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He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College.","userNicename":"jon-brooks","type":"guest-author","nickname":""}],"slug":"6-dark-films-you-probably-havent-seen-but-should-this-summer","title":"6 Dark Films You Probably Haven't Seen But Should This Summer","publishDate":1434049228,"format":"standard","headTitle":"6 Dark Films You Probably Haven’t Seen But Should This Summer | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s summertime and that means the cineplex will be chock full of superheros and other \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/summer-movies-2015-a-calendar-781601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big-budget fare\u003c/a>. But if you’re someone who prefers to while away the months avoiding the hype and exploring some lesser-known titles, here’s an eclectic list of gloomy, back-catalogue films that probably have escaped your notice, and can serve as the perfect antidote for those who like their fun-in-the sun on the dark side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750551\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan in <i>What Happened Was...</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan in \u003ci>What Happened Was…\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What Happened Was…\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1994\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Last year was the 20th anniversary of the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2014/11/10/celebrating-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-greatest-movie-no-one-has-seen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greatest movie practically no one has seen\u003c/a>. When I mentioned to \u003cem>What Happened Was …\u003c/em> producer Ted Hope that I was fan of the film, his reaction was: “You \u003cem>saw\u003c/em> it?” Part of the picture’s obscurity has to do with the fact that it’s never been released on DVD, despite having won the Grand Jury Prize and the screenwriting award at Sundance, and writer/director/star Tom Noonan’s one man tour-de-force of moviemaking is one of the great lost films of contemporary cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film has only two characters and takes place over the course of a single first date, all within the New York City apartment of Jackie (Karen Sillas), a 30-something administrative assistant at a law firm. Her partner in awkwardness is Michael (played by Noonan), an older, morose paralegal. The scenario gives off a whiff of studio rom-com, suggesting a conventionally kooky, opposites-attract time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what gives the film its edge, besides the spellbinding performances, is the destructive way these two recognizable types from any pool of office workers try to navigate the commonplace occurrence of an embarrassing first date. Alternately hilarious and horrifying, their clumsy attempts at normative behavior slowly reveal the kind of trauma many people carry to work along with their microwavable lunches. Noonan avoids the staginess you might typically find in a two-hander set in an apartment by using the camera and inventive blocking to open up the space so that it drips with latent despair. Subliminal sound and visual design add to the mix. And though it’s not available on DVD, you can find it on \u003ca href=\"//www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Was-Tom-Noonan/dp/B006YMMAGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"//itunes.apple.com/us/movie/what-happened-was.../id489789629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes\u003c/a>.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750550\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"<i>Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1971\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Director Melvin Van Peebles said he made \u003cem>Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song\u003c/em> because he didn’t care much for the way movies portrayed African Americans. When asked later by an interviewer to name some of the films he took issue with, he said, “About every damn thing that had a black person in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His film tells the story of a black man on the run from police. It’s most explosive component: the depiction of overt racism and brutality by the LAPD, an issue that has plagued the department and the community it polices for decades. In a typical sequence, cops brutally beat a black man in bed with a white woman. One of them realizes the man is not who they’re looking for. “That’s not him,” he says. “So what?” says his partner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the independently-made \u003cem>Sweetback\u003c/em> is often credited with ushering in the “blaxploitation” genre, it has a much rawer quality than the Hollywood-made films that followed. And as far as style goes, you could call it impressionistic, off-the-wall… You could even call it a travesty. I’ve seen it four times and I still have a hard time figuring out what’s going on. Some audiences weaned on traditional film technique will find it utterly inaccessible, and you can’t always determine what is a piece of experimental brilliance and what is simply a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, there is unmistakable greatness here, not the least of which is an all-time great jazz-funk score by newcomers Earth, Wind and Fire. This is an in-your-face look at institutional racism rarely seen at the movies. As we see Sweetback literally on the run, his flight becomes the central metaphor in a depiction of one man’s attempt to break free from violent racism. “No him, no me,” Dizzy Gillespie once said of Louis Armstrong. In the continuum of African American cinema, \u003cem>Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song\u003c/em> is at the forefront.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750549\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/images-poster-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"<i>Images</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/images-poster-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/images-poster.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susannah York in \u003ci>Images\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Images\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1972\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>The great American movie director Robert Altman is best known for his 1992 film \u003ci>The Player\u003c/i>, the 1970 box office smash \u003cem>M*A*S*H\u003c/em>, and a spate of 1970s critical successes like \u003ci>Nashville\u003c/i>. But one often overlooked Altman work of brilliance is \u003ci>Images\u003c/i>. This is one of those Altman films in which he ditches his ensemble cast, multiple storyline approach and embroiders a tight, focused piece about a housewife experiencing a psychotic break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without cliche or fuss, Altman puts us right inside the head of the lead character, played by Susannah York, depicting her break with reality in an almost understated way. The tension derives from the audience not knowing what she has mistaken for real and what has truly occurred. Is she having sex with her husband or her husband’s friend? Or is it her dead lover, in an incident she has only imagined?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film tinkers with traditional film grammar to mimic the disorienting, dreamlike continuum of action and images in the degenerating reality experienced by a disordered mind. Along the way, Altman manages to score direct hits on male behavior, subtly linking York’s breakdown with the boorishness of her husband and aggressive sexual harassment by his friend. With its haunted Irish countryside, moody Vilmos Zsigmond cinematography, and echoing, clattering, blaring cacophony of a soundtrack, \u003ci>Images\u003c/i> has all the earmarks of a great horror film. Throw in the creepy voiceover of Susannah York reading a children’s story, and there will be chills.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750548\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chiaki Kuriyama in <i>Battle Royale</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750548\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chiaki Kuriyama in \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Battle Royale\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>2000\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>A group of kids is sent to a deserted island to participate in an annual contest in which they are ordered to fight each other to the death, the last one standing winning the right to go home a hero. Sound familiar? While the basic concept describes \u003ci>The Hunger Games\u003c/i>, the scenario was first used in \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i>, a 2000 Japanese movie based on a novel of the same name (later a manga series) and directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film didn’t get a U..S. showing until a limited release in late 2011 and 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Hunger Games\u003c/i> movie franchise may have reaped a billion dollars, but \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i> is a much more interesting work. Despite its grim conceit, the PG-13 violence in \u003cem>Hunger Games\u003c/em> is sanitized, while in \u003cem>Battle Royale,\u003c/em> all bets are off. When the captive class of junior-high age students is first told they have been chosen by lottery to participate in a contest to the death, one of the kids laughs at the preposterous notion. But when the contest facilitator casually pulls out the knife he has hurled into one girl’s forehead, pandemonium ensues — a chaos that mimics what’s occurring to your own sense of what’s acceptable in a movie. Like it or not, there is going to be no audience hand-holding here as this film means business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a well-imagined story of how children might react given the circumstances. Some start killing each other immediately, others treat it as a problem to figure out, some go into denial, and two resist by committing suicide. Throughout, some of the kids can muster only a comical yet utterly realistic helplessness. (One boy asks a classmate with an ax stuck in his head, “You okay?”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some may find the whole thing inherently distasteful, but you have to marvel at the film’s audaciousness. There’s a deep commitment to the mayhem, and an extraordinary mingling of pubescent melodrama, and all its attendant tenderness of emotions, with breakneck action and vicious violence. It’s sort of like the last year of junior high — cliques, grudges, bullying, first-love — only with axes and machine guns. There’s a real poignancy that in the midst of the murderous turmoil, some kids still feel compelled to discuss who has a crush on who.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Quentin Tarantino called \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i> the best film since he started directing in 1992. He said, “If there is any movie that has been made since I’ve been making movies that I wish I had made, it’s that one.” (Tarantino would later use \u003ci>Battle Royale’s\u003c/i> Chiaki Kuriyama in his \u003ci>Kill Bill\u003c/i> series.)\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750547\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Superstar-KAren-CArpenter-400x233.png\" alt=\"<i>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Superstar-KAren-CArpenter-400x233.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Superstar-KAren-CArpenter.png 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1987\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Todd Haynes’ 44-minute film about Karen Carpenter’s losing battle with anorexia nervosa is an underground work in the truest sense. Haynes was unable to secure the rights to the Carpenters music he used throughout the film, and Richard Carpenter, the other half of the musical duo that made so many soft-pop hits in the 70s, threatened Haynes with legal action, citing copyright infringement. In the book \u003cem>Hollywood’s Copyright Wars: From Edison to the Internet\u003c/em>, author Peter Decherney writes, “Superstar is a very rare instance from the 1980s and 1990s in which a work of experimental film and video has been suppressed by copyright law, even by a simple cease and desist letter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the era of online video, the film was shown only at festivals, though you may have been able to get your hands on an Illegal DVD copy. Now, though, you are free to watch it on YouTube and other video sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most prominent thing about Superstar is that the story is told using dolls, an inherently creepy cinematic strategy. One interpretation when watching their lifeless, frozen expressions married to dubbed dialogue is that Haynes is critiquing what he sees as suburban vapidity and the suppression of reality beneath a plastic form. As the duo’s anodyne music plays, Haynes mixes in images of the Vietnam War and Nixon, and he includes a music critic opining that the Carpenters “epitomized for me the return to reactionary values in the 70s. I never trusted them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A combination of lurid biopic, cinematic lark, and bold experiment, the film never comes across as merely campy and disrespectful. Highly watchable despite its experimental bent, Superstar leaves you with a genuine sense of tragedy.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750546\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Young in <i>The Wife</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750546\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-960x666.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Young in \u003ci>The Wife\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Wife\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1995\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>This is Tom Noonan’s follow-up to \u003cem>What Happened Was…\u003c/em> Just watch the fun begin as a mismatched couple drop by the house of a pair of married, New Age therapists, creating total emotional havoc. Noonan plays a shrink without boundaries, wielding extreme passive aggressiveness during the world’s most excruciating dinner. As in \u003cem>What Happened,\u003c/em> the writer/director excels at dramatizing states of barely warded-off despair, tapping into deep wellsprings of loneliness. Much of the drama lies in the reaction shots of the characters, ignoring or shooting knowing looks at one another other while someone else bloviates in absorbed monologue. As everyone get drunker, the stakes are upped, and despite the verbiage, the inability to connect is profound. While \u003ci>The Wife\u003c/i> has its share of self-indulgent directorial elements, the anguish depicted is almost Bergmanesque. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1995. But Noonan’s made only two films since. “It’s disappointing to me I haven’t done more,” he told me last year. “I did \u003cem>What Happened Was… \u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Wife\u003c/em>, and I thought I’ll be doing this for the next 30 years — I’ll be like Woody allen, I’ll make 50 movies.” Still, he’s not totally unappreciated. Cinema polemicist and Boston University film and American studies professor Ray Carney calls Noonan the “\u003ca href=\"http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/other.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greatest living American director\u003c/a>.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here's a list of far-from-hits for those who want something more intellectually stimulating than summer blockbusters and don't need to leave the house. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705046965,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":2092},"headData":{"title":"6 Dark Films You Probably Haven't Seen But Should This Summer | KQED","description":"Here's a list of far-from-hits for those who want something more intellectually stimulating than summer blockbusters and don't need to leave the house. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"6 Dark Films You Probably Haven't Seen But Should This Summer","datePublished":"2015-06-11T19:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:09:25.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10656919/6-dark-films-you-probably-havent-seen-but-should-this-summer","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s summertime and that means the cineplex will be chock full of superheros and other \u003ca href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/summer-movies-2015-a-calendar-781601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big-budget fare\u003c/a>. But if you’re someone who prefers to while away the months avoiding the hype and exploring some lesser-known titles, here’s an eclectic list of gloomy, back-catalogue films that probably have escaped your notice, and can serve as the perfect antidote for those who like their fun-in-the sun on the dark side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750551\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan in <i>What Happened Was...</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/what-happened-was.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan in \u003ci>What Happened Was…\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What Happened Was…\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1994\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Last year was the 20th anniversary of the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2014/11/10/celebrating-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-greatest-movie-no-one-has-seen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greatest movie practically no one has seen\u003c/a>. When I mentioned to \u003cem>What Happened Was …\u003c/em> producer Ted Hope that I was fan of the film, his reaction was: “You \u003cem>saw\u003c/em> it?” Part of the picture’s obscurity has to do with the fact that it’s never been released on DVD, despite having won the Grand Jury Prize and the screenwriting award at Sundance, and writer/director/star Tom Noonan’s one man tour-de-force of moviemaking is one of the great lost films of contemporary cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film has only two characters and takes place over the course of a single first date, all within the New York City apartment of Jackie (Karen Sillas), a 30-something administrative assistant at a law firm. Her partner in awkwardness is Michael (played by Noonan), an older, morose paralegal. The scenario gives off a whiff of studio rom-com, suggesting a conventionally kooky, opposites-attract time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what gives the film its edge, besides the spellbinding performances, is the destructive way these two recognizable types from any pool of office workers try to navigate the commonplace occurrence of an embarrassing first date. Alternately hilarious and horrifying, their clumsy attempts at normative behavior slowly reveal the kind of trauma many people carry to work along with their microwavable lunches. Noonan avoids the staginess you might typically find in a two-hander set in an apartment by using the camera and inventive blocking to open up the space so that it drips with latent despair. Subliminal sound and visual design add to the mix. And though it’s not available on DVD, you can find it on \u003ca href=\"//www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Was-Tom-Noonan/dp/B006YMMAGA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"//itunes.apple.com/us/movie/what-happened-was.../id489789629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes\u003c/a>.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750550\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"<i>Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/sweetSweetback2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1971\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Director Melvin Van Peebles said he made \u003cem>Sweet Sweetback’s Baadassss Song\u003c/em> because he didn’t care much for the way movies portrayed African Americans. When asked later by an interviewer to name some of the films he took issue with, he said, “About every damn thing that had a black person in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His film tells the story of a black man on the run from police. It’s most explosive component: the depiction of overt racism and brutality by the LAPD, an issue that has plagued the department and the community it polices for decades. In a typical sequence, cops brutally beat a black man in bed with a white woman. One of them realizes the man is not who they’re looking for. “That’s not him,” he says. “So what?” says his partner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the independently-made \u003cem>Sweetback\u003c/em> is often credited with ushering in the “blaxploitation” genre, it has a much rawer quality than the Hollywood-made films that followed. And as far as style goes, you could call it impressionistic, off-the-wall… You could even call it a travesty. I’ve seen it four times and I still have a hard time figuring out what’s going on. Some audiences weaned on traditional film technique will find it utterly inaccessible, and you can’t always determine what is a piece of experimental brilliance and what is simply a mistake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, there is unmistakable greatness here, not the least of which is an all-time great jazz-funk score by newcomers Earth, Wind and Fire. This is an in-your-face look at institutional racism rarely seen at the movies. As we see Sweetback literally on the run, his flight becomes the central metaphor in a depiction of one man’s attempt to break free from violent racism. “No him, no me,” Dizzy Gillespie once said of Louis Armstrong. In the continuum of African American cinema, \u003cem>Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song\u003c/em> is at the forefront.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750549\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/images-poster-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"<i>Images</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750549\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/images-poster-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/images-poster.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susannah York in \u003ci>Images\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Images\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1972\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>The great American movie director Robert Altman is best known for his 1992 film \u003ci>The Player\u003c/i>, the 1970 box office smash \u003cem>M*A*S*H\u003c/em>, and a spate of 1970s critical successes like \u003ci>Nashville\u003c/i>. But one often overlooked Altman work of brilliance is \u003ci>Images\u003c/i>. This is one of those Altman films in which he ditches his ensemble cast, multiple storyline approach and embroiders a tight, focused piece about a housewife experiencing a psychotic break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without cliche or fuss, Altman puts us right inside the head of the lead character, played by Susannah York, depicting her break with reality in an almost understated way. The tension derives from the audience not knowing what she has mistaken for real and what has truly occurred. Is she having sex with her husband or her husband’s friend? Or is it her dead lover, in an incident she has only imagined?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film tinkers with traditional film grammar to mimic the disorienting, dreamlike continuum of action and images in the degenerating reality experienced by a disordered mind. Along the way, Altman manages to score direct hits on male behavior, subtly linking York’s breakdown with the boorishness of her husband and aggressive sexual harassment by his friend. With its haunted Irish countryside, moody Vilmos Zsigmond cinematography, and echoing, clattering, blaring cacophony of a soundtrack, \u003ci>Images\u003c/i> has all the earmarks of a great horror film. Throw in the creepy voiceover of Susannah York reading a children’s story, and there will be chills.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750548\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chiaki Kuriyama in <i>Battle Royale</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750548\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale--960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/battle-royale-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chiaki Kuriyama in \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Battle Royale\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>2000\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>A group of kids is sent to a deserted island to participate in an annual contest in which they are ordered to fight each other to the death, the last one standing winning the right to go home a hero. Sound familiar? While the basic concept describes \u003ci>The Hunger Games\u003c/i>, the scenario was first used in \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i>, a 2000 Japanese movie based on a novel of the same name (later a manga series) and directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film didn’t get a U..S. showing until a limited release in late 2011 and 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Hunger Games\u003c/i> movie franchise may have reaped a billion dollars, but \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i> is a much more interesting work. Despite its grim conceit, the PG-13 violence in \u003cem>Hunger Games\u003c/em> is sanitized, while in \u003cem>Battle Royale,\u003c/em> all bets are off. When the captive class of junior-high age students is first told they have been chosen by lottery to participate in a contest to the death, one of the kids laughs at the preposterous notion. But when the contest facilitator casually pulls out the knife he has hurled into one girl’s forehead, pandemonium ensues — a chaos that mimics what’s occurring to your own sense of what’s acceptable in a movie. Like it or not, there is going to be no audience hand-holding here as this film means business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a well-imagined story of how children might react given the circumstances. Some start killing each other immediately, others treat it as a problem to figure out, some go into denial, and two resist by committing suicide. Throughout, some of the kids can muster only a comical yet utterly realistic helplessness. (One boy asks a classmate with an ax stuck in his head, “You okay?”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some may find the whole thing inherently distasteful, but you have to marvel at the film’s audaciousness. There’s a deep commitment to the mayhem, and an extraordinary mingling of pubescent melodrama, and all its attendant tenderness of emotions, with breakneck action and vicious violence. It’s sort of like the last year of junior high — cliques, grudges, bullying, first-love — only with axes and machine guns. There’s a real poignancy that in the midst of the murderous turmoil, some kids still feel compelled to discuss who has a crush on who.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Quentin Tarantino called \u003ci>Battle Royale\u003c/i> the best film since he started directing in 1992. He said, “If there is any movie that has been made since I’ve been making movies that I wish I had made, it’s that one.” (Tarantino would later use \u003ci>Battle Royale’s\u003c/i> Chiaki Kuriyama in his \u003ci>Kill Bill\u003c/i> series.)\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750547\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Superstar-KAren-CArpenter-400x233.png\" alt=\"<i>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Superstar-KAren-CArpenter-400x233.