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Events in May 2022

  • - A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event
    A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

    A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event

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    May 1, 2022

    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!

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside), Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    May 3, 2022

    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

    Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

    Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)


    May 3, 2022

    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

     

  • - Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library
    Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library

    Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library


    May 5, 2022

    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.

  • - Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona), Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III
    Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)


    May 7, 2022

    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

    Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

    Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III


    May 7, 2022

    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.

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside), Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    May 10, 2022

    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

    Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)


    May 10, 2022

    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

     

  • - Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)
    Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)


    May 11, 2022

    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

  • - Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)
    Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

    Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)


    May 12, 2022

    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

  • - Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III
    Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

    Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III


    May 14, 2022

    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.

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside), Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    May 17, 2022

    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

    Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)

    Creative Writing POETRY Workshop with Romaine Washington (Redlands)


    May 17, 2022

    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

     

  • - Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona), Friends of the Riverside Public Library Annual Meeting Featuring Susan Straight, Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III
    Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Renee Gurley (Corona)


    May 21, 2022

    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

    Friends of the Riverside Public Library Annual Meeting Featuring Susan Straight

    Friends of the Riverside Public Library Annual Meeting Featuring Susan Straight


    May 21, 2022

    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
    3900 Mission Inn Ave • Riverside, CA 92501

    “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.

    Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III

    Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III


    May 21, 2022

    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.

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside), Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    May 24, 2022

    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

    Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo (San Bernardino)


    May 24, 2022

    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

     

  • - Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)
    Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)

    Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Waddle (Ontario)


    May 25, 2022

    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

  • - Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)
    Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)

    Creative Writing NONFICTION Workshop with Jo Scott-Coe (Riverside)


    May 26, 2022

    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

  • - 5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey
    5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey

    5th Annual All-Teen Issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey


    May 28, 2022

    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.

  • - Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)
    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)

    Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke (Riverside)


    May 31, 2022

    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