Week of Events
Celebrating and Remembering Family: Día de los Muertos
Celebrating and Remembering Family: Día de los Muertos
This bilingual celebration explores the cultural, spiritual, and intergenerational significance of Día de los Muertos. Author Selene Dávila will share El esqueleto que ama bailar (The Skeleton that Loves to Dance) and families will be invited to participate in art-making activities. This event will be a bilingual story time that will engage child and parent participants […]
Will You See the Real Me?
Will You See the Real Me?
Exhibit showcasing the work of two fiber art guilds and their creativity to express the stories and identities of individuals leaving incarceration, fighting homelessness, aging out of foster care, and facing other challenges. We make a lot of assumptions about people. Depending on their personal backgrounds, economic status, gender expression, skin color, and even life […]
Tell Me What You Eat and I’ll Tell You Where You Are From
Tell Me What You Eat and I’ll Tell You Where You Are From
Experience foods and flavors from Yemen, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Palestine and more while meeting the people who have prepared those foods. Learn about each other while exploring how what we eat is tightly bound to our identity. In the documentary High on the Hog, Yoruba artist Romuald Hazoumè repeats a local saying to Stephen Satterfield, telling […]
