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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 when it is 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 in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

CLAREMONT–Exhibit: It Really Is a River

Claremont Colleges Library 800 N Dartmouth Avenue, Claremont

It Really Is a River: Exploring The Los Angeles River Exhibit Documenting an iconic urban waterway Wednesday, March 6, 2023 - May 31, 2023 (may extend) North Lobby Gallery – […]

Free

OAKLAND—Quiet Lightning: Better Ancestors

Round Weather Gallery 951 Aileen Street, Suite P, Oakland, CA

OAKLAND—Quiet Lightning’s quarterly showcase of writers of color features intimate readings/performance by Rebecca Samuelson, griffin jing martin, Charles Orgbon III, ayodele nzinga and special host for the evening, Duane Horton, […]

REDDING SCREENING–Free Chol Soo Lee

Shasta County Arts Council, Old City Hall 1313 Market Street, Redding, CA

REDDING–Watch the movie and join the conversation at KIXE PBS Indie Lens PopUp presentation of "Free Chol Soo Lee". After a murder in San Francisco’s Chinatown, police arrest Chol Soo […]

Free

SAN DIEGO SCREENING AND SOUND EDITING MASTERCLASS–Making Waves

San Diego City College 1313 Park Boulevard, San Diego

SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE–Join San Diego City College for a screening of MAKING WAVES, a documentary film that reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema, introduces us to the […]

Free

SAN FRANCISCO SCREENING–Home is a Hotel

CGV San Francisco 1000 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO–You are invited to a screening of HOME IS A HOTEL, premiering at the San Francisco Film Festival on Saturday, April 22, at 12:45 PM PT, at CGV San […]

$16 – $20

PBS Premiere—FREE CHOL SOO LEE

CA

Image: Sundance Institute. PBS National Broadcast—In 1970s San Francisco, 20-year-old Korean immigrant Chol Soo Lee is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder. After spending years fighting to […]

WEBINAR—California Humanities Grantseeker Workshop

CA

WEBINAR—California Humanities invites you to attend a free informational session about funding opportunities for humanities programming in California. Join us Thursday, May 4 at 11:00 am PT on Zoom; to […]

LOS ANGELES SCREENING–Free Chol Soo Lee

Billy Wilder Theater 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

LOS ANGELES SCREENING–The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association present FREE CHOL SOO LEE on May 6, 2023. The film is being screened as part […]

Free

APPLICANT WEBINAR—Humanities for All Quick Grants

Zoom CA

WEBINAR—In this session, program staff will give an overview of the Humanities For All Quick Grants program, which supports small-scale humanities projects in every part of California.  Join us Thursday, May […]