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"content": "\u003cp>In 2003, renowned drummer and college professor Malonga Casquelourd was tragically killed in a car accident in Oakland on Fathers Day. The Congolese artist, community activist and father of four was memorialized by the City of Oakland, as the city-run Alice Arts Center was officially renamed the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two decades later, his son \u003ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/KiaziMalonga?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZOIzQuMPmpciQGobU5xM4ZU_hE8S8z6f9br4Xrl1UbTkJFt_nIQ5PGooI_aem_NPrfUli4xjr7CkDtVWp4XA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kiazi Malonga\u003c/a> is a 42-year-old culture bearer; a master drummer who offers weekly classes at the Malonga Center; and an active recording artist. (Last month, he released the collaboration with Likala Moto, “\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/5lPVc5DqOZtt4WJGoaKZzg?si=a0dc7695fc4d44b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biloko Ya Mboka\u003c/a>.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13971272\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r-800x1155.jpg\" alt=\"Kiazi Malonga, master drummer, posing while playing a drum.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1155\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r-800x1155.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r-1020x1473.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r-160x231.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r-768x1109.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r-1064x1536.jpg 1064w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7315-r.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Master drummer Kiazi Malonga. \u003ccite>(Bryon Malik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kiazi also the father of a four-year-old girl named Siama. And this weekend, he’s merging his identities as parent and musician to serve his community, just as his father would.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, Feb. 9, music will be played, food will be served and resources for dads will be distributed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beats-bonding-fatherhood-collective-tickets-1138466296339?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZC-dOnZzSPZhT01XmhKfghKIVTzF-WEVd6ZKdiVZlgdTIU51D5U76CTAs_aem_iW7YSXFR4Mj0dbo0qWJ2Tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beats & Bonding Fatherhood Event\u003c/a>, a three-and-a-half-hour exercise in community building at \u003ca href=\"https://calabasheats.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calabash in Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event, tailor-made for Black and Brown fathers and children, will center on three prongs geared towards health, “and not necessarily ‘health and wellness,'” says Kiazi, but a deeper state of well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first priority is nutrition, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/calabasheats/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calabash’s Chef Nigel Jones\u003c/a> will serve up hot plates of Afro-Caribbean and Jamaican cuisine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13971274 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Man on stage pauses drumming performance to wave at the audience.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiazi Malonga waves to the audience at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park during his album release party in March of 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Kiazi Malonga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second element will be a music workshop on “the healing rhythms and components of history,” says Kiazi, who will demonstrate traditional methods of Congolese drumming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he discusses the origins of the instrument he plays, he pronounces the country’s name with a hard “K” sound, speaking to the historical Kingdom of Kongo, as the land was known well before \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5281422/congo-goma-fighting-m23-rwanda-drc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the current regional conflicts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s called the Ngoma drum,” Kiazi says during a phone call. “It’s played all throughout Bantu-speaking Africa; geographically speaking, Sub-Sahara Africa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to drum instruction, Kiazi will also demonstrate shakers and bells during an interactive workshop for people of all ages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVSmsrdnsxc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third pillar of the event is conversation, as award-winning lyricist and educator \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/karegabailey/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karega Bailey\u003c/a> will lead the audience through a panel discussion with local artists and fathers, including multiple Grammy-Award winning blues musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fantasticnegrito/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fantastic Negrito\u003c/a>, R&B artist Dr. Cameron “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cashcampain/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cash Campain\u003c/a>” Parker and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With support from First 5 Alameda, the Oakland Roots and Kingmakers of Oakland, there will also be barbers offering free haircuts — and a broadcast of the Super Bowl for folks who stay after the event concludes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In organizing this gathering, Kiazi reflects on his personal experience as a father and says, “Sometimes it feels lonely, brother; just trying to figure it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a failed marriage, Kiazi recognized that his responsibilities as a dad were just beginning. But he was having trouble finding resources. “For whatever reason,” says Kiazi, “at the time, they weren’t on my radar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through organizing this event, he’s since become aware of initiatives out there for fathers. With community support, in addition to inspiration from the legacy of his own father, Kiazi now finds himself in position more beneficial for him, his family and his community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13971268\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1020x1529.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1920x2879.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siama and her father Kiazi Malonga. \u003ccite>(Bryon Malik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This event is 100% birthed out of my journey,” Kiazi says, adding that the ultimate goal of Sunday’s meet-up is to “provide a safe haven, a place for us to get together to share resources and to share stories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tickets for the Beats & Bonding Event are $25 to cover the cost of food, but Kiazi urges people to come no matter what.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re a father, bring your kids,” he says. “If you’re not a father but you’re planning on being a father, you’re welcomed as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Beats & Bonding Event takes place on Sunday, Feb. 9, from 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. at Calabash in Oakland. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beats-bonding-fatherhood-collective-tickets-1138466296339?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZC-dOnZzSPZhT01XmhKfghKIVTzF-WEVd6ZKdiVZlgdTIU51D5U76CTAs_aem_iW7YSXFR4Mj0dbo0qWJ2Tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first priority is nutrition, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/calabasheats/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calabash’s Chef Nigel Jones\u003c/a> will serve up hot plates of Afro-Caribbean and Jamaican cuisine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13971274 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Man on stage pauses drumming performance to wave at the audience.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Kiazi-Malonga-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiazi Malonga waves to the audience at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park during his album release party in March of 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Kiazi Malonga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second element will be a music workshop on “the healing rhythms and components of history,” says Kiazi, who will demonstrate traditional methods of Congolese drumming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he discusses the origins of the instrument he plays, he pronounces the country’s name with a hard “K” sound, speaking to the historical Kingdom of Kongo, as the land was known well before \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5281422/congo-goma-fighting-m23-rwanda-drc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the current regional conflicts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s called the Ngoma drum,” Kiazi says during a phone call. “It’s played all throughout Bantu-speaking Africa; geographically speaking, Sub-Sahara Africa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to drum instruction, Kiazi will also demonstrate shakers and bells during an interactive workshop for people of all ages.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/OVSmsrdnsxc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/OVSmsrdnsxc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The third pillar of the event is conversation, as award-winning lyricist and educator \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/karegabailey/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karega Bailey\u003c/a> will lead the audience through a panel discussion with local artists and fathers, including multiple Grammy-Award winning blues musician \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fantasticnegrito/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fantastic Negrito\u003c/a>, R&B artist Dr. Cameron “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/cashcampain/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cash Campain\u003c/a>” Parker and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With support from First 5 Alameda, the Oakland Roots and Kingmakers of Oakland, there will also be barbers offering free haircuts — and a broadcast of the Super Bowl for folks who stay after the event concludes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In organizing this gathering, Kiazi reflects on his personal experience as a father and says, “Sometimes it feels lonely, brother; just trying to figure it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a failed marriage, Kiazi recognized that his responsibilities as a dad were just beginning. But he was having trouble finding resources. “For whatever reason,” says Kiazi, “at the time, they weren’t on my radar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through organizing this event, he’s since become aware of initiatives out there for fathers. With community support, in addition to inspiration from the legacy of his own father, Kiazi now finds himself in position more beneficial for him, his family and his community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13971268\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1020x1529.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-1920x2879.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/DSC_7487-r-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siama and her father Kiazi Malonga. \u003ccite>(Bryon Malik)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This event is 100% birthed out of my journey,” Kiazi says, adding that the ultimate goal of Sunday’s meet-up is to “provide a safe haven, a place for us to get together to share resources and to share stories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tickets for the Beats & Bonding Event are $25 to cover the cost of food, but Kiazi urges people to come no matter what.