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April 2, 2023(2 events)

1:00 pm: “Puppets a la Chagall” with Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte


April 2, 2023

Sunday, April 2, 2023            

1:00-3:00 PM

Inlandia Institute and Riverside Art Museum Present

First Sundays at RAM

“Puppets a la Chagall” with Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte

 

Riverside Art Museum

3425 Mission Inn Blvd

Riverside, CA 92501

1:00-3:00 PM, with puppet shows at 1:00 and 2:00 PM

 

Free family fun. No registration required.

 

Watch as puppets and music bring a painting to life. Learn about the artist, Marc Chagall, and make some Chagall-inspired puppets to express a simple story you see in Chagall's artwork.

 

Nicole B. Cloeren is the founder and creative director of Puppets a la Carte where she uses puppets to feed the imagination.  Emphasizing play and techniques of improvisation, she creates a space of surprise and wonder in which we all learn from one another through puppetry arts. Nicole is a Teaching Artist with the McCallum Theatre. She likes to pretend her PhD stands for doctor of puppet handling. When not talking with her hands – or to her hands – Nicole enjoys eating jicama, playing dice, camping, and spending time with her family.

1:30 pm: “Rewriting the Narrative: Fighting Erasure and Forging a Future”


April 2, 2023

Sunday, April 2, 2023

1:30-3:00 PM (Doors open at 1:00 PM)

Inlandia Institute and UCR Arts Present

Conversations at the Culver

“Rewriting the Narrative: Fighting Erasure and Forging a Future – A poets laureate discussion moderated by James Coats”

Panel: Antonio Edwards Jr., Natalie J. Graham, and Peter J. Harris

Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts

3834 Main Street, Riverside

Free and open to the public.

 

On Sunday, April 2, join James Coats for a conversation with current and past Poets Laureate as part of Inlandia’s Conversations at the Culver series, in association with Inlandia’s Blacklandia steering committee.

 

During this critical time of book bannings happening across the country and a push to blanch history we talk to three poet laureates rewriting the expected narrative by providing representation and truth-telling in their art and through their work. Poetry has long been a source of honest expression with people courageous enough to say the hard things. This panel looks to examine the difficulties of how we arrived where we are today and ways to reshape the future through education and understanding.

 

Books will be available for sale and signing. Light refreshments will be served. As part of the City of Riverside’s First Sundays program, entrance to the museum is free.

 

Motivational Speaker, Writer and Spoken Word Poet, Antonio Edwards Jr. provides audiences with powerful spoken word presentations customized to inspire and energize any event. When he is not performing Antonio is busy developing teaching methods to help young poets find their literary voice and use language poetry provides to develop their own form of self-expression and self–actualization. An explosive performer of the written word, Antonio's spoken word pieces are charged with rhyme, rhythm, wordplay and verbal assaults that will not just sit on paper. Known as the people’s poet, Antonio was named Tacoma Washington’s Poet Laureate in 2009.

 

Natalie J. Graham is an award-winning author and performer who has toured nationally with her collection of poems, Begin with a Failed Body. In August 2021, Natalie was appointed Poet Laureate of Orange County. A widely published scholar with research interests in race, identity performance, and music, she is also a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Cal State University. When she isn’t making poems, teaching, or planning events, she loves perfecting her chocolate chip cookie baking skills and learning about science with her son, Ronald.

 

Peter J. Harris, Altadena Poet Laureate Editor in Chief (2022-2024), is the author of Safe Arms: 20 Love & Erotic Poems (w/an Ooh Baby Baby moan), with Spanish translations by Francisco Letelier (FlowerSong Press), and SongAgain (Beyond Baroque Books). In 2015, his book of poetry, Bless the Ashes (Tia Chucha Press), won the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award, and his book of personal essays, The Black Man of Happiness: In Pursuit of My ‘Unalienable Right,’ won the American Book Award. Harris is founding director of The Black Man of Happiness Project, a creative, intellectual, and artistic exploration of Black men and joy. He writes the blog WREAKING HAPPINESS: A Joyful Living Journal: www.inspirationcrib.com.

