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"content": "\u003cp>Michael Morgan, the longtime music director and conductor of the Oakland Symphony, died on Aug. 20 at age 63, his publicist announced today. He passed away at Kaiser Permanente hospital after being admitted last week for an infection, three months after undergoing a successful kidney transplant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan made his mark on the Oakland Symphony with his boundary-pushing programming and passion for education and outreach. Always one to make classical music accessible to new audiences, he invited comedian W. Kamau Bell and activist Dolores Huerta to curate “playlists” for the orchestra to perform, interjecting the canon with songs by John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one of the few Black and openly gay conductors in the country, Morgan made inclusive programming standard at the Oakland Symphony—well before other orchestras began to grapple with racism in the wake of last year’s protests. His “Notes From…” concert series celebrated the music of Native American, Korean, Vietnamese and LGBTQ+ composers. And as the host of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/CURRENTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Currents\u003c/em>\u003c/a> video and podcast series from the San Francisco Symphony, he examined the cross-pollination of classical music with genres as varied as hip-hop and traditional Chinese music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our primary question is ‘who’s not here?’ And we look around the room, and see who is not there,” Morgan told \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/03/24/oakland-symphony-classical-music-race-social-justice-michael-morgan/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oaklandside\u003c/a> earlier this year, describing his vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Morgan’s last public appearances was as guest conductor of the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall on July 23. He led the orchestra through a performance of works by overlooked French composer Louise Farrenc and the 1920s jazz classic “Charleston” by James P. Johnson. “He’s made [the Oakland Symphony] a vibrant hotbed for innovative programming, combining a judicious helping of the standard repertoire with music from a wide array of less familiar sources—including, in recent seasons particularly, works by female composers who have too often been left out of the historical narrative,” wrote \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> music critic Joshua Kosman in his \u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/review-conductor-michael-morgan-jazzes-up-a-guest-appearance-with-s-f-symphony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">review\u003c/a> of the concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan was born in Washington D.C. and began conducting at age 12. In addition to his duties with the Oakland Symphony, he also held the titles of artistic director of Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, music director at Bear Valley Music Festival and music director of Gateways Music Festival. He was music director emeritus of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, and sat on the boards of Oaktown Jazz Workshops and the Purple Silk Music Education Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"\">“This is a terribly sad moment for everyone in the Oakland Symphony family.\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\">We have lost our guiding father,” said executive director Mieko Hatano in a statement.\u003c/span> \u003cspan class=\"\">“Michael’s plans and ambitions were set for several seasons to come.\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\">He made his Orchestra socially authentic, demanded equality, and he made his Orchestra our orchestra.\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\">He fashioned a unique, informed artistic profile that attracted one of the most diverse audiences in the nation.\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\">His music reflected his beliefs:\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"\">reverence for the past, attuned to the future, rooted in his adopted home of Oakland.\u003c/span> \u003cspan class=\"\">His spirit will always guide the enduring future of the Oakland Symphony.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Correction: \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cem>This story originally stated that Michael Morgan’s final performance was with the San Francisco Symphony on July 23 when it was actually at the Bear Valley Music Festival on July 29-Aug. 1.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Over the weekend, scenes of chaos unfolded in Kabul as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-58223530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suhail Shaheen made assurances\u003c/a> to the BBC on Sunday, that “there will be no revenge on anyone,” and that women would still be permitted to attend school and work. But harrowing stories emerging on the ground in Afghanistan suggest otherwise. Many fear for the freedoms of art and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One 24-year-old woman in Kabul wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/15/an-afghan-woman-in-kabul-now-i-have-to-burn-everything-i-achieved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>The Guardian\u003c/i>\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I can no longer laugh out loud, I can no longer listen to my favorite songs, I can no longer meet my friends in our favorite cafe, I can no longer wear my favorite yellow dress or pink lipstick. And I can no longer go to my job or finish the university degree that I worked for years to achieve.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>While several prominent Afghan artists quickly took down their social media accounts, a handful have continued to express themselves in the face of a military organization that has previously banned—and destroyed—art in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omaid H. Sharifi, president of nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/artlordsnet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ArtLords\u003c/a>, continued to work on a mural in Kabul on Saturday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/15/1027962002/artist-describes-fear-in-kabul-as-uncertainty-looms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sharifi told NPR\u003c/a>, “I’m not sure I may be able to paint again or not. I’m not sure my organization will be there. I’m not sure if my paintings will be there tomorrow … But still, in this day, a couple of hours ago, I was painting in a street of Kabul. And I hope I will be able to do it again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/OmaidSharifi/status/1426787945814577153\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also persisting is Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artist. She has continued to post her heartrending work as the crisis unfolds. Over the weekend, she posted this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkTuS0JqD7/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Tuesday, the determination expressed in that initial image had transformed into a devastating expression of defeat:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CSsEKI_pyG-/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hassani’s art was picked up and shared by \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Mighty Girl\u003c/a> on Facebook, as a means to encourage people to donate to organizations—including \u003ca href=\"https://womenforafghanwomen.