"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
PBS—HOME COURT, a film from director Erica Tanamachi, chronicles Cambodian American basketball prodigy Ashley Chea's life amid college recruitment, injury, and triumph airs nationally on the PBS series Independent Lens. Filmed over three years, HOME COURT is a coming-of-age story that relays the highs and lows of her immigrant family, surmounting racial and class differences, […]
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 […]
Presented in partnership with The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection at SoFi Stadium Hollywood Park LOS ANGELES AND VIRTUAL—In February 2022, SoFi Stadium marked two milestones. The first was hosting the Los Angeles Rams’ home field victory in Super Bowl LVI. The second was opening an exhibition of the Kinsey African American Art […]
Come UCR ARTS in Riverside for a screening of ADIOS AMOR & post-film Q&A with the director.
Caption: The Francis Experience at Part 1 (Yellow) of the First Friday: Hip Hop(e) residency in November 2023. Photo by Frederick Liang SAN JOSE—Join the San Jose Museum of Art for the second part of the Francis Experience's residency with featured guest poet Rosanna Alvarez. First Friday: Hip Hop(e), Jazz & Storytelling is a three-part series […]
CORONADO—Join current and former San Diego Poetry Annual authors and editors as we celebrate local poets! Featured SDPA readers will be followed by a community open mic. Bring a poem to share and/or grab a seat to hear work by renowned poets Kazim Ali, Carly DeMento, Reg E Gaines, Katie Manning, Margarita Pintado, Leonora Simonovis, […]
LOS ANGELES—Join Lanterns in the Dark: Afrolatine LA In Verse, a poetry and open mic event featuring poets Lucas Rivera, Reggie Myles, Sean Hill, Cameron Mouton, and Jenise Miller and co-sponsored by LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. This program is free and part of the public programming for the Afróntalo exhibit, led by the CSU San Bernardino […]
SAN DIEGO—Join San Diego Poetry Annual for the Poetry to the People event, featuring 2023-24 SDPA authors, community readers, and community leaders at the Point Loma Library, celebrates our biggest community poetry volume to date! Come hear inspiring, heart lifting voices from all across our fair city, including San Diego Poet Laureate, Jason Magabo Perez. SDPA authors […]
SAN BERNARDINO—Join a guest lecture by Danyeli Rodriguez Del Orbe from the Undocublack Network and a film screening of MEJOR ALLÁ. This program is free and part of the public programming for the Afróntalo exhibit, led by the CSU San Bernardino Anthropology Museum. with Rosario Rizzo Lara, SOC 4510, Sociology of Migration Where: Cal State San […]
Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Poverty Department LOS ANGELES—Part of the exhibit, Welcome to the Covid Hotel, The Los Angeles Poverty Department is hosting several panel discussions exploring housing as a human right. Join the panel on Thursday, April 11, Housing is Healthcare, Part 1. The conversation is intended to highlight the experiences of frontline […]
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