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Superstar-KAren-CArpenter.png 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1987\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Todd Haynes’ 44-minute film about Karen Carpenter’s losing battle with anorexia nervosa is an underground work in the truest sense. Haynes was unable to secure the rights to the Carpenters music he used throughout the film, and Richard Carpenter, the other half of the musical duo that made so many soft-pop hits in the 70s, threatened Haynes with legal action, citing copyright infringement. In the book \u003cem>Hollywood’s Copyright Wars: From Edison to the Internet\u003c/em>, author Peter Decherney writes, “Superstar is a very rare instance from the 1980s and 1990s in which a work of experimental film and video has been suppressed by copyright law, even by a simple cease and desist letter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the era of online video, the film was shown only at festivals, though you may have been able to get your hands on an Illegal DVD copy. Now, though, you are free to watch it on YouTube and other video sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most prominent thing about Superstar is that the story is told using dolls, an inherently creepy cinematic strategy. One interpretation when watching their lifeless, frozen expressions married to dubbed dialogue is that Haynes is critiquing what he sees as suburban vapidity and the suppression of reality beneath a plastic form. As the duo’s anodyne music plays, Haynes mixes in images of the Vietnam War and Nixon, and he includes a music critic opining that the Carpenters “epitomized for me the return to reactionary values in the 70s. I never trusted them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A combination of lurid biopic, cinematic lark, and bold experiment, the film never comes across as merely campy and disrespectful. Highly watchable despite its experimental bent, Superstar leaves you with a genuine sense of tragedy.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10750546\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Young in <i>The Wife</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10750546\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995-960x666.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Wife-1995.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Young in \u003ci>The Wife\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Wife\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>1995\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>This is Tom Noonan’s follow-up to \u003cem>What Happened Was…\u003c/em> Just watch the fun begin as a mismatched couple drop by the house of a pair of married, New Age therapists, creating total emotional havoc. Noonan plays a shrink without boundaries, wielding extreme passive aggressiveness during the world’s most excruciating dinner. As in \u003cem>What Happened,\u003c/em> the writer/director excels at dramatizing states of barely warded-off despair, tapping into deep wellsprings of loneliness. Much of the drama lies in the reaction shots of the characters, ignoring or shooting knowing looks at one another other while someone else bloviates in absorbed monologue. As everyone get drunker, the stakes are upped, and despite the verbiage, the inability to connect is profound. While \u003ci>The Wife\u003c/i> has its share of self-indulgent directorial elements, the anguish depicted is almost Bergmanesque. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1995. But Noonan’s made only two films since. “It’s disappointing to me I haven’t done more,” he told me last year. “I did \u003cem>What Happened Was… \u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Wife\u003c/em>, and I thought I’ll be doing this for the next 30 years — I’ll be like Woody allen, I’ll make 50 movies.” Still, he’s not totally unappreciated. Cinema polemicist and Boston University film and American studies professor Ray Carney calls Noonan the “\u003ca href=\"http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/other.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">greatest living American director\u003c/a>.”\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10656919/6-dark-films-you-probably-havent-seen-but-should-this-summer","authors":["128436"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_74"],"tags":["arts_1006","arts_596"],"featImg":"arts_10752731","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10636005":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10636005","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10636005","score":null,"sort":[1433962818000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"embracing-an-outrageous-lovely-scene-not-to-miss-queer-events","title":"Embracing an Outrageous & Lovely Scene: Not-To-Miss Queer Events","publishDate":1433962818,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Embracing an Outrageous & Lovely Scene: Not-To-Miss Queer Events | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>As spring gives way to summer and the days grow warmer and longer, thousands around the Bay Area will be gearing up for Gay Pride and tons of other opportunities to celebrate our outrageous, lovely and creative queer community. From trans women of color sharing hilarious tales, to queer men and women telling stories of migration from the Dirty South through performance art; there is no shortage of accessible, engaging events to check out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This list of such events, however, is certainly not comprehensive, but serves as a highlight of who, where and what folks should experience this June. Many of the events listed here are free or affordable, and I’d be shocked if anyone was turned away for lack of funds. Also, most of them provide scent-free seating areas, language interpretation and the best of what our queer community has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10735898\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10735898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-800x450.jpg\" alt=\" Miho Aida's “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” screens at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miho Aida’s “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” screens at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>11\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 12-14\u003cbr>\nQueer Women of Color Media Arts Project\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/film-festival/schedule/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>One of the most anticipated Bay Area film events is the 11th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival in San Francisco. For three days, audiences will have access to documentary films covering a variety of topics ranging from interracial coupling, body love, immigration and everything in between. The festival also features comedies, dramas, experimental film and more. With a total of 39 flicks, the festival is the best deal in the Bay as it’s completely free!\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10735899\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10735899\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration-478x600.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Edjukated Rebel Brice performs at "Y'all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration"\" width=\"478\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration-478x600.jpg 478w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration-400x503.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Edjukated Rebel Brice performs at “Y’all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Y’all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 13\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco LGBT Community Center\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.yallcomebackshow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>There is an assumption that the South is full of scary, right-wing bible thumpers, but if you think about it, not all of the queer community in San Francisco were born near The Bay. Y’all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration hopes to expose the rest of us to the “real queer” South through a visual art show (June 1- July 17) and two performances on June 13. Also, the event is not just tales of getting out but includes stories of queers heading to the South as well. It is sure to be an educational experience for all.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10741363\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Black-dont-crack-400x224.jpg\" alt=\"Black Don't Crack flyer\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10741363\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Black-dont-crack-400x224.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Black-dont-crack.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Don’t Crack flyer\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Black Don’t Crack \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 18\u003cbr>\nAfrican American Art & Culture Complex\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/816222501792567/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Congregation of Liberation composed an interdisciplinary musical theater production that uses humor and drama to shed some positive light on the alliances between marginalized communities of color and the queer community. The performance serves as a healing tool as well as an act of resistance against racism and homophobia, using art as a path to collective liberation and community building.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10736036\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10736036\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Wang reads at RADAR Production's #QueerFail Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Wang reads at RADAR Production’s #QueerFail Festival\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>RADAR Productions #QUEERFAIL Festival \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 15-21\u003cbr>\nVarious locations in San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.radarproductions.org/reading-series/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>If the literary arts are your cup of tea, you won’t want to miss this fabulous Queer Fail series in June. Themed around “queer failure,” or as RADAR puts it, “the unique history of queer anti-assimilation and also just straight-up FAILURE to be polite, to be a tool, to be on time,” the festival offers a series of readings. The June 17 \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1071305416216886/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superstar\u003c/a> event features Jackie Wang, Maggie Nelson, CAConrad and Christopher Soto (aka Loma). Other events feature Sarah Fontaine, Lovewarz, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Brontez Purnell, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Manish Vaidya, Cate White and more!\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10741365\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/CPA-GSD-41-400x267.jpeg\" alt=\"Example from <i>Stories of the Spectrum</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10741365\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/CPA-GSD-41-400x267.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/CPA-GSD-41.jpeg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example from \u003ci>Stories of the Spectrum\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Stories of the Spectrum Photo Exhibit\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 22 reception (exhibit runs June 1 – July 17)\u003cbr>\nLGBT Community Center\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcenter.org/programs/gallery-shows/stories-spectrum-photo-exhibit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>While the “coming out” story of Caitlyn Jenner has been inspiring, it is certainly not representative of many trans people’s experiences. An upcoming exhibit in San Francisco offers a peak at some of the varied experience local youth have in the Bay Area. The Chinese Progressive Association and the Queer Cultural Center hosts \u003cem>Stories of the Spectrum\u003c/em>, a photography exhibit which documents queer and gender non-conforming people of color and their allies in the Bay Area at San Francisco’s LGBT Community center. The youth-led project defies stereotypes and is free of charge.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Summer is here and the Bay Area is coming alive with opportunities to enjoy the work of our beloved queer community.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705046972,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":750},"headData":{"title":"Embracing an Outrageous & Lovely Scene: Not-To-Miss Queer Events | KQED","description":"Summer is here and the Bay Area is coming alive with opportunities to enjoy the work of our beloved queer community.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Embracing an Outrageous & Lovely Scene: Not-To-Miss Queer Events","datePublished":"2015-06-10T19:00:18.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:09:32.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10636005/embracing-an-outrageous-lovely-scene-not-to-miss-queer-events","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As spring gives way to summer and the days grow warmer and longer, thousands around the Bay Area will be gearing up for Gay Pride and tons of other opportunities to celebrate our outrageous, lovely and creative queer community. From trans women of color sharing hilarious tales, to queer men and women telling stories of migration from the Dirty South through performance art; there is no shortage of accessible, engaging events to check out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This list of such events, however, is certainly not comprehensive, but serves as a highlight of who, where and what folks should experience this June. Many of the events listed here are free or affordable, and I’d be shocked if anyone was turned away for lack of funds. Also, most of them provide scent-free seating areas, language interpretation and the best of what our queer community has to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10735898\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10735898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-800x450.jpg\" alt=\" Miho Aida's “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” screens at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/The-Sacred-Place-where-life-begins-by-Miho-Aida.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miho Aida’s “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” screens at the Queer Women of Color Film Festival\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>11\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 12-14\u003cbr>\nQueer Women of Color Media Arts Project\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.qwocmap.org/festival/film-festival/schedule/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>One of the most anticipated Bay Area film events is the 11th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival in San Francisco. For three days, audiences will have access to documentary films covering a variety of topics ranging from interracial coupling, body love, immigration and everything in between. The festival also features comedies, dramas, experimental film and more. With a total of 39 flicks, the festival is the best deal in the Bay as it’s completely free!\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10735899\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10735899\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration-478x600.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Edjukated Rebel Brice performs at "Y'all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration"\" width=\"478\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration-478x600.jpg 478w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration-400x503.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Gary-Edjukated-Rebel-Brice-q-southern-migration.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Edjukated Rebel Brice performs at “Y’all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Y’all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 13\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco LGBT Community Center\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.yallcomebackshow.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>There is an assumption that the South is full of scary, right-wing bible thumpers, but if you think about it, not all of the queer community in San Francisco were born near The Bay. Y’all Come Back: Stories of Queer Southern Migration hopes to expose the rest of us to the “real queer” South through a visual art show (June 1- July 17) and two performances on June 13. Also, the event is not just tales of getting out but includes stories of queers heading to the South as well. It is sure to be an educational experience for all.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10741363\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Black-dont-crack-400x224.jpg\" alt=\"Black Don't Crack flyer\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10741363\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Black-dont-crack-400x224.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Black-dont-crack.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Don’t Crack flyer\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Black Don’t Crack \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 18\u003cbr>\nAfrican American Art & Culture Complex\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/816222501792567/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Congregation of Liberation composed an interdisciplinary musical theater production that uses humor and drama to shed some positive light on the alliances between marginalized communities of color and the queer community. The performance serves as a healing tool as well as an act of resistance against racism and homophobia, using art as a path to collective liberation and community building.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10736036\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10736036\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jackie Wang reads at RADAR Production's #QueerFail Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Jackie-wang-RADAR-queerfail-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Wang reads at RADAR Production’s #QueerFail Festival\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>RADAR Productions #QUEERFAIL Festival \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 15-21\u003cbr>\nVarious locations in San Francisco\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.radarproductions.org/reading-series/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>If the literary arts are your cup of tea, you won’t want to miss this fabulous Queer Fail series in June. Themed around “queer failure,” or as RADAR puts it, “the unique history of queer anti-assimilation and also just straight-up FAILURE to be polite, to be a tool, to be on time,” the festival offers a series of readings. The June 17 \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1071305416216886/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superstar\u003c/a> event features Jackie Wang, Maggie Nelson, CAConrad and Christopher Soto (aka Loma). Other events feature Sarah Fontaine, Lovewarz, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Brontez Purnell, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Manish Vaidya, Cate White and more!\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10741365\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/CPA-GSD-41-400x267.jpeg\" alt=\"Example from <i>Stories of the Spectrum</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10741365\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/CPA-GSD-41-400x267.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/CPA-GSD-41.jpeg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example from \u003ci>Stories of the Spectrum\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Stories of the Spectrum Photo Exhibit\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 22 reception (exhibit runs June 1 – July 17)\u003cbr>\nLGBT Community Center\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcenter.org/programs/gallery-shows/stories-spectrum-photo-exhibit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>While the “coming out” story of Caitlyn Jenner has been inspiring, it is certainly not representative of many trans people’s experiences. An upcoming exhibit in San Francisco offers a peak at some of the varied experience local youth have in the Bay Area. The Chinese Progressive Association and the Queer Cultural Center hosts \u003cem>Stories of the Spectrum\u003c/em>, a photography exhibit which documents queer and gender non-conforming people of color and their allies in the Bay Area at San Francisco’s LGBT Community center. The youth-led project defies stereotypes and is free of charge.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10636005/embracing-an-outrageous-lovely-scene-not-to-miss-queer-events","authors":["3216"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_968","arts_69","arts_1003","arts_967"],"tags":["arts_1006","arts_596"],"featImg":"arts_10735897","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10666881":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10666881","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10666881","score":null,"sort":[1433541649000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"beach-reads-for-rebels-5-alternatives-to-the-average-summer-thriller","title":"Beach Reads for Rebels: 5 Alternatives to the Average Summer Thriller","publishDate":1433541649,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Beach Reads for Rebels: 5 Alternatives to the Average Summer Thriller | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a few summer vacations ago, I gave up on trudging through heavyweight classics when the July sun hits peak power. Because, let’s face it, \u003ci>The Brothers Karamazov \u003c/i>and lounging next to the pool on a perfectly warm day just don’t mix. At the same time, unless you’re looking to a totally mindless reading experience, the formula thriller and romance books don’t often cut it. What about novels that balance page-turning tension with a sense of the literary? To that end, here’s a list of alternative “thrillers” (for most of these push the boundaries of the thriller) set for release in late spring and early summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666885\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 254px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666885\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/GhostNetwork.jpg\" alt=\"The Ghost Network\" width=\"254\" height=\"346\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ghost Network\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Ghost Network\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Catie Disabato\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 680px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Melville House has a reputation for publishing boundary blurring literature and \u003ci>The Ghost Network \u003c/i>doesn’t break from that tradition. Debut novelist Catie Disabato has created a plot that moves forward at a thriller-like pace, only to break form for meanders through, say, the history of the Situationists, or the Chicago Transit Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The story opens after the mysterious disappearance of two women: Molly Metropolis and Cait Taer. Metropolis is a Lady Gaga-esque figure, an international pop star with more than a few secrets, including an obsession with the murky New Situationists. Taer is a struggling music journalist with a major Metropolis fixation. After months of retracing Molly’s last days, Taer “drowns” during a drunken outing on Lake Michigan. At the heart of \u003cem>The Ghost Network\u003c/em> dwells a mystery, one told with through a split, foot-noted narrative and pieced together bits from journals, interviews, and addendums. As multiple narrators try to decipher exactly what happened to Molly Metropolis, who disappears one afternoon before one of the biggest performances of her biggest tour to date, the reader is taken along for a bumpy, challenging narrative ride, one that’s worth taking until the end of the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666886\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/blondes-cover-400x604.jpg\" alt=\"The Blondes\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blondes\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Blondes\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Emily Schultz\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Emily Schultz’s third novel takes something as innocuous as hair color and turns the whole thing on its head. \u003cem>The Blondes\u003c/em> starts with a seemingly absurd premise: What if a terrible epidemic hit most of the blondes in the world, natural and dyed, turning them into rabid, violent beasts? At the novel’s center is Hazel Hayes, a red-headed Canadian grad student and recent arrival to Manhattan, there to finish her thesis, and escape a sad affair with her graduate adviser. Soon, she finds out she’s pregnant. Then, when a blonde businesswoman attacks a young female student at a subway station, without any provocation, Hazel witnesses the first attack of what will come to be known as “The Blonde Fury.” What seems like an isolated incident turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying worldwide epidemic. As Hayes attempts to journey home, she gets locked in a detention center for blonde women (and in-betweeners like herself) and witnesses a few more terrible incidents, including a heart-racing eruption involving a trove of killer flight attendants at JFK airport. The books drags at points, but for the most part, it’s rollicking breakneck satire, with a satisfying arc.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666887\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 231px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/theangermeridian.jpg\" alt=\"The Anger Meridian\" width=\"231\" height=\"346\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Anger Meridian\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Anger Meridian \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Kaylie Jones\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 680px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cem>The Anger Meridian\u003c/em> opens with high drama. Merryn Huntley, a Dallas housewife married to a wealthy real estate mogul, is awakened by the local police with news that her husband, along with his young mistress, has been killed in a car accident. From the start, Huntley comes across as an unreliable narrator, which adds an extra layer of tension to the book. Did Merryn know about the affair before hand? Did she know about her husband’s shady business dealings and the millions of missing dollars hidden in a secret account? Within a few pages, she’s escaped with her nine-year-old daughter, to stay with her despotic, ex-pat mother in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It’s there that Merryn must come to terms with her husband’s true nature, as well as that of her beloved mother “Bibi.” The novel may follow the typical formula found in many romance-tinged thrillers (the handsome doctor who falls madly in love with Merryn at first sight, for example), but it maintains a lovely sense of place and character. There is a psychological depth to the story, especially in regards to a keen focus on mother and daughter relationships. Underlying this is a compelling mystery and a sense of tension that will keep readers moving fast through the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 396px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666888\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Theliminalwar.gif\" alt=\"The Liminal War\" width=\"396\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Theliminalwar.gif 396w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Theliminalwar-388x600.gif 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liminal War\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Liminal War \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Ayize Jama-Everett\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>In the installment of his Liminal trilogy, Bay Area author Ayize Jama-Everett continues a rough-neck ride through a dystopian landscape as seen through the eyes of Taggert, a mercenary turned healer. Taggert’s adopted daughter Prentis has disappeared, most likely stolen away by his nemesis Norden. Taggert and his powerful Liminal daughter Tamara (within the first few pages she mentally knocks out half of London’s population after finding out about Prentis’ kidnapping) are determined to rescue their kin by any means necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liminals are a fascinating bunch and their ability to fluctuate dramatically between good and evil sets the book on a narrative tightrope. Explains Taggert: “Liminals – folks like myself, born with a variety of abilities and skills – tend to be . . . difficult. With no template of appropriate behavior, a Liminal with the ability to enter dreams can be a fairy godmother or a psychic racist. My brother, with hard telekinetic abilities, chose the latter route.