 

Moderator James Coats is a multidisciplinary artist, author, and educator born in Los Angeles and raised in the Inland Empire. As a creative change agent he believes the arts can inspire the youth and influence positive change in the world. He is the winner of the 2021 San Gabriel Poetry Slam. In 2021 he founded the organization Lift Our Voices Education which hosts an award winning workshop monthly called Be The Change: Social Justice Writing Workshop. He became the Artist in Residence at The Garcia Center for the Arts in 2022. His newest poetry collection Midnight & Mad Dreams is published by World Stage Press. You can find him attending poetry readings throughout California or follow his poetry via his Instagram @MrLovingWords.

April 3, 2023(1 event)

1:00 pm: Memoir: Writing Your Life Story with Rose Y. Monge


April 3, 2023

(Seniors, all levels)

Mondays, 1:00-3:00 PM Janet Goeske Center (Art Room), 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside,

1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/6, 3/13, 3/20, 4/3, 4/10, and 4/17/22.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

Writers are encouraged to respond to prompts about universal themes related to the human condition: key relationships, physical places, historic events, personal hardships/recovery, love and loss, and personal achievement and development. It is these ties that bind us all in different stages of our lives. Each of us brings a unique perspective to every story. Maybe it's time to write yours. Space is limited.

Rose Y. Monge has facilitated memoir classes at the Goeske Center since 2009. She encourages everyone to leave a written legacy for future generations. As an immigrant from Mexico, her memoir honors her parents’ legacy of life lessons. Her activism since retirement has been advocating for social justice, diversity, and inclusion.

April 4, 2023(3 events)

11:30 am: Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke


April 4, 2023

(All Levels)

Tuesdays, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Zoom, Weekly. Meetings resume January 10.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. All genres are welcome to be explored. Enrollment is limited.

Wil Clarke tolerates writing, but loves having written. He was born and spent 27 years of his life in Africa. He misses the guidance and wisdom of Celena Bumpus and is attempting to keep her legacy alive in her former students through Celena’s Scribes.

7:00 pm: How to Get Started Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Start with Renee Gurley


April 4, 2023

How to Get Started Writing When You Don’t Know Where to Start with Renee Gurley
(Beginners Only)
Alternating Saturdays, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM PT, Zoom, 4/15, 4/29, 5/13, 5/27, and 6/10/23

This workshop is free and open to the public. To register: https://tinyurl.com/Spring2023CWW

Do you want to start writing, but don't know how to get started? In this course, Renee Gurley shows you how to get your thoughts down on paper -- and then grow from there. Learn the basics of:

Creating Structure
Language Use
Point of View
Journaling, memoir, stories, and more

“How to Get Started Writing When You Don't Know Where to Start” gives you concrete tools to help you become the writer you’ve always wanted to be. It's a fun and exciting class for all aspiring writers!

R. Gurley, MA, MFA, is a writer and English teacher with over 20 years of experience with words, whose works have appeared in Coping Magazine, Lehigh Valley Woman’ s Journal, and Budget Press.

7:00 pm: Thirty Days Until Done for National Poetry Month


April 4, 2023

Tuesdays, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25/23

7:00-9:00 PM PT, on Zoom

$100, four weekly meetings

To enroll: https://tinyurl.com/BrantinghamWrites

Thirty Days Until Done for National Poetry Month

Calling all poets! This is one boot camp you won’t want to miss. Following the method created in John Brantingham’s website, students will write a poem a day for the month of April. At the end of that month, they will have thirty individual poems that together will form a unified chapbook collection. The classes will generate new work, workshop existing poems, and develop new techniques and skills. (Meets weekly.)

John Brantingham was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, Writers Almanac and The Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2022. He has nineteen books of poetry and fiction including Life: Orange to Pear (Bamboo Dart Press). He is the founder and general editor of The Journal of Radical Wonder. He lives in Jamestown, NY.

April 5, 2023
April 6, 2023(2 events)

11:00 am: All Genres Workshop with Mae Wagner Marinello


April 6, 2023

(All Levels)

Thursdays, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave, Redlands, Weekly.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW

This ongoing writing workshop meets weekly at Redlands Community Center. Memoir writing, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writing are all encouraged and welcome. Discover the pure joy of writing and creating with others in a supportive environment.

