Schedule
ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE.
JOIN US FOR PANEL AND BOOK DISCUSSIONS, PERFORMANCES, FILM SCREENINGS & MORE!
Programs are in-person and outdoors unless stated.
Masks and social distancing protocols will be observed.
AN EVENING WITH JOY HARJO
DEC. 13 - 6PM
Help us kick-off the Big Read and welcome United States poet laureate Joy Harjo to the Morongo Basin for an evening of poetry and commentary.
FREE - Reservations Required
Performances:
THE DI(C)E SQUAD
OCT. 3-5 - 7PM
Join Thought Theatre as it explores intergenerational trauma in a new production written and directed by Miri Hunter.
Open Reading:
CHOLLA NEEDLES 58 - THE BIG READ ISSUE
OCT. 6 - 5PM
Hear local authors read their poetry on the theme of Terra "the love of the land", published in Cholla Needles' October Big Read issue.
Book Discussion
OCT. 7 - 6PM
Join fellow Big Readers for a book discussion on the themes of the 2021 featured book An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo. Hosted by the Greenleaf Library at Copper Mountain College.
Learning Landscapes:
TRIBES OF THE MOJAVE DESERT
OCT. 8 - 4PM
The Native American Land Conservancy will host presentations with the Tribal communities that are associated with the Mojave Desert.
Exhibition:
WHEN WIND BECOMES WORDS
OCT. 9 - 6PM
Explore the October Beatnik Lounge art exhibition “When Wind Becomes Words” which celebrates An American Sunrise with work by local artists inspired by a poem, stanza or phrase from the book.
Book Discussions:
OCT. 9 - 2PM
OCT. 13 - 5PM
OCT. 18 - 5PM
OCT. 19 - 6PM
Join fellow Big Readers for a book discussion on the themes of the 2021 featured book An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo:
Hosted by the Twentynine Palms Library.
Hosted by the Joshua Tree Library.
Hosted by Yucca Valley Library.
Hosted by the Hi-Desert Contemporary Book Club.
Drive-In Film Screenings:
OCT. 20 - 6.30PM
OCT. 21 - 6.30PM
WARRIOR WOMEN
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World
Roundtable:
CALIFORNIA NATIVE POETS (online)
OCT. 24 - 4PM
Hear poetry readings by California Native Poets Deborah Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen and Chumash), Casandra López (Cahuilla/Tongva/Luiseno) and Kim Shuck (Cherokee). Moderated by Ruth Nolan, Professor of Creative Writing at College of the Desert.
In Conversation:
GERALD CLARKE AND
CARA ROMERO (online)
OCT. 27 - 5PM
Join leading artists Gerald Clarke and Cara Romero as they present their work and discuss what’s needed to develop a lively contemporary indigenous art scene in Southern California.