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 680px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Like Ursula K. LeGuin and Octavia Butler before him, Jama-Everett has a knack for braiding issues of spirituality and race throughout a compelling fantasy landscape. It wouldn’t hurt to read the first book in the trilogy, \u003cem>The Liminal People,\u003c/em> to get background on this compelling group of characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666889\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 228px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666889\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/sunlitnight.jpg\" alt=\"The Sunlit Night\" width=\"228\" height=\"346\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sunlit Night\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Sunlit Night\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Rebecca Dinerstein\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Okay, \u003cem>The Sunlit Night\u003c/em> isn’t really a thriller in the truest sense (no dead bodies or mysterious disappearances to solve), but it is, as Jonathan Safran Foer enthuses on the cover, “as psychologically rich as a thriller.” From the opening line, the novel, a first for poet Rebecca Dinerstein, is hard to put down. Here, the reader is introduced to Frances, an art student at the tail end of a three-month long affair that ends with a whimper not a bang. On returning to her parent’s tiny Manhattan apartment, where Frances and her sister share a tiny bedroom, she learns that her family is about to be blown apart by separation and marriage. Told in gorgeous, taut prose, Dinerstein sends Frances on a journey to the far north, to Lofoten, a tiny island in the Norwegian Sea, miles north of the Arctic Circle. “It was May, and I was interested in getting all of my light in one night-less season. Then hanging onto it. That’s what I needed, I thought, a lesson in either light-making, or light keeping,” thinks Frances, before embarking on her adventure. In those cold climes, Frances meets Yasha, a young baker from Brighton Beach. As too be expected, the two find solace in each other, and in the prospect of connection sans agony and alienation.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Not all books are meant to be read while you're sitting poolside. We made a list of books that you would enjoy under the sun but might not be obvious for such relaxing activities.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047001,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":8,"wordCount":1262},"headData":{"title":"Beach Reads for Rebels: 5 Alternatives to the Average Summer Thriller | KQED","description":"Not all books are meant to be read while you're sitting poolside. We made a list of books that you would enjoy under the sun but might not be obvious for such relaxing activities.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Beach Reads for Rebels: 5 Alternatives to the Average Summer Thriller","datePublished":"2015-06-05T22:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:10:01.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10666881/beach-reads-for-rebels-5-alternatives-to-the-average-summer-thriller","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than a few summer vacations ago, I gave up on trudging through heavyweight classics when the July sun hits peak power. Because, let’s face it, \u003ci>The Brothers Karamazov \u003c/i>and lounging next to the pool on a perfectly warm day just don’t mix. At the same time, unless you’re looking to a totally mindless reading experience, the formula thriller and romance books don’t often cut it. What about novels that balance page-turning tension with a sense of the literary? To that end, here’s a list of alternative “thrillers” (for most of these push the boundaries of the thriller) set for release in late spring and early summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666885\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 254px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666885\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/GhostNetwork.jpg\" alt=\"The Ghost Network\" width=\"254\" height=\"346\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ghost Network\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Ghost Network\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Catie Disabato\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 680px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Melville House has a reputation for publishing boundary blurring literature and \u003ci>The Ghost Network \u003c/i>doesn’t break from that tradition. Debut novelist Catie Disabato has created a plot that moves forward at a thriller-like pace, only to break form for meanders through, say, the history of the Situationists, or the Chicago Transit Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The story opens after the mysterious disappearance of two women: Molly Metropolis and Cait Taer. Metropolis is a Lady Gaga-esque figure, an international pop star with more than a few secrets, including an obsession with the murky New Situationists. Taer is a struggling music journalist with a major Metropolis fixation. After months of retracing Molly’s last days, Taer “drowns” during a drunken outing on Lake Michigan. At the heart of \u003cem>The Ghost Network\u003c/em> dwells a mystery, one told with through a split, foot-noted narrative and pieced together bits from journals, interviews, and addendums. As multiple narrators try to decipher exactly what happened to Molly Metropolis, who disappears one afternoon before one of the biggest performances of her biggest tour to date, the reader is taken along for a bumpy, challenging narrative ride, one that’s worth taking until the end of the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666886\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/blondes-cover-400x604.jpg\" alt=\"The Blondes\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blondes\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Blondes\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Emily Schultz\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Emily Schultz’s third novel takes something as innocuous as hair color and turns the whole thing on its head. \u003cem>The Blondes\u003c/em> starts with a seemingly absurd premise: What if a terrible epidemic hit most of the blondes in the world, natural and dyed, turning them into rabid, violent beasts? At the novel’s center is Hazel Hayes, a red-headed Canadian grad student and recent arrival to Manhattan, there to finish her thesis, and escape a sad affair with her graduate adviser. Soon, she finds out she’s pregnant. Then, when a blonde businesswoman attacks a young female student at a subway station, without any provocation, Hazel witnesses the first attack of what will come to be known as “The Blonde Fury.” What seems like an isolated incident turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying worldwide epidemic. As Hayes attempts to journey home, she gets locked in a detention center for blonde women (and in-betweeners like herself) and witnesses a few more terrible incidents, including a heart-racing eruption involving a trove of killer flight attendants at JFK airport. The books drags at points, but for the most part, it’s rollicking breakneck satire, with a satisfying arc.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666887\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 231px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/theangermeridian.jpg\" alt=\"The Anger Meridian\" width=\"231\" height=\"346\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Anger Meridian\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Anger Meridian \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Kaylie Jones\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 680px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cem>The Anger Meridian\u003c/em> opens with high drama. Merryn Huntley, a Dallas housewife married to a wealthy real estate mogul, is awakened by the local police with news that her husband, along with his young mistress, has been killed in a car accident. From the start, Huntley comes across as an unreliable narrator, which adds an extra layer of tension to the book. Did Merryn know about the affair before hand? Did she know about her husband’s shady business dealings and the millions of missing dollars hidden in a secret account? Within a few pages, she’s escaped with her nine-year-old daughter, to stay with her despotic, ex-pat mother in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It’s there that Merryn must come to terms with her husband’s true nature, as well as that of her beloved mother “Bibi.” The novel may follow the typical formula found in many romance-tinged thrillers (the handsome doctor who falls madly in love with Merryn at first sight, for example), but it maintains a lovely sense of place and character. There is a psychological depth to the story, especially in regards to a keen focus on mother and daughter relationships. Underlying this is a compelling mystery and a sense of tension that will keep readers moving fast through the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 396px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666888\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Theliminalwar.gif\" alt=\"The Liminal War\" width=\"396\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Theliminalwar.gif 396w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Theliminalwar-388x600.gif 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liminal War\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Liminal War \u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Ayize Jama-Everett\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>In the installment of his Liminal trilogy, Bay Area author Ayize Jama-Everett continues a rough-neck ride through a dystopian landscape as seen through the eyes of Taggert, a mercenary turned healer. Taggert’s adopted daughter Prentis has disappeared, most likely stolen away by his nemesis Norden. Taggert and his powerful Liminal daughter Tamara (within the first few pages she mentally knocks out half of London’s population after finding out about Prentis’ kidnapping) are determined to rescue their kin by any means necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liminals are a fascinating bunch and their ability to fluctuate dramatically between good and evil sets the book on a narrative tightrope. Explains Taggert: “Liminals – folks like myself, born with a variety of abilities and skills – tend to be . . . difficult. With no template of appropriate behavior, a Liminal with the ability to enter dreams can be a fairy godmother or a psychic racist. My brother, with hard telekinetic abilities, chose the latter route.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 680px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Like Ursula K. LeGuin and Octavia Butler before him, Jama-Everett has a knack for braiding issues of spirituality and race throughout a compelling fantasy landscape. It wouldn’t hurt to read the first book in the trilogy, \u003cem>The Liminal People,\u003c/em> to get background on this compelling group of characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10666889\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 228px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10666889\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/sunlitnight.jpg\" alt=\"The Sunlit Night\" width=\"228\" height=\"346\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sunlit Night\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Sunlit Night\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>By Rebecca Dinerstein\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Okay, \u003cem>The Sunlit Night\u003c/em> isn’t really a thriller in the truest sense (no dead bodies or mysterious disappearances to solve), but it is, as Jonathan Safran Foer enthuses on the cover, “as psychologically rich as a thriller.” From the opening line, the novel, a first for poet Rebecca Dinerstein, is hard to put down. Here, the reader is introduced to Frances, an art student at the tail end of a three-month long affair that ends with a whimper not a bang. On returning to her parent’s tiny Manhattan apartment, where Frances and her sister share a tiny bedroom, she learns that her family is about to be blown apart by separation and marriage. Told in gorgeous, taut prose, Dinerstein sends Frances on a journey to the far north, to Lofoten, a tiny island in the Norwegian Sea, miles north of the Arctic Circle. “It was May, and I was interested in getting all of my light in one night-less season. Then hanging onto it. That’s what I needed, I thought, a lesson in either light-making, or light keeping,” thinks Frances, before embarking on her adventure. In those cold climes, Frances meets Yasha, a young baker from Brighton Beach. As too be expected, the two find solace in each other, and in the prospect of connection sans agony and alienation.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10666881/beach-reads-for-rebels-5-alternatives-to-the-average-summer-thriller","authors":["3224"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_73"],"tags":["arts_1006","arts_596"],"featImg":"arts_10666883","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10653874":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10653874","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10653874","score":null,"sort":[1433455205000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"nine-plays-you-shouldnt-miss-this-summer","title":"Nine Plays You Shouldn't Miss this Summer","publishDate":1433455205,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Nine Plays You Shouldn’t Miss this Summer | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>There’s a ton of hot plays going on this summer, so grab a Slurpee and head down to your nearest performing arts space to catch the heat from one of the nine theater events in our summer theater guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653884\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653884\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo.jpg\" alt=\"Playwright Caryl Churchill. (Photo: Courtesy of American Conservatory Theater)\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo-400x301.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo-799x600.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playwright Caryl Churchill. (Photo by Courtesy of American Conservatory Theater)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Love and Information\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 3–August 9\u003cbr>\nAmerican Conservatory Theater (Strand Theater, 1127 Market Street, San Francisco)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/mainstage/love_and_information.highResolutionDisplay.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>After three years of anticipation, ACT has reopened the former grungy movie theater known as the Strand as an elegant, live-performance arts space. The company is breaking in its new venue with the West Coast premiere of another challenging work by one of the greatest living playwrights, Caryl Churchill. \u003cem>Love and Information\u003c/em> is a fast-paced series of 57 vignettes ranging from five seconds to five minutes apiece. They feature 140 characters in conversations touching on the tension between privacy and easy access to information in our technological age.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653878\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653878\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA-787x1180.jpg\" alt=\"Bahni Tupin stars in California: The Tempest. (Photo: Megan Wanlass)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA-787x1180.jpg 787w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bahni Tupin stars in \u003ci>California: The Tempest.\u003c/i> (Photo by Megan Wanlass)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>California: The Tempest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 4–6\u003cbr>\nCornerstone Theater Company (Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://zspace.org/new-work/california-the-tempest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles’ Cornerstone Theater Company specializes in community-based theater in which the artists embed themselves in a particular population and talk to locals about their challenges and concerns. They then use this information to create new plays representing people whose voices aren’t often heard on stage. \u003cem>California: The Tempest\u003c/em> is an epic project that’s spanned the last decade. Each summer during that period, the creators spent a month in a different California region. Playwright Alison Carey wove the experiences of those ten communities together with a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s \u003cem>The Tempest\u003c/em> to create a theatrical event that embeds contemporary Californian themes into a timeless play.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653879\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653879\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Van Dyke, Jelani Alladin, Jaysen Wright, Rotimi Agbabiaka and Dimitri Woods star in the Bay Area premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo: Ed Smith)\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Van Dyke, Jelani Alladin, Jaysen Wright, Rotimi Agbabiaka and Dimitri Woods star in the Bay Area premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s \u003ci>Choir Boy\u003c/i> at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo by Ed Smith)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Choir Boy\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 4–28\u003cbr>\nMarin Theatre Company (397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.marintheatre.org/productions/choir-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>In 2010, playwright and MacArthur “Genius” grant award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney made his Bay Area debut with an unprecedented three-theater presentation of his lyrical, folklore-steeped trilogy \u003cem>The Brother/Sister Plays\u003c/em>. McCraney returned to the Bay Area this April with his take on the Book of Job, \u003cem>Head of Passes,\u003c/em> at Berkeley Rep. And now he’s back at Marin with an intimate gospel-infused drama about power struggles, nepotism and homophobia in an elite prep school choir.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653885\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653885\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel (Tim Green) and Tupolski (Aaron Murphy) interrogate Katurian (Justin Gillman) in The Pillowman. (Photo: Alandra Hileman)\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel (Tim Green) and Tupolski (Aaron Murphy) interrogate Katurian (Justin Gillman) in \u003ci>The Pillowman.\u003c/i> (Photo by Alandra Hileman)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Pillowman\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 12–27\u003cbr>\nThe Breadbox (EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.breadboxtheatre.org/#!buy-tickets/c1gcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>All of Martin McDonagh’s early work is set in Ireland. The first time the Anglo-Irish dramatist turned his attention elsewhere was in 2003 with\u003cem> The Pillowman\u003c/em>, which takes place in a non-specific totalitarian regime. In this eerie and darkly funny thriller, an author of children’s books is interrogated about alleged ties between his fairy tales and a series of gruesome murders. Berkeley Rep gave the play a stunning production in 2007, and now an ambitious new company, the Breadbox, takes on the pitch-black comedy in the intimate confines of the EXIT Stage Left.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653880\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653880\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit.jpg\" alt=\"Mary (Amy Resnick) and Ben (Jeff Garrett) throw a backyard barbecue in Aurora Theatre Company's Bay Area premiere of Detroit. (Photo: David Allen)\" width=\"800\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit-400x303.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit-792x600.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary (Amy Resnick) and Ben (Jeff Garrett) throw a backyard barbecue in Aurora Theatre Company’s Bay Area premiere of \u003ci>Detroit\u003c/i>. (Photo by David Allen)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Detroit\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 19 – July 19\u003cbr>\nAurora Theatre Company (2081 Addison Street, Berkeley)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://auroratheatre.org/index.php?option=com_theatre&view=show&id=104&Itemid=655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>A 2011 Pulitzer finalist and 2013 Obie Award winner for best new American play,\u003cem> Detroit\u003c/em> may or may not be set in Detroit. What matters is that Lisa D’Amour’s sharp satire explores the sense of neighborly disconnection in a “first-ring” suburb right outside a midsize American city. New next-door neighbors strike up an awkward friendship that quickly uncovers how barely they’re all hanging on to their sense of normalcy and the surreal unease lying just beneath the surface of suburban life.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653882\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10653882 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2-787x1180.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Gene Sullivan (Malcolm Haywood), George P. Scott (Tyler Haywood), Lisa Hori-Garcia (Cop), Hugo E Carbajal (Cop) in Freedomland. (Photo: DavidAllenStudio.com)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2-787x1180.jpg 787w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Gene Sullivan (Malcolm Haywood), George P. Scott (Tyler Haywood), Lisa Hori-Garcia (Cop), Hugo E Carbajal (Cop) in \u003ci>Freedomland.\u003c/i>(Photo by DavidAllenStudio.com)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Freedomland\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 4 – Sept. 7\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Mime Troupe (various Bay Area parks)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmt.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Every Fourth of July, the Mime Troupe unveils a new musical political satire in Dolores Park that they later tour all over the Bay Area, and it’s practically a duty of citizenship to check it out. The 56-year-old theatrical collective picks a different hot-button issue each year to try to get people off their butts and do something. This year, it’s police culture and the growing problem of “innocent until proven guilty,” especially where people of color are concerned, combined with the timeworn issue of the War on Drugs. This is dark and disturbing territory to explore, but writer Michael Gene Sullivan and the troupe do it with broad musical comedy. Just to give you a taste, the name of the fictional drug du jour is “snorf.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653883\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653883\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream.jpg\" alt=\"Sean San Jose plays the imprisoned prince Segismundo in Life Is a Dream. (Photo: Courtesy of California Shakespeare Theater)\" width=\"800\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream-400x447.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream-537x600.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean San Jose plays the imprisoned prince Segismundo in \u003ci>Life Is a Dream\u003c/i>. (Photo: Courtesy of California Shakespeare Theater)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Life Is a Dream\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 8 – Aug. 2\u003cbr>\nCalifornia Shakespeare Theater (Bruns Amphitheater, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.calshakes.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>For the last 15 years, California Shakespeare Theater has increased its output of modern classics and even the occasional new play to compliment the expected fare of William Shakespeare’s greatest hits. \u003cem>Life Is a Dream\u003c/em> fits into none of these categories; it’s a Spanish classic that’s roughly contemporary with Shakespeare’s own time. Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 1635 drama is about a prince of Poland who was imprisoned by his father because of a bad omen that predicts the prince will destroy the kingdom. And of course there’s a woman dressed as a man on a quest for vengeance against the guy who dumped her, because every 17th-century play needs that sort of thing. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz (\u003cem>Anna in the Tropics\u003c/em>) has adapted the play, which features an unusually and refreshingly diverse cast of great local actors.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653886\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle-787x1180.jpg\" alt=\"Triangle kicks off TheatreWorks' 2015-16 season. (Photo: Courtesy of TheatreWorks)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle-787x1180.jpg 787w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Triangle\u003c/i> kicks off TheatreWorks’ 2015-16 season. (Photo: Courtesy of TheatreWorks)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Triangle\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 8 – Aug. 2\u003cbr>\nTheatreWorks (Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.theatreworks.org/shows/1516-season/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>A musical about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 garment workers in 1911? Not the most intuitive choice. But a workshop version of Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore and Joshua Scher’s musical was a hit at TheatreWorks’ 2012 New Works Festival, and now its world premiere kicks off the company’s 2015-16 season. A high-tech scientist in the present finds out that his lab in New York City was the site of the infamous industrial accident and unearths his own connection to some of its Jewish immigrant casualties as parallel stories unfold in the past and present. Oh, and it’s a love story, too!\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653888\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1.jpg\" alt=\"Flyer art for Shotgun Players' Eurydice. (Illustration: R. Black)\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1-400x313.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1-767x600.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flyer art for Shotgun Players’ \u003ci>Eurydice\u003c/i>. (Illustration: R. Black)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Eurydice\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Aug. 20 – Sept. 20\u003cbr>\nShotgun Players (Ashby Stage, 1920 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/eurydice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Part of Shotgun Players’ season of works by women playwrights, \u003cem>Eurydice \u003c/em> has been done by a number of local theaters since the Berkeley Repertory Theatre introduced the Bay Area to playwright Sarah Ruhl’s work with a luminous 2004 production. But given the strong theatrical vision of director Erika Chong Shuch, it’ll be exciting to see what Shotgun does with the tale of Orpheus’s wife, reunited with her amnesiac father in the land of the dead. Expect talking stones and an elevator full of rain. But most of all, expect the unexpected.