Past Events

Join the Goldwyn Hollywood Library for a family-friendly writing workshop with Zapotec language activist Víctor Terán. In this multilingual workshop, participants will have the opportunity to generate creative writing in their native languages and create first drafts of several short texts.

A lecture on the incredible biodiversity of Oaxaca and the plants most central to the lives of those in the Zapotec town, San Juan Mixtepec. With Eugene Hunn, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington and author of the book, A Zapotec Natural History.

Join the Sunland-Tujunga Library for a bilingual hip hop workshop with Oaxacan DJ Survive and Inner City Dwellers. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the technical skills involved in rhyming, producing beats, and in turntablism.

Soledad Lopez is credited as the first person to import Oaxacan ingredients to Los Angeles, starting the Oaxacalifornian food craze that continues to gain momentum. She has opened numerous Oaxacan restaurants, including Guelaguetza, and was featured on the Martha Stewart Show for her expertise in Oaxacan cuisine. Join us for a demonstration and tasting of tlayudas (“Mexican pizza”) as well as the unique Oaxacan variety of horchata.

Join the Van Nuys Library for a film screening of Maureen Gosling's Blossoms of Fire, a documentary about the beauty and strength of the women of Juchitán, Oaxaca.

Jane Hirshfield and Víctor Terán In conversation with poet and translator David Shook Because of its similar celebration of the beauty of the natural world and focus on compactness, contemporary Zapotec-language poetry shares much in common with the Japanese haiku. Poet Víctor Terán—who’s performed his work from Oaxaca to London—will share some of his translations of the Japanese masters of the form alongside his own original Zapotec haiku, and American poet Jane Hirshfield will discuss both the haiku form and…

Join the Cypress Park Library for a bilingual hip hop workshop with Oaxacan DJ Survive and Inner City Dwellers. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the technical skills involved in rhyming, producing beats, and in turntablism.

Join the Junipero Serra Branch Library for a demonstration and tasting of traditional Oaxacan moles with Rocio Camacho.