Mae Wagner Marinello has been a part of Inlandia since a 2008 writing workshop with Ruth Nolan. In 2014, she began facilitating a weekly writing workshop called Joslyn Joy Writers, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands. During the pandemic lockdown, the weekly workshop continued on Zoom; it is now a hybrid class averaging between 10-20 combined participants on Zoom and in-person.

6:30 pm: “Arranging Your Poetry Manuscript” with Cati Porter and guests


April 6, 2023

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library Present

First Thursdays Arts Walk

“Arranging Your Poetry Manuscript”

with Cati Porter and guests

Free and open to the public. No registration required.

 

Riverside Main Library

3900 Mission Inn Blvd

Riverside, CA 92501

Doors Open at 6:00 PM

6:30-8:00 PM

For National Poetry Month, learn some new techniques for arranging a poetry manuscript. Join Cati Porter and special guests who talk about their own adventures in arranging a poetry manuscript and give you some strategies for arranging your own.

If a poem is the best words in their best order, then a poetry manuscript is the best poems in their best order. But with so many possible variations, how do you decide what is “best”? Cati Porter is the author of eleven poetry books and chapbooks and has extensive experience in what not to do, and some tried-and-true strategies and tips.

Attendees of this program who submit a manuscript to the Hillary Gravendyk Prize open poetry book competition will have their contest entrance fee comped.

Open mic poetry readings start at 6:30. Program begins at 7:00.

Cati Porter has been writing and publishing for three decades. She has a Masters in Fine Arts — Poetry from Antioch University, Los Angeles, and is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including The Body at a Loss (CavanKerry Press, 2019), Novel (Bamboo Dart Press, 2022), and the forthcoming small mammals (Mayapple Press, 2023). She is founder and editor of Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry and executive director of Inlandia Institute.

April 7, 2023(1 event)

3:30 pm: Comic Book Storytelling for Teens with NARCOMEY


April 7, 2023

Inlandia Institute is excited to announce a new comic book workshop for teens! Join cartoonist and illustrator NARCOMEY for a class that will inspire your creativity and clarify your focus. Sessions will be held on Zoom over six consecutive Fridays – March 31, April 7, April 14, April 21, April 28, and May 5, 2023 – from 3:30-5:00 PM PT.

During this 6-week workshop, NARCOMEY will walk you through the basics of comic book storytelling. This will be accomplished by working on a simple, 4-page comic book story. Focusing on one page per week – along with a Q&A – NARCOMEY wants participants to leave with four complete pages of comic book layouts/roughs. This workshop is about storytelling, not pretty pictures, so don’t worry if you can’t draw a stick figure. The basics are what every craftsperson falls back on, and NARCOMEY hopes this basic storytelling workshop will give you a strong foundation to build your craft on.

The workshop is free and open to teens ages 13-18, but registration is required. To register, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/ComicBookTeens.

April 8, 2023(1 event)

10:00 am: inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside's Civil Rights Stories


April 8, 2023 April 15, 2023

Saturday, April 15, 2023

inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside's Civil Rights Stories

Dramatic, self-guided tour: Jeffery Owens Memorial Marker, Allen Chapel, Chinatown, and Sherman Indian High School

 

Presented by The Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, Empower You Edutainment, Fox Foundation, Inlandia Institute, the Museum of Riverside, and Sherman Indian High School.

Register free online:

https://tinyurl.com/inVISIBLE-unHEARD

 

The invisible/unHEARD theme stems from the truth that aggressions—both macro and micro—of racism and discrimination erect barriers to the fulfillment of potential for many people. The impact of those aggressions often manifests as an overwhelming sense of invisibility for those who are the recipients.

 

Keep the conversation alive!

 

The inVISIBLE/unHEARD project focuses on the journey from invisibility to visibility for those who have suffered racism and other forms of discrimination. inVISIBLE/unHEARD takes you on a tour of a portion of Riverside’s role in this global conversation through 4 stops and a discussion session. Appropriate for ages 10 and up.