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March 28, 2021(1 event)

COMMUNITY BOOK READ: "Still Water Saints"

COMMUNITY BOOK READ
March 1, 2021 March 31, 2021

ONE COMMUNITY, MANY VOICES:

A community read and discussion project spanning two years and two books and celebrating the voices of queer writers of color who live or work in – or write about – the Inland Southern California region. The project launched last fall with There Should be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, and continues this spring with Still Water Saints by Inland Empire writer Alex Espinoza.

FREE copies of Still Water Saints will be available throughout the month of March from the following library partners (while supplies last):

  • Riverside Public Library System (all branches except Main)
  • Riverside County Library System (Sun City, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Robidoux)
  • San Bernardino Public Library (Rowe, Villaseñor, Inghram, and Feldheym)
  • San Bernardino County Library System (Fontana, Chino Hills, Highland, Hesperia, Apple Valley)
March 29, 2021(1 event)

COMMUNITY BOOK READ: "Still Water Saints"

COMMUNITY BOOK READ
March 1, 2021 March 31, 2021

ONE COMMUNITY, MANY VOICES:

A community read and discussion project spanning two years and two books and celebrating the voices of queer writers of color who live or work in – or write about – the Inland Southern California region. The project launched last fall with There Should be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, and continues this spring with Still Water Saints by Inland Empire writer Alex Espinoza.

FREE copies of Still Water Saints will be available throughout the month of March from the following library partners (while supplies last):

  • Riverside Public Library System (all branches except Main)
  • Riverside County Library System (Sun City, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Robidoux)
  • San Bernardino Public Library (Rowe, Villaseñor, Inghram, and Feldheym)
  • San Bernardino County Library System (Fontana, Chino Hills, Highland, Hesperia, Apple Valley)
March 30, 2021(1 event)

COMMUNITY BOOK READ: "Still Water Saints"

COMMUNITY BOOK READ
March 1, 2021 March 31, 2021

ONE COMMUNITY, MANY VOICES:

A community read and discussion project spanning two years and two books and celebrating the voices of queer writers of color who live or work in – or write about – the Inland Southern California region. The project launched last fall with There Should be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, and continues this spring with Still Water Saints by Inland Empire writer Alex Espinoza.

FREE copies of Still Water Saints will be available throughout the month of March from the following library partners (while supplies last):

  • Riverside Public Library System (all branches except Main)
  • Riverside County Library System (Sun City, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Robidoux)
  • San Bernardino Public Library (Rowe, Villaseñor, Inghram, and Feldheym)
  • San Bernardino County Library System (Fontana, Chino Hills, Highland, Hesperia, Apple Valley)
March 31, 2021(1 event)

COMMUNITY BOOK READ: "Still Water Saints"

COMMUNITY BOOK READ
March 1, 2021 March 31, 2021

ONE COMMUNITY, MANY VOICES:

A community read and discussion project spanning two years and two books and celebrating the voices of queer writers of color who live or work in – or write about – the Inland Southern California region. The project launched last fall with There Should be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, and continues this spring with Still Water Saints by Inland Empire writer Alex Espinoza.

FREE copies of Still Water Saints will be available throughout the month of March from the following library partners (while supplies last):

  • Riverside Public Library System (all branches except Main)
  • Riverside County Library System (Sun City, Palm Desert, La Quinta, Robidoux)
  • San Bernardino Public Library (Rowe, Villaseñor, Inghram, and Feldheym)
  • San Bernardino County Library System (Fontana, Chino Hills, Highland, Hesperia, Apple Valley)
April 1, 2021(1 event)

7:00 pm: National Deaf History AND Poetry Month Double Feature: Meg Day and Ryan Fingerle


April 1, 2021

On Thursday, April 1, at 7:00 PM, Inlandia at Home + Virtual Arts Walk with Riverside Public Library will be celebrating National Deaf History – and Poetry! – Month with a very special poetry event featuring nationally acclaimed poet Meg Day and local poet and Riverside City College MUSE editor Ryan Fingerle. The winners of the National ASL Story Signing contest from Riverside’s California School for the Deaf will also be ‘taking the stage’ to share their work! Don’t miss it!

The presentation will be followed by a moderated discussion and audience Q&A. ASL interpreters and closed captioning will be available.