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women for Afghan Women\u003c/a>—that are helping Afghans on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the Afghanistan-related art being shared on social media currently, however, is several years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three-year-old image below, by artist Minna Mamik Momand, has been re-circulating on Instagram, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpDdaHL7-u/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">someone added the date\u003c/a> of the Taliban takeover to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/BkTbOAUBbc5/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This haunting image by Afghan street artist Malina Suliman, which was created at least six years ago, has also been shared widely as part of online protests about the reality now facing Afghan women in their homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpccr2D88_/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this painting by Lida Afghan, originally created for International Women’s Day in March, also began circulating on social media over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13901337\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-16-at-11.05.15-AM-800x1057.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1057\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-16-at-11.05.15-AM-800x1057.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-16-at-11.05.15-AM-160x211.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-16-at-11.05.15-AM-768x1015.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-16-at-11.05.15-AM.png 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lida, an Afghan artist now based in Denmark, posted a message of defiance on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrnKeaiEbZ/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Afghan ex-pat, Zayn Sadatt, currently based in Seattle, used his Instagram platform to cry out for international assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CSgL3CgruT7/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of artworks protesting the Taliban’s takeover are coming from outside of Afghanistan, as artists from around the world express concern and sadness from afar. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated. Zumbi’s death has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13901531/lawyers-investigate-death-of-steve-zumbi-gaines-zion-i-mc\">investigated as a homicide\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Gaines, the MC known as Baba Zumbi from Bay Area hip-hop group Zion I, has died. KQED spoke with Zumbi’s family and confirmed his death on Friday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family shared a statement with KQED Friday evening:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>It is with utter disbelief and great sadness that the Gaines family shares the news of the passing of Steve “Zumbi” Gaines on Friday, August 13, 2021. Gaines, 49 and the MC of the critically acclaimed hip-hop group Zion I, passed away at Alta Bates Hospital today in the early morning from unknown causes. The family requests privacy in this very challenging time while they await further details.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13962689']\u003cem>Steve is survived by three sons, his mother and his brother. He was working on a Zion I reunion tour with longtime producer and collaborator, Amp Live, to honor the legacy of their musical endeavors for their fans.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Zumbi’s family nor his publicist addressed early reports that he died from complications related to COVID, as initially told to KQED by close friends. Zumbi was said to be hesitant about receiving the COVID vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier Friday, the Los Angeles hip-hop collective Project Blowed \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CSig6tTrDyH/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posted a statement\u003c/a> from DJ True Justice, a touring DJ for Zion I, saying that Zumbi had been recovering from COVID when “he had a severe asthma attack and his heart stopped. He died in the hospital. They were unable to revive him.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13936095']But Berkeley police, who responded to a physical altercation between a patient and hospital staff shortly after 5am on Friday, are now investigating Zumbi’s death. A spokesperson for the Berkeley Police Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Police-investigating-death-of-well-known-Bay-Area-16388574.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that the involved patient was eventually pinned down by hospital security. The spokesperson added that, upon arrival, officers began handcuffing the patient when they determined that he needed immediate medical assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police and hospital staff performed livesaving measures, but the patient was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene, the spokesperson said. Police dispatch recordings reviewed by KQED identify the patient as Steven Gaines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical-1020x1427.jpg\" alt=\"Baba Zumbi of Zion I in 2012. \" width=\"640\" height=\"895\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13901318\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical-1020x1427.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical-800x1120.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical-160x224.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical-768x1075.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical-1098x1536.jpg 1098w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zumbi.WEB_.Vertical.jpg 1372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baba Zumbi of Zion I in 2012. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zumbi began releasing music under the Zion I name in 2000 together with DJ and producer Amp Live. Over the next decade and a half, the group released nine full-length albums, plus several mixtapes and collaborations. Amp Live left Zion I in 2015, but the two had reunited this year for an anniversary tour together, scheduled for October. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zumbi was known for weaving a spiritual approach into hip-hop, reflected in his searching, mystical lyrics, and in the title of Zion I’s debut album \u003cem>Mind Over Matter\u003c/em>, which \u003cem>The Source\u003c/em> nominated for Independent Album of the Year in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='pop_28324']Yet Zumbi also understood the streets, as evidenced by \u003cem>Heroes in the City of Dope\u003c/em>, Zion I’s hoodwise 2006 collaboration with The Grouch. Stridently creative and uncomfortable in any box, Zumbi strove for blending different musical styles, notably on the widely varied 2008 album \u003cem>The Take Over\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zumbi was no stranger to the social issues in his music. In 2016, he became a victim of the Bay Area’s housing crisis when he was evicted from his Oakland home, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/28324/on-zion-is-tech-a-housing-crisis-turns-personal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">filmed the video for the song “Tech $” inside his house\u003c/a> as his family packed up belongings into moving boxes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wrote the song out of frustration with trying to find something affordable and being abruptly introduced to skyrocketing rent prices and hordes of people eager to pay,” he told KQED at the time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Zumbi of Zion I performs at the video shoot for 'Human Being,' in 2012.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Zunbi.Videoshoot.Horiz_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zumbi of Zion I performs at the video shoot for ‘Human Being,’ in 2012. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two years later, while wrestling with the deaths of his father, his grandmother and a close friend, Zumbi \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/the-reawakening-of-zion-is-baba-zumbi-2-1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told the \u003cem>East Bay Express\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that he found strength in tai chi and inspiration from his family, including his three kids. In the recording studio, he said, he’d had an epiphany that his deceased loved ones were there in spirit, supporting him. “Now I can never deny the fact that I know that the spirit world is always present,” he said, “and I always have to acknowledge it from here on out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zumbi loved the Bay Area so much that he wrote an ode to the region, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMmZuKUzeXE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Bay\u003c/a>,” and he performed with, collaborated with, and recorded with countless other Bay Area musicians up until his death. In April, he released “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKzKKxnWX5w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Try & Try\u003c/a>,” a collaboration with Fantastic Negrito, and over the past summer had played shows with Mac Mall, San Quinn and Equipto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKzKKxnWX5w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A prolific live performer who toured regularly, Zumbi had also performed with Shock G from Digital Underground, upon whose death Zumbi \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CN_WWgwLmu1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote\u003c/a>: “hip-hop is getting rocked left and right… tears stream down my face as I write this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Instagram post after the death of Biz Markie last month, Zumbi sounded a more somber tone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Feels like an entire generation is leaving us as of late,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland-based visual artist \u003ca href=\"http://www.hungliu.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hung Liu\u003c/a> died over the weekend. She was one of the first Chinese artists to establish a successful career in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu was less than two months shy of opening \u003ca href=\"https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/hung-liu-portraits-promised-lands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a major exhibition\u003c/a> at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.—the institution’s first ever solo show by an Asian American woman—when she was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. She was 73 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The National Portrait Gallery mourns the loss of Hung Liu, whose extraordinary vision reminds us that even in the midst of despair, and when people help each other, there is joy,” said the institution’s director, Kim Sajet, in a statement issued on Monday. “She believed in the power of art and portraiture to change the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/LV8e43K2zCI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu is best known for her massive, detailed portraits of working-class people, often based on photographs and featuring linseed oil washes giving the imagery an ethereal, melting quality. 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And galleries and museums as far afield as Virginia and Maine have featured Liu’s work in exhibitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She spent her career focusing on the dispossessed—people who have been traditionally elided from historical narratives—giving them a voice, giving them a place and foregrounding their stories,” says Janna Keegan, the curator of Liu’s immigration-themed show currently on display at San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/hung-liu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">de Young Museum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13900935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/2021_HUNGLIU_14_5_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/2021_HUNGLIU_14_5_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/2021_HUNGLIU_14_5_1200-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/2021_HUNGLIU_14_5_1200-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/2021_HUNGLIU_14_5_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/2021_HUNGLIU_14_5_1200-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of ‘Hung Liu: Golden Gate (金門)’ at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liu was born in China in 1948 under the Maoist regime. 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In addition to working as an artist, she also taught painting for more than two decades at Mills College, starting in 1990.