27, from 4:00-5:30 PM (PT). Artist and educator, Richard Allen May III comes with a wealth of knowledge about the AfriCOBRA Movement, having written the forward to AfriCOBRA: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought, published by Duke University, 2020. He is a staff writer at Artillery magazine and his work has been displayed in art galleries throughout the Inland Empire, as well as exhibits throughout the United States. May has taught courses in community colleges, universities, and prisons. |