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 […]
Caption: The cast of Henry 6, 2024. SAN DIEGO—A once-in-a-generation event comes to San Diego in 2024: The Old Globe becomes one of only a small handful of theatres in the country’s history to complete Shakespeare’s canon with Henry 6, the largest Shakespeare production the Globe has ever presented. Acclaimed Shakespeare director and the Globe’s Erna […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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) […]
FORT BRAGG—Join the Larry Spring Museum on July 20 as former Fort Bragg resident and current UC Davis professor of English and American Studies Jeff Solomon draws upon the historical record and recent cultural and ecological scholarship to illuminate the history behind the memorial and the people it celebrates. They'll take a close look at […]
LOS ANGELES—Join Voices of Experience at Goethe-Institut LA from June 20 - July 19, 2024! Developed and curated by Los Angeles-based artist Anne Kim, Voices of Experience is an intergenerational and multilingual interdisciplinary project that aims to amplify the rich narratives of community elders residing near the Goethe-Institut in MacArthur Park. Voices of Experience includes […]
FORT BRAGG—The Larry Spring Museum invites you to help construct the fabric model of Fort Bragg’s redwood round and contribute to the conceptual development of their new community-generated timelines. Come on over to discuss the current timeline, share your ideas for new ways of marking time, cut out pattern pieces, and help hand-stitch the fabric […]