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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We’ve all been there. One minute you’re casually browsing newspaper archives in the library, the next you’re stumbling across a story from yore that’s so bizarre, you just \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to render it in miniature form.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yeah, okay, so, no. We clearly haven’t all been \u003cem>there\u003c/em>. But apparently, there are enough people who get overcome with a history-fueled desire to create dioramas that the Oakland Library is building an exhibition around the concept for the second time in two years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>All the News That’s Fit to Build: Local News Dioramas \u003c/em>will take over the Oakland History Center on the second floor of the Oakland library’s main branch between July 17 and Oct. 3. The plan is for the show to be a creative and engaging way to bring stories from Bay Area history into the present day.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Best of all? The Oakland Library specifically encourages participants to get as weird as possible. Last year’s winners included: a detailed rendition of \u003ca href=\"https://library.biblioboard.com/viewer/fc23a099-091f-4c08-afa8-4717b1a4f283\">drunken seagulls\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://library.biblioboard.com/viewer/4c21db59-8990-41eb-8e6d-b282ff26ffb4\">a pickler in a pickle\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://library.biblioboard.com/viewer/0f51b1ce-d876-465a-9baa-09ab64df8d2e\">the tenacious women\u003c/a> who founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13911567/the-1960s-women-whose-environmental-activism-saved-the-bay\">Save the Bay\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://library.biblioboard.com/viewer/e0259e45-b014-49b3-b7df-5dba27436074\">noisy peacocks\u003c/a>; and \u003ca href=\"https://library.biblioboard.com/viewer/82a13365-1e44-4aa3-909b-bfbde7767666\">Harry Houdini hanging upside down\u003c/a> outside the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em>. So basically, anything goes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>We at KQED Arts & Culture would like to add some historically accurate diorama suggestions to the pile, if we may be so bold. Such as:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976828/haunted-toys-r-us-sunnyvale-yonny-johnson-murphy-ranch-doll\">haunted Toys R Us in Sunnyvale\u003c/a> that made headlines in the 1970s and ’80s \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The oddly costumed dancing girls of Lake Merritt’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900997/3-exceptionally-weird-bay-area-festivals-we-should-bring-back\">Wild Duck Festival\u003c/a> in the 1920s\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957514/1896-mystery-airship-bay-area-ufo-history-victorian-aliens\">entire streetcar of witnesses in Fruitvale who saw a Victorian UFO\u003c/a> one night in 1896\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The extorter, attempted murderer and bomb plotter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13926069/meet-isabella-j-martin-the-crappiest-criminal-in-bay-area-history\">Isabella J. Martin\u003c/a>, who forced her own son to burn down Oakland homes in 1901\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The “City of Oakland” hot air balloon pilots who went on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13910308/city-of-oakland-hot-air-balloon-idora-park-piedmont-baths-neptune-beach\">mayhem-drenched near-death ride\u003c/a> in 1909\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Feeling inspired yet?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youthradio.org/\">Youth Radio\u003c/a> is back.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> nonprofit, which had supported youth involvement in media for more than 30 years before shutting down in 2024, announced Tuesday that it will resume operations effective this week.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Youth Radio will continue to be headquartered inside its longstanding location at 17th and Broadway in downtown Oakland, which it owns. Its programs restart on Wednesday, June 24, with an orientation for its first cohort of 16 participants.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The reopening is due to the volunteer efforts of a small group of former staff, students, plus “dedicated board members and community members,” according to Maeven McGovern, a longtime employee of the organization who has taken on the role of executive director.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Funding for the reopening has come from a variety of sources, including a group of small donors, along with grants from Elevate Youth California and the Wellness Foundation. Youth Radio also received a loan from Community Vision to assist with existing debt.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.building.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13991018\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.building.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.building-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.building-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Youth Radio’s headquarters in downtown Oakland. The community nonprofit owns the building at 17th and Broadway. (Courtesy Youth Radio)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A crowdfunding campaign, which launched in 2024 and raised roughly $18,000, “helped keep the lights on and keep things moving while we were figuring out how to reopen,” said McGovern.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone involved with the reopening effort has a long history with Youth Radio, said McGovern, “but weren’t very involved with the leadership that was in place when it closed.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So far, the staffing is modest, with one full-time program manager and three part-time instructors, along with McGovern. The organization, which expects to grow with time, is currently using consultants for administration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, the reopening is a welcome return for a community organization that had become \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/11/12/yr-media-oakland-shuts-down/\">plagued by financial issues\u003c/a>. By the time it shut down in November 2024, staff had not been paid for more than a month, and employee health insurance insurance premiums had lapsed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It marked a confounding end to a beloved program. Youth Radio had provided equipment, training and mentorship for all aspects of media, including film, radio, podcasting, music and photography. It counted among its alumni TV newscaster \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lanayalewistv/?hl=en\">Lanaya Lewis\u003c/a>, music producer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13816944/the-10-best-bay-area-albums-of-2017-1-o-a-k-riding-in-cars-with-girls\">1 O.A.K.\u003c/a>, rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/iamsu\">IamSu\u003c/a> and \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> actor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932485/tributes-angus-cloud-euphoria-oakland-osa-kehlani-zendaya-kev-choice-jwalt\">Angus Cloud\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.1993opening.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13991020\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.1993opening.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.1993opening-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/YouthRadio.1993opening-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A group of young people at Youth Radio in 1993, the year the organization was launched. 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"content": "\u003cp>Bay Area artists’ studios and homes feel like they’re getting smaller all the time. The region seems ever-contracting, squeezing out and closing off its artistic community — even as it expands upward through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987491/thee-parkside-closing-san-francisco-potrero-hill\">new-build condos\u003c/a> and outward through virtual vistas. Tracing the evolution of art made inside Bay Area homes is to trace the material minimization of artists and their practices.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dirosaart.org/2026/03/the-dome-show\">\u003cem>The Dome Show\u003c/em>\u003c/a> at di Rosa SF celebrates the 50th anniversary of the titular Oakland artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedomecenter.org/\">live/work community\u003c/a> at a time when the solutions it models may be more relevant than ever. Founded in 1976 by ceramics artist \u003ca href=\"https://americanart.si.edu/artist/peter-voulkos-5183\">Peter Voulkos\u003c/a> (1924–2002) in response to the rising cost of living in San Francisco, The Dome has remained a hub for creative energy and community.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The exhibition features 14 artists, including Voulkos and other founding members, as well as current residents and artists like Clay Jensen, who has maintained a studio there since 1976.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000.jpg\" alt=\"gallery view with sculptures on floor and paintings on walls\" class=\"wp-image-13990845\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Installation view of ‘The Dome Show’ at di Rosa SF. (di Rosa)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The purchase of the building was an insight into Peter’s intelligence,” Jensen tells KQED. “For those who are directly involved in the physical arts, it’s always been difficult to find a space big enough to work and live in.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Dome was, at its inception, the first live/work space in Oakland, though even then it was illegal to live in a commercial building. The workaround came as a direct result of Voulkos’ ceramics practice — the large-scale gas kilns at The Dome had to be monitored 24 hours a day, so early residents were considered “kiln technicians.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, The Dome houses 14 studios, some shared, seven of which are live-in, with monthly rents ranging from $742 for a roughly 800-square foot studio to $2,100 for a 2,500-square foot live-work space. It’s a simple premise: when artists have less rent to worry about, their practice can take precedence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Limits of affordability force artists to be driven by a profit motive which limits periods of play and research,” di Rosa’s curator Twyla Ruby explains.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the di Rosa exhibition, Voulkos’ bronze and stoneware sculptures exemplify the scale and imaginative benefits of working in an accommodating space. The strange, dome-like structures with gnarled chimneys look almost like kilns morphing from the gallery’s cement floor. Bella Feldman and Tom Holland’s large-scale aluminum, steel and wood sculptures also make the argument for taking up space.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000.jpg\" alt=\"sculptures embedded with photographs sitting on pedestal\" class=\"wp-image-13990846\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Installation view of Takming Chuang’s work in ‘The Dome Show’ at di Rosa SF. (di Rosa)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For multimedia artist \u003ca href=\"https://takmingchuang.com/\">Takming Chuang\u003c/a>, the increased studio space The Dome gave him was practice-altering. He moved into a studio at The Dome in March 2020, after completing a Headlands Center for the Arts graduate fellowship.