Share: White walls with exposed brick peeking through complement the white flowy drapes hanging from the ceiling. Flower arrangements dangle delicately from chandeliers as the sunlight illuminates the coffee bar. Tranquil energy surrounds the atmosphere from the hectic pavement outside. Board games and lively conversation from the customers are echoed throughout. This is what’s been missing from the community, a place to co-exist, conversate, and breathe. Inside an old home medical supply store now turned into a vintage-style venue and cafe, Atelier held their grand …
Remembering Octavia Butler’s trailblazing legacy during Women’s History Month
Share: Spread out in a dimly lit room in the Huntington Art Gallery, lie two of the hundreds of Octavia Butler’s personal notebooks in the possession of the Huntington Library. Within the spiral notebook pages, etched in pen, are paragraphs overflowing with self-assurance, affirmations, and appraisal. In a time where heroes in novels were strictly white men in eurocentric storylines; Butler fought against the grain to see real representation: Black heroes in stories of their own. She wore her identity proudly. She knew exactly her …