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  • Oaxacalifornian Food Talk with Bill Esparza

    Junipero Serra Branch Library 4607 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join the Junipero Serra Library for a talk on the cuisine of Oaxaca, including the history of Oaxacan food in Los Angeles, with James Beard Award-winning journalist Bill Esparza.

  • Talk on Pre-Columbian History Talk with Xóchitl Flores-Marcial

    Cypress Park Branch Library 1150 Cypress Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join the Cypress Park Branch for a bilingual talk on Pre-Columbian history with Dr. Xóchitl Flores-Marcial, Assistant Professor at CSU Northridge. Learn how the indigenous cultures of Mexico are still…

  • Oaxacalifornian Food Talk with Bill Esparza

    Vernon - Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library 4504 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join the Vernon Branch Library for a talk on the cuisine of Oaxaca, including the history of Oaxacan food in Los Angeles, with James Beard Award-winning journalist Bill Esparza.

  • La Lengua Sin Frontera (Language Without Borders): Three Indigenous Poets

    Central Library 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Natalie Diaz, Layli Long Soldier, Natalia Toledo Performance and Conversation Join us for an evening celebrating indigenous poetry from the United States and Mexico with three major poets—Natalie Diaz (member…

  • Zapotec Language and Culture Games with Natalia Toledo and Víctor Cata

    Central Library 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join the Central Library Children's Department for a family-friendly workshop with Natalia Toledo and Víctor Cata. Through playing traditional games, puzzling over riddles, and attempting to pronounce Isthmus Zapotec tongue…

  • Zapotec Language and Culture Games with Natalia Toledo and Víctor Cata

    Van Nuys Branch Library 6250 Sylmar Ave, Van Nuys, CA, United States

    Join the Van Nuys Branch Library for a family-friendly workshop with Natalia Toledo and Víctor Cata. Through playing traditional games, puzzling over riddles, and attempting to pronounce Isthmus Zapotec tongue…

  • Oaxaca’s Third Gender: Man, Woman, Muxe

    Central Library 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Víctor Cata, Zackary Drucker, Maritza Sanchez Moderated by Bamby Salcedo, activist and founder of TransLatin@ Coalition Anthropologists have traced the Meso-American acceptance of people of mixed gender back to pre-Columbian…

  • Oaxacan Food Presentation with Soledad Lopez

    Cypress Park Branch Library 1150 Cypress Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    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…

  • Oaxacan Food Demonstration and Tasting with Rocio Camacho

    Frances Howard Goldwyn - Hollywood Regional Library 1623 N. Ivar Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join the Goldwyn-Hollywood Regional Library for a demonstration and tasting of traditional Oaxacan moles with Rocio Camacho.

  • Natural Dye Techniques

    West Los Angeles Regional Library 11360 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA, United States

    Local dyer Ashley Thayer will provide an overview of natural dye techniques. We will cover the basic processes of dyeing with demonstrations of two of the most interesting dyestuffs native…