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though much of her work foregrounded human rights, gender and cultural memory issues over overt political commentary, Liu made national headlines a few of years ago when a prominent arts center in Beijing, the \u003ca href=\"https://ucca.org.cn/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCCA Center for Contemporary Art\u003c/a>, was forced to cancel a major exhibition of Liu’s works after the local authorities declined to issue the necessary import permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Topics that were once relatively open for discussion are now increasingly scrutinized,” Philip Tinari, the UCCA Center’s director, told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/design/china-censorship-arts-hung-liu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>New York Times\u003c/i>\u003c/a> about the show’s late-stage cancellation. “An exhibition that might have been greenlighted a few years ago—such as this one—must now be canceled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Galleries and museums across the country issued statements in response to the artist’s death, such as the Oakland Museum of California, which had a long relationship with Liu. The museum collected her pieces, co-commissioned \u003cem>Going Away, Coming Home\u003c/em>, an installation at the Oakland Airport, and presented a 2013 survey of her work, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/exhibit/summoning-ghosts-art-hung-liu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hung’s work bridged cultures, spanned history, and connected hearts around the world,” wrote Oakland Museum director Lori Fogarty in a statement released on Monday on social media. “Beyond her artistic career and her stunning paintings, Hung was a beloved friend. She was vibrant, funny, playful, and joyous. She was also strong, fierce, and courageous. She was the most generous of people and the hardest working. She painted nearly every day and was continually finding inspiration for her insatiable curiosity and creativity. And she had the ability to make everyone with whom she came in contact feel special and honored. We count ourselves so lucky to have known her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu is survived by her husband, Jeff Kelley, and son, Ling Chen Kelley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/hung-liu-portraits-promised-lands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands\u003c/em>\u003c/a> opens at the National Portrait Gallery on Aug. 27, 2020 and \u003ca href=\"https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/hung-liu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Hung Liu: Golden Gate\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is on display at the de Young Museum through March 13, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The winner will be announced on Sept. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento astrophotographer \u003ca href=\"https://cosmicbackground.io/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew McCarthy\u003c/a> was shortlisted for a piece titled \u003cem>The Magnetic Field of our Active Sun. \u003c/em>McCarthy told the Royal Observatory: “This image shows how the magnetic field pulls up portions of the chromosphere following a large solar flare, with the magnetic field lines on crystal clear display along the limb in Hydrogen-Alpha light.” On \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cosmic_background\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a>, he described the image simply as, “Our star caught in a vulnerable moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-11.47.45-AM-800x798.png\" alt=\"'The Magnetic Field of our Active Sun' by Sacramento photographer Andrew McCarthy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-11.47.45-AM-800x798.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-11.47.45-AM-1020x1017.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-11.47.45-AM-160x160.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-11.47.45-AM-768x766.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-11.47.45-AM.png 1338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Magnetic Field of our Active Sun’ by Sacramento photographer Andrew McCarthy. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @cosmic_background)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCarthy, who was born and raised in California’s capital, recently left a career in software to pursue astrophotography full-time. He says his love of space initially began in childhood, inspired by his father’s telescope. “Nowadays,” he tells KQED, “my peers inspire me. They remind me there is always more to learn and there is an infinite amount of growth potential in [astrophotography].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also shortlisted for the prize is Mountain View resident \u003ca href=\"https://marcinzajac.square.site/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcin Zając\u003c/a>. It’s the third year in a row that Zając has been selected, this time for his stunning \u003cem>Alien Throne\u003c/em> photograph, seen below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM-800x1199.png\" alt=\"'Alien Throne' by Marcin Zając.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1199\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM-800x1199.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM-1020x1529.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM-160x240.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM-768x1151.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM-1025x1536.png 1025w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-03-at-10.39.30-AM.png 1062w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Alien Throne’ by Marcin Zając. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @mrcnzajac)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zając took the ethereal shot in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, during a mid-pandemic camping trip to “the most remote areas” he’d ever visited on American soil. Zając, who is originally from Warsaw, Poland, described his image to the Royal Observatory as “an otherworldly rock spire (also known as a hoodoo), ris[ing] out of the badlands, forming a perfect foreground to the Milky Way galaxy above.