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Hot days mean hot plays. Here are critic Sam Hurwitt's picks for must-see shows this summer.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047007,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":1384},"headData":{"title":"Nine Plays You Shouldn't Miss this Summer | KQED","description":"Hot days mean hot plays. Here are critic Sam Hurwitt's picks for must-see shows this summer.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Nine Plays You Shouldn't Miss this Summer","datePublished":"2015-06-04T22:00:05.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:10:07.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10653874/nine-plays-you-shouldnt-miss-this-summer","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There’s a ton of hot plays going on this summer, so grab a Slurpee and head down to your nearest performing arts space to catch the heat from one of the nine theater events in our summer theater guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653884\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653884\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo.jpg\" alt=\"Playwright Caryl Churchill. (Photo: Courtesy of American Conservatory Theater)\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo-400x301.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-loveinfo-799x600.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playwright Caryl Churchill. (Photo by Courtesy of American Conservatory Theater)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Love and Information\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 3–August 9\u003cbr>\nAmerican Conservatory Theater (Strand Theater, 1127 Market Street, San Francisco)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/mainstage/love_and_information.highResolutionDisplay.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>After three years of anticipation, ACT has reopened the former grungy movie theater known as the Strand as an elegant, live-performance arts space. The company is breaking in its new venue with the West Coast premiere of another challenging work by one of the greatest living playwrights, Caryl Churchill. \u003cem>Love and Information\u003c/em> is a fast-paced series of 57 vignettes ranging from five seconds to five minutes apiece. They feature 140 characters in conversations touching on the tension between privacy and easy access to information in our technological age.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653878\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653878\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA-787x1180.jpg\" alt=\"Bahni Tupin stars in California: The Tempest. (Photo: Megan Wanlass)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA-787x1180.jpg 787w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-CA.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bahni Tupin stars in \u003ci>California: The Tempest.\u003c/i> (Photo by Megan Wanlass)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>California: The Tempest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 4–6\u003cbr>\nCornerstone Theater Company (Z Space, 450 Florida Street, San Francisco)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://zspace.org/new-work/california-the-tempest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles’ Cornerstone Theater Company specializes in community-based theater in which the artists embed themselves in a particular population and talk to locals about their challenges and concerns. They then use this information to create new plays representing people whose voices aren’t often heard on stage. \u003cem>California: The Tempest\u003c/em> is an epic project that’s spanned the last decade. Each summer during that period, the creators spent a month in a different California region. Playwright Alison Carey wove the experiences of those ten communities together with a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s \u003cem>The Tempest\u003c/em> to create a theatrical event that embeds contemporary Californian themes into a timeless play.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653879\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653879\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy.jpg\" alt=\"Forest Van Dyke, Jelani Alladin, Jaysen Wright, Rotimi Agbabiaka and Dimitri Woods star in the Bay Area premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo: Ed Smith)\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-choirboy-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Van Dyke, Jelani Alladin, Jaysen Wright, Rotimi Agbabiaka and Dimitri Woods star in the Bay Area premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s \u003ci>Choir Boy\u003c/i> at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo by Ed Smith)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Choir Boy\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 4–28\u003cbr>\nMarin Theatre Company (397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.marintheatre.org/productions/choir-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>In 2010, playwright and MacArthur “Genius” grant award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney made his Bay Area debut with an unprecedented three-theater presentation of his lyrical, folklore-steeped trilogy \u003cem>The Brother/Sister Plays\u003c/em>. McCraney returned to the Bay Area this April with his take on the Book of Job, \u003cem>Head of Passes,\u003c/em> at Berkeley Rep. And now he’s back at Marin with an intimate gospel-infused drama about power struggles, nepotism and homophobia in an elite prep school choir.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653885\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653885\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel (Tim Green) and Tupolski (Aaron Murphy) interrogate Katurian (Justin Gillman) in The Pillowman. (Photo: Alandra Hileman)\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-pillowman-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel (Tim Green) and Tupolski (Aaron Murphy) interrogate Katurian (Justin Gillman) in \u003ci>The Pillowman.\u003c/i> (Photo by Alandra Hileman)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>The Pillowman\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 12–27\u003cbr>\nThe Breadbox (EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.breadboxtheatre.org/#!buy-tickets/c1gcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>All of Martin McDonagh’s early work is set in Ireland. The first time the Anglo-Irish dramatist turned his attention elsewhere was in 2003 with\u003cem> The Pillowman\u003c/em>, which takes place in a non-specific totalitarian regime. In this eerie and darkly funny thriller, an author of children’s books is interrogated about alleged ties between his fairy tales and a series of gruesome murders. Berkeley Rep gave the play a stunning production in 2007, and now an ambitious new company, the Breadbox, takes on the pitch-black comedy in the intimate confines of the EXIT Stage Left.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653880\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653880\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit.jpg\" alt=\"Mary (Amy Resnick) and Ben (Jeff Garrett) throw a backyard barbecue in Aurora Theatre Company's Bay Area premiere of Detroit. (Photo: David Allen)\" width=\"800\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit-400x303.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-detroit-792x600.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary (Amy Resnick) and Ben (Jeff Garrett) throw a backyard barbecue in Aurora Theatre Company’s Bay Area premiere of \u003ci>Detroit\u003c/i>. (Photo by David Allen)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Detroit\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 19 – July 19\u003cbr>\nAurora Theatre Company (2081 Addison Street, Berkeley)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://auroratheatre.org/index.php?option=com_theatre&view=show&id=104&Itemid=655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>A 2011 Pulitzer finalist and 2013 Obie Award winner for best new American play,\u003cem> Detroit\u003c/em> may or may not be set in Detroit. What matters is that Lisa D’Amour’s sharp satire explores the sense of neighborly disconnection in a “first-ring” suburb right outside a midsize American city. New next-door neighbors strike up an awkward friendship that quickly uncovers how barely they’re all hanging on to their sense of normalcy and the surreal unease lying just beneath the surface of suburban life.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653882\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10653882 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2-787x1180.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Gene Sullivan (Malcolm Haywood), George P. Scott (Tyler Haywood), Lisa Hori-Garcia (Cop), Hugo E Carbajal (Cop) in Freedomland. (Photo: DavidAllenStudio.com)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2-787x1180.jpg 787w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-freedomland2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Gene Sullivan (Malcolm Haywood), George P. Scott (Tyler Haywood), Lisa Hori-Garcia (Cop), Hugo E Carbajal (Cop) in \u003ci>Freedomland.\u003c/i>(Photo by DavidAllenStudio.com)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Freedomland\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 4 – Sept. 7\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Mime Troupe (various Bay Area parks)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmt.org/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Every Fourth of July, the Mime Troupe unveils a new musical political satire in Dolores Park that they later tour all over the Bay Area, and it’s practically a duty of citizenship to check it out. The 56-year-old theatrical collective picks a different hot-button issue each year to try to get people off their butts and do something. This year, it’s police culture and the growing problem of “innocent until proven guilty,” especially where people of color are concerned, combined with the timeworn issue of the War on Drugs. This is dark and disturbing territory to explore, but writer Michael Gene Sullivan and the troupe do it with broad musical comedy. Just to give you a taste, the name of the fictional drug du jour is “snorf.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653883\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653883\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream.jpg\" alt=\"Sean San Jose plays the imprisoned prince Segismundo in Life Is a Dream. (Photo: Courtesy of California Shakespeare Theater)\" width=\"800\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream-400x447.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-lifeisadream-537x600.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean San Jose plays the imprisoned prince Segismundo in \u003ci>Life Is a Dream\u003c/i>. (Photo: Courtesy of California Shakespeare Theater)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Life Is a Dream\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 8 – Aug. 2\u003cbr>\nCalifornia Shakespeare Theater (Bruns Amphitheater, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.calshakes.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>For the last 15 years, California Shakespeare Theater has increased its output of modern classics and even the occasional new play to compliment the expected fare of William Shakespeare’s greatest hits. \u003cem>Life Is a Dream\u003c/em> fits into none of these categories; it’s a Spanish classic that’s roughly contemporary with Shakespeare’s own time. Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 1635 drama is about a prince of Poland who was imprisoned by his father because of a bad omen that predicts the prince will destroy the kingdom. And of course there’s a woman dressed as a man on a quest for vengeance against the guy who dumped her, because every 17th-century play needs that sort of thing. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz (\u003cem>Anna in the Tropics\u003c/em>) has adapted the play, which features an unusually and refreshingly diverse cast of great local actors.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653886\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle-787x1180.jpg\" alt=\"Triangle kicks off TheatreWorks' 2015-16 season. (Photo: Courtesy of TheatreWorks)\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle-787x1180.jpg 787w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle-400x600.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-triangle.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Triangle\u003c/i> kicks off TheatreWorks’ 2015-16 season. (Photo: Courtesy of TheatreWorks)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Triangle\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 8 – Aug. 2\u003cbr>\nTheatreWorks (Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.theatreworks.org/shows/1516-season/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>A musical about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 garment workers in 1911? Not the most intuitive choice. But a workshop version of Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore and Joshua Scher’s musical was a hit at TheatreWorks’ 2012 New Works Festival, and now its world premiere kicks off the company’s 2015-16 season. A high-tech scientist in the present finds out that his lab in New York City was the site of the infamous industrial accident and unearths his own connection to some of its Jewish immigrant casualties as parallel stories unfold in the past and present. Oh, and it’s a love story, too!\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10653888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10653888\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1.jpg\" alt=\"Flyer art for Shotgun Players' Eurydice. (Illustration: R. Black)\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1-400x313.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/summer-eurydice1-767x600.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flyer art for Shotgun Players’ \u003ci>Eurydice\u003c/i>. (Illustration: R. Black)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>Eurydice\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Aug. 20 – Sept. 20\u003cbr>\nShotgun Players (Ashby Stage, 1920 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley)\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/eurydice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets and information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Part of Shotgun Players’ season of works by women playwrights, \u003cem>Eurydice \u003c/em> has been done by a number of local theaters since the Berkeley Repertory Theatre introduced the Bay Area to playwright Sarah Ruhl’s work with a luminous 2004 production. But given the strong theatrical vision of director Erika Chong Shuch, it’ll be exciting to see what Shotgun does with the tale of Orpheus’s wife, reunited with her amnesiac father in the land of the dead. Expect talking stones and an elevator full of rain. But most of all, expect the unexpected.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10653874/nine-plays-you-shouldnt-miss-this-summer","authors":["76"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_1003","arts_967"],"tags":["arts_1006","arts_596","arts_626"],"featImg":"arts_10653881","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10703561":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10703561","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10703561","score":null,"sort":[1433185200000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"summer-events-in-san-jose-you-might-not-know-about-but-should","title":"Summer Events in San Jose You Might Not Know About (But Should)","publishDate":1433185200,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Summer Events in San Jose You Might Not Know About (But Should) | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>San Jose has been all a buzz over the news from last week that the city’s population hit the one million mark. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ten-us-cities-now-have-1-million-people-or-more-california-and-texas-each-have-three-of-these-places-300087265.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Census Bureau,\u003c/a> this means that the South Bay city is one of ten in this nation to have a population that size or more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any city with a large population, San Jose has a wide variety of goings-on to keep the majority of our residents busy this summer. We have familiar events that you can count on that most metropolitan clusters have such as: \u003ca href=\"http://sjdowntown.com/musicinthepark/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music in the Park\u003c/a>, Fourth of July Fireworks, free outdoor \u003ca href=\"http://www.symphonysiliconvalley.org/concerts.php?pagecontID=183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Symphony\u003c/a> concerts and a fantastic \u003ca href=\"http://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Jazz Fest.\u003c/a> And in addition to these well produced, well-marketed blockbusters, we also have things to do that are smaller, niche-ier, and a little harder to find but uniquely our own. Whether you’re a legacy resident that has lived in the area since it was dense with orchards or you’re (fairly) new to the area and want to experience a diverse range of events, a memorable summer awaits you in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10705944\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10705944\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Yandow and Amy Anderson at #SJSkateNight no. 2.\" width=\"469\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight.jpg 469w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight-400x614.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight-391x600.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Yandow and Amy Anderson at #SJSkateNight no. 2. \u003ccite>(PHoto by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>San Jose Skate Night\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Monthly event – ongoing \u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/1507830799471347/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>San Jose’s hot summer days almost always slip into cool comfortable nights which makes for perfect roller skating weather. The South Bay is now devoid of indoor skating rinks so in the typical Silicon Valley problem-solving style, three residents — Justin Triano, Amy Hewett and Liz Ruiz (both former \u003ca href=\"http://svrollergirls.com/\">SV Roller Derby Girls\u003c/a>) — got together to make one big roving roller rink that travels through our downtown. Accompanied by a mobile disco sound unit and laser light show, the event moves throughout the evening to open plazas that are begging for people to use them. The organizers plan for the event to continue monthly. Skate rentals are available prior to the event and the start point location varies (announced 24 hours beforehand).\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703412\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703412\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica.jpg\" alt='Peter Mollica, \"Fence,\" stained glass, 2013. ' width=\"492\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica.jpg 492w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica-400x585.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica-410x600.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Mollica, “Fence,” stained glass, 2013. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the \"Sparks\" Exhibition at San Jose City College.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>44th Annual Glass Arts Conference\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 5–7\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.glassart.org/_San_Jose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Seattle-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.glassart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glass Art Society\u003c/a> is hosting this year’s glass arts conference in downtown San Jose with the theme:\u003cem> Interface: Glass, Art, and Technology\u003c/em>. The host city was chosen because Silicon Valley is “where technology is king and new technological ideas are generated daily,” Roger MacPherson, GAS President said. The three day conference will engage glass artists and collectors in panel discussions, hands-on workshops, demos, a mobile hot shop, plus many free & open to the public events like the glass marketplace. In addition to the official GAS programming, \u003ca href=\"http://www.glassart.org/2015_Exhibitions_Gallery_Hop_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 local galleries\u003c/a> are hosting concurrent glass exhibitions throughout the city center featuring themed shows as well as broad group displays of this fascinating material. A “Gallery Hop” is scheduled for Friday night June 5 with shuttle service departing every 30 minutes at key locations.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703409\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703409\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO.jpg\" alt=\"Cellist Freya Seeburger at SubZERO Festival 2014.\" width=\"465\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO.jpg 465w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO-400x619.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO-388x600.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cellist Freya Seeburger at SubZERO Festival 2014. \u003ccite>(Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>SubZERO Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 5 & 6\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://subzerofestival.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>The SubZERO Festival, held annually on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.southfirstfridays.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Friday\u003c/a> & Saturday of June, is the art scene’s kick-off party to the summer season in the South Bay. Now in its 8th year, this subculture gathering of those that dwell in the underground will once again take over the arts & culture district of San Jose known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/SoFA-District/70353431135?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoFA District\u003c/a>. This seemingly small area (just 3 blocks) will be packed with over a hundred visual artists, performers and independent creative businesses. The 3 stages of live music feature 24 bands in the indie, alternative and experimental genres. “All Hail the Progenitors of Culture” is their battle cry with the intention to show San Jose artists do live and thrive here all year round.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10705940\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10705940\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden.jpg\" alt=\"Alchemy Garden at Rosicrucian Park.\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden-400x263.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alchemy Garden at Rosicrucian Park. \u003ccite>(Photo by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Alchemy Museum and Lab Exhibit at Rosicrucian Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 21\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.rosicrucianpark.org/alchemy-museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">San Jose will soon be home to the world’s largest, and the nation’s only, Alchemy Museum and Lab. Curated and designed by practicing alchemist and author \u003ca href=\"http://dwhauck.com/\">Dennis William Hauck\u003c/a>, the museum will be located at Rosicrucian Park, the same grounds that houses the world famous \u003ca href=\"http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10717729\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/alchemy2.jpg\" alt=\"(Courtesy of Rosicrucian Park)\" width=\"382\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10717729\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Courtesy of Rosicrucian Park)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">In anticipation of the Alchemy Museum’s opening — slated for June 2016 — the Egyptian Museum will be presenting an exhibition that features highlights from the Alchemy Museum’s collection. While you’re there, be sure to check out the grounds, which feature numerous sculptures of ancient Egyptian gods, a Pythagoras statue, a Senet game, and the new Alchemy Garden, which is beautifully arranged to symbolize the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703414\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703414\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Avery Palmer at The Triton Museum of Art .\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Avery Palmer at The Triton Museum of Art . \u003ccite>(Photo by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>50 and Looking Forward…\u003c/i> at The Triton Museum of Art\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Through July 12 \u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.tritonmuseum.org/exhibitions_50_andForward.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">For 50 years The Triton has dedicated its beautiful exhibition spaces to contemporary artists from the greater Bay Area. This summer they celebrate their 50th anniversary with \u003ci>50 and Looking Forward…\u003c/i>, which opened May 16th. The exhibition focuses on the future rather than the past, with 19 local artists that the curators have deemed “the ones to watch.” The group exhibit is as diverse as the area The Triton aims to serve. A great day to visit the museum and check out the show would be on June 20th during their \u003ca href=\"http://www.tritonmuseum.org/SpecialEvents.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Solstice Art Festival\u003c/a> that’s held on their back lawn, among their outdoor sculpture collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703413\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Think and Die Thinking Festival\" width=\"582\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival.jpg 582w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival-400x328.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Think and Die Thinking Festival\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Think and Die Thinking\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 9–12 \u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://thinkanddiethinking.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Since 2011 the Think and Die Thinking collective has held an annual DIY punk & indie music festival that’s by and for LGBT, women, and people of color. Each year the list of bands gets longer and the event spills over into another day. This year the event is 4 days and will be hosted by 3 venues to accommodate all the participants. The main venue, and beneficiary of the proceeds, is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.defrankcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy De Frank LGBT Community Center;\u003c/a> a well respected and important resource for the LGBT community since 1981.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703410\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703410\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk.jpg\" alt=\"Luna Park Chalk Art Festival\" width=\"539\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk.jpg 539w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk-400x534.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk-449x600.