Hermosa Beach About Town
‘Forced from Home’ exhibit
St. Cross Episcopal Church will host an interactive exhibit this weekend intended to simulate the experience of being uprooted from home and crossing borders to escape.
The event runs from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the church’s Parker Hall, with each session lasting 45 minutes. It will begin with an introduction, and end with a question-and-answer session. Those participating will move through an immersive simulation intended to explore why people flee their homes, and the difficult decisions they face, such as what to bring with them. In addition to the exhibit, the church will also be showing the documentary “Human Flow,” by the Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei. The film will screen in Room 4 of Saint Cross, 1818 Monterey Blvd.
“Human Migration” is hosted by Saint Cross’s Peace and Justice Ministry. The exhibit is a truncated version of “Forced from Home,” which was created by Doctors Without Borders, the international charity that provides medical care in war zones and epidemic outbreaks.
Forced from Home began last year on June 20, which is World Refugee Day, and traveled to major cities in the midwest and south. At the time, the organization said that the exhibit was inspired by what its doctors were witnessing around the world, as well as “increasingly cruel migration policies that deny safety to people whose lives are at risk.” Jason Cone, the charity’s U.S. executive director, said in a statement that “the U.S. and many European countries have abandoned their moral and humanitarian responsibilities” to aid people who face threats at home.
The exhibit is free and open to adults and children in sixth grade and above. Snacks and drinks are included. To register, contact Mervis Reissig at merv4peace@gmail.com, or go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e44a9ac2ba64-human
Pacific Stranded ribbon cutting
The Pacific Stranded, an art and design studio creating products based around South Bay geography and culture, will host a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, April 4 to celebrate the opening of its storefront on Hermosa Avenue. The store is the work of Daniel Inez, a founder of the M1SK collective, who designed this year’s submission of the Hermosa Beach Mural Project, about punk rock and skateboarding. Among the store’s offerings are customized street signs resembling those in use in the Beach Cities. The Pacific Stranded previously had a pop-up presence on Aviation Boulevard, near ET Surf; the ribbon cutting will take place at the new location, at 901 Hermosa Ave., Suite K, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.