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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

Cal Humanities

"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

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LANCASTER—This Valley is Sacred: The Ancestors are Speaking

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

LANCASTER—The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) is pleased to announce This Valley is Sacred: The Ancestors are Speaking, a multi-faceted exhibition and community engagement project that seeks to expose audiences to the harsh realities and beauty of Native existence as dictated by the Tribal groups that surround the Antelope Valley. This project brings […]

Free

WATSONVILLE—Día de Abuelita

Raices y Carino 1205 Freedom Boulevard #Unit 3B, Watsonville, CA, United States

WATSONVILLE—Join us to honor our Abuelita’s, whether biological or chosen, with food, films and ceremony. We will gather to share stories of our beloved elders, build a collective altar to honor them, and watch films by local filmmakers who share stories of their Abuelos. This will be a bilingual event in Spanish and English, families […]

Free

SAN FRANCISCO—Film Screening: Sammy’s Final Arrangement

CAST 447 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA

SAN FRANCISCO—For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities is a multicultural film screening and discussion series highlighting documentary films made by a diverse group of local filmmakers who are telling personal stories of Bay Area community heroes. This event highlights Sammy’s Final Arrangement, a profound and introspective film by Chad Santo Tomas profiling a florist […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—Anne Frank Day Awards Ceremony and Short Film Screening

Los Angeles Central Library 524 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, CA, United States

LOS ANGELES—Join the Los Angeles Public Library in celebrating Anne Frank Day during Jewish American Heritage Month. The event, presented by Anne Frank LA, honors the legacy of Anne Frank, whose powerful message of tolerance, strength, and hope in the face of adversity teaches us not only that discrimination and intolerance are wrong and dangerous […]

Free

SAN FRANCISCO—HOME COURT Bay Area Premiere at CAAMFest

Great Star Theater 636 Jackson Street, San Francisco, United States

SAN FRANCISCO—Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)-funded Home Court is a story of an All-American baller Ashley Chea following her pursuit of college level hoop dreams. In the three years this film follows her, we witness the highs and lows of her Cambodian immigrant family’s experiences in America. The film opens in Ashley’s sophomore year […]

$13 – $15

WEBINAR—Humanities for All Quick Grants

WEBINAR—California Humanities invites you to attend a free informational session about Humanities for All Quick Grants. Join us Wednesday, May 15 at 11 am PT on Zoom; to attend, register here. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and connect with program officers. Humanities for All Quick Grants Starting May 1, applications will be […]

Free

RIVERSIDE—HOLLYWOOD CHINESE Screening

UCR Arts 3824 Main St, Riverside, CA

RIVERSIDE—Hollywood Chinese is a captivating revelation on a little-known chapter of cinema: the Chinese in American feature films. From the first Chinese American film produced in 1917, to Ang Lee’s triumphant Brokeback Mountain nine decades later, Hollywood Chinese brings together a fascinating portrait of actors, directors, writers, and iconic images to show how the Chinese have been imagined […]

Free

LOS ANGELES—We Are Where We Eat: How Restaurants Make A Neighborhood

The Crawford 474 S. Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States

LOS ANGELES—LAist host Austin Cross (All Things Considered, AirTalk Friday) talks with guests Andrew Muñoz (Moo’s Craft Barbecue), Gilberto Cetina (Holbox), and others about how owners of independent restaurants have made their homes in communities around LA.  Food will be provided from Bridgetown Roti and Little Fish. We Are Where We Eat is a new […]

Free – $20

SAN FRANCISCO—Potrero Hill Community Celebration

Potrero Stage 1695 18th Street, San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO—PlayGround presents A Potrero Hill Community Celebration, featuring the unveiling of a new mural by Indigenous artist Natalie Contreras developed in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone (ARO), and presentation of the 16th annual Young Playwrights Project, featuring stage readings of Bay Area High School students Hiu Chu’s Take Charge (Galileo High School), […]

Free

SAN PEDRO—Telling the Stories of Our Elders’ Service

Port of Los Angeles Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro

SAN PEDRO—All are invited to listen and learn at this series of free, public, spoken word presentations on the deck of the Battleship Iowa during Fleet Week at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. Students will have interviewed current and former California Servicemembers in “Making History Come Alive” meet-up events – some onsite at […]

Free
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