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April 2, 2022
Saturdays, April 2, 9, and 23, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST)
Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents
Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III
April Focus: Writing About Black Art Through an Iconographical Lens
On Zoom. Registration is required.
https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022
Workshops are free. All are welcome.
This workshop explores writing about Black art from an iconographical perspective. Participants will learn how to analyze the content as well as the signs & symbols in selected works of African American art.
Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will learn about selected African American artists from different perspectives and produce a 350-word essay concentrating on one work of art. Time will also be devoted to peer reviews of essay drafts in Zoom discussion groups. These workshops are designed to develop marketable skills as a freelance writer writing about Black art and artists.
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April 3, 2022
Sunday, April 3, 2022 (2:00-3:00 PM)
Inlandia Institute and Riverside Art Museum Present
A First Sundays Puppetry and Storytelling Event
“Doll Puppet Parade” With Nicole Cloeren & Puppets a la Carte
In Person at Andulka Park – Near the playground
5201 Chicago Ave, Riverside, CA 92507
This is a free family event.
On Sunday, April 3, 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!
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April 4, 2022
Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.
Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW
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April 5, 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
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April 5, 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
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April 7, 2022
Thursday, April 7, 2022 (6:00-8:00 PM)
First Thursdays Arts Walk at Riverside Public Library (Community Room & Arcade)
Poetry Month Celebration featuring Allison Adelle Hedge Coke and Judy Kronenfeld
Inlandia Institute and Riverside Public Library
Start Arts Walk on the right foot with poets Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Look at This Blue, Coffee House Press) and Judy Kronenfeld (Groaning and Singing, FutureCycle Press) along with a plethora of poetic activities in celebration of National Poetry Month.
Find Inlandia at the Riverside Public Library downtown for a unique poetry experience:
Park & Walk: With plenty of free parking (enter from University Avenue), kick off your Arts Walk with Inlandia then stroll down University Ave from Lemon and get your steps in— about 1000 each way.
A must-see, must-hear poetry happening you won’t want to miss!
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April 9, 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
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April 9, 2022
Saturday, April 9, 2022 (10 :00 AM-1:00 PM)
inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories
Dramatic history self-guided driving tour
Harada House, Trujillo Adobe, Eastside, and the Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties
Appropriate for ages 10 and up
Register FREE via Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/inVISIBLE-unHEARD
On April 9 at 10:00 AM, join Riverside for a unique self-guided driving tour inVISIBLE/unHEARD: Riverside’s Civil Rights Stories, which focuses on the journey from invisibility to visibility for those who have suffered racism and other forms of discrimination.
Participating organizations include City of Riverside, Museum of Riverside, Fox Performing Arts Center, Spanish Town Heritage Foundation, Center for Social Justice and Civil Liberties, Empower You Edutainment, and Inlandia Institute.
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April 9, 2022
Saturdays, April 2, 9, and 23, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST)
Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents
Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III
April Focus: Writing About Black Art Through an Iconographical Lens
On Zoom. Registration is required.
https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022
Workshops are free. All are welcome.
This workshop explores writing about Black art from an iconographical perspective. Participants will learn how to analyze the content as well as the signs & symbols in selected works of African American art.
Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will learn about selected African American artists from different perspectives and produce a 350-word essay concentrating on one work of art. Time will also be devoted to peer reviews of essay drafts in Zoom discussion groups. These workshops are designed to develop marketable skills as a freelance writer writing about Black art and artists.
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April 11, 2022
Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.
Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW
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April 12, 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
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April 12, 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
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April 13, 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
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April 14, 2022
Thursday, April 14, 2022 (6:00-8:00 PM)
Susan Straight Book Launch: Mecca
6:30 PM reading & conversation
7:30 PM meet the author & book signing
Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts
3834 Main St • Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public.
On April 14, join UCR Arts and Inlandia Institute at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts and discover Susan Straight’s Mecca. In Michael Connelly’s words, Mecca “a masterpiece.” Viet Thanh Nguyen calls it “a heartbreaker from beginning to end.” Joining her in conversation will be her longtime collaborator and friend, acclaimed photographer and senior curator at the California Museum of Photography, Douglas McCulloh (Facing Fire; In the Sunshine of Neglect; The Great Picture). Doors open at 6:00 PM.