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was quite depressed when I was searching for studio spaces in San Francisco,” Chuang says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most studios he looked at cost at least $500 dollars for just a small corner in a shared space. At home, he was painting in the living room he shared with his partner and roommates. Thanks to the ample studio he now splits with ceramics artist \u003ca href=\"https://luisdcasas.com/\">Luis Casas\u003c/a> at The Dome, Chuang has been able to fully embrace large-scale, multimedia installations, like the one on view at di Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chuang’s modular installation \u003cem>Placeholder for Remains\u003c/em> (2026) combines ceramic forms with photographic snapshots. Each individual element is small, but displayed together as a contiguous installation, the work expands, meandering through the gallery and inviting the viewer to move with it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to expanding material possibilities, artist communities can also facilitate a culture of experimentation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000.jpg\" alt=\"wide view of person on tall ladder in front of large tapestry in warehouse\" class=\"wp-image-13990847\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000-768x517.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An artist works on a large-scale textile piece in The Dome. 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Her videos on view at di Rosa span the 1970s to now; they were created using a handmade video synthesizer which chops and screws video signals into something like abstract digital painting. \u003cem>Border Eclipse Immersive\u003c/em> (2025–2026) is a VR piece of a solar eclipse taking place at an unnamed border, using the natural analogy to push back against the idea of arbitrary geographic limitations. It’s also a fantasy of infinite space, sort of like The Dome.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I moved in here with just my video synthesizer and a couple of monitors and some cameras,” Gillerman says. “I was in a giant open warehouse with just a little corner where I pirated electricity from the main circuit in the hall, because I moved in before there was electrical or plumbing. The one rule Peter had was that you had to remain a working artist or you’d be booted out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As much as it is a mandate, it’s also what The Dome has made possible for its residents over the years. \u003cem>The Dome Show \u003c/em>is a refreshing reminder of the kinds of solutions the Bay Area’s creative community is capable of creating for itself, when corporate greed and municipal regulations don’t get in the way. Ownership, Jensen says, is the key.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Artists come into these tough areas and gentrify them because that’s the place they can afford to live and work,” Jensen says. “As soon as it gets to a point where someone with more money can come in, they’re pushed out unless they can buy the building. Peter was fortunate enough to do that but also smart enough to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Local nonprofits like the\u003ca href=\"https://cast-sf.org/\"> Community Arts Stabilization Trust\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13989682/artist-housing-advocates-eye-a-once-in-100-year-opportunity\">Artist Space Trust\u003c/a> work in different ways to help individual artists and arts organizations purchase long-term homes. But artists are still waiting on municipalities to support them directly, whether that’s by limiting the power of developers or improving zoning laws that allow live/work spaces to exist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One solution may be for artists to work with local governments directly, instead of relying on developers or the generosity of a single benefactor (like Voulkos). 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>In the di Rosa exhibition, Voulkos’ bronze and stoneware sculptures exemplify the scale and imaginative benefits of working in an accommodating space. The strange, dome-like structures with gnarled chimneys look almost like kilns morphing from the gallery’s cement floor. Bella Feldman and Tom Holland’s large-scale aluminum, steel and wood sculptures also make the argument for taking up space.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Chuang’s modular installation \u003cem>Placeholder for Remains\u003c/em> (2026) combines ceramic forms with photographic snapshots. Each individual element is small, but displayed together as a contiguous installation, the work expands, meandering through the gallery and inviting the viewer to move with it.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Bay Area artists’ studios and homes feel like they’re getting smaller all the time. The region seems ever-contracting, squeezing out and closing off its artistic community — even as it expands upward through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987491/thee-parkside-closing-san-francisco-potrero-hill\">new-build condos\u003c/a> and outward through virtual vistas. Tracing the evolution of art made inside Bay Area homes is to trace the material minimization of artists and their practices.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dirosaart.org/2026/03/the-dome-show\">\u003cem>The Dome Show\u003c/em>\u003c/a> at di Rosa SF celebrates the 50th anniversary of the titular Oakland artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedomecenter.org/\">live/work community\u003c/a> at a time when the solutions it models may be more relevant than ever. Founded in 1976 by ceramics artist \u003ca href=\"https://americanart.si.edu/artist/peter-voulkos-5183\">Peter Voulkos\u003c/a> (1924–2002) in response to the rising cost of living in San Francisco, The Dome has remained a hub for creative energy and community.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The exhibition features 14 artists, including Voulkos and other founding members, as well as current residents and artists like Clay Jensen, who has maintained a studio there since 1976.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000.jpg\" alt=\"gallery view with sculptures on floor and paintings on walls\" class=\"wp-image-13990845\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_2_2000-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Installation view of ‘The Dome Show’ at di Rosa SF. (di Rosa)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The purchase of the building was an insight into Peter’s intelligence,” Jensen tells KQED. “For those who are directly involved in the physical arts, it’s always been difficult to find a space big enough to work and live in.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Dome was, at its inception, the first live/work space in Oakland, though even then it was illegal to live in a commercial building. The workaround came as a direct result of Voulkos’ ceramics practice — the large-scale gas kilns at The Dome had to be monitored 24 hours a day, so early residents were considered “kiln technicians.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, The Dome houses 14 studios, some shared, seven of which are live-in, with monthly rents ranging from $742 for a roughly 800-square foot studio to $2,100 for a 2,500-square foot live-work space. It’s a simple premise: when artists have less rent to worry about, their practice can take precedence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Limits of affordability force artists to be driven by a profit motive which limits periods of play and research,” di Rosa’s curator Twyla Ruby explains.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the di Rosa exhibition, Voulkos’ bronze and stoneware sculptures exemplify the scale and imaginative benefits of working in an accommodating space. The strange, dome-like structures with gnarled chimneys look almost like kilns morphing from the gallery’s cement floor. Bella Feldman and Tom Holland’s large-scale aluminum, steel and wood sculptures also make the argument for taking up space.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000.jpg\" alt=\"sculptures embedded with photographs sitting on pedestal\" class=\"wp-image-13990846\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Show_12_2000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Installation view of Takming Chuang’s work in ‘The Dome Show’ at di Rosa SF. (di Rosa)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For multimedia artist \u003ca href=\"https://takmingchuang.com/\">Takming Chuang\u003c/a>, the increased studio space The Dome gave him was practice-altering. He moved into a studio at The Dome in March 2020, after completing a Headlands Center for the Arts graduate fellowship.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I was quite depressed when I was searching for studio spaces in San Francisco,” Chuang says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most studios he looked at cost at least $500 dollars for just a small corner in a shared space. At home, he was painting in the living room he shared with his partner and roommates. Thanks to the ample studio he now splits with ceramics artist \u003ca href=\"https://luisdcasas.com/\">Luis Casas\u003c/a> at The Dome, Chuang has been able to fully embrace large-scale, multimedia installations, like the one on view at di Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chuang’s modular installation \u003cem>Placeholder for Remains\u003c/em> (2026) combines ceramic forms with photographic snapshots. Each individual element is small, but displayed together as a contiguous installation, the work expands, meandering through the gallery and inviting the viewer to move with it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to expanding material possibilities, artist communities can also facilitate a culture of experimentation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000.jpg\" alt=\"wide view of person on tall ladder in front of large tapestry in warehouse\" class=\"wp-image-13990847\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000-768x517.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/The-Dome-Space_6_2000-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An artist works on a large-scale textile piece in The Dome. (Photo by Marilyn Levine; courtesy of Clay Jensen)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The Dome has a very creative, inspirational environment,” multimedia artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.joanngillerman.com/\">JoAnn Gillerman\u003c/a> says, “which creates the space to keep creating and keep being an artist. That’s possibly as important as the physical space. For me, being surrounded by so many wonderful artists is like living with extended family.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gillerman is another first-generation “Domer,” as she and Jensen call themselves. She’s taught at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13985413/california-college-of-the-arts-sfai-mills-art-school-closures\">California College of the Arts\u003c/a> since 1976. The Dome is the only place in the Bay Area she’s ever lived.