Belonging as Survival: Creativity, Activism, and Community

Tommy's Place (TCC) 3607 Trousdale Parkway, Basement, Los Angeles, CA, United States

What flavors do you connect with your creative pathways? What sounds inspire your activism? What is belonging and how does it help us survive? Join us for an exciting multisensory event that explores the intersections between belonging, creativity, activism, and community, curated by Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik. Celebrating the release of her book, We Make Constellations

Borrowed Recipes: Migrant Food Worlds of the Silk Roads

Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 3550 Trousdale Parkway,, Los Angeles, CA

Many of the foods we enjoy in Los Angeles arrived via long journeys along the ancient Silk Roads, and are the result of countless exchanges between cultures in East and Central Asia, Persia, Western Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. Join us for a conversation about these often hidden—and delicious—culinary histories moderated by science writer