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"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

LOS ANGELES—We Are Where We Eat: The Cost of the Climate Emergency

The Crawford 474 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

LOS ANGELES—The climate emergency affects restaurants in many aspects of their operations, from rising food costs to fewer customers showing up to eat. As extreme weather becomes ever more frequent, how are restaurants in L.A. coping? From changing their menus to collaborating even more closely with their farmer suppliers, LAist science reporter Jacob Margolis (he/him) […]

Free – $20

FORT BRAGG—Tree Rings, Timelines, & Narratives of Belonging

Larry Spring Museum 225 E Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG—Join the Larry Spring Museum on July 20 as former Fort Bragg resident and current UC Davis professor of English and American Studies Jeff Solomon draws upon the historical record and recent cultural and ecological scholarship to illuminate the history behind the memorial and the people it celebrates. They'll take a close look at […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—Voices of Experience

Goethe-Institut LA Project Space South Westlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

LOS ANGELES—Join Voices of Experience at Goethe-Institut LA from June 20 - July 19, 2024! Developed and curated by Los Angeles-based artist Anne Kim, Voices of Experience is an intergenerational and multilingual interdisciplinary project that aims to amplify the rich narratives of community elders residing near the Goethe-Institut in MacArthur Park. Voices of Experience includes […]

Free

FOR BRAGG—Drop-in Sewing Circle

Larry Spring Museum 225 E Redwood Avenue, Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG—The Larry Spring Museum invites you to help construct the fabric model of Fort Bragg’s redwood round and contribute to the conceptual development of their new community-generated timelines. Come on over to discuss the current timeline, share your ideas for new ways of marking time, cut out pattern pieces, and help hand-stitch the fabric […]

Free
Event Series REDDING—StoryMap Workshop

REDDING—StoryMap Workshop

IOOF Hall Meeting Room Butte Street, Redding, CA, United States

REDDING—StoryMap Workshop Participants will learn the basics of using the StoryMap platform to present information in a compelling and interactive way. They will practice the skills involved in completing a StoryMap project by helping to curate historical material from various sources that show and describe the experience of Black residents in Redding and the surrounding […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—LA STORIES: MUSIC IS HISTORY

Grand Performances 350 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

LOS ANGELES—Join us for a special Friday night poetry show as we delve into LA Stories: Music is History with Mike the PoeT. Inspired by Questlove’s Music is History, this night will be an exploration through spoken word of the history of music in LA, from the jazz era on Central Avenue to the punk […]

Free

SHASTA STORIES—Film Screening / 2 New Episodes

Mount Shasha Brewing College Avenue, Weed, California, United States

SHASTA—Shasta Stories is happy to host a film screening presenting 2 new Shasta Stories episodes. BYRDS OF A FEATHER: The Story of the first Black sheriff in California, and the community of Lincoln Heights. THE WILD ONES: Untamed stories of Hornbrook’s wild residents and how they band together. Location: MOUNT SHASTA BREWING Co. (360 College Ave, […]

Free

LANCASTER—12,000 Years of Antelope Valley History Lecture with Dr. Bruce Love

Lancaster Museum of History & Art 665 W. Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, United States

LANCASTER— 12,000 Years of Antelope Valley History Lecture with Dr. Bruce Love A slide lecture by Bruce Love, Ph.D. in conjunction with the exhibit “This Valley Is Sacred: The Ancestors Are Speaking,” which closes August 11. Sunday, July 28, 2 -3 PM. The local tribes that share the Antelope Valley believe they have been here […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—Culinary Connections: Ice Cream Social

The Crawford 474 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

LOS ANGELES—Join LAist for summer vibes and sugar highs at our ice cream social, hosted by LAist Associate Editor of food and culture Gab Chabrán (he/him) and How To LA’s Brian De Los Santos (he/him). They’ve invited inventive purveyors of frozen delights to share how they incorporate their cultural traditions into their creations. And yes, there will be […]

Free – $20

SANTA CRUZ—Sowing Seeds: Field Trips

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

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: […]

Free
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