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She’s also the only Domer to work in what she calls “electronic arts,” experimenting with analog and digital technology. Her videos on view at di Rosa span the 1970s to now; they were created using a handmade video synthesizer which chops and screws video signals into something like abstract digital painting. \u003cem>Border Eclipse Immersive\u003c/em> (2025–2026) is a VR piece of a solar eclipse taking place at an unnamed border, using the natural analogy to push back against the idea of arbitrary geographic limitations. It’s also a fantasy of infinite space, sort of like The Dome.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I moved in here with just my video synthesizer and a couple of monitors and some cameras,” Gillerman says. “I was in a giant open warehouse with just a little corner where I pirated electricity from the main circuit in the hall, because I moved in before there was electrical or plumbing. The one rule Peter had was that you had to remain a working artist or you’d be booted out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As much as it is a mandate, it’s also what The Dome has made possible for its residents over the years. \u003cem>The Dome Show \u003c/em>is a refreshing reminder of the kinds of solutions the Bay Area’s creative community is capable of creating for itself, when corporate greed and municipal regulations don’t get in the way. Ownership, Jensen says, is the key.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Artists come into these tough areas and gentrify them because that’s the place they can afford to live and work,” Jensen says. “As soon as it gets to a point where someone with more money can come in, they’re pushed out unless they can buy the building. Peter was fortunate enough to do that but also smart enough to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Local nonprofits like the\u003ca href=\"https://cast-sf.org/\"> Community Arts Stabilization Trust\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13989682/artist-housing-advocates-eye-a-once-in-100-year-opportunity\">Artist Space Trust\u003c/a> work in different ways to help individual artists and arts organizations purchase long-term homes. But artists are still waiting on municipalities to support them directly, whether that’s by limiting the power of developers or improving zoning laws that allow live/work spaces to exist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One solution may be for artists to work with local governments directly, instead of relying on developers or the generosity of a single benefactor (like Voulkos). 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"content": "\u003cp>By now, the audience at Eli’s Mile High Club in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> knows what to expect from Nat Bolden.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bolden will sing from on stage, his face alight with glee, whatever jeweled belt buckle or sequined fedora he may be sporting sparkling under the lights, his tenor croon still smooth at age 98. Meanwhile, his duet partner, Sharon Davis, will sing from a chair on the floor below, no longer up to climbing the stairs to the stage but still plenty able to get the audience, many of whom are some 60 years her junior, swaying with her smoky wail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eli’s has a long and august tradition of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/blues-music\">blues\u003c/a>; Bolden has been singing there for more than 30 years. A poster for one of his 1995 shows still hangs on the wall, beside bills advertising the likes of genre luminaries Etta James, James Brown and B.B. King. Although these days the bar is mostly a punk and metal joint, when owner Matthew Patane took over in 2014, he was determined to honor its blues history.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nat Bolden, 98, performs during the 10 Year Celebration of Blue Monday at Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland on June 1, 2026. 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Yoshi’s may offer a little more polish, but no club provides the city’s oldest performers an enthusiastic audience, or teaches a new generation the magic of the blues, quite like Eli’s.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re keeping the blues alive,” Bolden says, “and the blues is keeping me alive.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>The stains are in the same place’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The blues came to Oakland from the Deep South during World War II, along with the wave of Black workers who came to work in the city’s shipyards — including Bolden. After a few years as a welder, he bought a blues club called the Til Two, rebelling against the ad hoc segregation of 1950s California that he had hoped to leave behind in Arkansas. “I didn’t care what color you was, you came in,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His fellow Eli’s regular, 91-year-old Clarence Sims, also came to the area seeking an escape from Jim Crow. “The white fountain, the black fountain, we couldn’t go into the restaurants,” Sims remembers. Growing up in Louisiana, Sims had listened to records on his grandmother’s gramophone, idolizing a performer named Guitar Slim.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“His suit was green, his hat was green, the women was screaming, and I thought, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” he says. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clarence Sims, better known as Filmore Slim, poses in a backstage room at Eli’s Mile High Club during the 10th anniversary celebration of Blue Monday in Oakland on June 1, 2026. 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The stains are in the same place.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990591\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People gather outside Eli’s Mile High Club during the 10th anniversary celebration of Blue Monday in Oakland on June 1, 2026. 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With the destruction of Seventh Street and blues clubs closing across the city, Key dubbed his bar the “Home of the West Coast Blues.” A 1985 article in the \u003cem>East Bay Express\u003c/em> describes a typical night that could be any current Blues Monday, where “yuppies from Berkeley stomp and sway alongside the older black regulars from West and East Oakland.”\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Eli’s was, the article declares, “the most successfully integrated blues club in America’s most integrated city.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A cross-generational blues seminar\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> When Patane started Blue Mondays, it was important to Turner that the night include an open jam. “There are a lot of good players out there, and they don’t get the opportunity to let you know what they can do — so here they can,” Bolden says. Rotating bands play feature sets, but there’s always a sign-up portion open to all.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Over time, the jam has accrued devoted regulars. First came the older generation: Bolden, Turner, and Sims; long-time Eli’s patron, Ella Pennewell, who often dedicates a song to her late husband, Julien Vaught of the Flamingos; Earnestine Barze, or Lady E, who learned to sing blues at Eli’s after the murder of her son.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sharon Davis sings from a chair at the edge of the stage during the 10 Year Celebration of Blue Monday at Eli’s Mile High Club on June 1, 2026, in Oakland. Unable to perform on stage, Davis now sings from the audience level while Nat Bolden and other musicians perform behind her. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then, gradually, younger musicians joined in. Kameron Jones, 32, learned to play blues at Eli’s on a saxophone gifted to him by a musician he met there. He calls Eli’s a “blues nursery,” a rare opportunity to get on stage and learn by doing. Bolden, for example, gave Jones his first wireless mic so they could more easily perform together.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vocalist Muwazu Chisum-Misquitta, 23, has also found a supportive musical home among musicians several decades her senior. Sims in particular has taken to inviting Chisum-Misquitta up to sing backup vocals for him. “I walk in, and it feels like home,” she says. “There’s so much to learn from everybody; everyone is so willing to share.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the older generation has found a receptive, enthusiastic audience and reassurance that the blues just might live on. Most Mondays by 9 p.m., Eli’s is full — not just of old timers but also throngs of UC Berkeley students, attracted initially to the free night of music and then drawn in by the palpable warmth on stage.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Them young kids love the blues, man,” Sims says. “I was really flabbergasted by them young kids playing the guitar and dancing.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A marquee listing upcoming Monday night blues performers hangs inside Eli’s Mile High Club during the venue’s Blue Monday 10th anniversary celebration in Oakland on June 1, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In that way, Eli’s blues night has become a source of communal care, providing encouragement and support for young musicians and dignity and camaraderie for older ones. In between those two groups is T Patrick Farmer, a “seventies baby” who serves as the unofficial hype man of Blue Mondays and a bridge between generations. He sees it as his job to facilitate intergenerational understanding through the language of music, encouraging the young crowd to dance harder and keep their energy up when an old-timer performs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m telling the crowd, ‘Jump, jump,’ and there’s a connection there,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And the train keeps a-rollin’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s another Monday at Eli’s, and Bolden is making the rounds after his and Davis’ performance, shaking hands with men and leaning in flirtatiously to chat with women. Sims, who inspired Bolden’s flair for fashion, will close out the evening clad in a bright blue blazer, matching yellow-lined pork pie hat, and a bejeweled cane that he uses to ease his still-lanky frame onto a stool.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it’s time to do the national anthem,” he tells the audience, and one of the guitarist plays a few bars of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” “Nahhh, not that national anthem,” he says. “So, do y’all know what the real national anthem is?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The band answers with the opening chords of “Get Up, I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine,” by James Brown. Sims chants the lyrics in his Louisiana drawl; Farmer jumps to the beat behind him and tells the crowd to do the same. “If you want to save Eli’s, scream!” he yells.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13972746\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Owner and operator Matthew Patane, center, holds a community meeting at Eli’s Mile High Club on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eli’s took a hit during Covid lockdown and continues to struggle. Tangles with a neighbor and Oakland bureaucratic red tape made things worse, culminating in the city shutting down the bar’s back patio last year. (Efforts to find a solution with the neighbor and city are ongoing.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s been a challenging time: a lot of small venues are in our situation — fighting to stay alive,” Patane says. Meanwhile, every Monday is still reserved for the blues, music that is endlessly expressive and cathartic.