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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

SAN DIEGO—Stories of CREED in Action

San Diego Central Library, Neil Morgan Auditorium 330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA, United States

SAN DIEGO—Public performances of plays that offer a window into incredible journeys of those who have experienced homelessness and faced it with strength, resilience and humor will be held June 14-16, and 28, 2024, in the Neil Morgan Auditorium, at San Diego Central Library. Talkbacks following the performances will provide an opportunity to bridge gaps […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—LA STORIES: POETICS OF PRIDE + LEGACY

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

LOS ANGELES—Join Grand Performances for a special Friday night poetry show celebrating the legacy of Pride hosted by award winning poet Jen Cheng! With games and multimedia performances, the show will celebrate poetry of LGBTQ pioneers and share a new conversation together. As we all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—Telling the Stories of Our Elders’ Service

LOS ANGELES—All are invited to listen and learn at this series of free, public, spoken word presentations. Students who have interviewed California Veterans/ Servicemembers in “Making History Come Alive” meet-up events will share what they wrote – what surprised them, touched them, what they related to, what broke stereotypes, or simply what stories and experiences […]

Free

Los Angeles—The Muslim Musical Mosaic Project

Cat's Crawl Theater 660 North Heliotrope Drive,, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Los Angeles—Muslims for Progressive Values will be putting on a “live” event, a hybrid of a panel discussion and performances anchored in an American musical history, the music the enslaved Muslims brought to America, gnawa, which then led to blues, country and jazz. Musical performances will illustrate that music,  but, with a twist! Where: Cats […]

Free

APPLY—The Muses & Melanin Fellowship for California Black Women Creative Writers

Virtual

FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE—The Muses & Melanin Fellowship for California Black Women Creative Writers is a supportive, virtual, fully funded eight-month cohort-based professional development program for 30 talented California African American, Afro Latina, and multiracial women creative writers of the African diaspora who aspire to become professional authors. The fellowship is designed for women who do not […]

Free

LANCASTER – Recorridos de MOAH en Espanol (Spanish Tour)

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

LANCASTER—Acompáñenos el 11 de julio a las 5 PM para una visita guiada en español de las exposiciones actuales en MOAH: Imprints y This Valley is Sacred: The Ancestors Are Speaking. Explore el uso del suelo y los recursos naturales en California a través de las obras de seis artistas en sus exhibiciones individuales y descubra las duras […]

Free

RIVERSIDE—How Does the Inland Empire Strike Back Against Hate?

UCR Arts 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA

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, […]

Free

YUBA CITY—Black History of Yuba-Sutter Exhibit Panel

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

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 […]

Free

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
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