"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
SONOMA—Almost lost to our common knowledge today is the story of the Chinese who came in great numbers to the Sonoma Valley in the mid-19 th century. They came to work and their industriousness made them successful and indispensable in an assortment of occupations. The laws of the day prevented them from becoming citizens or […]
"Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions" June 2-18, 2023 | Various times Screenings and programs will take place at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, and the Vidiots theater in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles All showings are FREE to the public. To register and view the full lineup, visit: https://cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/imagining-indigenous-cinema-new-voices-new-visions LOS ANGELES […]
OAKLAND—For the third in our series of fundraisers, Beast Crawl Literary Festival will be featuring local Black speculative writers and poets in an extraordinary evening event called Galactic Rivers, An AfroFuturist Journey. It will be an immersive, multi-media evening of AfroFuturist Poetry and Fiction, planned for 7:00PM Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 at Intersection for the […]
Virtual exhibition launch: Never Forget Posters & Oral Histories of Movement against Martial Law in the Philippines Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm PT | Zoom Register for free here Never Forget is a digital exhibition of political posters and oral histories chronicling the transnational Anti-Martial Law Movement of the Philippines. This […]
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SACRAMENTO–Back by popular demand, the Crocker Museum is proud to partner once again with California Humanities to present three films that tell compelling stories rooted in the Golden State. Expanding on subjects like collective action, identity, immigration, and art as activism that are present in the exhibitions Estampas de La Raza: Contemporary Prints from the […]
CULVER CITY—Join a community gathering at the park featuring Indigenous artists, live dance, environmental justice talks, films & more. Free & family friendly! SOL, hosted by Invertigo Dance Theater, is going live this year and the event will take place at the beautiful Stoneview Nature Center at the Baldwin Hills & Urban Watersheds Conservancy. This […]
RADIO BROADCAST—Tune into KDUP, 88.1 FM, Surprise Valley community radio, every Sunday between 4 and 5 pm through December 17, 2023, to hear Valley Tales, a series of interviews with diverse members of the Surprise Valley community including ranchers, farmers, members of the Northern Paiute Kidutokado band, artists, writers, musicians, and others. These interviews will […]
OAKLAND– Join a very special screening of SANSÓN and ME at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland on June 27, at 7pm. Hosted by the Berkeley Film Foundation, the event will feature a post-film discussion with Alameda County Public Defender, Brendon Woods, together with Susan Bustamante from the Drop LWOP Coalition. SANSÓN AND ME (2022), […]
LOS ANGELES—Visual Communications (VC) presents FOR LINDA, an in-person showcase of short films from our 2003-2005 Digital Slam series, honoring Linda Mabalot and her legacy at VC. The VC Digital Slam challenge was a short film series introduced in 2003, running until 2005, which invited all members of the Visual Communications community to create a […]
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