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re a father, bring your kids,” he says. “If you’re not a father but you’re planning on being a father, you’re welcomed as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Beats & Bonding Event takes place on Sunday, Feb. 9, from 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. at Calabash in Oakland. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beats-bonding-fatherhood-collective-tickets-1138466296339?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZC-dOnZzSPZhT01XmhKfghKIVTzF-WEVd6ZKdiVZlgdTIU51D5U76CTAs_aem_iW7YSXFR4Mj0dbo0qWJ2Tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a December afternoon at \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/\">Freedom Community Clinic\u003c/a>’s healing center \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/fruitvale/east-oakland-community-healing-center\">in Fruitvale\u003c/a>, a small group of women pluck yellow and orange petals from dried marigold flowers. Marigolds often accentuate Día de los Muertos altars to guide visiting ancestors, but today, the workshop attendees are using them to make soap and toner to support winter skin health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make sure to think of an intention and put it into your soap,” says the workshop leader, Yolanda Velazquez, in Spanish as she stirs in glycerin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Velazquez is one of the clinic’s promotoras de sanación, health outreach workers 50 years and older who are pillars in the Oakland neighborhood’s Mexican and Central American immigrant communities. The wellness workshops are only one of Freedom Community Clinic’s many services, offered in Fruitvale and at its \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/community-pharmacy-apothecary\">herbal apothecary just outside downtown Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can receive integrative medicine consultations, community acupuncture, body work, acupressure or energy healing,” says Dr. Bernadette Lim, who’s known to most visitors simply as Bernie. She founded Freedom Community Clinic in 2019, when she was a 24-year-old student in the joint medical program at UCSF and UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the two clinics, “you’ll see a youth art gallery. You’ll see danza azteca; you’ll see fire cider medicine-making sessions,” she continues. “So you get to also be included in this community medicine. And that itself is medicinal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marta Romero, back, and Ana Luna, right, pick out herbs after an herbalism workshop at Freedom Community Clinic in Oakland on Dec. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s all part of Lim’s philosophy that healing isn’t just an individual pursuit. She believes our personal healing is vital to healing our communities. As part of that mission, last fall, Lim and her team opened their \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/ancestral-healing-farm\">Ancestral Healing Farm\u003c/a> right off Route 24 in Orinda, where they’ll grow some of the free herbs available at the two apothecaries, and host community events that invite people — especially Black, Indigenous and immigrant folks — to reconnect with the land, and themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lim and her team are skilled at building bridges. They’ve spent years developing a philosophy of whole-person healing that looks beyond treating immediate symptoms, and takes into account the roles of culture, social belonging and social justice in a person’s overall wellness. (To that end, Freedom Community Clinic just announced that in September 2025 it will convene interdisciplinary healers from medical schools, health clinics, Indigenous traditions and other practices with artists, mutual aid organizations and community advocates for a summit called Whole Person Healing to the People.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What people really need is this reconnection back to their body and reconnection to this misalignment of their body, mind and spirit, and also in turn, connecting the individual with community,” Lim says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Velazquez (left) leads an herbalism workshop at Freedom Community Clinic in Oakland on Dec. 6, 2024. The clinic offers free herbal medicines and other healing resources daily. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Reaching people who might mistrust the medical system\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Freedom Community Clinic started gaining momentum during the racial justice protests of 2020, when Lim and her team would pop up at parks, street corners and freeway underpasses. These days, they do a lot. In addition to their many free services, they teach workshops for high schoolers and medical students alike. They also provide healing services to violence interrupters, or social workers who help people in the aftermath of shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lim wants to reach people who might mistrust the mainstream medical system because of their experiences with racism or cultural incompetency. Her family members encountered that firsthand. Her mother, who’s an immigrant from the Philippines, struggled with reproductive health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had to undergo procedures of which she didn’t understand the full consequences of them, and couldn’t have children and didn’t have full consent because of that,” Lim says. “And that was very traumatic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A massage therapist works on a client at a gathering at a park. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom Community Clinic often offers bodywork and other services at community events in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Freedom Community Clinic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lim was inspired to pursue medicine when she saw her mom reconnect to her body through acupuncture, massage and a form of Filipino energy healing called hilot. Eventually, she made her way to UCSF and UC Berkeley, where she got her medical degree in addition to a masters degree in public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would go to class and then I would actually go to community organizing meetings after,” she says. “So I was mentored by and I met the doctor to the Black Panther Party, Dr. Tolbert Small and a lot of the elders and activists. And they taught me about this history of community organizing in medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also learned about the Bay Area’s community of folk healers that many of her professors didn’t recognize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in fact, Western medicine says that a lot of our ancestral healing modalities are not evidence-based,” she adds. “They’re not scientific, they don’t have any basis and they’re just quote, unquote, woo-woo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom Community Clinic’s Marakee Tilahum, Dr. Alexis Cooke and Dr. Bernadette Lim at Ancestral Healing Farm in Orinda in October 2024. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lim came up with a vision to connect those worlds. It’s not that Freedom Community Clinic \u003cem>rejects\u003c/em> Western medicine. If someone comes in with a health issue that needs a pharmaceutical or surgical intervention, Lim has connections to trustworthy providers. But a lot of the ailments people come in with aren’t that straightforward, and can benefit from other forms of care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Admittedly Western medicine — its strengths are in physical trauma and infection. Amazing technologies have come through to really help with saving lives in those areas,” Lim says. “However, in a world where a lot of the health conditions are chronic, they’re long-term and they don’t have just the physical symptom root cause, we need other healers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reclaiming one’s roots by connecting with the land\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many of those healers from around the Bay Area gathered in the fall of 2024 at the grand opening harvest festival of Ancestral Healing Farm, just a 10-minute drive from downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the farm, I meet Dr. Alexis Cooke, the director of operations. She has a PhD in public health and is also a reiki practitioner and an herbalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hi, y’all. Welcome,” she says warmly to a group of young women of color. “We’re about to get started down there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a sun hat and rubber boots, she walks me over to the hot house to show me the herbs she and volunteers are growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So here is tulsi, it’s also called holy basil,” she says. “It’s used a lot in adaptogenic herbal formulations, so it’s good for stress relief. People use it a lot for nervousness or things like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then she points to a shrub called mugwort. “People use [it] a lot for sleep work,” she continues. “If you have issues with sleep or are doing spiritual work, like connecting with ancestors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just beyond the green house, artists and healers set up booths with their offerings. Elizabeth Blancas has a spread of colorful portraits of Indigenous women and queer people surrounded by healing plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have specifically chosen sage, ruta and romero — or rue and rosemary,” she says. “Those are culturally important to me and also actually to a lot of Indigenous people of the North. A lot of their healing properties are really for cleansing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Elizabeth Blancas went through Freedom Community Clinic’s apprenticeship program. She often features healing plants as motifs in her work. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Blancas designed the farm’s banner, which welcomes visitors with the affirmation “Healing Is Justice.” She got involved after going through a six-month apprenticeship program, where she studied reiki, herbalism, CPR and mental health first aid. For her, the opportunity to connect with ancestral healing practices feels deeply personal. Her family hails from Michoacán, Mexico, home of the Purépecha people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very grateful that my family migrated here — I’m first-generation — but that has also caused a really huge divide for my connection to the land,” she says, “just due to colonization and assimilation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blancas says it’s been powerful to have an intentional space to come together with likeminded people of other cultures and generations. “It’s one thing for me to be making medicine on my own, but it’s another thing to be learning alongside other people and being able to make it collectively,” she says. “Especially with the intention for social justice and liberation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteer farm stewards Kimberly Tan, Qiyamah Nasir and Quynh Anh Tran (left to right) at the Ancestral Healing Farm in Orinda in October 2024. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No matter what culture they come from, everyone I meet at Freedom Community Clinic has a similar story — of returning to roots that were once severed by painful histories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think seeing other people’s commitment to connecting to their ancestral background has inspired me for sure,” says farm volunteer Qiyamah Nasir. “A lot of cultures keep their cultural practices. But a lot of times with African Americans, it’s like we don’t know where we are from. We know Africa, but Africa is a huge continent. So it has really inspired me to really dig deep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s part of Dr. Bernie Lim’s mission — to create a space where people of different backgrounds can support each other and learn from each other on their individual healing journeys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Healing can be a joyful experience,” Lim says. “It can be a community experience for so many people to realize that reconnecting back to oneself doesn’t have to be a lonely endeavor. It can be one that can be done in connection with other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that, Lim says, is medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/\">Freedom Community Clinic’\u003c/a>s locations in Fruitvale and West Oakland, in addition to its Ancestral Healing Farm in Orinda, will reopen for public programming on Mar. 3, 2025. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>In September 2025, they’ll convene interdisciplinary healers from medical schools, health clinics, Indigenous traditions and more with artists, mutual aid organizations and community advocates for a summit called Whole Person Healing to the People.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/freedomcommunityclinic/\">Follow Freedom Community Clinic on Instagram\u003c/a> for event updates. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a December afternoon at \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/\">Freedom Community Clinic\u003c/a>’s healing center \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/fruitvale/east-oakland-community-healing-center\">in Fruitvale\u003c/a>, a small group of women pluck yellow and orange petals from dried marigold flowers. Marigolds often accentuate Día de los Muertos altars to guide visiting ancestors, but today, the workshop attendees are using them to make soap and toner to support winter skin health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make sure to think of an intention and put it into your soap,” says the workshop leader, Yolanda Velazquez, in Spanish as she stirs in glycerin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Velazquez is one of the clinic’s promotoras de sanación, health outreach workers 50 years and older who are pillars in the Oakland neighborhood’s Mexican and Central American immigrant communities. The wellness workshops are only one of Freedom Community Clinic’s many services, offered in Fruitvale and at its \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/community-pharmacy-apothecary\">herbal apothecary just outside downtown Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can receive integrative medicine consultations, community acupuncture, body work, acupressure or energy healing,” says Dr. Bernadette Lim, who’s known to most visitors simply as Bernie. She founded Freedom Community Clinic in 2019, when she was a 24-year-old student in the joint medical program at UCSF and UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the two clinics, “you’ll see a youth art gallery. You’ll see danza azteca; you’ll see fire cider medicine-making sessions,” she continues. “So you get to also be included in this community medicine. And that itself is medicinal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-032_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marta Romero, back, and Ana Luna, right, pick out herbs after an herbalism workshop at Freedom Community Clinic in Oakland on Dec. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s all part of Lim’s philosophy that healing isn’t just an individual pursuit. She believes our personal healing is vital to healing our communities. As part of that mission, last fall, Lim and her team opened their \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/ancestral-healing-farm\">Ancestral Healing Farm\u003c/a> right off Route 24 in Orinda, where they’ll grow some of the free herbs available at the two apothecaries, and host community events that invite people — especially Black, Indigenous and immigrant folks — to reconnect with the land, and themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lim and her team are skilled at building bridges. They’ve spent years developing a philosophy of whole-person healing that looks beyond treating immediate symptoms, and takes into account the roles of culture, social belonging and social justice in a person’s overall wellness. (To that end, Freedom Community Clinic just announced that in September 2025 it will convene interdisciplinary healers from medical schools, health clinics, Indigenous traditions and other practices with artists, mutual aid organizations and community advocates for a summit called Whole Person Healing to the People.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What people really need is this reconnection back to their body and reconnection to this misalignment of their body, mind and spirit, and also in turn, connecting the individual with community,” Lim says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/20241206-HerbalismWorkshop-JY-017_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Velazquez (left) leads an herbalism workshop at Freedom Community Clinic in Oakland on Dec. 6, 2024. The clinic offers free herbal medicines and other healing resources daily. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Reaching people who might mistrust the medical system\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Freedom Community Clinic started gaining momentum during the racial justice protests of 2020, when Lim and her team would pop up at parks, street corners and freeway underpasses. These days, they do a lot. In addition to their many free services, they teach workshops for high schoolers and medical students alike. They also provide healing services to violence interrupters, or social workers who help people in the aftermath of shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lim wants to reach people who might mistrust the mainstream medical system because of their experiences with racism or cultural incompetency. Her family members encountered that firsthand. Her mother, who’s an immigrant from the Philippines, struggled with reproductive health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had to undergo procedures of which she didn’t understand the full consequences of them, and couldn’t have children and didn’t have full consent because of that,” Lim says. “And that was very traumatic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A massage therapist works on a client at a gathering at a park. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/IMG_4415-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom Community Clinic often offers bodywork and other services at community events in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Freedom Community Clinic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lim was inspired to pursue medicine when she saw her mom reconnect to her body through acupuncture, massage and a form of Filipino energy healing called hilot. Eventually, she made her way to UCSF and UC Berkeley, where she got her medical degree in addition to a masters degree in public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would go to class and then I would actually go to community organizing meetings after,” she says. “So I was mentored by and I met the doctor to the Black Panther Party, Dr. Tolbert Small and a lot of the elders and activists. And they taught me about this history of community organizing in medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also learned about the Bay Area’s community of folk healers that many of her professors didn’t recognize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in fact, Western medicine says that a lot of our ancestral healing modalities are not evidence-based,” she adds. “They’re not scientific, they don’t have any basis and they’re just quote, unquote, woo-woo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedom Community Clinic’s Marakee Tilahum, Dr. Alexis Cooke and Dr. Bernadette Lim at Ancestral Healing Farm in Orinda in October 2024. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lim came up with a vision to connect those worlds. It’s not that Freedom Community Clinic \u003cem>rejects\u003c/em> Western medicine. If someone comes in with a health issue that needs a pharmaceutical or surgical intervention, Lim has connections to trustworthy providers. But a lot of the ailments people come in with aren’t that straightforward, and can benefit from other forms of care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Admittedly Western medicine — its strengths are in physical trauma and infection. Amazing technologies have come through to really help with saving lives in those areas,” Lim says. “However, in a world where a lot of the health conditions are chronic, they’re long-term and they don’t have just the physical symptom root cause, we need other healers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Reclaiming one’s roots by connecting with the land\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many of those healers from around the Bay Area gathered in the fall of 2024 at the grand opening harvest festival of Ancestral Healing Farm, just a 10-minute drive from downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the farm, I meet Dr. Alexis Cooke, the director of operations. She has a PhD in public health and is also a reiki practitioner and an herbalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hi, y’all. Welcome,” she says warmly to a group of young women of color. “We’re about to get started down there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a sun hat and rubber boots, she walks me over to the hot house to show me the herbs she and volunteers are growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So here is tulsi, it’s also called holy basil,” she says. “It’s used a lot in adaptogenic herbal formulations, so it’s good for stress relief. People use it a lot for nervousness or things like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then she points to a shrub called mugwort. “People use [it] a lot for sleep work,” she continues. “If you have issues with sleep or are doing spiritual work, like connecting with ancestors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just beyond the green house, artists and healers set up booths with their offerings. Elizabeth Blancas has a spread of colorful portraits of Indigenous women and queer people surrounded by healing plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have specifically chosen sage, ruta and romero — or rue and rosemary,” she says. “Those are culturally important to me and also actually to a lot of Indigenous people of the North. A lot of their healing properties are really for cleansing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/ancestral-healing-farm-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Elizabeth Blancas went through Freedom Community Clinic’s apprenticeship program. She often features healing plants as motifs in her work. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Blancas designed the farm’s banner, which welcomes visitors with the affirmation “Healing Is Justice.” She got involved after going through a six-month apprenticeship program, where she studied reiki, herbalism, CPR and mental health first aid. For her, the opportunity to connect with ancestral healing practices feels deeply personal. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Jonathan Yang was growing up, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/lunar-new-year\">Lunar New Year\u003c/a> was marked by elaborate feasts at his immigrant family’s Chinese restaurant. “It was hyper-focused on food — and, obviously, being on your best behavior, being a good son and getting that ultimate red envelope,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also never felt like a holiday he could truly call his own, or where he could be authentic to his identity as a gay man. Instead, those New Year’s gatherings were a time of deep anxiety. “It was just like, I have to live a lie,” Yang says. “I have to field questions from the aunties and uncles asking, ‘Oh, why aren’t you married yet? Do you have a girlfriend?’ It was always wrapped up in that kind of experience for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, when Yang, co-owner of Richmond’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/laughing_gems_wine\">Laughing Gems Wine\u003c/a>, attended a boisterous, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952052/lunar-new-year-party-oakland-cantonese-taiwanese\">next-generation Lunar New Year’s festival\u003c/a> in Oakland last year that bustled with DJs, tattoo artists, tea cocktails and a DIY red envelope station, he felt so inspired, he knew he wanted to be a part of it too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to create a space that I felt represented all of us,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Yang and his business partner, Tiffani Patton, joined forces with visual artist Hanna Chen (of the multimedia art brand \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itsyangsheng/\">Yăng Shēng\u003c/a>) and Jenn Lui (co-owner of Asian snack shop \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thisisbabas.house/\">Baba’s House\u003c/a> in Oakland) to put on an even bigger, more ambitious party to ring in the Year of the Snake. Rebranded as \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-lunar-lunar-new-year-reimagined-tickets-1124707453269?