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luna Park Chalk Art Festival \u003ccite>(Photo by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>8th Annual Luna Park Chalk Art Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>September 19\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://lunaparkchalkart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>The Luna Park Chalk Art Festival is a favorite community event that features local artists putting their talents towards raising awareness and grant funds for art programs in local schools. The artists’ canvas is a 4 foot by 4 foot section of concrete sidewalk that winds through the center area of the 10-acre Backesto Park. The mini murals begin on the Friday morning before. The artists then work through the day, finishing their ephemeral drawings by the start of the main event on Saturday, which is must-go as it features live music, vendor booths and food trucks.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"San Jose now has over one million people in it and the entertainment being produced here is both unique and comparable to larger cities. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047031,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":1190},"headData":{"title":"Summer Events in San Jose You Might Not Know About (But Should) | KQED","description":"San Jose now has over one million people in it and the entertainment being produced here is both unique and comparable to larger cities. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Summer Events in San Jose You Might Not Know About (But Should)","datePublished":"2015-06-01T19:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:10:31.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10703561/summer-events-in-san-jose-you-might-not-know-about-but-should","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Jose has been all a buzz over the news from last week that the city’s population hit the one million mark. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ten-us-cities-now-have-1-million-people-or-more-california-and-texas-each-have-three-of-these-places-300087265.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Census Bureau,\u003c/a> this means that the South Bay city is one of ten in this nation to have a population that size or more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any city with a large population, San Jose has a wide variety of goings-on to keep the majority of our residents busy this summer. We have familiar events that you can count on that most metropolitan clusters have such as: \u003ca href=\"http://sjdowntown.com/musicinthepark/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music in the Park\u003c/a>, Fourth of July Fireworks, free outdoor \u003ca href=\"http://www.symphonysiliconvalley.org/concerts.php?pagecontID=183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Symphony\u003c/a> concerts and a fantastic \u003ca href=\"http://summerfest.sanjosejazz.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Jazz Fest.\u003c/a> And in addition to these well produced, well-marketed blockbusters, we also have things to do that are smaller, niche-ier, and a little harder to find but uniquely our own. Whether you’re a legacy resident that has lived in the area since it was dense with orchards or you’re (fairly) new to the area and want to experience a diverse range of events, a memorable summer awaits you in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10705944\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10705944\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Yandow and Amy Anderson at #SJSkateNight no. 2.\" width=\"469\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight.jpg 469w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight-400x614.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SkateNight-391x600.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Yandow and Amy Anderson at #SJSkateNight no. 2. \u003ccite>(PHoto by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>San Jose Skate Night\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Monthly event – ongoing \u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/1507830799471347/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>San Jose’s hot summer days almost always slip into cool comfortable nights which makes for perfect roller skating weather. The South Bay is now devoid of indoor skating rinks so in the typical Silicon Valley problem-solving style, three residents — Justin Triano, Amy Hewett and Liz Ruiz (both former \u003ca href=\"http://svrollergirls.com/\">SV Roller Derby Girls\u003c/a>) — got together to make one big roving roller rink that travels through our downtown. Accompanied by a mobile disco sound unit and laser light show, the event moves throughout the evening to open plazas that are begging for people to use them. The organizers plan for the event to continue monthly. Skate rentals are available prior to the event and the start point location varies (announced 24 hours beforehand).\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703412\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703412\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica.jpg\" alt='Peter Mollica, \"Fence,\" stained glass, 2013. ' width=\"492\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica.jpg 492w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica-400x585.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Sparks_Mollica-410x600.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Mollica, “Fence,” stained glass, 2013. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the \"Sparks\" Exhibition at San Jose City College.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>44th Annual Glass Arts Conference\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 5–7\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.glassart.org/_San_Jose.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Seattle-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.glassart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glass Art Society\u003c/a> is hosting this year’s glass arts conference in downtown San Jose with the theme:\u003cem> Interface: Glass, Art, and Technology\u003c/em>. The host city was chosen because Silicon Valley is “where technology is king and new technological ideas are generated daily,” Roger MacPherson, GAS President said. The three day conference will engage glass artists and collectors in panel discussions, hands-on workshops, demos, a mobile hot shop, plus many free & open to the public events like the glass marketplace. In addition to the official GAS programming, \u003ca href=\"http://www.glassart.org/2015_Exhibitions_Gallery_Hop_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14 local galleries\u003c/a> are hosting concurrent glass exhibitions throughout the city center featuring themed shows as well as broad group displays of this fascinating material. A “Gallery Hop” is scheduled for Friday night June 5 with shuttle service departing every 30 minutes at key locations.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703409\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703409\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO.jpg\" alt=\"Cellist Freya Seeburger at SubZERO Festival 2014.\" width=\"465\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO.jpg 465w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO-400x619.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Cellista_SubZERO-388x600.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cellist Freya Seeburger at SubZERO Festival 2014. \u003ccite>(Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>SubZERO Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 5 & 6\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://subzerofestival.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>The SubZERO Festival, held annually on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.southfirstfridays.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Friday\u003c/a> & Saturday of June, is the art scene’s kick-off party to the summer season in the South Bay. Now in its 8th year, this subculture gathering of those that dwell in the underground will once again take over the arts & culture district of San Jose known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/SoFA-District/70353431135?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoFA District\u003c/a>. This seemingly small area (just 3 blocks) will be packed with over a hundred visual artists, performers and independent creative businesses. The 3 stages of live music feature 24 bands in the indie, alternative and experimental genres. “All Hail the Progenitors of Culture” is their battle cry with the intention to show San Jose artists do live and thrive here all year round.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10705940\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10705940\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden.jpg\" alt=\"Alchemy Garden at Rosicrucian Park.\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/AlchemyGarden-400x263.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alchemy Garden at Rosicrucian Park. \u003ccite>(Photo by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Alchemy Museum and Lab Exhibit at Rosicrucian Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 21\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.rosicrucianpark.org/alchemy-museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">San Jose will soon be home to the world’s largest, and the nation’s only, Alchemy Museum and Lab. Curated and designed by practicing alchemist and author \u003ca href=\"http://dwhauck.com/\">Dennis William Hauck\u003c/a>, the museum will be located at Rosicrucian Park, the same grounds that houses the world famous \u003ca href=\"http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10717729\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/alchemy2.jpg\" alt=\"(Courtesy of Rosicrucian Park)\" width=\"382\" height=\"321\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10717729\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Courtesy of Rosicrucian Park)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">In anticipation of the Alchemy Museum’s opening — slated for June 2016 — the Egyptian Museum will be presenting an exhibition that features highlights from the Alchemy Museum’s collection. While you’re there, be sure to check out the grounds, which feature numerous sculptures of ancient Egyptian gods, a Pythagoras statue, a Senet game, and the new Alchemy Garden, which is beautifully arranged to symbolize the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703414\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703414\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Avery Palmer at The Triton Museum of Art .\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Triton_Palmer-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Avery Palmer at The Triton Museum of Art . \u003ccite>(Photo by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>50 and Looking Forward…\u003c/i> at The Triton Museum of Art\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Through July 12 \u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.tritonmuseum.org/exhibitions_50_andForward.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">For 50 years The Triton has dedicated its beautiful exhibition spaces to contemporary artists from the greater Bay Area. This summer they celebrate their 50th anniversary with \u003ci>50 and Looking Forward…\u003c/i>, which opened May 16th. The exhibition focuses on the future rather than the past, with 19 local artists that the curators have deemed “the ones to watch.” The group exhibit is as diverse as the area The Triton aims to serve. A great day to visit the museum and check out the show would be on June 20th during their \u003ca href=\"http://www.tritonmuseum.org/SpecialEvents.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer Solstice Art Festival\u003c/a> that’s held on their back lawn, among their outdoor sculpture collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703413\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703413\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Think and Die Thinking Festival\" width=\"582\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival.jpg 582w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/TDT_Festival-400x328.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Think and Die Thinking Festival\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Think and Die Thinking\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>July 9–12 \u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://thinkanddiethinking.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Since 2011 the Think and Die Thinking collective has held an annual DIY punk & indie music festival that’s by and for LGBT, women, and people of color. Each year the list of bands gets longer and the event spills over into another day. This year the event is 4 days and will be hosted by 3 venues to accommodate all the participants. The main venue, and beneficiary of the proceeds, is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.defrankcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy De Frank LGBT Community Center;\u003c/a> a well respected and important resource for the LGBT community since 1981.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10703410\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10703410\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk.jpg\" alt=\"Luna Park Chalk Art Festival\" width=\"539\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk.jpg 539w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk-400x534.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/LunaParkChalk-449x600.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luna Park Chalk Art Festival \u003ccite>(Photo by Cherri Lakey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>8th Annual Luna Park Chalk Art Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>September 19\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://lunaparkchalkart.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>The Luna Park Chalk Art Festival is a favorite community event that features local artists putting their talents towards raising awareness and grant funds for art programs in local schools. The artists’ canvas is a 4 foot by 4 foot section of concrete sidewalk that winds through the center area of the 10-acre Backesto Park. The mini murals begin on the Friday morning before. The artists then work through the day, finishing their ephemeral drawings by the start of the main event on Saturday, which is must-go as it features live music, vendor booths and food trucks.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10703561/summer-events-in-san-jose-you-might-not-know-about-but-should","authors":["191"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_69","arts_70"],"tags":["arts_1006","arts_596"],"featImg":"arts_10705942","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10636307":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10636307","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10636307","score":null,"sort":[1432854367000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"beach-appropriate-reading-what-to-read-where-to-read-it","title":"Beach Appropriate Reading: What to Read & Where to Read It","publishDate":1432854367,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Beach Appropriate Reading: What to Read & Where to Read It | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>California is blessed with lots of great beaches, where we paradoxically go to ignore all that beauty and read. “Beach reading” books are typically designated to be trashy thrillers or romances, or both. You can feel good about leaving one behind for the next occupant of your vacation villa to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t have to be that way. You can find books you’ll want to keep, both because they’re great reading and because every beach has a book that belongs on that stretch of sand. You can read great books that relate to any of the beautiful beaches you’ll find here in Northern California, and return to that beach when you re-read the book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636320\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 329px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/casey-the_wave.jpg\" alt=\"<i>The Wave</i>\" width=\"329\" height=\"498\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636320\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>The Wave\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>The Wave\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Baker Beach\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Baker Beach is the quintessential San Francisco Beach. It’s the sense of scale that is striking; the view of the Golden Gate and the Bay. Why not kick back in your beach chair and read Susan Casey’s \u003cem>The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean\u003c/em> and let your imagination take it from there. \u003cem>The Wave\u003c/em> begins in the middle of a storm in the North Sea, in February of 2000 when the \u003cem>RRS Discovery\u003c/em>, en route from England to Iceland to sample ocean water and test for changes in salinity, oxygen and other factors, found itself being slammed by waves that some thought could not exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Casey goes on to interview surfers of giant waves, the scientists who study rogue waves – and rides them herself. This is a fascinating, intense, involving work of non-fiction that will give you visions of watery grandeur for years to come – and help you fill in the Baker Beach view with the terrifying majesty of the waves Casey describes.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636321\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/du_maurier-the_birds-400x618.jpg\" alt=\"<i>The Birds</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"618\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/du_maurier-the_birds.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/du_maurier-the_birds-388x600.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>The Birds\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>The Birds\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Rio Del Mar Beach\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Daphne Du Maurier is not a name we associate with beach reading, but her novella \u003cem>The Birds\u003c/em> still stands as one of great works of beach-based fiction. And while you might be inclined to read it at Bodega Bay, where the movie by Hitchcock was famously filmed, you’re better advised to head a couple of hours south, to Rio Del Mar Beach, which is just south of Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">There you’ll find the Palo Alto sunk just off the shore, one of the cement ships created during the steel shortages of World War One. Hitchcock was living in nearby Scotts Valley in 1961, when he read a news story in which, “A massive flight of sooty shearwaters, fresh from a feast of anchovies, collided with shoreside structures from Pleasure Point to Rio del Mar during the night.” Algae blooms are to blame, but du Maurier’s chilling vision of nature itself striking a blow again humanity remains ever relevant. Let every bird shadow bring a chill as you read this on that very beach – or anywhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636323\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 288px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/kotler-west_of_jesus.jpg\" alt=\"<i>West of Jesus</i>\" width=\"288\" height=\"431\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636323\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>West of Jesus\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>West Of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Stinson Beach\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Stinson Beach, home to surf camps and surf lessons, deserves no less than Steven Kotler’s \u003cem>West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief\u003c/em>, an engagingly eccentric combination of lyme-disease memoir, surf lore and neuroscience. Kotler is profound when he’s not screamingly funny; he surfs, often badly, and when he’s not suspended in the moment while riding the waves, he’s always a thought-provoking, engaging writer. Researching the states of ecstasy found in surfers and nuns, Kotler manages to craft a work that takes us on a journey from one to the other in a manner that seems natural and is consistently entertaining.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636322\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/dyer-another_great_day_at_sea-400x587.jpg\" alt=\"<i>Another Great Day At Sea</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"587\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636322\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Another Great Day At Sea\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>Another Great Day At Sea\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Beaches don’t always come with sand. One of the classic destinations in San Francisco is Fisherman’s Wharf, and there are lots of places to take up a chair and read. Between the \u003cem>SS Jeremiah O’Brien\u003c/em> and the\u003cem> USS Pampanito\u003c/em>, you’ll find the perfect places to read Geoff Dyer’s \u003cem>Another Great Day At Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush\u003c/em>. Asked if there was anywhere he’d like to go for a couple of weeks, with the idea he’d write a smallish book about his experiences, Dyer chooses an American aircraft carrier. For two weeks, he was the writer in residence aboard the\u003cem> USS George H. W. Bush\u003c/em>. He’s a genial passenger and a hilarious writer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Dyer portrays himself as a bit fussy, insisting on a cabin by himself, a luxury unheard of on the carrier — but he manages to get it. For all his joviality, Dyer has a deep streak of honesty in him. As we read his self-deprecating prose, we feel we’re getting raw reportage, the real deal, even as Dyer waxes effectively poetic. This is jaunty, informative and fun book about a city at sea, full of great characters and memorable scenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636324\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/nunn-the_dogs_of_winter-400x620.jpg\" alt=\"<i>The Dogs Of Winter</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"620\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/nunn-the_dogs_of_winter.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/nunn-the_dogs_of_winter-387x600.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>The Dogs Of Winter\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>The Dogs Of Winter\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Half Moon Bay\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay is synonymous with great surf. Sneak just a bit south to Martin’s Beach, now that Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla has lost his lawsuit regarding public access. Make sure you take with you Kem Nunn’s surf novel classic \u003cem>The Dogs of Winter\u003c/em>, and let the literary echoes carry you away. When surf photographer Fletcher is hired by a glossy surfing magazine to shoot aging master Drew Harmon at Heart Attacks, a secluded beach, he starts down a road filled with bad blood and gorgeous prose. The primal power of great fiction, the roll of the great waves and pounding of your pulse as you read. You’ll look up and, holding \u003cem>this\u003c/em> book at \u003cem>this\u003c/em> beach, know what beach reading is really all about.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Beach reads don't need to be trashy thrillers or romances -- they can be real contributions to the world of literature, and they can even be about the beaches you're visiting. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047046,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":7,"wordCount":1006},"headData":{"title":"Beach Appropriate Reading: What to Read & Where to Read It | KQED","description":"Beach reads don't need to be trashy thrillers or romances -- they can be real contributions to the world of literature, and they can even be about the beaches you're visiting. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Beach Appropriate Reading: What to Read & Where to Read It","datePublished":"2015-05-28T23:06:07.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:10:46.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10636307/beach-appropriate-reading-what-to-read-where-to-read-it","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California is blessed with lots of great beaches, where we paradoxically go to ignore all that beauty and read. “Beach reading” books are typically designated to be trashy thrillers or romances, or both. You can feel good about leaving one behind for the next occupant of your vacation villa to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t have to be that way. You can find books you’ll want to keep, both because they’re great reading and because every beach has a book that belongs on that stretch of sand. You can read great books that relate to any of the beautiful beaches you’ll find here in Northern California, and return to that beach when you re-read the book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636320\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 329px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/casey-the_wave.jpg\" alt=\"<i>The Wave</i>\" width=\"329\" height=\"498\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636320\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>The Wave\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>The Wave\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Baker Beach\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Baker Beach is the quintessential San Francisco Beach. It’s the sense of scale that is striking; the view of the Golden Gate and the Bay. Why not kick back in your beach chair and read Susan Casey’s \u003cem>The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean\u003c/em> and let your imagination take it from there. \u003cem>The Wave\u003c/em> begins in the middle of a storm in the North Sea, in February of 2000 when the \u003cem>RRS Discovery\u003c/em>, en route from England to Iceland to sample ocean water and test for changes in salinity, oxygen and other factors, found itself being slammed by waves that some thought could not exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Casey goes on to interview surfers of giant waves, the scientists who study rogue waves – and rides them herself. This is a fascinating, intense, involving work of non-fiction that will give you visions of watery grandeur for years to come – and help you fill in the Baker Beach view with the terrifying majesty of the waves Casey describes.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636321\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/du_maurier-the_birds-400x618.jpg\" alt=\"<i>The Birds</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"618\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/du_maurier-the_birds.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/du_maurier-the_birds-388x600.