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 […]
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: […]
INGLEWOOD—The Oaxaca Regional Organization’s Biblioteca del Maíz is a project made by and for the Oaxacan community in Los Angeles, will document the community's memories, values, recipes, and traditions about maize and maize-based foods. The Biblioteca’s public engagement table will gather statements from the Oaxacan community and, with permission, share those as a community resource […]
LOS ANGELES—Join us for a special Friday night poetry show hosted by poet and writer Carribean Fragoza. What defines a sense of Home for you? Is it a place, is it a person, is it a feeling? LA has a complex, multilayered history that lives and evolves as a beautiful spectrum of culture and the […]
LOS ANGELES—“Rooted” is a community-based discussion series, designed by filmmaker Elizabeth Gray Bayne and in partnership with the Nature Nexus Institute & Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, inviting Black residents to reflect on their relationship to nature, environmental racism, and ways they might increase their engagement with the natural world. This three-part […]
SAN FRANCISCO—Free community screening of HOME IS A HOTEL, a documentary about life in San Francisco's residential hotels, hosted by the Chinese Cultural Center and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Screening to be followed by a community forum. Where: Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco, 750 Kearny St, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) […]
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 […]
FRESNO—The Neum Native American Student Association at Fresno State in collaboration with the Fresno State Library invites you to celebrate the life and work of three Central Valley Indigenous elders. Watch three short film screenings (with English subtitles) showcasing their contributions to environmental stewardship and Native language preservation. Stay for a drum circle and a […]
Los Angeles—Presenting AfroClassical Composers cordially invites you to Strictly Strings, an event featuring diverse musicians playing string instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass and harp) in classical works by composers of the African Diaspora. Featuring works for string quartet, quintet and string orchestra by Diane White-Clayton, Gregory T. S. Walker, Florence Price and Fela Sowande. Music […]
POMONA—In The Unheard Voices of Pomona-Toibinga, Chief Tony Cerda, Joshua Andujo, and Joshua Swodeck discuss the resistance of the Gabrielino-Tongva people and their connection to the land, unearthing Pomona's history. Since February 2024, five SEEDS of Pomona DocuSeries fellows have attended a series of workshops where they learned how to conduct research, interview, collect archival […]