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It tells a story, and people live that story every day,” Bolden says of what makes the blues tradition worth fighting for. “They work hard, they have trouble at home, they love a person and don’t have that love returned — all that is blues.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s a cause worth the weekly drive to and from Stockton, he adds.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My legs can be hurting. But then they start up a beat up there, and they quit hurting, and I get up and dance.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>By now, the audience at Eli’s Mile High Club in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> knows what to expect from Nat Bolden.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bolden will sing from on stage, his face alight with glee, whatever jeweled belt buckle or sequined fedora he may be sporting sparkling under the lights, his tenor croon still smooth at age 98. Meanwhile, his duet partner, Sharon Davis, will sing from a chair on the floor below, no longer up to climbing the stairs to the stage but still plenty able to get the audience, many of whom are some 60 years her junior, swaying with her smoky wail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eli’s has a long and august tradition of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/blues-music\">blues\u003c/a>; Bolden has been singing there for more than 30 years. A poster for one of his 1995 shows still hangs on the wall, beside bills advertising the likes of genre luminaries Etta James, James Brown and B.B. King. Although these days the bar is mostly a punk and metal joint, when owner Matthew Patane took over in 2014, he was determined to honor its blues history.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_019-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nat Bolden, 98, performs during the 10 Year Celebration of Blue Monday at Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland on June 1, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At the prompting of artist and longtime regular Margie Turner, Patane started “Blue Mondays,” spotlighting local talent. The now-beloved weekly institution, which turns ten this month, draws an intensely intergenerational and diverse crowd — sporting cowboy hats, canes, lip rings or locs — that goes wild without fail when Bolden and Davis perform. Yoshi’s may offer a little more polish, but no club provides the city’s oldest performers an enthusiastic audience, or teaches a new generation the magic of the blues, quite like Eli’s.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re keeping the blues alive,” Bolden says, “and the blues is keeping me alive.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>‘\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>The stains are in the same place’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The blues came to Oakland from the Deep South during World War II, along with the wave of Black workers who came to work in the city’s shipyards — including Bolden. After a few years as a welder, he bought a blues club called the Til Two, rebelling against the ad hoc segregation of 1950s California that he had hoped to leave behind in Arkansas. “I didn’t care what color you was, you came in,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His fellow Eli’s regular, 91-year-old Clarence Sims, also came to the area seeking an escape from Jim Crow. “The white fountain, the black fountain, we couldn’t go into the restaurants,” Sims remembers. Growing up in Louisiana, Sims had listened to records on his grandmother’s gramophone, idolizing a performer named Guitar Slim.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“His suit was green, his hat was green, the women was screaming, and I thought, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” he says. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990593\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_006-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clarence Sims, better known as Filmore Slim, poses in a backstage room at Eli’s Mile High Club during the 10th anniversary celebration of Blue Monday in Oakland on June 1, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sims, better known as Fillmore Slim, moved to San Francisco and became one of the city’s most visible pimps, participating in what he calls the “fast life.” After five years in prison, he ended up in a halfway house near Eli’s and sat in on his first jam session.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Local blues enthusiast Eli Thornton had bought the former-dairy-turned-watering-hole not long before and turned it into a music venue. Soon, Sims was performing there regularly; he eventually recorded his first album in the upstairs green room, with musicians tucked into the tiny kitchen and sitting on the toilet.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Everyone there was dressed sharp, partying, and it was always packed,” remembers West Coast Blues Society executive director Ronnie Stewart, who started his own career at Eli’s. Even now, “it ain’t changed much. The stains are in the same place.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990591\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People gather outside Eli’s Mile High Club during the 10th anniversary celebration of Blue Monday in Oakland on June 1, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Thornton’s girlfriend shot him inside his own bar in 1979, and eventually musician and regular Troyce Key took over. With the destruction of Seventh Street and blues clubs closing across the city, Key dubbed his bar the “Home of the West Coast Blues.” A 1985 article in the \u003cem>East Bay Express\u003c/em> describes a typical night that could be any current Blues Monday, where “yuppies from Berkeley stomp and sway alongside the older black regulars from West and East Oakland.”\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Eli’s was, the article declares, “the most successfully integrated blues club in America’s most integrated city.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A cross-generational blues seminar\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> When Patane started Blue Mondays, it was important to Turner that the night include an open jam. “There are a lot of good players out there, and they don’t get the opportunity to let you know what they can do — so here they can,” Bolden says. Rotating bands play feature sets, but there’s always a sign-up portion open to all.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Over time, the jam has accrued devoted regulars. First came the older generation: Bolden, Turner, and Sims; long-time Eli’s patron, Ella Pennewell, who often dedicates a song to her late husband, Julien Vaught of the Flamingos; Earnestine Barze, or Lady E, who learned to sing blues at Eli’s after the murder of her son.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126Elis-Monday-Blues-Night_GH_029_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sharon Davis sings from a chair at the edge of the stage during the 10 Year Celebration of Blue Monday at Eli’s Mile High Club on June 1, 2026, in Oakland. Unable to perform on stage, Davis now sings from the audience level while Nat Bolden and other musicians perform behind her. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then, gradually, younger musicians joined in. Kameron Jones, 32, learned to play blues at Eli’s on a saxophone gifted to him by a musician he met there. He calls Eli’s a “blues nursery,” a rare opportunity to get on stage and learn by doing. Bolden, for example, gave Jones his first wireless mic so they could more easily perform together.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vocalist Muwazu Chisum-Misquitta, 23, has also found a supportive musical home among musicians several decades her senior. Sims in particular has taken to inviting Chisum-Misquitta up to sing backup vocals for him. “I walk in, and it feels like home,” she says. “There’s so much to learn from everybody; everyone is so willing to share.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the older generation has found a receptive, enthusiastic audience and reassurance that the blues just might live on. Most Mondays by 9 p.m., Eli’s is full — not just of old timers but also throngs of UC Berkeley students, attracted initially to the free night of music and then drawn in by the palpable warmth on stage.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Them young kids love the blues, man,” Sims says. “I was really flabbergasted by them young kids playing the guitar and dancing.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/060126ELIS-MONDAY-BLUES-NIGHT_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A marquee listing upcoming Monday night blues performers hangs inside Eli’s Mile High Club during the venue’s Blue Monday 10th anniversary celebration in Oakland on June 1, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In that way, Eli’s blues night has become a source of communal care, providing encouragement and support for young musicians and dignity and camaraderie for older ones. In between those two groups is T Patrick Farmer, a “seventies baby” who serves as the unofficial hype man of Blue Mondays and a bridge between generations. He sees it as his job to facilitate intergenerational understanding through the language of music, encouraging the young crowd to dance harder and keep their energy up when an old-timer performs.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m telling the crowd, ‘Jump, jump,’ and there’s a connection there,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And the train keeps a-rollin’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s another Monday at Eli’s, and Bolden is making the rounds after his and Davis’ performance, shaking hands with men and leaning in flirtatiously to chat with women. Sims, who inspired Bolden’s flair for fashion, will close out the evening clad in a bright blue blazer, matching yellow-lined pork pie hat, and a bejeweled cane that he uses to ease his still-lanky frame onto a stool.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it’s time to do the national anthem,” he tells the audience, and one of the guitarist plays a few bars of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” “Nahhh, not that national anthem,” he says. “So, do y’all know what the real national anthem is?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The band answers with the opening chords of “Get Up, I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine,” by James Brown. Sims chants the lyrics in his Louisiana drawl; Farmer jumps to the beat behind him and tells the crowd to do the same. “If you want to save Eli’s, scream!” he yells.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13972746\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/20250305_ELIS-CLUB_DMB_00634-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Owner and operator Matthew Patane, center, holds a community meeting at Eli’s Mile High Club on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eli’s took a hit during Covid lockdown and continues to struggle. Tangles with a neighbor and Oakland bureaucratic red tape made things worse, culminating in the city shutting down the bar’s back patio last year. (Efforts to find a solution with the neighbor and city are ongoing.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s been a challenging time: a lot of small venues are in our situation — fighting to stay alive,” Patane says. 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The series’ second offering, Caroline Golum’s \u003cem>Revelations of Divine Love\u003c/em>, screens this Sunday, June 21.