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Like most performing artists, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lilthowwow/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lil Thow Wow\u003c/a> couldn’t wait to get back out there. The Oakland DJ, real name Jonathan Anabo, had to put a pause on gigs during the COVID-19 shutdown. Once he was fully vaccinated, and Governor Gavin Newsom lifted California’s restrictions in June, Anabo began spinning records at local bars and venues again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a wake-up call came earlier this month when he started feeling sick and tested positive for COVID-19. He knows of several other breakthrough cases among vaccinated people in his circle. Indeed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11881585/with-the-delta-variant-spreading-fast-is-it-time-to-mask-up-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID cases are rising\u003c/a> nationally and in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fully vaccinated people tend to experience fewer, less severe \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11882027/worried-about-breakthrough-covid-cases-heres-what-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">symptoms, and they typically don’t require hospitalization\u003c/a>. Still, the trend has alarmed health experts, and California public health officials once again recommend masking, regardless of vaccine status, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/vaccine/california-health-officials-join-cdc-recommend-mask-wearing-indoors/509-f052f7e4-bb31-4dd7-8fb2-a91ddc9e396b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all indoor public settings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ever since they dropped the mask mandate and were more lax about it—I feel like they just did it too soon,” Anabo says of the state’s reopening in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anabo is feeling better and has completed his doctor-recommended 10-day quarantine. But as the more contagious \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11881585/with-the-delta-variant-spreading-fast-is-it-time-to-mask-up-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delta variant\u003c/a> continues to spread, he’s resolved to only play outdoor parties for the foreseeable future, and he supports the idea of bars and music venues requiring proof of vaccination for entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would encourage that. How can you be a business, especially a POC business, and you’re endangering your patrons, your workers?” he says, adding that he’s also sympathetic to the financial struggles small venues face. “What will you have left after everybody gets sick?” [aside postid='arts_13898639']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vaccination requirements for businesses has been a controversial topic since California lifted restrictions. In May, Oakland bar and music venue Eli’s Mile High Club became one of the first to require patrons to present vaccine cards at the door along with their IDs. And although the new policy was greeted with relief from many COVID-cautious customers, others slammed the bar on social media and even \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Oakland-Elis-Mile-High-Club-vaccine-card-contact-16189454.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">questioned its punk credibility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Eli’s seems to have been ahead of the curve. Experiences like Anabo’s are why the San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance is now requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for indoor service at its 300 participating bars. And music venues and nightclubs like Rickshaw Stop, Oasis, F8, The Independent and Bill Graham Civic Auditorium are doing the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Venue Coalition (SFVC) and the California chapter of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) haven’t yet adopted a formal position, but organizers say that most of their participating music venues are already either checking vaccine cards and negative COVID tests or are planning on doing so. [aside postid='news_11882487']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very active, developing situation,” says Casey Lowdermilk, the assistant general manager of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco and an organizer with both SFVC and NIVA. Lowdermilk says he supports the San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance’s policy, and is working with other music venue leaders in San Francisco on an official statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are primarily public assembly experts at keeping people safe and healthy,” he adds, noting the way venues have nimbly adapted to threats of mass shootings in previous years. “And that’s not changing with this pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Planet Entertainment, the San Francisco company that operates Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and several other prominent Bay Area venues, checked for vaccination status at a recent show at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre. “There was a very small, vocal group that had objections,” Lowdermilk says. “But I think the wide, wide majority of people get it. They like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900389\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/071521RickshawStop_003-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Strachota, talent buyer at the Rickshaw Stop, says most customers appreciate that the venue requires proof of vaccine for entry. \u003ccite>(Dirk Wise)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>NIVA California lobbyist Alex Torres says many venues in Sacramento and Los Angeles are also starting to admit vaccinated patrons only. In fact, for some places, rather than hamper business, the policy has led to more ticket sales. “In the Northern California, Sacramento Valley region, it’s actually really helped pick up business for some of the local venues because of folks wanting to seek out a safe place to go to a show,” Torres explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a hopeful sign for an industry still struggling from the financial fallout of the pandemic. Dan Strachota, talent buyer at the Rickshaw Stop, says he’s gotten pushback on the policy from a couple of talent agents and anti-vaxxers on Twitter. But for the most part, artists, workers and show-goers appreciate being in an all-vaccinated room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a year with no business, mounting debt and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13898639/further-federal-grant-delays-put-independent-venues-in-dire-straits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">long-delayed federal aid\u003c/a>, the last thing independent venues need is another shutdown, Strachota says. That means we all have a collective responsibility to mitigate the spread of the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re on a precipice again,” Strachota says. “And if we don’t get this done now we’re headed for another shutdown. We’ve gotten hope again. It’d be so horrible to see it dashed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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