SONOMA—Almost lost to our common knowledge today is the story of the Chinese who came in great numbers to the Sonoma Valley in the mid-19 th century. They came to work and their industriousness made them successful and indispensable in an assortment of occupations. The laws of the day prevented them from becoming citizens or […]

Queer Threads OPENS TO MEMBERS ON MAY 11, 2023 / OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 12, 2023 - AUGUST 20, 2023 Guest Curator: John Chaich  Turner, Gilliland, Finlayson and Porcella Galleries – San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles Queer Threads is a traveling group exhibition and coffee-table book exploring contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]

FRESNO-In their Own Words: Sikh Youth Oral History Project is a project sponsored by the Fresno County Historical Society (FCHS) and in collaboration with Community Media Access Collaborative (CMAC). This exciting project has focused on teaching Sikh youth how to become the collectors and curators of their personal history. Through a series of educational workshops […]

"Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions" June 2-18, 2023 | Various times Screenings and programs will take place at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, and the Vidiots theater in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles All showings are FREE to the public. To register and view the full lineup, visit: https://cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/imagining-indigenous-cinema-new-voices-new-visions  LOS ANGELES […]

OAKLAND—For the third in our series of fundraisers, Beast Crawl Literary Festival will be featuring local Black speculative writers and poets in an extraordinary evening event called Galactic Rivers, An AfroFuturist Journey. It will be an immersive, multi-media evening of AfroFuturist Poetry and Fiction, planned for 7:00PM Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 at Intersection for the […]