by Frances Phillips | Feb 17, 2016 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
Writer and artist Linda Norton will read from her book The Public Gardens: Poems and History, and from new work she’s developed through Home and Away: Oakland, California Prisons, and the Geography of the Heart — her collaborative project with Peralta...
by Frances Phillips | Nov 18, 2015 | 2014, Literary Arts, News
On Saturday, November 21, at 1:30 p.m., Peralta Hacienda Historical Park is hosting Oakland actor and dramatist Norman Gee, who is holding a talk-back about his use of drama with youth in juvenile detention. Also speaking are community member Gwen Jackson and Creative...
by Suki O'Kane | Jul 18, 2014 | 2014, Literary Arts
Writer Linda Norton is collaborating with staff and visitors to Peralta Hacienda Historical Park to explore how mass incarceration affects the daily lives of people living in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood where the Peralta Hacienda historic house is based. She will...