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Neo Lunar\u003c/a>, the sprawling, multi-experiential event will include a night market, a fashion show, a mahjong parlor, a natural wine bar, multiple tattoo artists and art installations, and much more — all crammed into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakstop/?hl=en\">Oakstop’s\u003c/a> two-story Uptown Oakland event space on Saturday, Feb. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971056\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1708px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man lifts up his shirt to reveal several tattoos, including a red flower on his sternum and a large cat across his abdomen. \" width=\"1708\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-scaled.jpg 1708w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-800x1199.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1020x1528.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1920x2877.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee at last year’s party shows off new ink, courtesy of Proper Tattoo, which will again be on hand at the 2025 edition of Neo Lunar. \u003ccite>(J-han, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event’s organizers all had different experiences with Lunar New Year as Asian Americans growing up in the diaspora, but the common thread was this sense that the holiday never \u003ci>really \u003c/i>belonged to them. Lui remembers sitting in a folding stool and watching her grandparents play mahjong but not necessarily getting to play herself, and attending street parades that mostly only interested the elders in her family. And Patton, who is Black and Korean, experienced so much racism from Korean peers and family members that she never really felt like any Asian experiences were meant for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only in the past couple of years have I been able to participate in different Korean traditions,” she says. “It’s been really beautiful and affirming and heart-opening. To provide that for other people is one of the big reasons for me to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the obvious ways Neo Lunar’s organizers hope to connect to other second- and third-generation Asian Americans is through food — in particular, new-school pop-up shops that share their aesthetic of remixing old traditions to create something new. For instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFXEnnex16a/?img_index=1\">Lion Dance Cafe\u003c/a>, the vegan Singaporean pop-up, will be on hand slinging mala douhua and kung pao shaobing sandwiches. Beloved Eastside San Jose pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/_hetsay_/\">Hết Sẩy\u003c/a> will sling Mekong Delta–style Vietnamese dishes for Tết. Baba’s House will introduce a new menu of scallion pancake wraps. And Laughing Gems will curate a natural wine bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971063\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971063\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na.jpg\" alt=\"A tattooed street vendor cooks skewers over a portable grill.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street food vendor at last year’s party cooks skewers over a portable grill. \u003ccite>(J-han, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food pop-ups will anchor Neo Lunar’s night market, along with more than 20 retail vendors selling everything from handmade jewelry and vintage clothing to wellness products like Asian herbal tea blends. Chen, the Yăng Shēng artist, says they wanted to capture the excitement of having a multitude of offerings packed into one physical space — “a bustling, shoulder-to-shoulder experience.” Or, as Lui puts it, “You’ll peek and wonder what’s around the corner. Who’s selling this now? What’s happening next?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who find the night market vibe too hectic, there will also be a calligraphy workshop and Chinese tea served in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-garden-by-arbor-teahouse-tickets-1203996930229?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaFL4FaBQLKIscjmOcIHiC3904R9j4dSeL6e3JeoGeKYZZGIa6_zhJ6OnM_aem_--rILHqsXSRQQykfEUF34A\">quiet little teahouse sanctuary\u003c/a> tucked away in the middle of the party. And at Yăng Shēng’s immersive “Living Room” installation, partygoers can just chill on a couch that Chen made in collaboration with a local woodworker, with a Chinese-style lattice window carved into the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neo Lunar is also very explicitly not \u003ci>just \u003c/i>for young people. A big part of how the organizers say they’re making this New Year’s celebration their own is by making it an intergenerational affair — a party where, as they’re fond of saying, you can “bring your aunties \u003ci>and \u003c/i>your homies.” While the event has a sheen of coolness (with all the tattoos and the DJs and such) that will appeal to younger folks, there’s a conscious effort to build bridges to the older generation as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971066\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Chinese teaware laid out on a slab of wood.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-768x499.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1920x1248.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucked in the middle of the bustling party will be a quiet tea sanctuary. \u003ccite>(silkpunkbaby, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the best example is “Multi-Gen,” the party’s fashion show component inspired by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11151933/how-senior-fashion-is-turning-heads-in-san-franciscos-chinatown\">\u003ci>Chinatown Pretty\u003c/i>\u003c/a> photo project, which spotlighted the often bold and idiosyncratic styles of San Francisco Chinatown elders. The fashion show will start and end with drag performers, and it’ll feature a diverse lineup of amateur models, both young and old, who’ll show off looks by 10 Asian American designers. Both Yang’s and Patton’s mothers will be among those walking the runway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really special because I think a lot of our parents who are immigrants, they’ve sacrificed a lot of their own self-identity and desires,” Chen says. “So this is an opportunity to have them feel like superstars, without asking them to be people that they’re not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13924997,arts_13962284,arts_13970881']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>Another attraction geared toward partygoers of all ages is the cluster of mahjong tables, which will be running games all day. Lui, who hosts \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2023/7/12/23792850/mahjong-restaurants-bay-area-asian-jewish-culture\">regular mahjong nights\u003c/a> at Baba’s House, says she’s found that the spirit of friendly competition that the game fosters is the perfect way to bridge the gap between young Asian Americans and elders who might not otherwise have much in common. “The younger generation wants to learn,” Lui says. “And the older generation gets surprised [by that interest]. They’re like, ‘Oh, so you want to \u003ci>play\u003c/i>?’ And then they get sassy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The games are meant to be approachable for players of all experience levels, and Baba’s House will have coaches on hand to teach beginners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe the most important way Neo Lunar’s organizers hope to attract a multigenerational crowd? Admission for both seniors and children will be free. The party will also be a masked event, to protect vulnerable community members from COVID and other airborne illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the Year of the Snake sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/world/china/lunar-new-year-snake-china-asia-zodiac-ff5f5fcd\">gets a bad rap\u003c/a>, compared to some of the other zodiac animals, Yang says he can’t imagine a better mascot for this year’s Neo Lunar event: “The Year of the Snake is perfect for what we’re trying to do. It’s about shedding what’s old and coming into a new identity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Neo Lunar will take place on Saturday, Feb. 1, 3–8 p.m. at Oakstop (2323 Broadway, Oakland). \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-lunar-lunar-new-year-reimagined-tickets-1124707453269?aff=oddtdtcreator\">\u003ci>Advance tickets\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> are sold out, but there will be a limited number of tickets available at the door.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only in the past couple of years have I been able to participate in different Korean traditions,” she says. “It’s been really beautiful and affirming and heart-opening. To provide that for other people is one of the big reasons for me to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the obvious ways Neo Lunar’s organizers hope to connect to other second- and third-generation Asian Americans is through food — in particular, new-school pop-up shops that share their aesthetic of remixing old traditions to create something new. For instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFXEnnex16a/?img_index=1\">Lion Dance Cafe\u003c/a>, the vegan Singaporean pop-up, will be on hand slinging mala douhua and kung pao shaobing sandwiches. Beloved Eastside San Jose pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/_hetsay_/\">Hết Sẩy\u003c/a> will sling Mekong Delta–style Vietnamese dishes for Tết. 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Chen, the Yăng Shēng artist, says they wanted to capture the excitement of having a multitude of offerings packed into one physical space — “a bustling, shoulder-to-shoulder experience.” Or, as Lui puts it, “You’ll peek and wonder what’s around the corner. Who’s selling this now? What’s happening next?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who find the night market vibe too hectic, there will also be a calligraphy workshop and Chinese tea served in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-garden-by-arbor-teahouse-tickets-1203996930229?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaFL4FaBQLKIscjmOcIHiC3904R9j4dSeL6e3JeoGeKYZZGIa6_zhJ6OnM_aem_--rILHqsXSRQQykfEUF34A\">quiet little teahouse sanctuary\u003c/a> tucked away in the middle of the party. 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He’d take huge leads off of first base, informing everyone in the stadium that he was going to steal, and wouldn’t get caught as he did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13965624']Even prior to swinging at a single pitch, he’d step into the batter’s box with character. At 5’10”, Rickey was not necessarily a short man, but when he stepped to the plate, he’d crouch. By bringing his chest closer to his knees, he’d make himself compact, minimizing the strike zone and frustrating opposing pitchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a kid playing baseball at East Oakland’s Greenman Field, just blocks from where Rickey played, I’d imitate his batting stance. At 5’5”, I’d crouch down as Rickey showed me; evidence that being a shorter player wasn’t a disadvantage if you knew what you were doing. (That lesson was easily transferrable to life, as many lessons in baseball are.