Events in November 2019
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSON
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN CORONA WITH ANDREA FINGERSONCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
The Corona workshop meets every other Saturday at the Corona Public Library, located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. The library can be reached at (951) 736-2381.
- - CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER: BLACK INDIANS
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CONVERSATIONS AT THE CULVER: BLACK INDIANSJoin Shonda Buchanan and Kendrick Davis on November 3rd for Black Indians: Identity, Ethnicity, Landscape and Loss.
Shonda Buchanan reads from her memoir Black Indian. Dr. Kendrick Davis follows with a reading from, Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage by William Loren Katz. This event culminates in a conversation with the speakers.
Award-winning poet and educator Shonda Buchanan (1968) was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a daughter of Mixed Bloods, tri-racial and tri-ethnic African American, American Indian and European-descendant families who migrated from North Carolina and Virginia in the mid-1700 to 1800s to Southwestern Michigan. Black Indian, her memoir, begins the saga of these migration stories of Free People of Color communities exploring identity, ethnicity, landscape and loss.
Dr. Davis is the Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation and Associate Professor at UCR’s new School of Medicine. He is proud to say that he also received his B.A. in Philosophy from Cal State San Bernardino, and grew up in the Inland Empire. His research emphasis is quality improvement research with a focus on vulnerable, underserved, and marginalized populations. Dr. Davis is the Primary Investigator (PI) on a multi-million dollar federal grant. Further, Dr. Davis’ dissertation was published as a book, entitled, Connecting our Present and Future Selves: Examining the Impact of Reasoning, Motivation, and Self‐Regulatory Processes on Academic Achievement.
“My book is a prayer for my family. But as I think about it and talk about it more and more, my book is kind of a prayer for America, particularly now, with the rapid murdering of Black men and women.” —Shonda Buchanan
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by UCR Center for Ideas and Society.
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUSCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center workshop is on going for participants 50+. They meet every Tuesday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
The Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center is located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351-8800.
Please note that there will no meeting on 7/16, 8/20, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 11/26 (holiday), 12/10 and 12/24 (holiday).CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP SAN BERNARDINO WITH ROMAINE WASHINGTON–
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP SAN BERNARDINO WITH ROMAINE WASHINGTONCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
The San Bernardino workshop meets every other Tuesday at the Rowe Branch Library, located at 108 E Marshall Blvd, San Bernardino, CA 92404. They can be reached at (909) 883-3411.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH JAMES DUCAT–
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH JAMES DUCATCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
NEW this season! The Creative Writing Workshop in Redlands with James Ducat, open to all ages.
The Redlands workshop meets every other Tuesday starting at 6:30pm at the Gregory Hall 270 at the University of Redlands. The university is located at 1200 E Colton Ave, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 793-2121.
*Please note this workshop's room has been moved from Appleton Hall 101 to Gregory Hall 270.
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNERCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
The Joslyn Senior Center is located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH–
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCHCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
The Ontario workshop meets every other Wednesday at the Ovitt Library, located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764. They can be reached at (909) 395-2004.
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUAL
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN COLTON WITH JESSICA CARRILLO- BILINGUALCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
The Colton workshop meets every other Thursday at the Advance to Literacy Center, located at 656 N 9th Street, Colton. They can be reached at (909) 370-5083.
ARTS WALK: LETTERS TO THE ANCESTORS WITH CHRISTINA GUILLEN–
ARTS WALK: LETTERS TO THE ANCESTORS WITH CHRISTINA GUILLENIn honor of Native American Heritage Month and Day of the Dead, Christina Guillén will lead this program where participants can commune with their ancestors. We’ll write letters, build an altar, and more.The Riverside Public Library is located at 3581 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, California 92501. This event starts at 7pm on Thursday, November 7th.Christina Guillén is the author of the novel Cenquizqui and The Letters: A Prequel to Cenquizqui, as well as a series of zines on mixed-race called Halfmoonjefa. She studies Indigenous ways, shops at flea markets, and likes to ride her bike to abandoned parking lots in the I.E.Thanks goes to our sponsors, Friends of the Library, and the Riverside Main Library - - POETRY WORKSHOP WITH SANTEE FRAZIER
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POETRY WORKSHOP WITH SANTEE FRAZIERJoin our friends at Cafe con Libros for a poetry workshop led by the author of Dark Thirty and Aurum.
Santee Frazier is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and brings a raw realism to his poetry. He has an MFA from Syracuse University.
This event will take place on November 8th at 4:30 pm at Cafe Con Libros Press, located at 280 W. 2nd Street, Pomona, CA 91766. Email cafeconlibrospress@gmail.com for more information.
