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February 2019
African American Read-In for Children
All ages are welcome to join to read and discuss texts and illustrations created by African American writers and artists. This is one of many African American Read-In events held across the country in the month of February! (This event is inspired by Read-In programs created by The Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English)
African American Fiction Book Tasting
Join us as we have a tasting of fiction books by African American authors. Come share your favorites!
Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell Presents An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden
Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell will present her latest work, An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden, followed by a book-signing.
March 2019
Is There an L.A. Sensibility? Place and Politics in Los Angeles Design
(Re)Designing LA, a public-events series led by Occidental College Professor of Practice Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles’ first-ever chief design officer, will call on a broad cast of experts and activists to explore how the city can promote innovative design while addressing climate change and guarding against displacement and the erasure of neighborhood culture and history. The 2019 series kicks off at Barnsdall Gallery Theater, next door to Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1921 Hollyhock House. Architects, planners, critics and historians often praise…
Strange Beauty: Making Sense of L.A. architecture from the 1980s and 1990s
(Re)Designing LA, a public-events series led by Occidental College Professor of Practice Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles’ first-ever chief design officer, will call on a broad cast of experts and activists to explore how the city can promote innovative design while addressing climate change and guarding against displacement and the erasure of neighborhood culture and history. The city’s Office of Historic Resources has compiled an extensive database of cultural and architectural resources, known as Survey L.A. This important effort runs through…
April 2019
Turn Off the Sunshine: Shade as an Equity Issue in a Warming Los Angeles
(Re)Designing LA, a public-events series led by Occidental College Professor of Practice Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles’ first-ever chief design officer, will call on a broad cast of experts and activists to explore how the city can promote innovative design while addressing climate change and guarding against displacement and the erasure of neighborhood culture and history. As climate change intensifies and Los Angeles suffers through more days of extreme heat each year, shade is quickly becoming an equity issue of crucial…