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970602\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"698\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-2149604838-1020x698-1-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Athletics’ Rickey Henderson before their MLB game against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Coliseum in Oakland on April 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rickey’s death is an exclamation point on what’s been a heartbreaking couple of years for longtime A’s fans. After seasons of selling fans false notions of being rooted in Oakland, in September of last year the team played its final game in the Town. As the A’s leave for Las Vegas, stopping first for a few seasons in Sacramento, fans are still mourning the death of a dynasty; one that brought four championships to Oakland during 57 seasons of calling the East Bay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, when I talked to Bryan Johansen, co-founder of the clothing brand-turn-community service organization \u003ca href=\"https://lastdivebar.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Dive Bar\u003c/a> (which is also supporting the memorial event), he was driving around dropping off small capsules of coliseum dirt to people looking to hold on to a piece of the deceased franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really like the ashes of fandom,” Johansen says of the infield dirt. Acquired from former A’s head groundskeeper Clay Wood, The Last Dive Bar bottles and sells it. Johansen says they then donate all proceeds to \u003ca href=\"https://www.loyaltomysoil.org/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYrgMaeeDdzgdIrc8pNurLj9hXywvsaq2ZZdCI_f7FQiVAa9l2q6ulpCco_aem_AWS9ZvW5M9hQNgJDxZXi3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loyal To My Soil\u003c/a>, an organization that runs local baseball clinics and programs for young people, founded by former Oakland A’s pitcher (and childhood teammate of mine) Tyson Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spirit of baseball will remain in Oakland, even if the A’s don’t. And despite the disdain fans have for the team’s owner, the love of the legends remains. Notable players like Miguel Tejada, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Henderson and Rollie Fingers will forever be etched in the hearts of baseball fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But arguably, none more than Rickey Henderson. 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"content": "\u003cp>In a stark study in contrasts, this year’s Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day fall on the same day: Jan. 20. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, we’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that most people will choose to recognize the latter. Whether you prefer to spend the day with live music, viewing art or taking to the streets, here’s a roundup of Bay Area activities, performances and other live events coming up for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://noontimeconcerts.org/concerts/a-musical-tribute-to-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/\">A Musical Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 14\u003cbr>\nOld St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco / Online\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Noontime Concerts teamed up with the NorCal Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Foundation for a music program curated by Bay Area pianist Dr. Carl Blake. Featured classical artists also included Santa Rosa violinist Joseph Edelberg, soprano Hope Briggs, flutist William Underwood III and others. If you missed it live, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGsFI8GELnE\">rewatch the livestream here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/visiting-presenters/lift-every-voice/\">‘Lift Every Voice’ and ‘No More Water’\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 17–19\u003cbr>\nSFJAZZ, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With concerts spread over three days, ‘Lift Every Voice’ celebrates Black music and its roots. Unfortunately, all three shows are sold out. However, another three-day residency at SFJAZZ happens simultaneously: ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/24-25/meshell-ndegeocello/\">No More Water\u003c/a>,’ a James Baldwin-themed musical project by Grammy-award winning bassist and singer Meshell Ndegeocello. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meshell Ndegeocello. \u003ccite>(SFJAZZ)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.paramountoakland.org/events/detail/in-the-name-of-love-a-tribute-to-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-1\">‘In The Name of Love’: A Tribute to MLK featuring the music of Aretha Franklin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 18\u003cbr>\nParamount Theatre, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this all-star evening, the music of the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, will honor the legacy and impact of Dr. King. (Aretha \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebony.com/the-spiritual-life-aretha-franklin-remembers-mlk-405/\">went on tour with King\u003c/a> when she was just 16; after King’s assassination, she \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPvLVGvteHM\">sang at his funeral\u003c/a>.) A collaboration between Living Jazz and SFJAZZ, the tribute features saxophonist Howard Wiley, pianist Kev Choice, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://norcalmlkfoundation.org/mlkcelebration/mlk2025/2025-mlk-liberation-film-festival/\">2025 MLK Liberation Film Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 18–20\u003cbr>\nVarious venues\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In partnership with California Newsreel, NorCal MLK Foundation’s Liberation Film Festival will take place over three days and showcase films meant to inspire civic and social justice engagement. Screenings are free and open to the public, though registration is encouraged. More details on the full lineup and locations will be announced soon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"Museum of the African Diaspora\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13849283\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior-768x509.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/moad-website-exterior-1920x1272.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-national-day-of-service-free-admission-2\">Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Free Community Day\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 20\u003cbr>\nMoAD, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On MLK Day, the Museum of the African Diaspora is offering free admission. This year, in addition to current exhibition Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy, free programming will include sidewalk chalk art, a gallery scavenger hunt, and Prescott Circus Theater with performances by Marcus Shelby and his Youth Orchestra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.padc.info/mlk25\">28th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 20\u003cbr>\nAlan Harvey Theater, Piedmont\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For their 28th annual MLK Day celebration, the Piedmont Anti-Racism and Diversity Committee is offering a program featuring a keynote presentation by Black Panther Party member \u003ca href=\"https://www.erickahuggins.com/\">Ericka Huggins\u003c/a>. There will also be performances by the Oakland Youth Chorus Chamber Singers, a writing showcase and more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/new-events/2025/1/20/reclaim-mlk\">March to Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 20\u003cbr>\n14th & Broadway, Oakland / Online\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Anti Police-Terror Project is back for their 11th annual march inspired by Dr. King’s revolutionary spirit and his radical legacy. The event will include various speakers and include a children’s area. A livestream with ASL interpretation will be available for those wishing to participate online. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12377285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the waterfall at the San Franciscos Martin Luther King Memorial designed by Houston Conwill\" width=\"2960\" height=\"1761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12377285\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401.jpg 2960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-800x476.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-768x457.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-1020x607.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-1920x1142.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-1180x702.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-960x571.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-240x143.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-375x223.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/11/009-e1479765691401-520x309.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2960px) 100vw, 2960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behind the waterfall at San Francisco’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Yerba Buena Gardens, designed by Houston Conwill. \u003ccite>(Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/2025-mlk-music-festival/\">MLK 2025 Music Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 20\u003cbr>\nYerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its 15th year, NorCal MLK’s 2025 Music Festival brings a variety of artists to the Great Lawn at the Yerba Buena Gardens, the site of a walking Martin Luther King Jr. memorial (above). Those who arrive by 11:45 a.m. will be able to participate in the interfaith commemoration; at noon, the concert kicks off with sets by Dee Dee Simon, Top Shelf Classics, Prentice Powell and more. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silence-the-violence-mlk-day-peace-walk-tickets-1143379491839?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Silence The Violence MLK Day Peace Walk\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 20\u003cbr>\n4th and Townsend St. Caltrain Station, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walk the Block, in collaboration with local groups like United Playaz and the San Francisco Interfaith Council, will host a peace walk through the streets of the city to honor Dr. King’s legacy. 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However, another three-day residency at SFJAZZ happens simultaneously: ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/24-25/meshell-ndegeocello/\">No More Water\u003c/a>,’ a James Baldwin-themed musical project by Grammy-award winning bassist and singer Meshell Ndegeocello. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/MeshellNdegeocello-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meshell Ndegeocello. \u003ccite>(SFJAZZ)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.paramountoakland.org/events/detail/in-the-name-of-love-a-tribute-to-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-1\">‘In The Name of Love’: A Tribute to MLK featuring the music of Aretha Franklin\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jan. 18\u003cbr>\nParamount Theatre, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this all-star evening, the music of the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, will honor the legacy and impact of Dr. King. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the United States, it’s common to get food either before or after a performance. But Daniel Yeshiwas, manager of \u003ca href=\"https://cafecolucci.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cafe Colucci\u003c/a> in Oakland, suggests a different approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Typically,” Yeshiwas says during a phone call, “if you’re in Ethiopia and you’re going to a concert, you’re also eating at the same time.” Combining the two, Yeshiwas adds, “feels a bit more ancestral to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Jan. 25, Cafe Colucci will serve the Ethiopian dishes it’s known for — including freshly made lentils and sambusas — soundtracked by the sounds of Ethiopian jazz at \u003ca href=\"https://www.couchdate.org/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The East African Vinyl Dinner Party\u003c/a>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> the latest iteration of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.couchdate.