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Events in June 2021

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2:00 pm: BLACKLANDIA The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation + Open Mic

7:00 pm: First Thursdays Arts Walk + Book Launch with Authors Marj Charlier and Victoria Waddle

3:00 pm: Book Launch of "Güero-Güero: The White Mexican and Other Published and Unpublished Stories"

2:00 pm: BLACKLANDIA The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation + Open Mic

2:00 pm: BLACKLANDIA The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation + Open Mic

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Jun 13, '21 2:00 pm: BLACKLANDIA The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation + Open Mic 2:00 pm: BLACKLANDIA The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation + Open Mic 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm June 13, 2021 Sunday, June 13, 2021 (2:00-3:30 PM) Inlandia Institute’s Blacklandia Presents: The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation A Conversation with Nikia Chaney, Lisa Henry, and Cassidy Parong + Open Mic Free and open to the public but registration is required. On Zoom, to RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/TheFutureIsBlack When we join African American culture with technology and the future we get Afrofuturism, a genre shaped by an ideology of "blackness" as it can be far, far in the future. In this discussion Nikia Chaney, Lisa Henry, and Cassidy Parong will explore ideas of Afrofuturism as it relates to literature, poetry, and visual style. The event will include special announcements about the return of shufpoetry. Bring your afrocentric/futuristic/psychedelic/science fiction/outerspace/funk poems for the open mic starting at 3:00 PM! More	Jun 14, '21	Jun 15, '21	Jun 16, '21	Jun 17, '21	Jun 18, '21	Jun 19, '21

3 7:00 pm: First Thursdays Arts Walk + Book Launch with Authors Marj Charlier and Victoria Waddle 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm June 3, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 (7:00-8:30 PM) Inlandia at Home and Riverside Public Library Present: First Thursdays Arts Walk + Book Launch with Authors Marj Charlier and Victoria Waddle Free and open to the public but registration is required. On Zoom, to RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/ContriteRebels In partnership with the Riverside Public Library for the City of Riverside’s First Thursdays Virtual Arts Walk program, Inlandia invites you to help welcome two new books into the world! Join Inlandia authors Marj Charlier (The Rebel Nun) and Victoria Waddle (Acts of Contrition) for delightful readings from their books, followed by a conversation about writing and the path to publishing. An audience Q&A will immediately follow. Marj Charlier’s The Rebel Nun (Blackstone Publishing, 2021) is based on the true story of Clotild, the daughter of a sixth-century king and his concubine, who leads a rebellion of nuns against the rising misogyny and patriarchy of the medieval church. A former Wall Street Journal reporter, corporate finance executive, and author of eleven novels, Marj writes, works as a publishing consultant, and teaches writing workshops in Palm Springs. Victoria Waddle’s Acts of Contrition (Los Nietos Press, 2021) is a gripping short story collection about the complex lives of modern women. Some can look back and laugh, some find luck in their escape from harm, some engineer their own good fortune, all the while riding a wave of dark humor. What all the characters come to understand is that silence places them at greater risk than speaking out. They progress toward freedom through the telling of their stories. Victoria Waddle has experience as a high school teacher and teacher-librarian and a lifelong resident of Southern California. Now that her three sons are grown, she lives there with her husband and two very sassy dogs. More

5 3:00 pm: Book Launch of "Güero-Güero: The White Mexican and Other Published and Unpublished Stories" 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm June 5, 2021 Saturday, June 5, 2021 (3:00-4:30 PM) Book Launch of Güero-Güero: The White Mexican and Other Published and Unpublished Stories Free and open to the public but registration is required. On Zoom, to RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/GueroGuero Inlandia Institute is proud to announce the publication of Güero-Güero: The White Mexican and Other Published and Unpublished Stories, a much-anticipated collection of short stories by the late Eliud Martínez (1935-2020). Martínez was an esteemed Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Riverside – as well as a scholar, artist, beloved colleague, community member, husband, father, and friend. A virtual public book launch of Güero-Güero is set for Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 3:00 PM on Zoom, and will feature a dramatic reading by Carnegie Mellon University-trained professional actor Jordan Lund, speakers from the author’s family, and a moderated conversation between Inlandia Director Emerita and former student of Martínez’s, Frances J. Vasquez, and Roberto Cantú, scholar and Professor Emeritus of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies and (jointly) Professor Emeritus of English at California State University, Los Angeles. More

13 2:00 pm: BLACKLANDIA The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation + Open Mic 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm June 13, 2021 Sunday, June 13, 2021 (2:00-3:30 PM) Inlandia Institute’s Blacklandia Presents: The Future is Black: Poetry, Afrofuturism, and Experimentation A Conversation with Nikia Chaney, Lisa Henry, and Cassidy Parong + Open Mic Free and open to the public but registration is required. On Zoom, to RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/TheFutureIsBlack When we join African American culture with technology and the future we get Afrofuturism, a genre shaped by an ideology of "blackness" as it can be far, far in the future. In this discussion Nikia Chaney, Lisa Henry, and Cassidy Parong will explore ideas of Afrofuturism as it relates to literature, poetry, and visual style. The event will include special announcements about the return of shufpoetry. Bring your afrocentric/futuristic/psychedelic/science fiction/outerspace/funk poems for the open mic starting at 3:00 PM! More