‘Let There Be House: Queer of Color Perspectives on German’s Techno Scene in the 1990s’

Clark Humanites Museum 981 N. Amherst Ave., Claremont

Dr Tom Smith is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in German at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. His research focuses on queer approaches to contemporary Germany and he’s currently working on a larger project on queer of color creativity around Germany’s electronic music scene. He publishes widely on contemporary Germany. He was selected as an AHRC/BBC New Generation […]

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Listening to L.A. Rock ‘N’ Roll Realities

Clark Humanites Museum 981 N. Amherst Ave., Claremont

The heart and soul of rock ‘n’ roll is the city of LA. This exhibition explores LA rock through several major focal points—ChicanX rock 'n' roll, Laurel Canyon singer songwriters, LA punk, Punk musician Alice Bag (aka "Violence Girl"), and contemporary LA women rockers. Young people in LA not only learned to support each other […]

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La Ofrenda How Sacred Space Creates Connection

Clark Humanites Museum 981 N. Amherst Ave., Claremont

Ofelia Esparza and Rosanna Ahrens Esparza Chicana visual artists, Ofelia Esparza (b.1932) and Rosanna Esparza Ahrens (b.1961), are master altaristas (altar makers) born and raised in East Los Angeles, CA. Ofelia is highly recognized for her Day of the Dead ofrendas (altars/shrines), which have been shown nationally and internationally since 1979. Her work celebrates her […]

Democratizing From Below – How the Portuguese Feminist Movement Builds the Portuguese Democracy

Clark Humanites Museum 981 N. Amherst Ave., Claremont

The Portuguese feminist movement emerged in the context of democratization the country experienced in the mid-1970s. Several feminist activists were politically involved in the underground resistance to the dictatorship, others joined after the revolution, and others came into the movement because they felt disaffected with political parties, unions, and other organizations that did not address […]