Cultural Performances and Workshops

• A Place to Stand film premier, tour and workshops with Jimmy Santiago Baca and Daniel Glick (2015)

• Tour and workshops with The Birmingham Sunlights (2014)

• Literary Tour with Jimmy Santiago Baca (2012)

• Dance and Identity in the Pacific with Black Grace (2009)

• Jazz Appreciation Month

• 15th Anniversary Writing the Pacific with Albert Wendt (2006)

Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street Program

• Water|Ways (2016)

• Journey Stories (2014-15)

• Between Fences (2012)

• Key Ingredients – America By Food (2009-2010)

• New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music (2007)

Interpretive Exhibits and Programs

• To complement the Smithsonian exhibitions and highlight Guam’s history, culture and contemporary issues, locally focused exhibitions with programming were also presented.

• We Are Water, Hita I Hanom (2016)

• Arts+Journalism: Manny Crisostomo’s 40 years of images (2016)

• Sindålu – Chamorro Journeys in the U.S. Military (2014-2015)

• I Kelat The Fence: Historical Perspectives on Guam’s Changing Landscape (2012)

• Transitional Table- Guam’s shifting food traditions during and after World War II (2009)

• Food is Life – Micronesia’s Diverse Food Traditions (2010)

NEH We The People Initiative Projects

• “I Tano Yan I Tasi – Land and Sea: Ecological Literacy on the Pacific Island of Guam” (2011-2013) Farm and garden tours, interpretive hikes, film forum series, three food democracy tours and workshops

• “The Micronesian Question”: Issues of Migration, Identity and Belonging on Guam (2009-2010) Film and discussion series, youth-centered photography and creative writing workshops and exhibition, performances, readings, conversations and a literary tour

• Picturing America, Picturing Guam (2008) National and local exhibits, educator workshops and classroom resource materials

• “8000, How Will It Change Our Lives,” Community Conversations on the Military Buildup in Guam (2008) Island-wide community conversations series based on the civic reflection model, large conversation events, facilitator workshops, and literary tours

• Remembering Camp Roxas (2006) Exhibit, film and discussion series, lectures and film short Families

• Under Siege (2005) Documentary film and travelling exhibit with musical component and classroom resource materials

Eat Your Heritage Food Democracy Tours

• The tours included interpretive dinner events highlighting local farmers, produce and proteins, school workshops, presentations and demonstrations, community lectures and films with discussion.

• Eat Your Heritage, Island Meets Desert– Native American and local cuisine, featuring James Beard Award Winning Chef Lois Ellen Frank and Chef Walter Whitewater (2011)

• Eat Your Heritage II – Chamorro Hawaiian Fusion, featuring Chef Mark Noguchi and Community Organizer Amanda Corby (2013)

• Eat Your Heritage III – Freedom on the Menu: Celebrating Southern Cooking and Gospel Music, featuring James Beard Award Winning Chef Robert Stehling and The Birmingham Sunlights, NEA National Heritage Fellows (2014)

• Eat Your Heritage IV – Fiestan Salu Salo: Celebrating the Flavors of Guam and the Philippines, featuring chefs Jo Ong and Mylene Valdez (2019)

Film/Discussion Series

• Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle (2014-2015) Documentary film and discussion, with lectures, musical performances and food

• Films: The Abolitionists, Slavery by Another Name, The Loving Story, and Freedom Riders

• Partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Annual I Tinaotao Historic 5k Run

• Historically themed run through the capital with cultural and musical performances as well as an educational brochure of historic Hagatna (2008-2012)