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January 2020
Bridging San Pedro – Exhibition Opening Reception
AGCC proudly presents Bridging San Pedro: Visual Literacy as Community Practice, an exhibition that highlights the community’s relationships to the land and sea. Curated by jill moniz, this project extends visual literacy and action to empower community and place. Artists and community members come together to honor the past, articulate the complexities of the present and forge a visually communal, participatory language and making that bridges San Pedro. Artists June Edmonds, Cole James, Blue McRight, and Alexis Slickelman will exhibit…
Whale Fiesta
In celebration of marine mammals and the annual several thousand-mile migration of Pacific gray whales, enjoy arts and crafts, puppet shows, face painting, and more.
THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: 10 PLAYS FROM 10 DECADES
Multi-award winning Interact Theatre Company will be returning to its roots, the San Fernando Valley, where it was founded as a membership company thirty years ago, for a play reading series, “THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS: 10 PLAYS FROM 10 DECADES.” Celebrating the centennial of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the series is produced by Barry Heins, and hosted by the North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Library, located at 5211 Tujunga Avenue. The readings will take place on the last Sunday…
February 2020
Anike Tourse presents “Ain’t I a Woman” the Story of Sojourner Truth
Anike Tourse is the writer and performer of this One-Woman-Show. Tourse has written and directed the award-winning short film, “America;I Too”.
The Mixed Media Artwork of Faith Ringgold
We will learn about artist, author, and activist Faith Ringgold, best known for her narrative quilts that combine sewing, applique, and words to tell a story. Teens will then create their own mixed media narrative collages to be displayed in the library.
The Logic of Poetry and Dreams – Dana Washington
In conjunction with Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again,, Dana Washington will read, perform, and reflect upon Neshat’s works, and delve into the universality of these very themes. Dana Washington is a writer and visual artist exploring the complexities of black existence, historical fiction, and the psychic sublime through poetry, cinema, video, and photography.
Black History Month Trivia Competition
Teens are invited to join us to test their knowledge in a trivia competition honoring Black History Month.
Marlon James
Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for A Brief History of Seven Killings, making him the first Jamaican author to take home the U.K.’s most prestigious literary award. In the book, James combines masterful storytelling with brilliant skill at characterization and an eye for detail to forge a bold novel of dazzling ambition and scope.