****This is a sponsored partner event
- - METAL HORSE AND SHADOWS BOOK LAUNCH WITH AUTHOR DEENAZ COACHBUILDER
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METAL HORSE AND SHADOWS BOOK LAUNCH WITH AUTHOR DEENAZ COACHBUILDERJoin Inlandia on November 9th starting at 3 pm as we celebrate the launch of a new book of poems by Deenaz Paymaster Coachbuilder.This event will take place at the Riverside Medical Clinic in the downstairs conference room. The clinic is located at 7117 Brockton Ave, Riverside, 92506.Deenaz Coachbuilder is an educator, artist, poet, and environmental advocate. She is a retired school principal and professor in special education, past president of Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice and India Association of the Inland Empire, and a consultant in speech pathology. She is the author of two books of poems, Imperfect Fragments, and Metal Horse and Shadows, which have been received with critical acclaim both here and abroad. - - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUSCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center workshop is on going for participants 50+. They meet every Tuesday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
The Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center is located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351-8800.
Please note that there will no meeting on 7/16, 8/20, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 11/26 (holiday), 12/10 and 12/24 (holiday). - - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNERCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
The Joslyn Senior Center is located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COE
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WITH JO SCOTT-COECheck back for Winter dates and availability.
The Riverside workshop meets every other Thursday at the Riverside Public Library, located at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501. They can be reached at (951) 826-5201.
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUSCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center workshop is on going for participants 50+. They meet every Tuesday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
The Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center is located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351-8800.
Please note that there will no meeting on 7/16, 8/20, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 11/26 (holiday), 12/10 and 12/24 (holiday). - - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNERCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
The Joslyn Senior Center is located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCH–
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN ONTARIO WITH TIM HATCHCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
The Ontario workshop meets every other Wednesday at the Ovitt Library, located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764. They can be reached at (909) 395-2004.
- - THE EQUILUX: OPEN MICS FOURTH FRIDAY AT THE CORONA PUBLIC LIBRARY
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THE EQUILUX: OPEN MICS FOURTH FRIDAY AT THE CORONA PUBLIC LIBRARYJoin the Corona Public Library for a night of open mics happening the fourth Friday of every month! Acoustic, spoken word, acapella, poetry, freestyle, performance art and comedy are accepted.
Performances may be on any subject and in any style or genre but must be appropriate for a broad audience. Feel free to bring art pieces for display. Art supplies will be provided for the duration of the event. Light refreshments will be provided as well.
Child care will be provided for children that are potty-trained. Open to adults 18+. The library is located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882. They can be contacted at (951) 736-2381. Visit the City of Corona website for more information.
- - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUS
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN RIVERSIDE WTH CELENA DIANA BUMPUSCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center workshop is on going for participants 50+. They meet every Tuesday from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
The Riverside Janet Goeske Senior Center is located at 5257 Sierra St, Riverside, CA 92504. They can be reached at (951) 351-8800.
Please note that there will no meeting on 7/16, 8/20, 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 11/26 (holiday), 12/10 and 12/24 (holiday). - - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNER
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CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP IN REDLANDS WITH MAE WAGNERCheck back for Winter dates and availability.
Our Redlands workshop is ongoing for participants 50+. They meet every Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
The Joslyn Senior Center is located at 21 Grant St, Redlands, CA 92373. They can be reached at (909) 798-7550.
- - 2018 WRITING FROM INLANDIA BOOK LAUNCH
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2018 WRITING FROM INLANDIA BOOK LAUNCHCelebrate the launch of the 2018 Writing from Inlandia anthology, marking ten years of ongoing creative writing workshops.Dedicated to Inlandia’s founder Marion Mitchell-Wilson (1946-2015), this event will take place at 1 pm on her birthday, November 30, at the Arlington Branch Library, in honor of her vision for Inlandia’s creative writing workshops program. The Arlington Branch Public Library is located at 9556 Magnolia Ave.
Quiet basements and rooms tucked from view in libraries and senior centers across Inland cities have been home to Inlandia Institute’s free ongoing creative writing workshops for more than a decade.
Now, the time has come for our latest crop of authors to see their work in print. The 2018 Writing from Inlandia anthology brings together 84 authors in 426 pages.
The result is a heartfelt collection of stories and poems, a book that encapsulates the diversity of the rich human experience just east of the west coast.
Hear the work of participants as they read from the anthology. Scheduled readers include: Carlos Cortés, Laurel Cortés, Tim Hatch, Frances J. Vasquez, Nannette Friedley, Romaine Washington, Jane O’Shields-Hayner, Shelby Harrington, José Chavez, Judy Kohnen, Cindi Neisinger, Tom Vaden, Delia Vaden, Richard Gonzalez, Cynthia Pringle, Sylvia Clarke, Wil Clarke, Phyllis Maynard, Phyllis Reis, Mary Rodriguez Briggs, Joan Jones, S J Perry, Celena Diana Bumpus, Alan VanTassel, Shirley Petro-Timura, Gary Neuharth, Lillian Solorio, Morris Mendoza, Dora Harmon, Roberto Murillo, and Scharlett Stowers.
“A pause…after uttered words / The air between us—/ tense or sweet / sweet space / within us” —Kimmery Moss
“There’s no greater reward than the wind at the top of Mt. Rubidoux.” —Shelly Herrera
“Where are the families with children that can be our friends?” Heidi wondered. —Sylvia Nelson Clarke
“Finally, she said, “Ok, this is my stop.” I looked around and didn’t see anything but black woods.” —Steve Brown
This event is free and open to the public. Book sales and light refreshments follow book launch reading.