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>The Birds\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>The Birds\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Rio Del Mar Beach\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Daphne Du Maurier is not a name we associate with beach reading, but her novella \u003cem>The Birds\u003c/em> still stands as one of great works of beach-based fiction. And while you might be inclined to read it at Bodega Bay, where the movie by Hitchcock was famously filmed, you’re better advised to head a couple of hours south, to Rio Del Mar Beach, which is just south of Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">There you’ll find the Palo Alto sunk just off the shore, one of the cement ships created during the steel shortages of World War One. Hitchcock was living in nearby Scotts Valley in 1961, when he read a news story in which, “A massive flight of sooty shearwaters, fresh from a feast of anchovies, collided with shoreside structures from Pleasure Point to Rio del Mar during the night.” Algae blooms are to blame, but du Maurier’s chilling vision of nature itself striking a blow again humanity remains ever relevant. Let every bird shadow bring a chill as you read this on that very beach – or anywhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636323\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 288px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/kotler-west_of_jesus.jpg\" alt=\"<i>West of Jesus</i>\" width=\"288\" height=\"431\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636323\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>West of Jesus\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>West Of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Stinson Beach\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Stinson Beach, home to surf camps and surf lessons, deserves no less than Steven Kotler’s \u003cem>West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief\u003c/em>, an engagingly eccentric combination of lyme-disease memoir, surf lore and neuroscience. Kotler is profound when he’s not screamingly funny; he surfs, often badly, and when he’s not suspended in the moment while riding the waves, he’s always a thought-provoking, engaging writer. Researching the states of ecstasy found in surfers and nuns, Kotler manages to craft a work that takes us on a journey from one to the other in a manner that seems natural and is consistently entertaining.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636322\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/dyer-another_great_day_at_sea-400x587.jpg\" alt=\"<i>Another Great Day At Sea</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"587\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636322\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Another Great Day At Sea\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>Another Great Day At Sea\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Beaches don’t always come with sand. One of the classic destinations in San Francisco is Fisherman’s Wharf, and there are lots of places to take up a chair and read. Between the \u003cem>SS Jeremiah O’Brien\u003c/em> and the\u003cem> USS Pampanito\u003c/em>, you’ll find the perfect places to read Geoff Dyer’s \u003cem>Another Great Day At Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush\u003c/em>. Asked if there was anywhere he’d like to go for a couple of weeks, with the idea he’d write a smallish book about his experiences, Dyer chooses an American aircraft carrier. For two weeks, he was the writer in residence aboard the\u003cem> USS George H. W. Bush\u003c/em>. He’s a genial passenger and a hilarious writer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Dyer portrays himself as a bit fussy, insisting on a cabin by himself, a luxury unheard of on the carrier — but he manages to get it. For all his joviality, Dyer has a deep streak of honesty in him. As we read his self-deprecating prose, we feel we’re getting raw reportage, the real deal, even as Dyer waxes effectively poetic. This is jaunty, informative and fun book about a city at sea, full of great characters and memorable scenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10636324\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/nunn-the_dogs_of_winter-400x620.jpg\" alt=\"<i>The Dogs Of Winter</i>\" width=\"400\" height=\"620\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10636324\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/nunn-the_dogs_of_winter.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/nunn-the_dogs_of_winter-387x600.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>The Dogs Of Winter\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ci>The Dogs Of Winter\u003c/i>\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>Half Moon Bay\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay is synonymous with great surf. Sneak just a bit south to Martin’s Beach, now that Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla has lost his lawsuit regarding public access. Make sure you take with you Kem Nunn’s surf novel classic \u003cem>The Dogs of Winter\u003c/em>, and let the literary echoes carry you away. When surf photographer Fletcher is hired by a glossy surfing magazine to shoot aging master Drew Harmon at Heart Attacks, a secluded beach, he starts down a road filled with bad blood and gorgeous prose. The primal power of great fiction, the roll of the great waves and pounding of your pulse as you read. You’ll look up and, holding \u003cem>this\u003c/em> book at \u003cem>this\u003c/em> beach, know what beach reading is really all about.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10636307/beach-appropriate-reading-what-to-read-where-to-read-it","authors":["88"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_73"],"tags":["arts_596","arts_769"],"featImg":"arts_10636325","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10653717":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10653717","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10653717","score":null,"sort":[1432580450000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"five-great-interactive-stories-for-at-home-and-on-the-go-this-summer","title":"Five Great Interactive Stories for At Home and On the Go This Summer","publishDate":1432580450,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Five Great Interactive Stories for At Home and On the Go This Summer | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>We often think of summer as a season for stories. A time to catch up on good books at the beach and to seek out the best offerings at the cineplex. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, games don’t enter into our considerations when trying to decide which fiction might be most deserving of soaking up some of our summer hours, and there’s a good reason for that: games don’t always put much emphasis on story. Their narratives are often basically nonexistent (Pac-Man doesn’t need richly developed motivations to gobble up those ghosts) or something of a secondary concern, little more than an excuse for all the driving or shooting or whatever you’re doing in the game. Such stories aren’t typically very good and they don’t really need to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the past few years, some games have started experimenting with ways in which interactive media can tell meaningful, worthwhile stories. Here are five games that involve you in stories that are worth experiencing, and with just one exception (\u003cem>The Last of Us: Left Behind\u003c/em>), they’re games that just about anyone can pick up and play and that don’t require any gaming experience or knowhow. The first two are mobile games you can play while soaking up some sun this summer; the latter three are for when you’ve had enough of being out and about and just want to relax at home for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>80 Days\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel of travel and adventure, \u003ci>Around the World in Eighty Days,\u003c/i> the game \u003ci>80 Days\u003c/i> puts you in the role of Passepartout, the French valet of Englishman Phileas Fogg, who wagers that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or fewer. Full of elegant prose that’s very much in keeping with the spirit of Verne’s work, it also brings the people and places you encounter on your travels to life. Don’t expect Fogg’s penchant for the finer things in life to keep you insulated from real-world concerns, however; your journey is not always a smooth one, as political upheaval and tensions of brewing conflict between nations sometimes complicate your itinerary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10653723\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210-400x710.png\" alt=\"IMG_0210\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210-400x710.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210-338x600.png 338w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003c/a>The game’s globe is geographically accurate but not historically so; the game’s 1872 is one in which automatons, airships and other technological marvels are becoming increasingly commonplace, and it’s a joy to share in Passepartout’s sense of wonder as he tells you of the amazing things he and Fogg find in each new city. You can make a real race of it, weighing all of your travel options in each city to determine which might get you around the globe the quickest, or you can savor the trip, taking detours to intriguing spots that are off the beaten path. Fogg has a lot of money riding on the wager, but in \u003ci>80 Days\u003c/i>, the journey is still far more important than the destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>80 Days \u003c/i>is available for Apple devices, Android, and Kindle Fire.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Lifeline\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You get a message from someone named Taylor. “Hello? Is this thing working? Can anyone read me?” Taylor, whose gender is never specified, was an astronaut aboard a science vessel that has crash-landed on a moon, and you’re their only point of contact. You play \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>by making a series of binary choices. Taylor is hoping against hope to find some way off of the moon, and looks to you for guidance. \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>has only two things to work with–language and pacing–and it uses them both very well. Taylor paints a sometimes surreal, sometimes nerve-racking picture of the circumstances they find themselves in, and your communications happen in real time. If Taylor is sleeping, for instance, you won’t hear from them again for hours, and as your communications happen over the course of a few days, Taylor’s plight takes root in your mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10653724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207-338x600.png\" alt=\"IMG_0207\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207-338x600.png 338w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003c/a>It’s easy to feel as if Taylor is out there, stranded in space, while you go about your life. There’s no consequence for keeping Taylor waiting, but I found myself invested enough in their harrowing struggle for survival that I sometimes felt odd when I was ignoring notifications from my phone that Taylor was waiting for me because I was too busy talking to a friend. Where are my priorities?! Taylor is in danger!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As successful as \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>is in making you feel invested in Taylor’s situation, it also feels limited by its format. There were times when the two responses available to me didn’t allow for the deeper expression of concern and compassion I would have liked. But even so, \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>remains an effective example of interactive storytelling that might have your stomach twisting in knots worrying about the fate of someone who isn’t real, but who feels real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>is available for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Gone Home\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Gone Home \u003c/i>is a game about place and time, and about what places can tell us about the people who occupy them. You play as Kaitlin Greenbriar, a 21-year-old college student who returns from a trip abroad to find her family’s Oregon home mysteriously empty. The only immediate clues about what might have gone wrong on this dark and stormy night are tearful, urgent messages on the answering machine (it’s 1995) from a young woman pleading to speak to your sister Sam. This may sound like the setup for a horror story, but \u003ci>Gone Home \u003c/i>only introduces such elements to subvert your expectations. What you actually piece together as you explore the house is a tale of love and self discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gone Home: Riot Grrrl Style Now\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/sqSbYsUalMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game is extraordinary not just for the story it tells but for how it’s told. It’s a game about memories, specifically Sam’s, and the memories of other members of the family, too. The Greenbriar household seems to thrum with the energy of those memories, because you come to understand the significance of the objects in each room, and through those objects you form an understanding of the family and their struggles. If you’re old enough to remember the 90s, then you might feel as if it’s about your memories, too; it evokes the period with such cultural precision that you may find your heart aching for twenty years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>Gone Home \u003c/i>is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Kentucky Route Zero\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Kentucky Route Zero \u003c/i>is a transcendent American road journey in five acts, though only the first three have been released thus far, with the remaining two expected within the next year or so. The narrative centers on Conway, a delivery truck driver for an antiques shop who is making his last delivery to an elusive address that requires him to locate and travel along the mysterious highway that gives the game its title. The America of \u003ci>Kentucky Route Zero \u003c/i>is recognizable as our own; it’s a place where capitalism has a human cost, where people live with crushing debt, and where changes brought about by new technology are leaving some people and their livelihoods behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10653725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-1180x664.jpg\" alt=\"Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">But the game’s America is also one where the wondrous and magical can happen. Things occur on this journey that don’t make a literal kind of sense but that possess a dreamlogic that can take on shades of meaning in your head and heart that go beyond that which can be easily expressed or understood. This is a game full of people who are lost but still out there looking, and if you’ve ever been driving down a lonely highway late at night with a heaviness in your heart but you felt like there just might be something for you out there somewhere, then you’ll feel right at home on the Zero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>The Last of Us: Left Behind\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, NPR blog contributor Adam Frank \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/29/why-video-games-matter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extolled\u003c/a> \u003ci>The Last of Us\u003c/i>, a harrowing and human 2013 blockbuster for PlayStation about an older man named Joel taking a teenager named Ellie across a near-future America in which a massive epidemic has brought about the collapse of society. \u003ci>The Last of Us \u003c/i>is a special game, a mainstream action hit that’s as concerned with character as it is with combat. But perhaps the best thing \u003ci>The Last of Us \u003c/i>has to offer is a roughly two-hour side story called \u003ci>The Last of Us: Left Behind\u003c/i>, which can now be downloaded and played on its own, without requiring you to own or play the original game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10653726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"left behind\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ci>Left Behind\u003c/i>, you play as Ellie, and spend most of the game wandering an abandoned Boston mall with your friend Riley. Most games of this type are heavy on the action and use quiet moments of character interaction to break up the pace, but \u003ci>Left Behind \u003c/i>brilliantly inverts the balance, putting the connection between Ellie and Riley front and center. Rather than spending most of your time fighting off scavengers or infected humans in scenes of pulse-pounding danger, you spend most of your time playing with Riley — telling each other jokes, trying on masks in a Halloween costume shop, and taking silly pictures in an old photobooth. Though we only spend a short time with them, we get a full and complex picture of their relationship: they laugh together and play and argue, and like real people, they want things from each other that they don’t always know how to ask for. \u003ci>Left Behind \u003c/i>is a wonderful game in its own right, and also a thrilling example of how mainstream games can tell stories that put an emphasis on human connection, if they really want to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>The Last of Us: Left Behind \u003c/i>can be downloaded for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.)\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"You're probably not thinking about video games when you're drawing up your summer plans, but here are five games worth taking time to try out.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047064,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1693},"headData":{"title":"Five Great Interactive Stories for At Home and On the Go This Summer | KQED","description":"You're probably not thinking about video games when you're drawing up your summer plans, but here are five games worth taking time to try out.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Five Great Interactive Stories for At Home and On the Go This Summer","datePublished":"2015-05-25T19:00:50.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T08:11:04.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"path":"/arts/10653717/five-great-interactive-stories-for-at-home-and-on-the-go-this-summer","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We often think of summer as a season for stories. A time to catch up on good books at the beach and to seek out the best offerings at the cineplex. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, games don’t enter into our considerations when trying to decide which fiction might be most deserving of soaking up some of our summer hours, and there’s a good reason for that: games don’t always put much emphasis on story. Their narratives are often basically nonexistent (Pac-Man doesn’t need richly developed motivations to gobble up those ghosts) or something of a secondary concern, little more than an excuse for all the driving or shooting or whatever you’re doing in the game. Such stories aren’t typically very good and they don’t really need to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the past few years, some games have started experimenting with ways in which interactive media can tell meaningful, worthwhile stories. Here are five games that involve you in stories that are worth experiencing, and with just one exception (\u003cem>The Last of Us: Left Behind\u003c/em>), they’re games that just about anyone can pick up and play and that don’t require any gaming experience or knowhow. The first two are mobile games you can play while soaking up some sun this summer; the latter three are for when you’ve had enough of being out and about and just want to relax at home for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>80 Days\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inspired by Jules Verne’s classic novel of travel and adventure, \u003ci>Around the World in Eighty Days,\u003c/i> the game \u003ci>80 Days\u003c/i> puts you in the role of Passepartout, the French valet of Englishman Phileas Fogg, who wagers that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or fewer. Full of elegant prose that’s very much in keeping with the spirit of Verne’s work, it also brings the people and places you encounter on your travels to life. Don’t expect Fogg’s penchant for the finer things in life to keep you insulated from real-world concerns, however; your journey is not always a smooth one, as political upheaval and tensions of brewing conflict between nations sometimes complicate your itinerary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10653723\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210-400x710.png\" alt=\"IMG_0210\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210-400x710.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210-338x600.png 338w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0210.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003c/a>The game’s globe is geographically accurate but not historically so; the game’s 1872 is one in which automatons, airships and other technological marvels are becoming increasingly commonplace, and it’s a joy to share in Passepartout’s sense of wonder as he tells you of the amazing things he and Fogg find in each new city. You can make a real race of it, weighing all of your travel options in each city to determine which might get you around the globe the quickest, or you can savor the trip, taking detours to intriguing spots that are off the beaten path. Fogg has a lot of money riding on the wager, but in \u003ci>80 Days\u003c/i>, the journey is still far more important than the destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>80 Days \u003c/i>is available for Apple devices, Android, and Kindle Fire.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Lifeline\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You get a message from someone named Taylor. “Hello? Is this thing working? Can anyone read me?” Taylor, whose gender is never specified, was an astronaut aboard a science vessel that has crash-landed on a moon, and you’re their only point of contact. You play \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>by making a series of binary choices. Taylor is hoping against hope to find some way off of the moon, and looks to you for guidance. \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>has only two things to work with–language and pacing–and it uses them both very well. Taylor paints a sometimes surreal, sometimes nerve-racking picture of the circumstances they find themselves in, and your communications happen in real time. If Taylor is sleeping, for instance, you won’t hear from them again for hours, and as your communications happen over the course of a few days, Taylor’s plight takes root in your mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10653724\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207-338x600.png\" alt=\"IMG_0207\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207-338x600.png 338w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/IMG_0207.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003c/a>It’s easy to feel as if Taylor is out there, stranded in space, while you go about your life. There’s no consequence for keeping Taylor waiting, but I found myself invested enough in their harrowing struggle for survival that I sometimes felt odd when I was ignoring notifications from my phone that Taylor was waiting for me because I was too busy talking to a friend. Where are my priorities?! Taylor is in danger!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As successful as \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>is in making you feel invested in Taylor’s situation, it also feels limited by its format. There were times when the two responses available to me didn’t allow for the deeper expression of concern and compassion I would have liked. But even so, \u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>remains an effective example of interactive storytelling that might have your stomach twisting in knots worrying about the fate of someone who isn’t real, but who feels real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>Lifeline \u003c/i>is available for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Gone Home\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Gone Home \u003c/i>is a game about place and time, and about what places can tell us about the people who occupy them. You play as Kaitlin Greenbriar, a 21-year-old college student who returns from a trip abroad to find her family’s Oregon home mysteriously empty. The only immediate clues about what might have gone wrong on this dark and stormy night are tearful, urgent messages on the answering machine (it’s 1995) from a young woman pleading to speak to your sister Sam. This may sound like the setup for a horror story, but \u003ci>Gone Home \u003c/i>only introduces such elements to subvert your expectations. What you actually piece together as you explore the house is a tale of love and self discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gone Home: Riot Grrrl Style Now\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/sqSbYsUalMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game is extraordinary not just for the story it tells but for how it’s told. It’s a game about memories, specifically Sam’s, and the memories of other members of the family, too. The Greenbriar household seems to thrum with the energy of those memories, because you come to understand the significance of the objects in each room, and through those objects you form an understanding of the family and their struggles. If you’re old enough to remember the 90s, then you might feel as if it’s about your memories, too; it evokes the period with such cultural precision that you may find your heart aching for twenty years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>Gone Home \u003c/i>is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Kentucky Route Zero\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Kentucky Route Zero \u003c/i>is a transcendent American road journey in five acts, though only the first three have been released thus far, with the remaining two expected within the next year or so. The narrative centers on Conway, a delivery truck driver for an antiques shop who is making his last delivery to an elusive address that requires him to locate and travel along the mysterious highway that gives the game its title. The America of \u003ci>Kentucky Route Zero \u003c/i>is recognizable as our own; it’s a place where capitalism has a human cost, where people live with crushing debt, and where changes brought about by new technology are leaving some people and their livelihoods behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10653725\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-1180x664.jpg\" alt=\"Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Kentucky-Route-Zero-screenshot-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">But the game’s America is also one where the wondrous and magical can happen. Things occur on this journey that don’t make a literal kind of sense but that possess a dreamlogic that can take on shades of meaning in your head and heart that go beyond that which can be easily expressed or understood. This is a game full of people who are lost but still out there looking, and if you’ve ever been driving down a lonely highway late at night with a heaviness in your heart but you felt like there just might be something for you out there somewhere, then you’ll feel right at home on the Zero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>The Last of Us: Left Behind\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, NPR blog contributor Adam Frank \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/29/why-video-games-matter/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extolled\u003c/a> \u003ci>The Last of Us\u003c/i>, a harrowing and human 2013 blockbuster for PlayStation about an older man named Joel taking a teenager named Ellie across a near-future America in which a massive epidemic has brought about the collapse of society. \u003ci>The Last of Us \u003c/i>is a special game, a mainstream action hit that’s as concerned with character as it is with combat. But perhaps the best thing \u003ci>The Last of Us \u003c/i>has to offer is a roughly two-hour side story called \u003ci>The Last of Us: Left Behind\u003c/i>, which can now be downloaded and played on its own, without requiring you to own or play the original game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10653726\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"left behind\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/left-behind.