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Take a tour of the reopened Hollyhock House. Watch a singular screening of The Afterlight. Attend the fourth edition of the Black Movie Soundtrack concert. Listen to tales from The Moth’s master storytellers.
At Craft Contemporary, an exhibit includes portraits of farm workers that are drawn onto cardboard boxes, and another features quilts that reference a 1960s LGBTQ magazine.
Narsiso Martinez's mixed media installations juxtapose portraits of farmworkers and agricultural landscapes against cardboard produce boxes. Drawing from his own experience as a farmworker, his work amplifies the people who fill produce sections and restaurant kitchens around the country.