"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
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21 Afrolatiné Californians and 4 Afro-Mexican communities in their own words SAN BERNARDINO—One in four Latin Americans has African ancestry. And yet, there is a general deficit of knowledge regarding the presence and prevalence of blackness throughout the Americas. This is more than a simple matter of obscurity. It is a problem of erasure, invisibility […]
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Caption: Soon-duk Kim, Taken Away, 1995, courtesy of Comfort Women: Then and Now–Who They Were and Why We Should Remember Them. LOS ANGELES—In collaboration with Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education (CARE), a California-based organization led by survivors of World War II-era institutionalized sex slavery and human trafficking, a new interpretive exhibit opening in […]
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Caption: Nathaniel Smith, circa 1880-1900. Photograph courtesy of Open UCLA Collections MENDOCINO—Nathaniel Smith arrived in Mendocino County in the 1850s and is believed to be the first African American to settle on the coast. His life story is revealed through photos, clippings, and artifacts in the Kelley House Museum’s newest exhibit. Smith was at one […]
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Caption: Photos courtesy of Dr. Sudarsky. LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) is pleased to announce the opening of its new Skid Row History Museum & Archive exhibition, Welcome to the Covid Hotel. Welcome to the Covid Hotel reveals the exceptional innovations and successes of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals who ran LA County […]
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Caption: Alice Wiggins, "The Beginning," c. 1942, Photograph, 3.5" x 5", Collection of Mariano Family, https://wiith.ucsc.edu/items/show/929 SANTA CRUZ—Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley explores Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. The exhibition brings together oral history, archival materials, and contemporary works of art to […]
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OXNARD—Hosted by Daughters of Mother Earth, Melissa Ann Skeet (Diné ) will be sharing her story as a keynote speaker at a community event raising awareness, education, and support of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). The event includes a free lunch, culture bearers, and a panel discussion. Fundraiser raffle tickets, MMIP t-shirts, plants, and […]
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UKIAH—The Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee is thrilled to announce the 22nd Annual ukiaHaiku Festival, a celebration and contest devoted to the haiku form of poetry. Prizes will be awarded for the 10 categories, K-12th grades and adult, including the International Jane Reichhold Award. Winners are invited to attend the ukiaHaiku Festival to read their haiku. In […]
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Caption: Sandra Lucille, Dear Watsonville, 2023, Video, Collection of Sandra Lucille SANTA CRUZ—To kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander History Month, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) and Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) will co-host an Educators Mixer on Friday, May 3, 2024. The event provides educators with a chance […]
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Watsonville—The Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) is reclaiming the Cinco de Mayo holiday with five days of films and festivities honoring Mexican and Chicano heritage and pride. The celebration is part of a prestigious California Humanities grant awarded to WFF to create the More than Cars: Celebrating Lowrider Culture and a series of cultural events in […]
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SAN BERNARDINO—Join the CSUSB Anthropology Museum for conchas and cake to celebrate the May 5 birthday of Alta California's last governor, Pio Pico! Part of the ongoing exhibit Afróntalo. When: Monday, May 6 | 11 am-1 pm Where: CSUSB Anthropology Museum, San Bernardino, SB-306 Tickets: This event is FREE to the public ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is […]
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LANCASTER—The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is pleased to announce This Valley is Sacred: The Ancestors are Speaking, a multi-faceted exhibition and community engagement project that seeks to expose audiences to the harsh realities and beauty of Native existence as dictated by the Tribal groups that surround the Antelope Valley. This project brings […]
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SANTA CRUZ—Explore the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new exhibition Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley. In an interactive two-hour tour featuring family heirlooms, oral history interviews, and works of art, students will learn about Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. Dates: […]
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7 events,
SANTA CRUZ—Explore the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new exhibition Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley. In an interactive two-hour tour featuring family heirlooms, oral history interviews, and works of art, students will learn about Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. Dates: […]
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LOS ANGELES—LAist host Austin Cross (All Things Considered, AirTalk Friday) talks with guests Andrew Muñoz (Moo’s Craft Barbecue), Gilberto Cetina (Holbox), and others about how owners of independent restaurants have made their homes in communities around LA. Food will be provided from Bridgetown Roti and Little Fish. We Are Where We Eat is a new […]
Free – $20
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7 events,
SANTA CRUZ—Explore the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new exhibition Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley. In an interactive two-hour tour featuring family heirlooms, oral history interviews, and works of art, students will learn about Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. Dates: […]
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7 events,
SANTA CRUZ—Explore the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new exhibition Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley. In an interactive two-hour tour featuring family heirlooms, oral history interviews, and works of art, students will learn about Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. Dates: […]
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LOS ANGELES—Join Joyce Yip Green and Helen H. Kim of the California Humanities-supported (re)Location project, along with other Loyola Marymount University faculty, alumni, and community partners, as they discuss various grant-funded projects that integrate art-based research and ethnography into the important work of community empowerment. Where: 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045 | Roski, […]
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Caption: Aladina Cawaling Standing Around Flowers, c. 1960s, Photograph, 3.5" x 3.5", Collection of Cawaling Family, https://wiith.ucsc.edu/items/show/739?collection=15 SANTA CRUZ—Watsonville is in the Heart will collaborate with The Humanities Institute of the University of California, Santa Cruz to mount Night at the Museum. The event welcomes members of the public to experience the ongoing exhibitions and […]
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6 events,
SANTA CRUZ—Explore the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new exhibition Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley. In an interactive two-hour tour featuring family heirlooms, oral history interviews, and works of art, students will learn about Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. Dates: […]
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6 events,
SANTA CRUZ—Explore the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History's new exhibition Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley. In an interactive two-hour tour featuring family heirlooms, oral history interviews, and works of art, students will learn about Filipino labor and migration to the Pajaro Valley from the 1930s to the present. Dates: […]
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