"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
Graphic courtesy of Zócalo Public Square RIVERSIDE—In the 1920s, Southern California’s Inland Empire was a bucolic place, dotted with small towns set amid orange groves. It was also a growing outpost for the Ku Klux Klan, whose members subjected the region’s minority residents to exclusion, harassment, and violence in following decades. Today, antisemitic, anti-Muslim, anti-Black, […]
YUBA CITY—Join Sutter County Museum for a panel discussion with some of the local residents who worked on the upcoming Black History of Yuba-Sutter exhibit, which will be opening at the Sutter County Museum later this year. Learn about the research process, facts learned through researching local Black history in the area, and the next […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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