Celebrate stories, family, and creativity at Our Mothers' Gardens Book Festival—where words bloom live! Bring your friends and family for a fun, inspiring day filled with books, creativity, culinary delights, and community vibes.
Join Nevada Humanities and workshop leaders Mei-Mei Mijares and Niko Mendoza for a zine-making workshop at the Our Mothers' Gardens Book Festival on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Obodo Urban Farm in Las Vegas. During this drop-in workshop and activity, participants will have the chance to create zines that celebrate our family recipes, stories, and communities in Nevada.
This zine-making workshop is free and open to the public. All materials and instruction will be provided, and no prior experience is needed.
Around the Table programming is produced by Nevada Humanities as part of the national initiative By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, which is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners, and was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Mei-Mei Mijares has more hometowns than you. She spent her childhood on army bases across Texas, Tennessee, California, and Germany. She grew up with a book in her hands, including the time she fell and broke her leg in ninth grade. After graduating high school as class valedictorian, she went to UC Santa Barbara for her degree in English and a minor in German. Mei-Mei currently resides in Las Vegas pursuing a Master's in Couple & Family Therapy at UNLV. You can find her singing karaoke, enjoying D&D, playing pickleball, or painting magical landscapes. Her debut novel Unabashed is a conversation between her past and present self.
Niko Mendoza is a Las Vegas-based artist and activist creating written and visual artworks that explore nature, nostalgia, and identity with humor, curiosity, and a sprinkle of sarcasm. An irregular in local exhibitions, Niko’s work is a joyful rebellion against perfectionism and "growing up," and a practice in simply growing both as an individual and as a community.