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">couchdate\u003c/a> event series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13970244\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1038px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13970244\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Aderaw Yeshiwas, manager of Cafe Colucci, poses for a photo in a black jacket in front of a white background.\" width=\"1038\" height=\"1566\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0.jpg 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0-800x1207.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0-1020x1539.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0-768x1159.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/0-1018x1536.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Aderaw Yeshiwas, manager of Cafe Colucci. \u003ccite>(Clay Williams)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Founded in 2019 as a social collective and event series centered on vintage furniture and the love of vinyl records, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952472/couchdate-oakland-community-events-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">couchdate\u003c/a> recently opened a vinyl-only soundbar, near Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, complete with custom-made speakers to enhance the listening experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jan. 25 dinner party celebrates their recent launch while highlighting East African culture in the East Bay. As Yeshiwas says, the event is inspired by the Ethiopian custom of being in community while enjoying food and music simultaneously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13968986']Founded by Fetlework Tefferi in 1991, and recently relocated to a larger North Oakland space in 2022, Cafe Colucci serves traditional Ethiopian food prepared with spices fresh from the continent, provided by Colucci’s sister company, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/brundospices/\">Brundo Spices\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this month’s dinner party, couchdate and Brundo Spices will remix drink recipes, as well. “We’re going to try to do some of the drink program that they already have there [at couchdate], infusing some of our spices to make some custom cocktails,” says Yeshiwas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fusion drinks could be seen as emblems of the event as a whole: full of unique flavors, in a shared space, where cultural customs are valued.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The East African Vinyl Dinner Party gets underway on Saturday, Jan. 25, at couchdate (102 Frank Ogawa Plaza) in Oakland from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Free admission to all ages; food and drinks sold separately. \u003ca href=\"https://www.couchdate.org/events/p/-ethiopian-east-african-vinyl-dinner-party-\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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She was the oldest girl of 10 siblings, and was childhood friends with Etta James, who became a lifelong friend and collaborator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After World War II, the Fillmore’s vibrant Black businesses and nightclubs earned the neighborhood the nickname the “Harlem of the West.” In the 1950s, DeSanto began sneaking out to perform as a young teenager. Johnny Otis, a producer known as “the godfather of rhythm and blues,” discovered her when she performed at a talent show at 19 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13934476']“As she said, ‘I like to leave the stage smokin’.’ And she did,” her late manager, James Moore, told KQED in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto was exacting about her craft. Often the only woman in the studio, and standing at just four feet, eleven inches tall, she developed a reputation for her tough personality and mischievous humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took over the studio, honey,” she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934476/8-over-80-sugar-pie-desanto\">told KQED in 2023\u003c/a>. “And a couple of times I put the drums over their head, you know, hittin’ ’em across their head ’cause they pissed me off. I’ve always been very technical about my music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A concert poster from Sugar Pie DeSanto's show at the Littlefield in Brooklyn in 2014.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters and memorobilia hang on Sugar Pie DeSanto’s wall in in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After touring with James Brown in 1960 and 1961, DeSanto made her way to Chicago to work with Chess Records. Her bluesy, seductive single “Slip-In Mules” hit No. 10 on Billboard in 1964; that same year, she traveled to London to perform at American Folk Blues Festival. The performance earned her a following overseas: In 1966, the \u003cem>Thanet Times and East Kent Pictorial\u003c/em>, a British newspaper, called her “America’s top female blues singer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the ’60s, DeSanto became a staff songwriter at Chess — unusual for a woman at the time — and with her creative partner Shena DeMell, she penned lyrics for musical greats like Minnie Riperton, Fontella Bass and The Whispers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is one of the reasons I think that she has lasted,” said filmmaker Cheryl Fabio, who featured DeSanto in her documentary \u003cem>Evolutionary Blues\u003c/em>. “She was a writer and a poet and a lyricist. So that when she’s performing, she’s telling you something that’s on her heart and on her mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pagqJxGR33I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through Chess, DeSanto and Etta James put out two duets: 1965’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/uBw9g-t5MQI?si=eGF08VfjzN4wqCQA\">Do I Make Myself Clear\u003c/a>,” a rock ‘n’ roll song that sent a warning shot to a cheating man, and the 1966 house-party anthem “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/8IpxDTK8HIg?si=lrg1rRraxSxnx_8c\">In the Basement\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet despite her international renown, DeSanto was part of a generation of influential Black artists who were not fairly compensated for their work. “Those people made the music business. The record labels made hundreds of millions of dollars, and those people would make anything, comparatively speaking,” said Moore, her manager, in 2023, noting that labels often didn’t share earnings statements for royalties. “And of course, music is America’s greatest export to the rest of the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the ’70s, DeSanto moved to Oakland, and kept up a rigorous performance schedule that lasted for five decades. Her fierceness never extinguished, even in the face of immense challenges. In 2006, she lost her husband Jesse Earl Davis in a house fire that destroyed her belongings. They were together off and on for 27 years, and married twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13969773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1296\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-768x498.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-1920x1244.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Pie DeSanto performs on stage during the San Francisco Blues Festival at Golden Gate Park on July 12, 1974 in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2012, she lost her childhood friend Etta James, who was 73 years old when she passed away from leukemia and other health complications. “That was my girl,” DeSanto said. “That really hurt me deeply that she passed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto continued to perform throughout the 2010s until the COVID-19 pandemic. Her onstage antics — backflips, straddling male audience members and singing upside down — earned her ovations at events like the Redwood City Blues Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liam O’Donoghue, host of the podcast East Bay Yesterday, befriended her after he interviewed her in 2017. She showed up to the interview in head-to-toe leopard print, big jewelry and a statement hat; afterwards, she asked him to take her to the grocery store, where she relished attention from fans as she shopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934572\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An 87-year-old woman with a pink top and sequined hat poses with her hands on her hips, looking assertively yet playfully at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Pie DeSanto, 87, poses for a portrait outside her home in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She is one of the people who I will never, ever forget,” O’Donoghue says. “She just blew me away with just everything about her — her presence, her energy, her stories, her language. She was just vivacious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto’s most recent album, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://sugarpiedesanto.com/music/\">Sugar’s Suite\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, came out in 2018, and in 2020 she received the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2020/12/01/legendary-rb-singer-sugar-pie-desanto-to-be-honored-next-week/\">Arhoolie Award\u003c/a> for extraordinary individuals who preserve traditional music. In 2023, she received a mayoral proclamation in Chicago for her contributions to the blues.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sugar Pie DeSanto, the San Francisco R&B singer known for her larger-than-life voice and personality, died on Friday, Dec. 20. She was 89 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sister was one of a kind and you will never see anyone like her again,” wrote Domingo Balinton, her brother, in a post on Facebook. “She was full of energy and commanded respect when she walked on stage as well as in life. I am truly going to miss her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balinton noted that DeSanto died in her sleep. No cause of death was given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto, who performed well into her 80s, made her first hit in 1959 with “I Want to Know,” a piano-driven, danceable kiss-off to a former lover that showed off her powerful, raspy voice. Following that initial success, James Brown invited her to open for him on tour, where she rivaled the Godfather of Soul in stage presence and theatrics, earning her the nickname “the Lady James Brown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 778px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13969772\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/SugarPie.Press_.8x10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/SugarPie.Press_.8x10.jpg 778w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/SugarPie.Press_.8x10-160x187.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/SugarPie.Press_.8x10-768x896.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Pie DeSanto in a Checker Records publicity photo from the early 1960s. \u003ccite>(Checker Records)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born Umpeylia Balinton in Brooklyn, New York to a Black mother and Filipino father in 1935, DeSanto moved to San Francisco’s Fillmore District as a child. She was the oldest girl of 10 siblings, and was childhood friends with Etta James, who became a lifelong friend and collaborator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“As she said, ‘I like to leave the stage smokin’.’ And she did,” her late manager, James Moore, told KQED in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto was exacting about her craft. Often the only woman in the studio, and standing at just four feet, eleven inches tall, she developed a reputation for her tough personality and mischievous humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took over the studio, honey,” she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934476/8-over-80-sugar-pie-desanto\">told KQED in 2023\u003c/a>. “And a couple of times I put the drums over their head, you know, hittin’ ’em across their head ’cause they pissed me off. I’ve always been very technical about my music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A concert poster from Sugar Pie DeSanto's show at the Littlefield in Brooklyn in 2014.