"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–Lanterns in the Dark: Afrolatine LA in Verse

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes 501 N Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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 […]

Free

SAN DIEGO—Poetry to the People

Point Loma Public Library 3701 Voltaire Street, San Diego, CA, United States

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 […]

Free

LOS ANGELES–Exhibit: Housing is Healthcare, Part 1

Los Angeles Poverty Department 250 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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 […]

Free

SANTA CRUZ—Exhibit: Sowing Seeds

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

Caption: Alice Wiggins, "The Beginning," c. 1942, Photograph, 3.5" x 5", Collection of Mariano Family, https://wiith.ucsc.edu/items/show/929 SANTA CRUZ—Sowing Seeds: Filipino American Stories from the Pajaro Valley explores Filipino labor and […]

Free – $10

YUBA CITY—Stories of Our Community with Randy Deas

Sutter County Museum 1333 Butte House Road, Yuba City, CA, United States

YUBA CITY—Join the Sutter County Museum for a special presentation to learn more about local Black history in Yuba-Sutter. Randy Deas, Funeral Director and retired Air Force Veteran, has worked […]

Free

MERCED—No-No Boy Workshop

The MAC Black Box Theater 645 W. Main Street, Merced, CA

MERCED—Come join a methodology/general approaches workshop with Dr. Julian Saporiti of No-No Boy, an ethnomusicologist who, across multiple albums, has shared the untold histories of the many and varied "Asian-American" […]

Free

MERCED—No-No Boy in Concert

The MAC Black Box Theater 645 W. Main Street, Merced, CA

MERCED—Coming on the heels of his 2023 album release Empire Electric, No-No Boy, the media project of Ethnomusicologist and Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Julian Saporiti and co-producer Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti, […]

Free

OXNARD—Red Dress Day Community Event

Oxnard Performing Arts Center 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA, United States

OXNARD—Hosted by Daughters of Mother Earth, Melissa Ann Skeet (Diné ) will be sharing her story as a keynote speaker at a community event raising awareness, education, and support of […]

Free

UKIAH—The 22nd Annual ukiaHaiku Festival

City of Ukiah Civic Center 300 Seminary Ave, Ukiah, CA 95482

UKIAH—The Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee is thrilled to announce the 22nd Annual ukiaHaiku Festival, a celebration and contest devoted to the haiku form of poetry. Prizes will be awarded for the […]

Free
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