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://youtu.be/QuKics1aoFc?si=qapEP1Mh2JBpxCqt\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vital Signs hopes to fill an untapped niche in the Bay Area film ecosystem. Not quite experimental and not quite mainstream, Vital Signs movies might be touring the international film festival circuit; they likely won’t be playing on a Bay Area screen anytime soon. 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In March, the cinema launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-shapeshifters-cinema-brewery-cafe\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> to raise $60,000 to help cover immediate expenses. “The biggest donor to our organization over the years has been an unnamed shadow donor,” the GoFundMe explains, “and that has been us — the founding directors — who have kept the engine running with regular financial infusions from out of our own pockets.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Founded in 2012, Shapeshifters Cinema started as a monthly experimental film series, first at Oakland’s Arbor Cafe, then at the Temescal Arts Center. Since 2019, they’ve operated a microcinema and brewery in a Victorian near Jack London Square (Guerrero is an award-winning brewer). In 2023 they took over the next-door cafe.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While workshop fees, rentals and food and beer sales help sustain the operation, Guerrero says Shapeshifters isn’t yet profitable. “From the business side of it, it’s just how do we get people to come in so we can pay the rent,” Guerrero says. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the first Vital Signs screening didn’t have a huge turnout, Quillian says, the people who came \u003cem>were\u003c/em> first-time visitors. “That is something we’re excited about,” she says. “It’s going to open up space for people who are not necessarily into short experimental or performative work.” After all, it’s Shapeshifters’ fan base, now growing, that helped them raise over $53,000 in two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kiefer is well aware of the factors at play in the current arts funding landscape — and the importance of artist-run places like Shapeshifters. He tried to impart the lessons of indie filmmaking to his CCA students. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Make what you can with what you have,” he says he told them. “Understand that institutions may or may not be helpful, or if they are, it might be in a limited way or for a limited time. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13985413/california-college-of-the-arts-sfai-mills-art-school-closures\">closing of the school\u003c/a> seems like a brutal but effective example of that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Vital Signs puts that indie mentality into practice, building a community of adventurous moviegoers one hard-to-see film at a time. Ben Rivers’ \u003ca href=\"https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/mares-nest/\">\u003cem>Mare’s Nest\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is scheduled for July 5, Patrick Wang’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://keithuhlich.substack.com/p/a-rimbaud\">A. Rimbaud\u003c/a>\u003c/em> for Aug. 2. 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In March, the cinema launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-shapeshifters-cinema-brewery-cafe\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> to raise $60,000 to help cover immediate expenses. “The biggest donor to our organization over the years has been an unnamed shadow donor,” the GoFundMe explains, “and that has been us — the founding directors — who have kept the engine running with regular financial infusions from out of our own pockets.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Founded in 2012, Shapeshifters Cinema started as a monthly experimental film series, first at Oakland’s Arbor Cafe, then at the Temescal Arts Center. Since 2019, they’ve operated a microcinema and brewery in a Victorian near Jack London Square (Guerrero is an award-winning brewer). 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"content": "\u003cp>Pull up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/neighborhoodsportsclub/\">Neighborhood Sports Club\u003c/a> (NSC) in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s Jack London Square, and you might wonder how nothing of its kind has existed before in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Part outdoor cafe, part soccer field, part jersey retailer outlet and part watch party hotspot, NSC puts soccer, arts, community, fashion and coffee together in a destination where everyone can kick it. And yes, the kicking is literal here.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Opened in late May, the freshly inaugurated soccer-themed venue and athletic lifestyle brand is primed to become a magnet for futbolistas. With the World Cup coming to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara from June 13 to July 1, its timing couldn’t be better. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd at Neighborhood Sports Club in Oakland during its grand opening on May 16, 2026. (Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NSC was founded by former professional footballers who, upon retiring from pro action across the States and Europe, realized Oakland was lacking a cosmopolitan arts and culture-minded hub for non-Americanized football. Their goal? To foster an interconnected sense of sports exchange, fandom and supportive ideation, both on and off the pitch.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Oakland deserves nice things,” says Max Ornstil, one of NSC’s trio of co-founders. “This is too beautiful of a community and culture with so much to contribute, and the city deserves to be recreational and creative without having to drive to San Francisco and pay an arm and a leg. We need something accessible in our own backyard,” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ornstil grew up in Oakland, and developed his game in the local youth system as a member of East Bay United/Bay Oak before starring at Santa Clara University. Eventually, he ascended to the United Soccer League, where he suited up for the Oakland Roots, among others.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L–R) Neighborhood Sports Club owners Dylan Autran, Jordan Jesolva and Max Ornstil. (Brian Chorski / Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ornstil is joined by his friends and co-founders, Dylan Autran and Jordan Jesolva — who each split their time between U.S. and Scandinavian leagues after playing at Santa Clara. Together, they form the grassroots, ball-kicking crux of NSC. Their efflorescent energy is palpable, threaded together by a borderless embrace of the sport. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For all of its diverse, international confluences, Oakland has lacked a space specifically designed for fans of global football teams to rally together. At one point, the country music bar \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Oakland-s-Overland-is-as-country-as-a-country-6421768.php\">Overland Country Bar & Grill\u003c/a> in Jack London doubled as a spot to watch international soccer clashes, with an emphasis on the U.S. Men’s National Team. The now-shuttered \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/oakland-commonwealth-cafe-to-close-17556780.php\">Commonwealth Cafe and Public House\u003c/a> off Telegraph Avenue was also a watering hole for soccer loyalists. But since their closures in 2017 and 2022, respectively, there has been a dearth of such pubs in The Town.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And no sports bar in Oakland has ever included an actual soccer pitch. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The pitch at Neighborhood Sports Club is surrounded by a mural of jerseys by Oakland artist Kalani Cecaci. 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And while the NSC is in a position to become the nexus for all things World Cup in the East Bay, the group is vocal against the toxic politics, \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-ticket-prices-2026-fifa-gianni-infantino-b2972028.html\">unaffordability\u003c/a>, and scandals swirling around FIFA (the World Cup’s organizers), along with the \u003ca href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/21/travel/world-cup-travelers-united-states\">U.S. government’s homeland security policies\u003c/a> affecting foreign visitors to this year’s tourney. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, it’s rare that Bay Area fans can be such a direct part of the larger global soccer fabric. Every World Cup game at NSC will likely be projected on the side of an adjacent building, while fans can picnic on the soccer field al fresco. NSC is currently finalizing its alcohol permit, but offers espressos, drip coffee, lemonade and local pastries. 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But this is an outdoor space where you can take your laptop, and also work out and play soccer or stretch,” says Jesolva, who injured herself as a former professional and pivoted into coffee and food as an outlet during her recovery. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the official FIFA tournament plays out this summer, NSC will organize their own international games with a multi-week tournament with players both local and from various countries, including Ethiopia, Palestine, Brazil, the Philippines and Afghanistan, each competing in the “Neighborhood World Cup.” Played every evening after the World Cup matches for the day have concluded, the games will be open to public spectators. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NSC has already worked alongside nonprofits like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandgenesis/\">Oakland Genesis\u003c/a> — a soccer-based program in East Oakland that provides mentorship, academic support and soccer equipment to predominantly immigrant and first-generation Oaklanders. For the coming weeks, they’ve enlisted \u003ca href=\"https://www.designfc.org/\">Design FC\u003c/a>, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that offers design and technology skills to elementary students through soccer jersey design workshops, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/offsideoutlet/\">Offside Outlet\u003c/a>, a UK-based football brand. A large mural of jerseys on its outside walls was painted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13975415/kalani-cecaci-mural-oakland-graffiti-angus-cloud-mike-dream\">Town muralist Kalani\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1326\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179900026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179900026.jpg 1326w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179900026-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179900026-768x1158.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179900026-1018x1536.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A player on the field at Neighborhood Sports Club in Oakland during its grand opening on May 16, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pull up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/neighborhoodsportsclub/\">Neighborhood Sports Club\u003c/a> (NSC) in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s Jack London Square, and you might wonder how nothing of its kind has existed before in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Part outdoor cafe, part soccer field, part jersey retailer outlet and part watch party hotspot, NSC puts soccer, arts, community, fashion and coffee together in a destination where everyone can kick it. And yes, the kicking is literal here.