| Date |
Time |
Activity |
| Sat. May 3 |
1-3pm |
Mexican Musical Roots/workshop & performance. Son Jarocho is Mexican music unique to Veracruz. Join Son del Centro in an interactive musical workshop.. |
| Fri. May 9 |
6:30pm |
The Langston Hughes Project. Reading of Watts Village Theater Company commissioned script written by Lynn Manning about a year Langston Hughes lived and worked in Mexico. |
| Sat. May 10 |
1-2:30pm |
Conversations @ CAAM. Judge Terry J. Hatter, Jr. will be interviewed by retired Judge William C. Beverly, Jr. |
| Sun. May 11 |
1-3pm |
African By Legacy, Mexican By Birth. Writer Marco Villalobos discusses his experiences of the Afro-Mexican communities of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Veracruz. |
| Sat. May 24 |
1pm |
Our Roots. Charlotte Bocage of the Southern California Genealogy Society discusses methods and resources which assist us in recovering someof our forgotten family roots. |
| Sun. May 25 |
1pm |
What Happened to the Voodoo Queens in Mexico? Dr. Patrick Polk, lecturer/senior museum scientist in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures explores the presence of African traditional religious and spiritual practice in Mexico. |
| Date |
Time |
Activity |
| Sat. June 7 |
1-3pm |
A Migration Storyboard. Local artist Irina Contreras guides you on a visual journey to illustrate a story of your family's migration on a map. To reserve, call (213) 7 44-2024. |
| Sat. June 21 |
2-4pm |
Jacob's Odyssey. Discover how contemporary African American artist Jacob Lawrence used memory to inspire his paintings and paint your own migration stories. To reserve, call (213) 744-2024. |
| Sat. June 28 |
2pm |
Curatorial Walk-through. Gain insight into the fouding and development of Allensworth as you walk-through the exhibition with Susan ANderson. |
| Sun. June 29 |
1pm |
Tales of a Journey, Part 1: Traveling Shoes. The Sunshine Story Teller, Ina Bukner-Barnette, invites us to listen to the migration experience of her own family as they forge a new life in Nicodemus, Kansas. |