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-17-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters and memorobilia hang on Sugar Pie DeSanto’s wall in in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After touring with James Brown in 1960 and 1961, DeSanto made her way to Chicago to work with Chess Records. Her bluesy, seductive single “Slip-In Mules” hit No. 10 on Billboard in 1964; that same year, she traveled to London to perform at American Folk Blues Festival. The performance earned her a following overseas: In 1966, the \u003cem>Thanet Times and East Kent Pictorial\u003c/em>, a British newspaper, called her “America’s top female blues singer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the ’60s, DeSanto became a staff songwriter at Chess — unusual for a woman at the time — and with her creative partner Shena DeMell, she penned lyrics for musical greats like Minnie Riperton, Fontella Bass and The Whispers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is one of the reasons I think that she has lasted,” said filmmaker Cheryl Fabio, who featured DeSanto in her documentary \u003cem>Evolutionary Blues\u003c/em>. “She was a writer and a poet and a lyricist. So that when she’s performing, she’s telling you something that’s on her heart and on her mind.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pagqJxGR33I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pagqJxGR33I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Through Chess, DeSanto and Etta James put out two duets: 1965’s “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/uBw9g-t5MQI?si=eGF08VfjzN4wqCQA\">Do I Make Myself Clear\u003c/a>,” a rock ‘n’ roll song that sent a warning shot to a cheating man, and the 1966 house-party anthem “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/8IpxDTK8HIg?si=lrg1rRraxSxnx_8c\">In the Basement\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet despite her international renown, DeSanto was part of a generation of influential Black artists who were not fairly compensated for their work. “Those people made the music business. The record labels made hundreds of millions of dollars, and those people would make anything, comparatively speaking,” said Moore, her manager, in 2023, noting that labels often didn’t share earnings statements for royalties. “And of course, music is America’s greatest export to the rest of the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the ’70s, DeSanto moved to Oakland, and kept up a rigorous performance schedule that lasted for five decades. Her fierceness never extinguished, even in the face of immense challenges. In 2006, she lost her husband Jesse Earl Davis in a house fire that destroyed her belongings. They were together off and on for 27 years, and married twice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13969773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1296\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-800x518.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-768x498.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/GettyImages-865839578-1920x1244.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Pie DeSanto performs on stage during the San Francisco Blues Festival at Golden Gate Park on July 12, 1974 in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2012, she lost her childhood friend Etta James, who was 73 years old when she passed away from leukemia and other health complications. “That was my girl,” DeSanto said. “That really hurt me deeply that she passed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto continued to perform throughout the 2010s until the COVID-19 pandemic. Her onstage antics — backflips, straddling male audience members and singing upside down — earned her ovations at events like the Redwood City Blues Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liam O’Donoghue, host of the podcast East Bay Yesterday, befriended her after he interviewed her in 2017. She showed up to the interview in head-to-toe leopard print, big jewelry and a statement hat; afterwards, she asked him to take her to the grocery store, where she relished attention from fans as she shopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13934572\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An 87-year-old woman with a pink top and sequined hat poses with her hands on her hips, looking assertively yet playfully at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/20230908-SugarPieDeSanto-05-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugar Pie DeSanto, 87, poses for a portrait outside her home in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She is one of the people who I will never, ever forget,” O’Donoghue says. “She just blew me away with just everything about her — her presence, her energy, her stories, her language. She was just vivacious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSanto’s most recent album, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://sugarpiedesanto.com/music/\">Sugar’s Suite\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, came out in 2018, and in 2020 she received the \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2020/12/01/legendary-rb-singer-sugar-pie-desanto-to-be-honored-next-week/\">Arhoolie Award\u003c/a> for extraordinary individuals who preserve traditional music. In 2023, she received a mayoral proclamation in Chicago for her contributions to the blues.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Say what you will about New Year’s Eve — it’s my favorite holiday. I love an excuse to get dressed up and shiny, to indulge in a delicious dinner (in my family’s case, a Russian spread with caviar), to dance the troubles of the past year away and toast to the successes, ushering in an auspicious future. With so many options for ringing in 2025 in the Bay Area, I’ve rounded up 10 solid choices to help you plan your night — whether your thing is live music, huge raves or intimate dance parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://vaudeviresociety.com/\">New Bohemia NYE\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mint, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThis epic soiree within the marbled halls of San Francisco’s historic Mint has a lot of bang for your buck. It promises a lineup of nearly 40 artists and seven dance floors — plus circus performances, a shibari lounge and art galleries. The Bay’s own turntable master DJ QBert headlines along with house music DJs Syd Gris, Amprs&nd and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://thenewparish.com/tm-event/neon-noir-nye-black-light-rave/\">Neon Noir Black Light AfroRave\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The New Parish, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe crew that puts on the wildly popular AfroBeats at the Lake festival in Oakland will party until 5 a.m. at their three-room, black-light rave. Joining residents Koko, Juan G, Tiedye Trippin and Mis Gentes is an eclectic lineup of guests from Tanzania and Texas (Momo and Big Rich), plus local support from Lexapeel, Fibonacci, Cali, Cecil, Align and Veyn. Grounded in Afrobeats and amapiano, this party journeys through the eclectic sounds of the global African diaspora, including soca, dancehall, jersey club and baile funk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh.png\" alt=\"Five-person group photo, all in black clothes against maroon background\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh.png 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The members of Shannon & The Clams are vocalist and bass player Shannon Shaw, guitarist Cody Blanchard, keyboard player Will Sprott and drummer Nate Mahan. \u003ccite>(Easy Eye Sound)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bluenotejazz.com/napa/shows/?eid=13975463\">Shannon & The Clams\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>JaM Cellars Ballroom, Napa\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nWhether you want a holiday staycation in Wine Country or already live there, Shannon & The Clams’ high-energy rock ‘n’ roll promises to have a crowd jumping at JaM Cellars. The band made waves this year with \u003ci>The Moon is in the Wrong Place\u003c/i>, an ode to a magical love and profound grief that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13968679/the-best-bay-area-music-of-2024\">topped our playlists\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-800x1000.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1020x1275.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-768x960.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1920x2400.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dennise Chakra-Kan and Lady Ryan (left to right) at their Sweet Spot New Year’s Eve party at the White Horse on Dec. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Stephen Flynn)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sweet-spot-suits-pearls-nye-celebration-tickets-1111248416929?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">The Sweet Spot\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The White Horse, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nDJs Keezy and LadyRyan will have booties bouncing at the New Year’s Eve edition of the popular, hip-hop–forward queer party, The Sweet Spot. The theme is “Suits & Pearls,” and bold, shiny attire is encouraged. There’ll be a Prince tribute at midnight during the complimentary champagne toast, plus a sexy performance from dancer and gender-bending performer Tyrone.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bollywood-ballroom-new-years-eve-party-grand-corinthian-sj-dec-31st-tickets-770647436227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Bollywood Ballroom\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Corinthian Grand Ballroom, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nBollywood Ballroom is throwing down for the Desi community of the South Bay and beyond. Inside the stately Corinthian Grand Ballroom, DJK and DJRaag will spin Bollywood hits from beloved classic films. Another room will be dedicated to high-energy, percussive Punjabi rhythms, and a third room will pay homage to South India with Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam bangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13960617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/F93A7619-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comedian Stroy Moyd is the owner of San Francisco comedy club The Function. \u003ccite>(Danny Acosta for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/202425-new-years-eve-comedy-bash-at-the-function-san-francisco-tickets-1088221743529?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">HellaFunny New Year’s Eve Comedy Bash\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Function, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco’s newest — and first Black-owned — comedy club is hosting two back-to-back New Year’s Eve shows. The lineups, to be announced, promise regulars from storied venues like the Punchline and Cobb’s, plus national tours. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drunk-n-love-sfs-ultimate-rb-nye-party-free-midnight-toast-202425-tickets-1106455731879\">Drunk N’ Love R&B Party\u003c/a> with a free champagne toast will follow (separate tickets required).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-years-eve-with-pete-escovedo-sons-mystique-tickets-1076984462519?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Pete Escovedo & Sons, Mystique\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Signia by Hilton, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nLatin jazz royalty Pete Escovedo has played percussion for so many of the greats — Santana, Herbie Hancock, Tito Puente. Not to mention, he’s the father of ’80s hitmaker (and Prince’s drummer) Sheila E. If you want to ring in the new year with jazz, this live show by the 89-year-old legend, with his sons Peter Michael and Juan, will be a rare treat. The band Mystique will also play cumbia, salsa and Latin rock with Malo’s Richie Bean, the original singer of the eternal brown-eyed soul classic “Suavecito.