"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
Caption: Voices on the Inside: self-portrait poetry and photography, Lisa Loftus Photography SAN DIEGO—Visit Voices on the Inside, a multimodal self-portrait poetry and photography exhibit created by incarcerated artists. It was chosen by the San Diego-Tijuana World Design Capital as a 2024 Impact Partner to unite the community with participatory design thinking strategies rooted in […]
VIRTUAL—We will be speaking with Sandy Tolan, author of The Lemon Tree, which tells the story of the al-Khairi and Eshkenazi families and their separate and intertwined histories to a single house and the lemon tree in its garden. Sandy is a best-selling author and an award-winning radio and print journalist who reports on and […]
CALEXICO—A series of three poetry workshops for youth aged 13-19 will be held in the Camarena Memorial Library in Calexico. Where: Camarena Memorial Library, 850 Encinas Avenue, Calexico, CA 92231 When: 3:30 pm to 5 pm, Wednesdays, November 6, 13, 20 For details, see: calexicolibrary.org/ For questions, please contact: Workshop leader, Donna Castañeda, dcastaneda@sdsu.edu
CARPINTERIA—The Carpinteria Valley Museum of History is hosting a free Family History Day that will feature fourteen interactive stations ranging from using a vintage apple press, making rope, and completing then/now timelines, puzzles, and games to experiencing a one-room schoolhouse, testing stereoviewers, and operating cameras from past eras. The event will include hands-on learning and […]
Davis, CA — Join us for this second annual fall gathering. We are building a community that is committed to learning the responsibility and discipline of healing and restoring right relations with the Yolo bioregion. Native Californian cultural practitioners Diana and Christina Almendariz and guests will share traditional ecological knowledge across generations. The event will […]
Photo caption: Alabama Gates Occupation, 1924. Credit: Eastern CA Museum. LONE PINE—Alabama Gates 2024 is a weekend of free community events in Lone Pine, California, November 15–17, 2024, commemorating the centennial of the Alabama Gates Occupation. Events include roundtable discussions at Lone Pine’s Statham Hall, a no-host community picnic at Lone Pine’s Spainhower Park featuring […]
AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN. Thousand Oaks, CA—The REDress Project* focuses on the issue of missing or murdered indigenous women across North America. It is a powerfully emotional installation art project in response to this critical issue. The project has been installed in public spaces throughout the […]
ESCONDIDO—The Art & Ethos of California Native Plants A free film screening SAGING THE WORLD spotlights the ecological and cultural issues intertwined with white sage, centering the voices of Native advocates who have long protected and cherished this plant. The short documentary was produced by Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, and the California Native Plant Society […]
AN ARTISTIC RESPONSE TO THE GROWING NUMBER OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN. Thousand Oaks, CA—The REDress Project* focuses on the issue of missing or murdered indigenous women across North America. It is a powerfully emotional installation art project in response to this critical issue. The project has been installed in public spaces throughout the […]
VIRTUAL—NewGround will be talking with Ibtisam Barakat about Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood. Set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, her memoir captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. Ibtisam is a Palestinian-American author and poet whose work centers on healing social […]
SAN LEANDRO—Closing reception and creative presentation open to the community where participants from the creative writing program, Liberando Nuestras Voces, will read a piece, showcase their artwork, and receive certificates of completion. This will be an event to celebrate our participants as escritoras (writers) and creatives, sharing with their families, friends, and the rest of […]
THOUSAND OAKS—Spenser Jaimes, Šmuwič and Island Chumash, Founder/CEO Limuw Productions discusses his current cultural work along with discussing his upcoming Documentary Project: The Chumash Account of the 1824 Revolt. Where: Oakbrook Chumash Indian Museum, 3290 Lang Ranch Parkway, Thousand Oaks, 91360 When: 5pm November 22nd For details, see: www.chumashmuseum.org For questions, please contact: visit@chumashmuseum.org
LOS ANGELES— See a film screening of HOW TO SUE THE KLAN, a story of how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable for their crimes and bring justice to their community. Their victory set a legal […]
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