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ci>Left Behind\u003c/i>, you play as Ellie, and spend most of the game wandering an abandoned Boston mall with your friend Riley. Most games of this type are heavy on the action and use quiet moments of character interaction to break up the pace, but \u003ci>Left Behind \u003c/i>brilliantly inverts the balance, putting the connection between Ellie and Riley front and center. Rather than spending most of your time fighting off scavengers or infected humans in scenes of pulse-pounding danger, you spend most of your time playing with Riley — telling each other jokes, trying on masks in a Halloween costume shop, and taking silly pictures in an old photobooth. Though we only spend a short time with them, we get a full and complex picture of their relationship: they laugh together and play and argue, and like real people, they want things from each other that they don’t always know how to ask for. \u003ci>Left Behind \u003c/i>is a wonderful game in its own right, and also a thrilling example of how mainstream games can tell stories that put an emphasis on human connection, if they really want to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ci>The Last of Us: Left Behind \u003c/i>can be downloaded for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.)\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10653717/five-great-interactive-stories-for-at-home-and-on-the-go-this-summer","authors":["3235"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_71"],"tags":["arts_1006","arts_596"],"featImg":"arts_10653722","label":"arts_890"},"arts_10677893":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10677893","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10677893","score":null,"sort":[1432418447000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mixtape-northern-californias-best-summer-indie-rock-festivals","title":"Mixtape: Northern California's Best Summer Indie-Rock Festivals","publishDate":1432418447,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Mixtape: Northern California’s Best Summer Indie-Rock Festivals | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":147,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003ch4>Listen to The Bay Bridged mix of bands playing the best Northern California indie-rock festivals.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>http://media.libsyn.com/media/thebaybridged/Summer_Festivals_2015_Mix.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The rapid rise in the number of music festivals over the last decade isn’t a distinctly local phenomenon, but there’s something about the way the Bay Area does festival season that feels unique. In many cases it’s the use of beautiful public spaces, often city and state parks, that become part of the festival experience. Or maybe it’s the way that our festivals invest more time and effort into making sure that the food and drink offerings are compelling on their own. And, of course, there’s also the presence of great local bands, adding unique Bay Area flavor to each event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, there’s certainly an argument to be made that the Bay Area is reaching “peak festival.” Still, the benefits music fans can reap from the wealth of opportunities to see great bands in unique outdoor environments are undeniable. And looking at this list, it’s going to be a busy summer for music fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This mixtape collects 10 songs by artists performing at Northern California music festivals this summer. Each pick is accompanied by our reasons why that festival is worth seeking out. Enjoy the mix — and head to a music festival!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>About the festivals:\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Hickey Fest 2015 Poster\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/vetiverse\">Vetiver\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Current Carry”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://hickeyfest.wordpress.com/\">\u003cstrong>Hickey Fest\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nStandish Hickey State Park, Leggett\u003cbr>\nJune 20-22, 2015\u003cbr>\nLocal musician Ash Reiter curates this annual festival in Mendocino County’s Standish Hickey State Park, which includes two dozen rock, folk and psych bands. This year’s lineup looks like the best yet, with Jolie Holland, Vetiver, and Dead Meadow topping a bill packed with great local bands, including Bay Bridged favorites Sugar Candy Mountain, Cool Ghouls, Luke Sweeney and Bells Atlas. Promising “25 bands, community campgrounds, psychedelic projections and other relaxing adventures,” it sounds like an awesome reason to get out of the city and go camping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Bottlerock Napa 2015 Poster\" width=\"600\" height=\"797\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677903\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015-400x531.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015-452x600.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/courtneybarnettmusic\">Courtney Barnett\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Pedestrian at Best”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com/\">\u003cstrong>BottleRock Napa Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nNapa Valley Expo, Napa\u003cbr>\nMay 29-31, 2015\u003cbr>\nBottleRock’s first year was infamously tumultuous, leaving in its wake unpaid debts and plenty of controversy. An ownership change led to a revitalized event in 2014, and 2015 finds the festival returning with 70+ bands. The lineup is less indie-oriented than most of the fests in this mix, but still offers plenty of potential highlights. It’s especially promising for foodies, with a “Culinary Stage” that will feature “celebrated chefs, vintners, actors, professional athletes and sommeliers participating in entertaining demos, performances, and other hijinx.” (On Sunday, Snoop Dogg mixes it up with chef Masaharu Morimoto.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Burger Boogaloo 2015 Poster\" width=\"673\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677896\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015.jpg 673w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015-400x471.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015-510x600.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gories-official/274813555900045\">The Gories\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “On The Run”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://burgerboogaloo.com/\">\u003cstrong>Burger Boogaloo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMosswood Park, Oakland\u003cbr>\nJuly 4-5, 2015\u003cbr>\nGarage rock fans can’t miss the 2015 Burger Boogaloo, celebrating the genre’s surprising diversity with two days of performances hosted by the legendary John Waters. It’s a stacked lineup, with reunited groups like the Mummies and the Gories alongside some of today’s most rocking bands, including Fuzz, the Gooch Palms, and Shannon & The Clams — and rare local gigs by Japanese bands the 5.6.7.8’s and Thunderroads. Beyond the music, there’s also the location: the Mosswood Park bandshell is a secluded gem, making it the perfect oasis for rock ‘n’ roll aficionados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Outside Lands 2015 Poster\" width=\"800\" height=\"944\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677902\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015-400x472.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015-508x600.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/toroymoi\">Toro Y Moi\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Run Baby Run”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/\">\u003cstrong>Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGolden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAugust 7-9, 2015\u003cbr>\nWhat new can be said about Outside Lands? Festival passes sold out in the blink of an eye this year, a testament to the event’s consistently high quality. In addition to the big names one expects at a festival of this size, Outside Lands 2015 once again features some stellar locals — Fantastic Negrito, The Sam Chase, Giraffage and more. Plus, the organizers do a killer job on food, wine and beer, making it truly a major music festival fit for San Franciscans. Outside Lands has been around for less than a decade, but it’s difficult to imagine a summer without it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Huichica 2015 Poster\" width=\"600\" height=\"920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677898\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015-400x613.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015-391x600.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/amendunes\">Amen Dunes\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Song To The Siren”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://huichica.com/\">\u003cstrong>Huichica Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma\u003cbr>\nJune 12-13, 2015\u003cbr>\nNorth Bay music fans already know about Gundlach-Bundschu winery’s frequent concerts, but Huichica’s killer array of performers make it well worth the trip to Sonoma. Curated by Jeff Bundschu and Eric Johnson (of Fruit Bats and EDJ fame), the fest offers three stages of music over two days, with likely highlights including the welcome return of Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound, shuffling psych-poppers Allah-Las, and the compelling singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt. Add plenty of tasty Gundlach-Bundschu wine on hand and Sonoma’s weather, and you’ve got a recipe for a couple of blissful days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015.png\" alt=\"Stern Grove 2015\" width=\"1580\" height=\"783\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015.png 1580w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-400x198.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-800x396.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-1180x585.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-960x476.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/zakiyaharrismusic\">Zakiya Harris\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Shape Shifter”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sterngrove.org/\">\u003cstrong>Stern Grove Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nStern Grove, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSundays from June 14-August 16\u003cbr>\nThe Stern Grove Festival could probably just coast on the promise of free concerts in its gorgeous grove and still get large audiences. Instead, top-notch booking every year makes Stern Grove’s free Sunday concerts throughout the summer an extremely popular treat. As usual, Stern Grove’s 78th season traverses a variety of genres; while we’re definitely excited about tUnE-yArDs’ performance on July 19, it’s great to see plenty of talented Bay Area acts, like the California Honeydrops, Con Brio, and Zakiya Harris, appearing throughout the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Live 105 BFD 2015 Poster\" width=\"576\" height=\"813\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677897\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015.jpg 576w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015-400x565.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015-425x600.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/waterswaters\">WATERS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “I Feel Everything”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://live105.cbslocal.com/show/bfd/\">\u003cstrong>BFD 2015\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View\u003cbr>\nJune 6, 2015\u003cbr>\nLive 105 has been producing BFD for 21 years now, and the 2015 festival boasts a strong lineup across four stages. Modest Mouse and Of Monsters and Men may be the top names, but there are a ton of stellar Bay Area bands peppered throughout, like Cathedrals, K.Flay, WATERS, the Family Crest, and Andrew St. James. Very impressive, and a testament to Live 105’s continued support of the local scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Wreck Chords 2015 Poster\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/swinginutters\">Swingin’ Utters\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “I’m Not Coming Home”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.fatwreck.com/news/detail/829\">\u003cstrong>Fat Wreck Chords’ “Fat Wrecked for 25 Years”\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTBA, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAugust 22-23, 2015\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco record label Fat Wreck Chords commemorates 25 years — a remarkable achievement well worth celebrating — with a North American tour that culminates in a two-day festival in San Francisco. Details are currently a little sparse on the SF fest, including the exact location, but expect performances from label honcho Fat Mike’s NOFX, punk mainstays Lagwagon and Swingin’ Utters, and newer Fat acts like toyGuitar and Bad Cop/Bad Cop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Deathstock I 2015 Poster\" width=\"566\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677901\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015.jpg 566w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015-400x678.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015-354x600.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/smiles666\">Smiles\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Sad Faces”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.longlivedeathrecords.com/deathstock-i/\">\u003cstrong>Deathstock I\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCamp Outback, Guerneville\u003cbr>\nJune 26-28, 2015\u003cbr>\nDeath Records — led by Brian Wakefield of bands Emotional and Melted Toys — has quietly put out a steady stream of excellent tapes over the last year, and the label is celebrating its one year anniversary with three days of music and camping in Guerneville. Unsurprisingly, it’s a lineup full of great bands, including Death Records artists like Smiles, Air Surgeon, Cole Lodge, and fellow local talents the Mantles, Danny James, CCR Headcleaner, and Sarah Bethe Nelson. Plus, the festival promises an appearance by Saturday Looks Good to Me’s Fred Thomas, who has a terrific new solo LP out now on Polyvinyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final.jpg\" alt=\"Phono del Sol 2015 Poster\" width=\"900\" height=\"1391\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677904\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final-400x618.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final-388x600.jpg 388w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final-763x1180.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MasYsa\">Mas Ysa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Margarita”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.phonodelsol.com\">\u003cstrong>Phono del Sol Music & Food Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPotrero del Sol Park, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJuly 11, 2015\u003cbr>\nOkay, we’re obviously more than a little biased about this festival, which, full disclosure, is produced by the Bay Bridged. But we’re very excited about Phono del Sol 2015: headliners Tanlines and King Tuff will join nine other local and touring acts like Sonny & The Sunsets and Generationals for an afternoon of music and fun in Potrero del Sol Park. Also along for the fest are eight local food trucks serving grub all day long, making it an all-around great way to spend a day in one of San Francisco’s most under-appreciated parks.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Wondering which indie-rock festivals to hit up this summer? The Bay Bridged has you covered with their mixtape podcast of upcoming highlights from the Bay Area and beyond.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047073,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1412},"headData":{"title":"Mixtape: Northern California's Best Summer Indie-Rock Festivals | KQED","description":"Wondering which indie-rock festivals to hit up this summer? 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In many cases it’s the use of beautiful public spaces, often city and state parks, that become part of the festival experience. Or maybe it’s the way that our festivals invest more time and effort into making sure that the food and drink offerings are compelling on their own. And, of course, there’s also the presence of great local bands, adding unique Bay Area flavor to each event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, there’s certainly an argument to be made that the Bay Area is reaching “peak festival.” Still, the benefits music fans can reap from the wealth of opportunities to see great bands in unique outdoor environments are undeniable. And looking at this list, it’s going to be a busy summer for music fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This mixtape collects 10 songs by artists performing at Northern California music festivals this summer. Each pick is accompanied by our reasons why that festival is worth seeking out. Enjoy the mix — and head to a music festival!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>About the festivals:\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Hickey Fest 2015 Poster\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Hickey-Fest-2015-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/vetiverse\">Vetiver\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Current Carry”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://hickeyfest.wordpress.com/\">\u003cstrong>Hickey Fest\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nStandish Hickey State Park, Leggett\u003cbr>\nJune 20-22, 2015\u003cbr>\nLocal musician Ash Reiter curates this annual festival in Mendocino County’s Standish Hickey State Park, which includes two dozen rock, folk and psych bands. This year’s lineup looks like the best yet, with Jolie Holland, Vetiver, and Dead Meadow topping a bill packed with great local bands, including Bay Bridged favorites Sugar Candy Mountain, Cool Ghouls, Luke Sweeney and Bells Atlas. Promising “25 bands, community campgrounds, psychedelic projections and other relaxing adventures,” it sounds like an awesome reason to get out of the city and go camping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Bottlerock Napa 2015 Poster\" width=\"600\" height=\"797\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677903\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015-400x531.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bottlerock-napa-2015-452x600.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/courtneybarnettmusic\">Courtney Barnett\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Pedestrian at Best”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com/\">\u003cstrong>BottleRock Napa Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nNapa Valley Expo, Napa\u003cbr>\nMay 29-31, 2015\u003cbr>\nBottleRock’s first year was infamously tumultuous, leaving in its wake unpaid debts and plenty of controversy. An ownership change led to a revitalized event in 2014, and 2015 finds the festival returning with 70+ bands. The lineup is less indie-oriented than most of the fests in this mix, but still offers plenty of potential highlights. It’s especially promising for foodies, with a “Culinary Stage” that will feature “celebrated chefs, vintners, actors, professional athletes and sommeliers participating in entertaining demos, performances, and other hijinx.” (On Sunday, Snoop Dogg mixes it up with chef Masaharu Morimoto.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Burger Boogaloo 2015 Poster\" width=\"673\" height=\"792\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677896\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015.jpg 673w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015-400x471.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/burger-boogaloo-2015-510x600.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gories-official/274813555900045\">The Gories\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “On The Run”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://burgerboogaloo.com/\">\u003cstrong>Burger Boogaloo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nMosswood Park, Oakland\u003cbr>\nJuly 4-5, 2015\u003cbr>\nGarage rock fans can’t miss the 2015 Burger Boogaloo, celebrating the genre’s surprising diversity with two days of performances hosted by the legendary John Waters. It’s a stacked lineup, with reunited groups like the Mummies and the Gories alongside some of today’s most rocking bands, including Fuzz, the Gooch Palms, and Shannon & The Clams — and rare local gigs by Japanese bands the 5.6.7.8’s and Thunderroads. Beyond the music, there’s also the location: the Mosswood Park bandshell is a secluded gem, making it the perfect oasis for rock ‘n’ roll aficionados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Outside Lands 2015 Poster\" width=\"800\" height=\"944\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677902\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015-400x472.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Outside-Lands-2015-508x600.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/toroymoi\">Toro Y Moi\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Run Baby Run”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/\">\u003cstrong>Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGolden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAugust 7-9, 2015\u003cbr>\nWhat new can be said about Outside Lands? Festival passes sold out in the blink of an eye this year, a testament to the event’s consistently high quality. In addition to the big names one expects at a festival of this size, Outside Lands 2015 once again features some stellar locals — Fantastic Negrito, The Sam Chase, Giraffage and more. Plus, the organizers do a killer job on food, wine and beer, making it truly a major music festival fit for San Franciscans. Outside Lands has been around for less than a decade, but it’s difficult to imagine a summer without it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Huichica 2015 Poster\" width=\"600\" height=\"920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677898\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015-400x613.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Huichica-2015-391x600.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/amendunes\">Amen Dunes\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Song To The Siren”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://huichica.com/\">\u003cstrong>Huichica Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nGundlach Bundschu Winery, Sonoma\u003cbr>\nJune 12-13, 2015\u003cbr>\nNorth Bay music fans already know about Gundlach-Bundschu winery’s frequent concerts, but Huichica’s killer array of performers make it well worth the trip to Sonoma. Curated by Jeff Bundschu and Eric Johnson (of Fruit Bats and EDJ fame), the fest offers three stages of music over two days, with likely highlights including the welcome return of Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound, shuffling psych-poppers Allah-Las, and the compelling singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt. Add plenty of tasty Gundlach-Bundschu wine on hand and Sonoma’s weather, and you’ve got a recipe for a couple of blissful days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015.png\" alt=\"Stern Grove 2015\" width=\"1580\" height=\"783\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015.png 1580w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-400x198.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-800x396.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-1180x585.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-960x476.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1580px) 100vw, 1580px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/zakiyaharrismusic\">Zakiya Harris\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Shape Shifter”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sterngrove.org/\">\u003cstrong>Stern Grove Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nStern Grove, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nSundays from June 14-August 16\u003cbr>\nThe Stern Grove Festival could probably just coast on the promise of free concerts in its gorgeous grove and still get large audiences. Instead, top-notch booking every year makes Stern Grove’s free Sunday concerts throughout the summer an extremely popular treat. As usual, Stern Grove’s 78th season traverses a variety of genres; while we’re definitely excited about tUnE-yArDs’ performance on July 19, it’s great to see plenty of talented Bay Area acts, like the California Honeydrops, Con Brio, and Zakiya Harris, appearing throughout the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Live 105 BFD 2015 Poster\" width=\"576\" height=\"813\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677897\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015.jpg 576w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015-400x565.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Live-105-BFD-2015-425x600.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/waterswaters\">WATERS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “I Feel Everything”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://live105.cbslocal.com/show/bfd/\">\u003cstrong>BFD 2015\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nShoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View\u003cbr>\nJune 6, 2015\u003cbr>\nLive 105 has been producing BFD for 21 years now, and the 2015 festival boasts a strong lineup across four stages. Modest Mouse and Of Monsters and Men may be the top names, but there are a ton of stellar Bay Area bands peppered throughout, like Cathedrals, K.Flay, WATERS, the Family Crest, and Andrew St. James. Very impressive, and a testament to Live 105’s continued support of the local scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Fat Wreck Chords 2015 Poster\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Fat-Wreck-Chords-2015-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/swinginutters\">Swingin’ Utters\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “I’m Not Coming Home”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.fatwreck.com/news/detail/829\">\u003cstrong>Fat Wreck Chords’ “Fat Wrecked for 25 Years”\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTBA, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAugust 22-23, 2015\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco record label Fat Wreck Chords commemorates 25 years — a remarkable achievement well worth celebrating — with a North American tour that culminates in a two-day festival in San Francisco. Details are currently a little sparse on the SF fest, including the exact location, but expect performances from label honcho Fat Mike’s NOFX, punk mainstays Lagwagon and Swingin’ Utters, and newer Fat acts like toyGuitar and Bad Cop/Bad Cop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Deathstock I 2015 Poster\" width=\"566\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677901\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015.jpg 566w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015-400x678.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Deathstock-I-2015-354x600.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/smiles666\">Smiles\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Sad Faces”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.longlivedeathrecords.com/deathstock-i/\">\u003cstrong>Deathstock I\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nCamp Outback, Guerneville\u003cbr>\nJune 26-28, 2015\u003cbr>\nDeath Records — led by Brian Wakefield of bands Emotional and Melted Toys — has quietly put out a steady stream of excellent tapes over the last year, and the label is celebrating its one year anniversary with three days of music and camping in Guerneville. Unsurprisingly, it’s a lineup full of great bands, including Death Records artists like Smiles, Air Surgeon, Cole Lodge, and fellow local talents the Mantles, Danny James, CCR Headcleaner, and Sarah Bethe Nelson. Plus, the festival promises an appearance by Saturday Looks Good to Me’s Fred Thomas, who has a terrific new solo LP out now on Polyvinyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final.jpg\" alt=\"Phono del Sol 2015 Poster\" width=\"900\" height=\"1391\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10677904\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final-400x618.