:: Library Cultural Arts Programs
Teen Creative Writing Workshops at the Orange Terrace Library
Begins Monday, Sept. 28th from 4pm-6pm, and will meet: Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Oct. 26, Nov. 9 and 16th. from 4pm-6pm at the Orange Terrace Library
Poet and writing coach Stephanie Alaska Whelan returns to the library to encourage teens to explore and expand their creative side through the written word. Teens, ages 13-17 are invited to join. Space is limited. Come in at any time. No registration is required. For more information call: 951-571-0281 (Orange Terrace)
Showcase at Back to the Grind
Thursday, September 17, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., 3575 University Ave.
Poet Ruth Nolan hosts the Inlandia Creative Writing Showcase. Poets and Fiction Writers from the region will share their work and discuss what it means to write about "Place". Chapbooks of participants work available for purchase.
Inlandia Writing Workshops
Thursdays, September 24, October 8, 15, 22, 29, November 12 & 19 - 6:00 p.m., Main Library
Ruth Nolan, Associate Professor of English at College of the Desert and editor of the soon to be released No Place for a Puritan: Literature of California's Deserts will lead the fall session.
All events are held in the Main Library Auditorium (2nd floor), 3581 Mission Inn Avenue unless otherwise noted. The public is invited free of charge.
Inlandia Institute cultural events at the library
Stay connected to Riverside's literary activity through Inlandia's community programs offered free at the Riverside Public Library and other locations. All Inlandia Institute cultural events can be viewed on the new Inlandia web site, InlandiaInstitute.org. You can also sign up for Inlandia's email newsletter.
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Wuyi Roots, Part II
Sunday, September 27, 2:00 p.m., Main Library
Part II of English subtitled documentary on Riverside's sister-city Jiangmen and the five-county Wuyi district in Guangdong Province, Southern China. It is the number one homeland of the Overseas-Chinese who came to California in 1849 to work in the goldfields, on the railroad, and then in Riverside's citrus industry. Segments 3, 4 & 5.
Arts Walk: An Evening of Polish Poetry, Music and Theater
Thursday, October 1, 7:00 p.m., Main Library
Polish poetry translated, set to music, and performed in pseudonym by Ann Frenkel and Gwido Zlatkes. Their translations have appeared in a variety of journals including Modern Poetry in Translation, Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, Lyric Poetry Review, Chicago Review, Absinthe: New European Writing, Circumference, Fence and Zoland Poetry. Made possible by a grant from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts in partnership with the Walter and Elise Hass Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the James Irvine Foundation.
Wuyi Roots, Part III
Sunday, October 25, Main Library
Part III of English subtitled documentary onRiverside's sister-city Jiangmen and the five-county Wuyi district in Guangdong Province, Southern China. It is the number one homeland of the Overseas-Chinese who came to California in 1849 to work in the goldfields, on the railroad, and then in Riverside's citrus industry. Segments 6, 7 & 8.
Fox Theatre Photographic Exhibition Opening and Preservation Perspectives Talk
Monday, Nov. 9, 7:00 pm, Brandsteder Gallery, La Sierra University, 500 Riverwalk Parkway
Michael Elderman, photographer and Peyton Hall, FAIA preservation Architect, each have a unique perspective on the restoration of the Fox Theatre. Elderman has been brought the rehabilitation of the historic theatre into sharp focus through his artist camera lens. Hall of the Historic Resources Group, the consulting preservation architects has been monitoring the project from the perspective of "Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Historic Preservation Projects". Together they bring an illuminating view of the Fox Theatre. Pre-publication book orders of Elderman's photographic essay will be available. The exhibit run at Brandsteder Nov.9-Dec.10.