This online event is free and open to all, but an RSVP is required. Please respond here: https://tinyurl.com/NDHMPoetry

April 2, 2021
April 3, 2021
April 4, 2021(1 event)

2:00 pm: "Tasty Baby Belly Buttons" Around the World with Karen & Nicole


April 4, 2021

In partnership with Riverside Art Museum, Inlandia proudly presents Around the World with Karen & Nicole on Sunday, April 4, at 2:00 PM for a tale from Japan, “Tasty Baby Belly Buttons.” Join the storytelling-puppeteering duo and discover how the Watermelon Princess, a little girl born from a watermelon, along with her animal companions, helps babies keep their belly buttons when the dreaded Oni try to steal them. RSVP: tinyurl.com/aroundtheworldstory7

April 5, 2021
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April 8, 2021(1 event)

7:00 pm: An Evening with Crime Fiction Writer Tod Goldberg


April 8, 2021

On Thursday, April 8, 2021, at 7:00 PM, please join Inlandia at Home for an engaging conversation with award-winning crime fiction author Tod Goldberg, whose latest book is The Low Desert: Gangster Stories, a collection of short fiction set in the Inland Empire. This online event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required: https://tinyurl.com/TodGoldberg.

Signed copies of The Low Desert will be available for purchase through Mystery Ink Bookstore – http://www.mysteryink.com – and participants are invited to send a copy of their receipt to cati.porter@inlandiainstitute.org for an early-entry meet and greet with the author, an event crime fiction aficionados won’t want to miss.

April 9, 2021
April 10, 2021
April 11, 2021(1 event)

4:00 pm: COMMUNITY DISCUSSION "Still Water Saints"


April 11, 2021

The Spring 2021 series begins when participants pick up and read their FREE copy of Still Water Saints, available March 1-31 at their favorite local library.

Virtual COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS are planned for three consecutive Sundays in April – April 11, 18 and 25 – from 4:00-5:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/OneCommunityBookDiscussions.

A LIVE chat with author Alex Espinoza and Richard T. Rodriguez, the project’s humanities advisor, is scheduled for March 26 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. RSVP for the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/StillWaterSaints.

April 12, 2021
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April 17, 2021
April 18, 2021(1 event)

4:00 pm: COMMUNITY DISCUSSION "Still Water Saints"


April 18, 2021

The Spring 2021 series begins when participants pick up and read their FREE copy of Still Water Saints, available March 1-31 at their favorite local library.

Virtual COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS are planned for three consecutive Sundays in April – April 11, 18 and 25 – from 4:00-5:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/OneCommunityBookDiscussions.

A LIVE chat with author Alex Espinoza and Richard T. Rodriguez, the project’s humanities advisor, is scheduled for March 26 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. RSVP for the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/StillWaterSaints.

April 19, 2021
April 20, 2021
April 21, 2021
April 22, 2021(1 event)

7:00 pm: An Evening with "Poppy in the Wild" Author Teresa Rhyne


April 22, 2021

On Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 PM, join Inlandia in conversation with Riverside’s favorite dog-loving author, Teresa Rhyne, as we laugh, learn, and celebrate “National Lost Dog Awareness Day” all at once! If you’ve ever lost, loved, or lived with a dog, “An Evening with Poppy in the Wild Author Teresa Rhyne” is an event you will not want to miss. Free and open to the public. To RSVP, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/TeresaRhyne

Get your signed copy of Poppy in the Wild: A Lost Dog, Fifteen Hundred Acres of Wilderness and the Dogged Determination that Brought Her Home at Cellar Door Books! Click here to order: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/book/9781643135427

Send a copy of your receipt to cati.porter@inlandiainstitute.org for an early-entry meet and greet with the author.

Teresa J. Rhyne is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dog Lived (and So Will I), a surprisingly hilarious memoir about her dog and her both surviving cancer. The sequel, The Dogs Were Rescued (and So Was I), won the Pat Santi Memorial award from the Dog Writers Association of America. Her newest book, Poppy in the Wild: A Lost Dog, Fifteen Hundred Acres of Wilderness and the Dogged Determination that Brought Her Home continues her tradition of writing humorously about tragedies that happen to her and her dogs. Tragedy plus time plus cute dogs equal heartfelt comedy.

April 23, 2021
April 24, 2021
April 25, 2021(1 event)

4:00 pm: COMMUNITY DISCUSSION "Still Water Saints"


April 25, 2021

The Spring 2021 series begins when participants pick up and read their FREE copy of Still Water Saints, available March 1-31 at their favorite local library.

Virtual COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS are planned for three consecutive Sundays in April – April 11, 18 and 25 – from 4:00-5:00 PM. To register: https://tinyurl.com/OneCommunityBookDiscussions.

A LIVE chat with author Alex Espinoza and Richard T. Rodriguez, the project’s humanities advisor, is scheduled for March 26 at 7:00 PM on Zoom. RSVP for the webinar here: https://tinyurl.com/StillWaterSaints.

April 26, 2021
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April 30, 2021
May 1, 2021