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April 18, 2022
Rose Y. Monge facilitates this in person memoir writing workshop for seniors – on Mondays 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/28, 3/7, 3/14, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, and 4/18/22 – from 1:00-3:00 PM IN PERSON in the Janet Goeske Center Art Room, 5257 Sierra Street, Riverside.
Enrollment is limited. To register: https://tinyurl.com/2021WINTERCWW
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April 19, 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
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April 19, 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
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April 22, 2022
Friday, April 22, 2022 (4:00-6:00 PM)
Introducing the 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Prize Winners and Book Launch
Jonathan Maule, This Side of the Fire and Michael Samra, Among the Enemies
Tio’s Tacos, back patio
3948 Mission Inn Ave
Riverside, CA 92501
Since 2015, Inlandia Institute has been bringing you the best in contemporary poetry from the national scene as well as highlighting local talent. This year marks the five-year anniversary of the Hillary Gravendyk Prize, which awards two $1000 prizes annually.
On Friday April 22, 2022, the 2020 prize winners, Michael Samra of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jonathan Maule of Joshua Tree, California, come together for the first time to share their unique poetic visions.
Refreshments will be served. Space may be limited. RSVP encouraged but not required: inlandia@inlandiainstitute.org, subject: HGP launch
LATimesFOB
April 23, 2022 – April 24, 2022
Saturday, April 23 - Sunday, April 24, 2022
Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM both days
Booth number 193 in N. Trousdale/purple zone
near the poetry stage
Inlandia Institute is a proud participant in the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, on the University of Southern California campus.
Stop by the Inlandia booth to meet our authors and guests, including Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh (More Dreamers of the Golden Dream), 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Prize-winners Michael Samra (Among the Enemies) and Jonathan Maule (This Side of the Fire), Stephanie Barbé Hammer (Pretend Plumber: An Adventure), Nikia Chaney (ladybug), Julianna Cruz (Dos Chiles/Two Chilies and Tia’s Tamale Trouble), as well as “dogoirist” Teresa J. Rhyne (Poppy in the Wild), Romaine Washington (Purgatory Has an Address), and Maureen Alsop (Pyre), Cati Porter (Novel), and more.
For directions and more information, please visit https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/
#LATimesFOB
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April 23, 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
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April 23, 2022
Saturdays, April 2, 9, and 23, 2022 (4:00-5:30 PM PST)
Inlandia’s Blacklandia Event Series Presents
Writing About Black Art with Richard Allen May III
April Focus: Writing About Black Art Through an Iconographical Lens
On Zoom. Registration is required.
https://tinyurl.com/WritingAboutBlackArt2022
Workshops are free. All are welcome.
This workshop explores writing about Black art from an iconographical perspective. Participants will learn how to analyze the content as well as the signs & symbols in selected works of African American art.
Through class lectures, Zoom discussion groups, and homework exercises, participants will learn about selected African American artists from different perspectives and produce a 350-word essay concentrating on one work of art. Time will also be devoted to peer reviews of essay drafts in Zoom discussion groups. These workshops are designed to develop marketable skills as a freelance writer writing about Black art and artists.
LATimesFOB
April 23, 2022 – April 24, 2022
Saturday, April 23 - Sunday, April 24, 2022
Inlandia at LA Times Festival of Books
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM both days
Booth number 193 in N. Trousdale/purple zone
near the poetry stage
Inlandia Institute is a proud participant in the 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, on the University of Southern California campus.
Stop by the Inlandia booth to meet our authors and guests, including Susan Straight and Douglas McCulloh (More Dreamers of the Golden Dream), 2020 Hillary Gravendyk Prize-winners Michael Samra (Among the Enemies) and Jonathan Maule (This Side of the Fire), Stephanie Barbé Hammer (Pretend Plumber: An Adventure), Nikia Chaney (ladybug), Julianna Cruz (Dos Chiles/Two Chilies and Tia’s Tamale Trouble), as well as “dogoirist” Teresa J. Rhyne (Poppy in the Wild), Romaine Washington (Purgatory Has an Address), and Maureen Alsop (Pyre), Cati Porter (Novel), and more.
For directions and more information, please visit https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/
#LATimesFOB
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April 26, 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
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April 26, 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
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April 27, 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
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April 28, 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