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final-388x600.jpg 388w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Phono-del-Sol-2015-Poster-Final-763x1180.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MasYsa\">Mas Ysa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – “Margarita”\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.phonodelsol.com\">\u003cstrong>Phono del Sol Music & Food Festival\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPotrero del Sol Park, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJuly 11, 2015\u003cbr>\nOkay, we’re obviously more than a little biased about this festival, which, full disclosure, is produced by the Bay Bridged. But we’re very excited about Phono del Sol 2015: headliners Tanlines and King Tuff will join nine other local and touring acts like Sonny & The Sunsets and Generationals for an afternoon of music and fun in Potrero del Sol Park. Also along for the fest are eight local food trucks serving grub all day long, making it an all-around great way to spend a day in one of San Francisco’s most under-appreciated parks.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10677893/mixtape-northern-californias-best-summer-indie-rock-festivals","authors":["178"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_69"],"tags":["arts_596"],"affiliates":["arts_147"],"featImg":"arts_10688012","label":"arts_147"},"arts_10649453":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_10649453","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"10649453","score":null,"sort":[1432332042000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"free-music-al-fresco-where-when-to-enjoy-the-sounds-of-summer","title":"Free Music Al Fresco: Where & When to Enjoy the Sounds of Summer","publishDate":1432332042,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Free Music Al Fresco: Where & When to Enjoy the Sounds of Summer | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":890,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Once upon a time, when water used to fall from the sky with some regularity, the citizens of the Bay Area eagerly awaited the arrival of summer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/summer-arts-guide-2015\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10671038\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-400x400.png\" alt=\"SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/SummerArtsGuide-2015-400x400-1-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stripping off their garments (or huddling under a blanket to ward off the fog) they gathered together in parks and amphitheaters to revel in the free sounds of acid rock bands and bluegrass combos, mean blues Stratocasters and Hindustani sitar masters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these strange winter-less times the advent of summer weather isn’t quite as tantalizing, but the season does afford many more opportunities to experience music outdoors, with a plethora of free festivals around the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10677894\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-400x198.png\" alt=\"Stern Grove 2015\" width=\"400\" height=\"198\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10677894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-400x198.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-800x396.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-1180x585.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015-960x476.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/stern-grove-2015.png 1580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 Stern Grove Festival Flier\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Stern Grove Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 14 – Aug. 16\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.sterngrove.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The Stern Grove Festival is the granddaddy of free Bay Area concert series, a veritable San Francisco tradition that started when Franklin D. Roosevelt was campaigning for a second term. The Sunday afternoon shows usually feature a double bill with a headlining act and a local opener, and this year the festival has launched a new initiative, commissioning the Bay Area artists “to create a work of art inspired by the interplay between art, nature and audience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10650505\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"California Honeydrops\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10650505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Honeydrops (Photo: Keith Berson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Stern Grove opens on June 14 with The Doobie Brothers and The California Honeydrops. Other festival highlights include a salsa program featuring the Grammy-winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra with special guests Sheila E., and Marlow Rosado with the Salsamania dance company (June 21). Trenchant songwriter Randy Newman heads a double bill with guitarist Paul Mehling’s Gypsy swing band Hot Club of San Francisco (June 28), and the SF-based traditional Hawaiian music and dance ensemble Halau ‘o Keikiali‘i open for Hawaiian vocal star Amy Hānaiali‘I (July 12).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1717\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/10/tuneyards-400x309.jpg\" alt=\"tUnE-yArDs\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1717\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">tUnE-yArDs \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Stern Grove’s most interesting double bill pairs Merrill Garbus’s avant pop project tUnE-yArDs with the Ukrainian avant-traditionalist quartet DakhaBrakha (July 19). And rapper Talib Kweli headlines a program with vocalist Zakiya Harris and Elephantine, a poly-groove band built around Harris’s “Afro-eclectic” sensibility (Aug. 16). All concerts begin at 2 p.m. at Sigmund Stern Grove at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco’s Sunset district.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678348\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Thierry\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10678348\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Thierry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>May 21 – Oct. 31\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.ybgfestival.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Relative to Stern Grove, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is the new kid on the block, but for sheer variety and bountiful offerings, it’s the best entertainment value in the region. Running through late October, the 15th YBGF season feature some 100 free events, including music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. Part of what makes the YBGF so intriguing is the mix of acts on tap, with a top-shelf Bay Area combo like zydeco master André Thierry playing one weekend (May 30) followed a few weeks later by an international touring act, like Cuban drum maestro Dafnis Prieto’s sextet from New York City (June 13).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678350\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-400x286.jpg\" alt=\"Charming Hostess (Photo by Robin Hultgren)\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10678350\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-400x286.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-1180x843.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-960x686.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charming Hostess (Photo by Robin Hultgren)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Other YBGF highlights include Sao Paulo’s percussion-powered Bixiga 70 (June 20); the soul on soul Bay Area double bill of Elephantine and Bells Atlas (July 25); vocalist Jewlia Eisenberg’s funky, text-centric Balkan soul ensemble Charming Hostess (Au. 20); and the premiere of bassist/composer Marcus Shelby’s latest thematic work \u003cem>Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio, \u003c/em>which was commissioned by the YBGF (September 27). All programs take place outdoors in Yerba Buena Gardens, off Mission Street between 3rd\u003csup> \u003c/sup>and 4th Streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10679641\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/ClaudiaVillela.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Villela\" width=\"400\" height=\"546\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10679641\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudia Villela\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Jazz on the Plazz\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 24 – Aug. 26\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://jazzontheplazz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Anyone who’s surprised that Los Gatos boasts one of the hippest free concert series in the Bay Area just hasn’t clued into where the cats like to hang out in the South Bay. The Silicon Valley town’s Jazz on the Plazz series brings leading improvisers to the Los Gatos Town Plaza every Wednesday evening from late June through August. This year’s program is billed as “The Summer of Sinatra” in honor of the centennial of Ol’ Blue Eyes and the roster does lean toward vocalists (but not necessarily crooners). The series opens with guitarist Slava Tolstoy’s stylistically expansive International String Trio plus rapidly rising LA violinist and vocalist Leah Zeger. The brilliant Brazilian jazz vocalist Claudia Villela, a long-time Bay Area resident, performs on July 8, and the Plazz series closes with Spencer Day, who spent several productive years on the San Francisco scene, with the Full Spectrum Jazz Orchestra (Aug. 26).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678352\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"Gaucho (Photo by Dave Ricketts)\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10678352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-400x320.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-750x600.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-1180x944.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-960x768.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaucho (Photo by Dave Ricketts)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Summer Jazz series at Stanford Shopping Center\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 18 – Aug. 20\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.simon.com/mall/stanford-shopping-center/stream/29th-annual-summer-jazz-series-3188248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The 29\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Annual Summer Jazz Series at the Stanford Shopping Center brings top Bay Area artists representing a variety of styles to the Courtyard between Nordstrom and Crate & Barrel on Thursday evenings from June through August, starting with a band assembled from Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty. Produced by SFJAZZ and emceed by Clifford Brown Jr., the series includes veteran jazz and blues singer Pamela Rose (July 16); smart and poised Berkeley-raised trumpeter Erik Jekabson’s quintet ( July 30); bassist Marcus Shelby persuasively swinging trio featuring vocalist Tiffany Austin, whose rapidly making a name for herself as one of the freshest new singers on the scene (Aug. 13); and Gaucho, a sleek Gypsy jazz-inspired combo that focuses on smart original compositions (Aug. 20).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10682835\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-400x406.jpg\" alt=\"Mads Tolling Trio\" width=\"400\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10682835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-400x406.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-591x600.jpg 591w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-1163x1180.jpg 1163w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-1180x1197.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-960x974.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137.jpg 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mads Tolling Trio\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Concerts\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 12 – Sept. 11\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://kaisercenter.com/venues-roofgarden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">In what’s probably the best kept musical secret in the East Bay, the Kaiser Center in downtown Oakland presents a free concert series on its rooftop garden, a 3.5-acre urban oasis that’s open to the public on Fridays 8 am to 5 pm. And most Fridays from June 12 through Sept. 11, Roof Garden Concerts presents an array of free shows from noon to 1 p.m., from the Motown-style pop of West Grand Blvd (June 12) and the muscular jazz violin of the Mads Tolling Trio (June 26) to the Gypsy swing of guitarist Ned Boynton’s Café Americain (July 17) and the lilting steel drums of St. Lucia native Harry Best and Shebang! (Sept. 11).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10682980\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281-400x292.jpg\" alt=\"Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood Players \" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10682980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281-400x292.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood Players\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Music In the Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 24 – Aug. 19\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/musicinthepark.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Redwood City’s Music In the Park brings a similarly eclectic mix of sounds to Stafford Park on Wednesday evenings for most of the summer, including Stockton’s Americana quartet Snap Jackson & The Knock on Wood Players (June 24), the horn-powered jump blues of Lost Dog Found (July 8), the torchy blues of Lara Price (July 22), and the roots rock of Houston Jones (Aug. 12).\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10684856\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-400x274.jpg\" alt=\"Zydeco Flames\" width=\"400\" height=\"274\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10684856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-400x274.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-800x548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-960x658.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zydeco Flames\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Summer Sounds Concert Series \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 3 – Aug. 26\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Center’s Summer Sounds Concert Series brings free music to the City Center Plaza Stage at 13\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> and Broadway on Wednesdays, from noon to 1pm this summer, including powerhouse Cuban \u003cem>sonero\u003c/em> Fito Reinoso (June 24), the Zydeco Flames (July 15), Tower of Power trumpet great Mic Gillette’s band (July 22), and suave swing-oriented trombonist, pianist, vocalist and songwriter Tim Hockenberry (Aug. 19).\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The cost of living in the Bay Area might be exploding, but there’s no shortage of amazing free music on tap this summer. Here’s a guide to the region’s best outdoor concert series, events that won’t put a dent in your wallet.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705047075,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":8,"wordCount":1263},"headData":{"title":"Free Music Al Fresco: Where & When to Enjoy the Sounds of Summer | KQED","description":"The cost of living in the Bay Area might be exploding, but there’s no shortage of amazing free music on tap this summer. 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Roosevelt was campaigning for a second term. The Sunday afternoon shows usually feature a double bill with a headlining act and a local opener, and this year the festival has launched a new initiative, commissioning the Bay Area artists “to create a work of art inspired by the interplay between art, nature and audience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10650505\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"California Honeydrops\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10650505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CalifHoney.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Honeydrops (Photo: Keith Berson)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Stern Grove opens on June 14 with The Doobie Brothers and The California Honeydrops. Other festival highlights include a salsa program featuring the Grammy-winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra with special guests Sheila E., and Marlow Rosado with the Salsamania dance company (June 21). Trenchant songwriter Randy Newman heads a double bill with guitarist Paul Mehling’s Gypsy swing band Hot Club of San Francisco (June 28), and the SF-based traditional Hawaiian music and dance ensemble Halau ‘o Keikiali‘i open for Hawaiian vocal star Amy Hānaiali‘I (July 12).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1717\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/10/tuneyards-400x309.jpg\" alt=\"tUnE-yArDs\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1717\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">tUnE-yArDs \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Stern Grove’s most interesting double bill pairs Merrill Garbus’s avant pop project tUnE-yArDs with the Ukrainian avant-traditionalist quartet DakhaBrakha (July 19). And rapper Talib Kweli headlines a program with vocalist Zakiya Harris and Elephantine, a poly-groove band built around Harris’s “Afro-eclectic” sensibility (Aug. 16). All concerts begin at 2 p.m. at Sigmund Stern Grove at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco’s Sunset district.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678348\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Andre Thierry\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10678348\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Andre-Thierry.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Thierry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>May 21 – Oct. 31\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.ybgfestival.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Relative to Stern Grove, the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is the new kid on the block, but for sheer variety and bountiful offerings, it’s the best entertainment value in the region. Running through late October, the 15th YBGF season feature some 100 free events, including music, theater, circus, dance, poetry, and children’s programs. Part of what makes the YBGF so intriguing is the mix of acts on tap, with a top-shelf Bay Area combo like zydeco master André Thierry playing one weekend (May 30) followed a few weeks later by an international touring act, like Cuban drum maestro Dafnis Prieto’s sextet from New York City (June 13).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678350\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-400x286.jpg\" alt=\"Charming Hostess (Photo by Robin Hultgren)\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10678350\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-400x286.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-1180x843.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/CharmingHostess-creditRobinHultgren-960x686.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charming Hostess (Photo by Robin Hultgren)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Other YBGF highlights include Sao Paulo’s percussion-powered Bixiga 70 (June 20); the soul on soul Bay Area double bill of Elephantine and Bells Atlas (July 25); vocalist Jewlia Eisenberg’s funky, text-centric Balkan soul ensemble Charming Hostess (Au. 20); and the premiere of bassist/composer Marcus Shelby’s latest thematic work \u003cem>Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio, \u003c/em>which was commissioned by the YBGF (September 27). All programs take place outdoors in Yerba Buena Gardens, off Mission Street between 3rd\u003csup> \u003c/sup>and 4th Streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10679641\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/ClaudiaVillela.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Villela\" width=\"400\" height=\"546\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10679641\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudia Villela\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Jazz on the Plazz\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 24 – Aug. 26\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://jazzontheplazz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Anyone who’s surprised that Los Gatos boasts one of the hippest free concert series in the Bay Area just hasn’t clued into where the cats like to hang out in the South Bay. The Silicon Valley town’s Jazz on the Plazz series brings leading improvisers to the Los Gatos Town Plaza every Wednesday evening from late June through August. This year’s program is billed as “The Summer of Sinatra” in honor of the centennial of Ol’ Blue Eyes and the roster does lean toward vocalists (but not necessarily crooners). The series opens with guitarist Slava Tolstoy’s stylistically expansive International String Trio plus rapidly rising LA violinist and vocalist Leah Zeger. The brilliant Brazilian jazz vocalist Claudia Villela, a long-time Bay Area resident, performs on July 8, and the Plazz series closes with Spencer Day, who spent several productive years on the San Francisco scene, with the Full Spectrum Jazz Orchestra (Aug. 26).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678352\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"Gaucho (Photo by Dave Ricketts)\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10678352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-400x320.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-750x600.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-1180x944.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts-960x768.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Gaucho-photo-Dave-Ricketts.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaucho (Photo by Dave Ricketts)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Summer Jazz series at Stanford Shopping Center\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 18 – Aug. 20\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.simon.com/mall/stanford-shopping-center/stream/29th-annual-summer-jazz-series-3188248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The 29\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Annual Summer Jazz Series at the Stanford Shopping Center brings top Bay Area artists representing a variety of styles to the Courtyard between Nordstrom and Crate & Barrel on Thursday evenings from June through August, starting with a band assembled from Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty. Produced by SFJAZZ and emceed by Clifford Brown Jr., the series includes veteran jazz and blues singer Pamela Rose (July 16); smart and poised Berkeley-raised trumpeter Erik Jekabson’s quintet ( July 30); bassist Marcus Shelby persuasively swinging trio featuring vocalist Tiffany Austin, whose rapidly making a name for herself as one of the freshest new singers on the scene (Aug. 13); and Gaucho, a sleek Gypsy jazz-inspired combo that focuses on smart original compositions (Aug. 20).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10682835\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-400x406.jpg\" alt=\"Mads Tolling Trio\" width=\"400\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10682835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-400x406.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-591x600.jpg 591w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-1163x1180.jpg 1163w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-1180x1197.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-960x974.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/MTT-In-front-of-Lawn-e1432278849137.jpg 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mads Tolling Trio\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Concerts\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 12 – Sept. 11\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://kaisercenter.com/venues-roofgarden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cdiv class=\"inside text\" style=\"width: 600px;float: left\">\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">In what’s probably the best kept musical secret in the East Bay, the Kaiser Center in downtown Oakland presents a free concert series on its rooftop garden, a 3.5-acre urban oasis that’s open to the public on Fridays 8 am to 5 pm. And most Fridays from June 12 through Sept. 11, Roof Garden Concerts presents an array of free shows from noon to 1 p.m., from the Motown-style pop of West Grand Blvd (June 12) and the muscular jazz violin of the Mads Tolling Trio (June 26) to the Gypsy swing of guitarist Ned Boynton’s Café Americain (July 17) and the lilting steel drums of St. Lucia native Harry Best and Shebang! (Sept. 11).\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10682980\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281-400x292.jpg\" alt=\"Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood Players \" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10682980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281-400x292.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Snap-Jackson-e1432278974281.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snap Jackson & the Knock on Wood Players\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Music In the Park\u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 24 – Aug. 19\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/musicinthepark.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Redwood City’s Music In the Park brings a similarly eclectic mix of sounds to Stafford Park on Wednesday evenings for most of the summer, including Stockton’s Americana quartet Snap Jackson & The Knock on Wood Players (June 24), the horn-powered jump blues of Lost Dog Found (July 8), the torchy blues of Lara Price (July 22), and the roots rock of Houston Jones (Aug. 12).\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"callout noborder\">\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10684856\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-400x274.jpg\" alt=\"Zydeco Flames\" width=\"400\" height=\"274\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10684856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-400x274.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-800x548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-1180x809.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147-960x658.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Zydeco-Flames-Garbage-BW-e1432325718147.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zydeco Flames\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Summer Sounds Concert Series \u003c/h3>\n\u003ch5>June 3 – Aug. 26\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule and Details\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Center’s Summer Sounds Concert Series brings free music to the City Center Plaza Stage at 13\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> and Broadway on Wednesdays, from noon to 1pm this summer, including powerhouse Cuban \u003cem>sonero\u003c/em> Fito Reinoso (June 24), the Zydeco Flames (July 15), Tower of Power trumpet great Mic Gillette’s band (July 22), and suave swing-oriented trombonist, pianist, vocalist and songwriter Tim Hockenberry (Aug. 19).\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/10649453/free-music-al-fresco-where-when-to-enjoy-the-sounds-of-summer","authors":["86"],"series":["arts_890"],"categories":["arts_69"],"tags":["arts_596"],"featImg":"arts_10678358","label":"arts_890"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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