The free exhibit features generations of Black artists showcasing Altadena’s creative history and endurance, even after the ...

A new exhibit, highlighting the history of Black communities and culture in Altadena, opened this month at the California ... from Octavia’s Bookshelf, named after Octavia Butler, a prominent ...

A new exhibit, highlighting the history of Black communities and culture in Altadena, opened this month at the California African American ... of books and merchandise from Octavia’s Bookshelf, named ...

ALTADENA, Calif.: Decades ago, the writer Octavia Butler ... of science fiction, Butler grew up near Altadena, in Pasadena, and spent much of her life in Southern California before moving to ...

Nikki High is the owner of Octavia’s Bookshelf, an independent bookstore on the border between Altadena and Pasadena. The store celebrates the writings of BIPOC authors and is named after ...

The dystopian America Octavia Butler imagines in her novels Parable ... Robledo was inspired by Butler’s real hometown—Altadena, California, which was left in ashes after the wildfires this January.

An Olivetti Studio 46 typewriter that belonged to Octavia E ... of a 2016 Butler biography, “It just feels like … she predicts the future.” Born an only child in Pasadena, California ...