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Opened in late May, the freshly inaugurated soccer-themed venue and athletic lifestyle brand is primed to become a magnet for futbolistas. With the World Cup coming to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara from June 13 to July 1, its timing couldn’t be better. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd at Neighborhood Sports Club in Oakland during its grand opening on May 16, 2026. (Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NSC was founded by former professional footballers who, upon retiring from pro action across the States and Europe, realized Oakland was lacking a cosmopolitan arts and culture-minded hub for non-Americanized football. Their goal? To foster an interconnected sense of sports exchange, fandom and supportive ideation, both on and off the pitch.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Oakland deserves nice things,” says Max Ornstil, one of NSC’s trio of co-founders. “This is too beautiful of a community and culture with so much to contribute, and the city deserves to be recreational and creative without having to drive to San Francisco and pay an arm and a leg. We need something accessible in our own backyard,” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ornstil grew up in Oakland, and developed his game in the local youth system as a member of East Bay United/Bay Oak before starring at Santa Clara University. Eventually, he ascended to the United Soccer League, where he suited up for the Oakland Roots, among others.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/BRIANCHORSKI-NSC-FIFA-31-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L–R) Neighborhood Sports Club owners Dylan Autran, Jordan Jesolva and Max Ornstil. (Brian Chorski / Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ornstil is joined by his friends and co-founders, Dylan Autran and Jordan Jesolva — who each split their time between U.S. and Scandinavian leagues after playing at Santa Clara. Together, they form the grassroots, ball-kicking crux of NSC. Their efflorescent energy is palpable, threaded together by a borderless embrace of the sport. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For all of its diverse, international confluences, Oakland has lacked a space specifically designed for fans of global football teams to rally together. At one point, the country music bar \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Oakland-s-Overland-is-as-country-as-a-country-6421768.php\">Overland Country Bar & Grill\u003c/a> in Jack London doubled as a spot to watch international soccer clashes, with an emphasis on the U.S. Men’s National Team. The now-shuttered \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/oakland-commonwealth-cafe-to-close-17556780.php\">Commonwealth Cafe and Public House\u003c/a> off Telegraph Avenue was also a watering hole for soccer loyalists. But since their closures in 2017 and 2022, respectively, there has been a dearth of such pubs in The Town.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And no sports bar in Oakland has ever included an actual soccer pitch. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/2026_NSC-Architectural_001_0002-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The pitch at Neighborhood Sports Club is surrounded by a mural of jerseys by Oakland artist Kalani Cecaci. (Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At NSC, visitors walk through a warehouse-like entrance with small-batch jerseys for sale, a couch, television and check-in counter with signups for soccer matches. The space opens to a small-sided football pitch with tall nets and waist-high barriers to keep balls from flying out. It’s all bordered by a patio with vintage stadium seats, wooden bleachers and a renovated trailer that serves beverages and pastries.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Building a soccer field in Jack London took four years of \u003ca href=\"https://www.coyotemedia.org/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-how-neighborhood-sports-club-built-a-new-field-in-oakland-2/\">navigating permits, finances, and doubters\u003c/a>. And while the NSC is in a position to become the nexus for all things World Cup in the East Bay, the group is vocal against the toxic politics, \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-ticket-prices-2026-fifa-gianni-infantino-b2972028.html\">unaffordability\u003c/a>, and scandals swirling around FIFA (the World Cup’s organizers), along with the \u003ca href=\"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/21/travel/world-cup-travelers-united-states\">U.S. government’s homeland security policies\u003c/a> affecting foreign visitors to this year’s tourney. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, it’s rare that Bay Area fans can be such a direct part of the larger global soccer fabric. Every World Cup game at NSC will likely be projected on the side of an adjacent building, while fans can picnic on the soccer field al fresco. NSC is currently finalizing its alcohol permit, but offers espressos, drip coffee, lemonade and local pastries. (NSC plans to add natural wine and regional beers soon).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1697\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000184580006-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000184580006-scaled.jpg 1697w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000184580006-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000184580006-768x1159.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000184580006-1018x1536.jpg 1018w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000184580006-1358x2048.jpg 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1697px) 100vw, 1697px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Food is served out of a trailer on the patio at Neighborhood Sports Club in Oakland. (Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want this to be a clean, fun, family-oriented space. Sports can have a very rah-rah vibe. But this is an outdoor space where you can take your laptop, and also work out and play soccer or stretch,” says Jesolva, who injured herself as a former professional and pivoted into coffee and food as an outlet during her recovery. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the official FIFA tournament plays out this summer, NSC will organize their own international games with a multi-week tournament with players both local and from various countries, including Ethiopia, Palestine, Brazil, the Philippines and Afghanistan, each competing in the “Neighborhood World Cup.” Played every evening after the World Cup matches for the day have concluded, the games will be open to public spectators. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>NSC has already worked alongside nonprofits like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandgenesis/\">Oakland Genesis\u003c/a> — a soccer-based program in East Oakland that provides mentorship, academic support and soccer equipment to predominantly immigrant and first-generation Oaklanders. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area enjoys a long history with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/soccer\">soccer\u003c/a> fandoms — and classic bars and pubs for watching the game.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>In 1967, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934415/8-over-80-derek-liecty\">Oakland Clippers\u003c/a> became national champions. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-earthquakes\">San Jose Earthquakes\u003c/a>, one of the nation’s oldest professional soccer clubs, dates back to 1974. In 1994, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/stanford\">Stanford Stadium\u003c/a> was selected as a primary venue for the 15th World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Today, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland-roots\">Oakland Roots and Soul\u003c/a> have emerged as the East Bay’s second-division darlings, playing at the Oakland Coliseum. And don’t forget \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-fc\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, who’ve built a sizable fanbase since launching in 2023 as an expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s no surprise, then, that FIFA has once again selected the region — and in particular \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963597/silicon-valley-bay-area-san-jose-soccer-capital\">Silicon Valley, the unofficial soccer capital of the Bay\u003c/a> — as a host site for the 23rd edition of the World Cup. Even so, not everyone can afford to attend the world’s greatest soccer tournament IRL; \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8lzj0rprpo\">BBC Sports reported\u003c/a> that World Cup ticket prices in North America originally soared as high as $8,680, with hundreds more at $2,735. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>From Santa Clara to Santa Rosa, meanwhile, soccer pubs and cafes will show the games for free, with loud groups of passionate hooligans and futbolistas celebrating each goal. Here’s where to join some of the Bay’s most devout football zealots to watch the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People hang out while watching sports at Maggie McGarry’s in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://the-kezar-pub.menu-world.com/\">Kezar Pub\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: This Irish pub is a throwback neighborhood gem with a proud soccer identity that began in 1995, when Irish immigrant Cyril Hackett took over. Located in the Upper Haight, it faces Golden Gate Park’s Kezar Stadium — a historic sports venue that has hosted every kind of football match, including the San Francisco 49ers, the United States Men’s National Team during Olympic qualifiers, and currently the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952578/san-francisco-soccer-team-city-fc-muni-hollis-callas-collaboration\">quirky grassroots soccer club, SF City FC\u003c/a>. It offers the full experience of a lovably sticky-floored soccer pub, year round.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://maggiemcgarrys.com/\">Maggie McGarry’s\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Ask any Arsenal F.C. fan (\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2026/may/26/david-squires-on-arsenal-premier-league-title\">congrats on winning the title after a 22-year drought\u003c/a>, by the way) where they prefer to watch Gooner games in Frisco, and the answer will likely be Maggie’s. This North Beach haunt is a quintessential Irish pub. With plentiful soccer memorabilia bedecking the walls, and even \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Maggie-McGarrys-san-francisco-sports-bar-16493962.php\">a ban on the legendary soccer players Roy Keane, Thierry Henry and Stephen Ireland\u003c/a>, the World Cup fan environment won’t get much more legit than this. Expect very large and sweaty crowds.