Events & Announcements
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Exhibit & Discussion: Filipino Love Stories on California’s Central Coast, 1920-1970
Join Dr. Grace Yeh of Cal Poly’s Ethnic Studies Department for an exploration and exhibit of local Filipino love stories, and to share your own love stories.
Region: Central Coast
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
California Polytechnic State University, One Grand Avenue, Kennedy Library, Room 111H, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
An American Mosque on PBS
Watch An American Mosque, a Cal Humanities-supported documentary about the dreams and struggles of a Muslim community in Northern California, during its first California broadcast on PBS.
Region: Sacramento Metro
Programs: Community Stories
A Man and the Mountain - Messages From Joaquin Miller’s Shasta Years
Come to a preview of the film A Man and the Mountain – Messages From Joaquin Miller’s Shasta Years and find out how Joaquin Miller’s words are still relevant today.
Region: Far North
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 N. Old Stage Rd., Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Redding Cemetery Historical Tour
This evening tour of the Redding Cemetery will focus on the men and women known by Joaquin Miller in the 1800s.
Region: Far North
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 North Old Stage Road, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Khmer Arts Festival and Film Premiere of “After the Rain, the Birds Sing”
Celebrate the phenomenal arts and artists of the Stockton Cambodian community with a Cambodian arts mini festival and the premiere of “After the Rain, the Birds Sing,” a short film showcasing Cambodian artistic traditions.
Region: Central Valley
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
University of the Pacific Multicultural Center
3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211
3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211
Presentation & Tour: Castle Crags Battle
Experience a geology presentation and hiking tour of Castle Crags, site of the 1855 battle between Native Americans and California gold rush miners.
Region: Far North
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 North Old Stage Road, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Staged Reading: Riot/Rebellion
Drawing on the stories and testimonies of witnesses, Watts Village Theater Company will develop several performance pieces exploring the 1965 Watts Riot/Rebellion with the goals of preserving community memory and making the community’s history more accessible.
Region: Los Angeles Metro
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Alma Reaves Woods Watts Library, 10205 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90002
Staged Reading: Riot/Rebellion
Drawing on the stories and testimonies of witnesses, Watts Village Theater Company will develop several performance pieces exploring the 1965 Watts Riot/Rebellion with the goals of preserving community memory and making the community’s history more accessible.
Region: Los Angeles Metro
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Alma Reaves Woods Watts Library, 10205 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90002
Staged Reading: Riots/Rebellion
Drawing on the stories and testimonies of witnesses, Watts Village Theater Company will develop several performance pieces exploring the 1965 Watts Riot/Rebellion with the goals of preserving community memory and making the community’s history more accessible.
Region: Los Angeles Metro
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Alma Reaves Woods Watts Library, 10205 Compton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90002
Presentation & Tour: Captain Jack’s Stronghold
Discover the geology and history of Captain Jack's Stronghold--of Lava Beds National Monument--in this presentation and bus tour of the volcanic highway and the battle fought there.
Region: Far North
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 North Old Stage Road, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
3rd on Third Arts Celebration
3rd on Third, a reference to the third Thursday of the month and the event location, Third Street, will feature a myriad of activities for the whole family, including an unveiling of six new StreetSmARTS murals by local artists, pop up galleries, outdoor performances, a special children’s zone with free art-making activities, and food vendors.
Region: Bay Area
Programs: Community Stories
Symposium: The Neighborhoods of Baseball
This day-long symposium, featuring a variety of thematic panel discussions, will document and interpret the role that amateur, semi-professional, and professional baseball has played in the history and development of the Mexican American, Japanese American, and African American communities of Southern California.
Region: Los Angeles Metro
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Margo Albert Theater, Plaza de la Raza, 3540 N Mission Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90031
Tour: Joaquin Miller’s Squaw Valley
Join this tour of the McCloud area, at some of the presumed locations of Joaquin Miller’s life during the 1850s.
Region: Far North
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 North Old Stage Road, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067
Symposium: A Man and the Mountain: Joaquin Miller’s Shasta Years
True stories of love, war, and conflict occurred near Mount Shasta in the 1850s that rival any Shakespearean play or Greek tragedy. Learn about the role played in those stories by Joaquin Miller, Poet of the Sierras, frontier adventurer, prolific writer.
Region: Far North
Programs: Community Stories
Location:
Mount Shasta Sisson Museum, 1 N. Old Stage Rd., Mount Shasta, CA 96067