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://the-pig-whistle.menu-world.com/\">The Pig and Whistle\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Located near the University of San Francisco, this bar on Geary Boulevard attracts a funky mix of young and OG patrons alike, and has been listed as \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/maps/best-sports-bars-warriors-giants-niners-san-francisco\">one of Eater’s best sports bars\u003c/a> in the city. An English pub with a noticeable amount of British ex-pats on any given gameday, it offers standard fare like bangers and mash and a pint of Fuller’s London Pride while cheering on your international team of choice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990299\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People watch professional sports at Kezar Pub in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oakland\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://neighborhoodsc.com/\">Neighborhood Sports Club\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: The latest most unique addition to the Bay Area football circuit is this outdoor cafe in Jack London Square. An actual small-sided soccer field is attached, where local players run pick-up games; they’ll also host their own Neighborhood World Cup throughout the duration of the FIFA tourney. Unlike a traditional European soccer pub, the space provides fresh air, a family-friendly environment, food and fashion pop-ups from local makers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chalkysticks.com/places/george-walt-s\">George & Walt’s\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Oakland over the past decade has lost a handful of bona fide soccer pubs, like Commonwealth Cafe and Public House and Overland Country Bar & Grill. In their place, however, are classic American sports bars like George and Walt’s on College Avenue in Claremont, which has become a de facto watch party center for the Beautiful Game. During the earliest morning games (9 a.m. local time), the kitchen may not be open, but outside food is welcome. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandathleticclub.com/\">The Athletic Club\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: In its peak hours, there may be no better destination for sports watching in the East Bay than the Athletic Club on Grand Avenue, with plenty of TVs, space, liquor and food. Though not specifically a soccer pub per se, it’s a short distance from BART, with plenty of things to do nearby before or after, making it an ideal gathering spot for an array of sports lovers. While the venue shut down a few months ago, it’s reportedly planning to \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/one-oaklands-only-sports-bars-005550889.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGO_mVoK-Oe6YZIX2YPHMm2Od90va9DKY6uHCVHdvkiLhYW0yg_EpKRpTzkDGm9jd647gyebleZMBCVoYdyXBLjAa1ziMxNSVN9F9rEtnUdA0cGUVyao-HMwwjFWuVFtmnC9f7X0UFK1uMXFcZ72Kir-nxNHuS0kTjr83U3cFG8c\">re-open with new ownership on June 11\u003c/a>, just in time for the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd at Neighborhood Sports Club in Oakland during its grand opening on May 16, 2026. (Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">South Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://jacksbar.com/\">Jack’s Bar\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: This San Jose favorite is the headquarters for soccer hooligan groups like the Silicon Valley Gooners, and supporters’ scarves from around the globe drape from the ceiling. Like any true footballer’s den, they open at 6 a.m. on weekends during the English Premier League season to broadcast games from the opposite hemisphere. You can bet they’ll be showing every moment of this World Cup, just a stone’s throw from Levi’s Stadium. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ststephensgreen.com/\">St. Stephen’s Green\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: A personal favorite, this is where my dad, a soccer-loving Mexican immigrant, has gone for decades to catch international games with his pick-up soccer buddies. It’s your run-of-the-mill Irish pub in many ways: hella beers on tap, greasy bar food. But the appeal of this particular watering hole is that it’s located on a bustling, pedestrian-only Castro Street in downtown Mountain View, with ample outdoor seating that transforms into an organic watch party with passersby and diehards from all over the globe cheering and booing every minute of action.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990644\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Goose & Fern, located in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square, plans a steady slate of watch parties for the World Cup. (Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://thegooseandfern.com/\">The Goose & Fern\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Known for Full English breakfasts to go along with pints of ale and soccer matches, this Santa Rosa pub in Railroad Square will show a steady stream of World Cup games. For morning matchups, order a Scotch egg — a boiled egg wrapped in a breadcrumb-battered deep-fried sausage. For afternoons and evenings, add a Sticky Toffee Pudding to fuel your cheering. Whatever your combo, this British pub is a surefire haven for football fans in the 707.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://napapalisades.com/\">Napa Palisades Saloon\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: When thinking about Napa Valley, soccer doesn’t exactly come to mind. But at this downtown hangout you’ll be able to experience every game (with the volume on!) in a no-frills sports bar setting. Skip the usual wine tasting and hit up this sports saloon, which will transform into a World Cup hub for locals. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chalkysticks.com/places/george-walt-s\">George & Walt’s\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Oakland over the past decade has lost a handful of bona fide soccer pubs, like Commonwealth Cafe and Public House and Overland Country Bar & Grill. In their place, however, are classic American sports bars like George and Walt’s on College Avenue in Claremont, which has become a de facto watch party center for the Beautiful Game. During the earliest morning games (9 a.m. local time), the kitchen may not be open, but outside food is welcome. \u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area enjoys a long history with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/soccer\">soccer\u003c/a> fandoms — and classic bars and pubs for watching the game.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>In 1967, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934415/8-over-80-derek-liecty\">Oakland Clippers\u003c/a> became national champions. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-earthquakes\">San Jose Earthquakes\u003c/a>, one of the nation’s oldest professional soccer clubs, dates back to 1974. In 1994, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/stanford\">Stanford Stadium\u003c/a> was selected as a primary venue for the 15th World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Today, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/oakland-roots\">Oakland Roots and Soul\u003c/a> have emerged as the East Bay’s second-division darlings, playing at the Oakland Coliseum. And don’t forget \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-fc\">Bay FC\u003c/a>, who’ve built a sizable fanbase since launching in 2023 as an expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s no surprise, then, that FIFA has once again selected the region — and in particular \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963597/silicon-valley-bay-area-san-jose-soccer-capital\">Silicon Valley, the unofficial soccer capital of the Bay\u003c/a> — as a host site for the 23rd edition of the World Cup. Even so, not everyone can afford to attend the world’s greatest soccer tournament IRL; \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8lzj0rprpo\">BBC Sports reported\u003c/a> that World Cup ticket prices in North America originally soared as high as $8,680, with hundreds more at $2,735. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>From Santa Clara to Santa Rosa, meanwhile, soccer pubs and cafes will show the games for free, with loud groups of passionate hooligans and futbolistas celebrating each goal. Here’s where to join some of the Bay’s most devout football zealots to watch the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People hang out while watching sports at Maggie McGarry’s in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://the-kezar-pub.menu-world.com/\">Kezar Pub\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: This Irish pub is a throwback neighborhood gem with a proud soccer identity that began in 1995, when Irish immigrant Cyril Hackett took over. Located in the Upper Haight, it faces Golden Gate Park’s Kezar Stadium — a historic sports venue that has hosted every kind of football match, including the San Francisco 49ers, the United States Men’s National Team during Olympic qualifiers, and currently the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952578/san-francisco-soccer-team-city-fc-muni-hollis-callas-collaboration\">quirky grassroots soccer club, SF City FC\u003c/a>. It offers the full experience of a lovably sticky-floored soccer pub, year round.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://maggiemcgarrys.com/\">Maggie McGarry’s\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Ask any Arsenal F.C. fan (\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2026/may/26/david-squires-on-arsenal-premier-league-title\">congrats on winning the title after a 22-year drought\u003c/a>, by the way) where they prefer to watch Gooner games in Frisco, and the answer will likely be Maggie’s. This North Beach haunt is a quintessential Irish pub. With plentiful soccer memorabilia bedecking the walls, and even \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Maggie-McGarrys-san-francisco-sports-bar-16493962.php\">a ban on the legendary soccer players Roy Keane, Thierry Henry and Stephen Ireland\u003c/a>, the World Cup fan environment won’t get much more legit than this. Expect very large and sweaty crowds.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://the-pig-whistle.menu-world.com/\">The Pig and Whistle\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Located near the University of San Francisco, this bar on Geary Boulevard attracts a funky mix of young and OG patrons alike, and has been listed as \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/maps/best-sports-bars-warriors-giants-niners-san-francisco\">one of Eater’s best sports bars\u003c/a> in the city. An English pub with a noticeable amount of British ex-pats on any given gameday, it offers standard fare like bangers and mash and a pint of Fuller’s London Pride while cheering on your international team of choice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990299\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People watch professional sports at Kezar Pub in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oakland\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://neighborhoodsc.com/\">Neighborhood Sports Club\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: The latest most unique addition to the Bay Area football circuit is this outdoor cafe in Jack London Square. An actual small-sided soccer field is attached, where local players run pick-up games; they’ll also host their own Neighborhood World Cup throughout the duration of the FIFA tourney. Unlike a traditional European soccer pub, the space provides fresh air, a family-friendly environment, food and fashion pop-ups from local makers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chalkysticks.com/places/george-walt-s\">George & Walt’s\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Oakland over the past decade has lost a handful of bona fide soccer pubs, like Commonwealth Cafe and Public House and Overland Country Bar & Grill. In their place, however, are classic American sports bars like George and Walt’s on College Avenue in Claremont, which has become a de facto watch party center for the Beautiful Game. During the earliest morning games (9 a.m. local time), the kitchen may not be open, but outside food is welcome. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandathleticclub.com/\">The Athletic Club\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: In its peak hours, there may be no better destination for sports watching in the East Bay than the Athletic Club on Grand Avenue, with plenty of TVs, space, liquor and food. Though not specifically a soccer pub per se, it’s a short distance from BART, with plenty of things to do nearby before or after, making it an ideal gathering spot for an array of sports lovers. While the venue shut down a few months ago, it’s reportedly planning to \u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/one-oaklands-only-sports-bars-005550889.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGO_mVoK-Oe6YZIX2YPHMm2Od90va9DKY6uHCVHdvkiLhYW0yg_EpKRpTzkDGm9jd647gyebleZMBCVoYdyXBLjAa1ziMxNSVN9F9rEtnUdA0cGUVyao-HMwwjFWuVFtmnC9f7X0UFK1uMXFcZ72Kir-nxNHuS0kTjr83U3cFG8c\">re-open with new ownership on June 11\u003c/a>, just in time for the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/000179890032-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd at Neighborhood Sports Club in Oakland during its grand opening on May 16, 2026. (Courtesy NSC)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">South Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://jacksbar.com/\">Jack’s Bar\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: This San Jose favorite is the headquarters for soccer hooligan groups like the Silicon Valley Gooners, and supporters’ scarves from around the globe drape from the ceiling. Like any true footballer’s den, they open at 6 a.m. on weekends during the English Premier League season to broadcast games from the opposite hemisphere. You can bet they’ll be showing every moment of this World Cup, just a stone’s throw from Levi’s Stadium. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ststephensgreen.com/\">St. Stephen’s Green\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: A personal favorite, this is where my dad, a soccer-loving Mexican immigrant, has gone for decades to catch international games with his pick-up soccer buddies. It’s your run-of-the-mill Irish pub in many ways: hella beers on tap, greasy bar food. But the appeal of this particular watering hole is that it’s located on a bustling, pedestrian-only Castro Street in downtown Mountain View, with ample outdoor seating that transforms into an organic watch party with passersby and diehards from all over the globe cheering and booing every minute of action.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13990644\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG_3373-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Goose & Fern, located in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square, plans a steady slate of watch parties for the World Cup. (Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Bay\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://thegooseandfern.com/\">The Goose & Fern\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Known for Full English breakfasts to go along with pints of ale and soccer matches, this Santa Rosa pub in Railroad Square will show a steady stream of World Cup games. For morning matchups, order a Scotch egg — a boiled egg wrapped in a breadcrumb-battered deep-fried sausage. For afternoons and evenings, add a Sticky Toffee Pudding to fuel your cheering. Whatever your combo, this British pub is a surefire haven for football fans in the 707.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Whenever that high-pitched “would you give meee” shrills through speakers, Bay Areans look for a dance floor or start making one. The mysterious sample on the 2007 Oakland anthem “Cupcake No Fillin’” cemented the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/officialtrunkboiz/?hl=en\">Trunk Boiz\u003c/a> as local legends. Yet the cousin duo, comprised of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thejankgod/\">B*Janky\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fathajefe/\">F.A. Tha Jefe\u003c/a>, went dormant with their music for years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last year, emerging Oakland rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seijioda/?hl=en\">Seiji Oda\u003c/a> released “no fillins²,” bringing fresh energy, and a new generation of listeners, to the classic song. “A lot of people tried to remix that beat, man,” F.A. reflects, “but they never could get it right.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Seiji Oda did. The remix sparked a collaboration that evolved into a new full-length album, \u003cem>RIGHT BACK IN\u003c/em>, summoning the Trunk Boiz back outside. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://youtu.be/KCNlDgSQuLg?si=am9b4TfiS8GKUTIl\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Seiji Oda, 28, was just nine years old when “Cupcake No Fillin’” started blasting out of car speakers across Oakland. Now, as the “third Trunk Boi” and producer of the album, he architects a soundscape textured by voices, nature sounds and sideshow sonics. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gentle rhythms interlace with signature drum kicks, pushing each track open like a window into the nuanced contradictions of life in the Bay. The avant-garde sound reminds listeners of why we say music slaps to begin with. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He enhanced our sound,” F.A., 37, reflects. “Like we got the banana split, but he’s like the cherry on the top.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[Seiji] brings another special element, like a missing puzzle piece,” B*Janky, 38, adds. “[He] helped us showcase our growth and our versatility.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a producer, Seiji Oda approached the artists from a place of deep respect, studying their discography far beyond their sprinkle of hits. He asked himself, “How can I just be of service, and try to make the best thing possible using their [different] styles?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://youtu.be/FwjfTLGj6Cw?si=azU1IIRmxaaA-K9D\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At times, it meant setting aside egos and doing what was right for a song. For “I Can Tell!,” he handed the reins to producer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/olisplan/\">Oliver McDaniel\u003c/a>. Featuring \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ajayajones/\">Ajaya Jones\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lilricefield/\">Oda Kai\u003c/a>, the track weaves together five voices to rap about the clues that give away if someone’s really from the Bay: “Look how they slide, look what they drive,” they echo on the hook. It’s a standout sure to become a staple at house parties this summer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bulk of the project was recorded at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/redheronstudios/?hl=en\">Red Heron Studios\u003c/a>, in the heart of Oakland’s Chinatown. In addition to the voices on “I Can Tell!,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/iamfijiana/?hl=en\">Fijiiana\u003c/a> features on “Sky Scraper,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sneedlovesu/?hl=en\">Michael Sneed\u003c/a> appears on “KARMA” and Cait La Dee sings on “Out There,” a remake of a song she originally recorded with The Jacka.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Recently the trio has been showcasing their synergy on stages across Oakland. 510 Day, a community festival and act of defiance against displacement, served as the perfect backdrop to their latest video, “GO DUMB!” A nod to the phrase that defined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/hyphy\">hyphy movement \u003c/a>during the 2000s, the track is dedicated to the overthinkers who need a push to start creating. “The flow state won’t come, because you’re thinking about it too much,” says F.A. “The best thing you can do as an artist is keep your flow state, go dumb.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://open.spotify.com/album/4ZAkbMIKNOSlfl9AWAYjLz\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At 510 Day, kids jumped double dutch, turf dancers battled and a crowd of over 100 people stood watching, soaking in the last rays of sun as it set over Lake Merritt. As the track started, Seiji Oda glided through the crowd, inviting people to join in as they filmed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want to make that feel-good music,” B*Janky insists. “It was all age groups out there, all nationalities. We from the Bay, you know what I mean? That’s what we grew up with.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Before \u003cem>RIGHT BACK IN\u003c/em>, the Trunk Boiz had another project they decided to scrap. F.A. believes it was the right move; he now feels it would have brought “negative energy.” B*Janky agrees: “We’re tired of the negativity, that rap that’s getting people killed and going to jail. We want to change the narrative.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This feels right. I can put this out and wholeheartedly promote it,” F.A. says, “let my kids sing it, let other people’s kids sing it, old people sing it. It could potentially be on the radio.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Photo-by-Gian-Icatar-3.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of three rappers in baseball caps mugging for the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-13990470\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Photo-by-Gian-Icatar-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Photo-by-Gian-Icatar-3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Photo-by-Gian-Icatar-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Photo-by-Gian-Icatar-3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Photo-by-Gian-Icatar-3-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For the Trunk Boiz, the feel-good energy of the album felt right — a contrast to the ‘negative energy’ they’d been seeing in other rap projects. (Gian Icatar)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Seiji Oda, creativity begins with preparation, the kind that allows you to be a vessel when the magic surfaces. “If you listen to the background of ‘GO DUMB!’ there’s a really high voice that’s like, ‘Going, going, going dumb.’ It sounds like a kids’ choir or something,” he notes. In reality, it’s F.A. singing in the studio, which Seiji Oda quickly captured. “If you prepare really well, then you’re prepared for something you couldn’t have even thought of.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Trunk Boiz are used to being resourceful with their artistry, or “getting it out the trunk,” which is where their name comes from. B*Janky remembers the BART tours, a masterclass in marketing: “We’d be at the BART station, at the popping gas stations, selling CDs all over. We’d have rappers, singers, turf dancers with us.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When potential customers hesitated, unsure if they wanted to commit to a CD of music they didn’t know, the Boiz would step in, and one of the artists would sing or rap right on the spot. “Once they hear that voice, that CD sold,” B*Janky continues. “Once we showed them the talent we had.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That drive and dedication inspired Seiji Oda, who’s part of a generation hustling their art through streams and algorithms. 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