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nye-2025-zanzi-tickets-1113153093869\">NYE2025 @ Zanzi\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Zanzi, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nDCIsChillin, formerly of KMEL, is a pro at getting the dance floor hype. At Zanzi, one of the best places to dance in Oakland, he’ll be joined by DJs Blackwoman, Smartmoney and Solo for a hip-hop, R&B and Afrobeats function — with a champagne toast — put on by tried-and-true party crew Trapsoul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg\" alt=\"Anderson .Paak poses back stage wearing a pink suit, no shirt and a giant fur hat.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Anderson-.Paak-backstage-at-Blue-Note-Jazz-Festival-on-Sunday-July-30-2023.-Estefany-Gonzalez-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anderson .Paak backstage at Blue Note Jazz Festival on Sunday, July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fresh-start-nye-tickets-1114250054909?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Fresh Start NYE\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Midway, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nBelgian Techno producer Charlotte De Witte will preside over a packed dance floor at the epic electronic music party Fresh Start. The two-day affair at the Midway also features the funky sounds of DJ Pee Wee (a.k.a. Anderson .Paak) and house music producer The Blessed Madonna on New Year’s Eve. Chris Lake and SF local Zhu — plus many others — will keep the dance floor going on New Year’s Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/con-brio/622923?afflky=RickshawStop\">Con Brio\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco R&B, soul and funk band Con Brio is known for larger-than-life performances with an energy that sizzles. At the Rickshaw Stop — a truly special, intimate room to see live music — they’ll ring in the New Year with psych-rock band King Dream and mighty-voiced singer Adar, plus DJ TophOne.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Say what you will about New Year’s Eve — it’s my favorite holiday. I love an excuse to get dressed up and shiny, to indulge in a delicious dinner (in my family’s case, a Russian spread with caviar), to dance the troubles of the past year away and toast to the successes, ushering in an auspicious future. With so many options for ringing in 2025 in the Bay Area, I’ve rounded up 10 solid choices to help you plan your night — whether your thing is live music, huge raves or intimate dance parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://vaudeviresociety.com/\">New Bohemia NYE\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mint, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThis epic soiree within the marbled halls of San Francisco’s historic Mint has a lot of bang for your buck. It promises a lineup of nearly 40 artists and seven dance floors — plus circus performances, a shibari lounge and art galleries. The Bay’s own turntable master DJ QBert headlines along with house music DJs Syd Gris, Amprs&nd and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://thenewparish.com/tm-event/neon-noir-nye-black-light-rave/\">Neon Noir Black Light AfroRave\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The New Parish, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nThe crew that puts on the wildly popular AfroBeats at the Lake festival in Oakland will party until 5 a.m. at their three-room, black-light rave. Joining residents Koko, Juan G, Tiedye Trippin and Mis Gentes is an eclectic lineup of guests from Tanzania and Texas (Momo and Big Rich), plus local support from Lexapeel, Fibonacci, Cali, Cecil, Align and Veyn. Grounded in Afrobeats and amapiano, this party journeys through the eclectic sounds of the global African diaspora, including soca, dancehall, jersey club and baile funk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh.png\" alt=\"Five-person group photo, all in black clothes against maroon background\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh.png 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/XbK8BYQh-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The members of Shannon & The Clams are vocalist and bass player Shannon Shaw, guitarist Cody Blanchard, keyboard player Will Sprott and drummer Nate Mahan. \u003ccite>(Easy Eye Sound)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bluenotejazz.com/napa/shows/?eid=13975463\">Shannon & The Clams\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>JaM Cellars Ballroom, Napa\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nWhether you want a holiday staycation in Wine Country or already live there, Shannon & The Clams’ high-energy rock ‘n’ roll promises to have a crowd jumping at JaM Cellars. The band made waves this year with \u003ci>The Moon is in the Wrong Place\u003c/i>, an ode to a magical love and profound grief that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13968679/the-best-bay-area-music-of-2024\">topped our playlists\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13953589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13953589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-800x1000.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1020x1275.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-160x200.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-768x960.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/1N8A8439-1920x2400.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dennise Chakra-Kan and Lady Ryan (left to right) at their Sweet Spot New Year’s Eve party at the White Horse on Dec. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Stephen Flynn)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sweet-spot-suits-pearls-nye-celebration-tickets-1111248416929?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">The Sweet Spot\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The White Horse, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nDJs Keezy and LadyRyan will have booties bouncing at the New Year’s Eve edition of the popular, hip-hop–forward queer party, The Sweet Spot. The theme is “Suits & Pearls,” and bold, shiny attire is encouraged. There’ll be a Prince tribute at midnight during the complimentary champagne toast, plus a sexy performance from dancer and gender-bending performer Tyrone.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bollywood-ballroom-new-years-eve-party-grand-corinthian-sj-dec-31st-tickets-770647436227?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Bollywood Ballroom\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Corinthian Grand Ballroom, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nBollywood Ballroom is throwing down for the Desi community of the South Bay and beyond. Inside the stately Corinthian Grand Ballroom, DJK and DJRaag will spin Bollywood hits from beloved classic films. 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"content": "\u003cp>Walking into Oakland Theater Project’s \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/ships\">\u003cem>A Thousand Ships\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is like walking into an Oakland neighborhood hair salon just before business hours. Quite literally, in fact. The intimate set — designed by Randy Wong-Westbrooke and sumptuously lit by Dr. Stephanie Anne Johnson — encloses the assembled audience within the salon’s interior. Leatherette-covered swivel chairs extend into the seating arrangements. An assortment of framed photographs of notable Black women adorn the walls, spiraling around a small sandpit in the center of the room. This sandpit grounds the action from scene to scene — from 1944 to 2008 — from the banks of a baptismal river to the last car of a West-bound train. [aside postid='arts_13968828']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ever-present sand shifting beneath the feet of the actors provides a tangible symbol for so many of the play’s fleeting themes. Of arrival and departure. Of baptism and beauty. Of being cast upon a foreign shore and made to work the land. Of the longing to reclaim a piece of land lost for oneself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There must have been a moment during the development of Marcus Gardley’s script for \u003cem>A Thousand Ships\u003c/em> when its current storyline emerged — as it’s quite a departure from the original concept that garnered it a Hewlett 50 Arts Commission (in association with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13966472/cal-shakes-to-close-down-citing-insurmountable-financial-impasse\">Cal Shakes\u003c/a>) in 2017. That production promised to revisit the Richmond shipyards during World War II through oral history and vernacular music, a concept Gardley explored in \u003cem>This World in a Woman’s Hands\u003c/em>, produced by Shotgun Players in 2009. But while there’s a single scene in the play that does take place in the shipyards (with choreography by Latanya d. Tigner and music by longtime Gardley collaborator Molly Holm), this play is mainly centered around an Oakland salon on the brink of foreclosure — and the decades-long friendship between its co-owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13969609\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1769\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-1020x705.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-1536x1061.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-2048x1415.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_113-1920x1327.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawn L. Troupe as Laney Melrose Durant in ‘A Thousand Ships’ at Oakland Theater Project. \u003ccite>(Ben Krantz Studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gardley’s work frequently blurs the lines between the earthly and the epic, and threads of the metaphysical are woven throughout this piece. At the top, Adrian Roberts as the Father of Water delivers a stately, poetic monologue ruminating on the nature of water and the cycles of history. The play’s matriarchs bestow blessings upon their kin that simultaneously reach into the past for inspiration yet call on an unwritten future. Like mythic ancestors, the two protagonists — Adeline Merritt Lake (Halili Knox), and Laney Melrose Durant (Dawn L. Troupe) — represent so much of Oakland even in their names alone. They’re everywomen who are both enchantingly 100% themselves, but also the culmination of those who came before them and those yet to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knox and Troupe are equally charismatic, and their respective performances complement each other’s strengths (even if neither \u003cem>quite\u003c/em> pulls off a convincing octogenarian). But it might be Rolanda D. Bell who really steals the show as neighborhood gossip and unapologetic Republican, “First Lady” Bella Vista Montclair. From the instant she enters the room shaking a miniature tambourine, she grabs hold of our attention and does not let it go. Wonderfully worldly — yet deeply concerned with the matters of the spirit — Bell’s First Lady encompasses multitudes, and leaves an indelible impression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13969610\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1832\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-1536x1099.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-2048x1465.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_132-1-1920x1374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rolanda D. Bell as First Lady in ‘A Thousand Ships’ at Oakland Theater Project. \u003ccite>(Ben Krantz Studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Somewhat less impactful, the play’s younger generation feel less fully realized as characters and more like filler foils for their storied elders. Two are Laney’s grown children — played by Sam Jackson and William Heartfield — and the third is First Lady’s personal assistant Dimond, played humorously by Jasmine Milan Williams, who exaggerates her character’s advancing pregnancy with much huffing and mincing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a disappointingly tepid embezzlement plot point that doesn’t really amp up the tension, and results in an even more lukewarm conflict between Jackson’s Laurel Durant Bancroft and Heartfield’s MacArthur Bancroft. It’s almost impossible to really root for either of them as written, although Jackson at least is given a transformative moment of music that hints at the emotional depths her character struggles to otherwise reveal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13969611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13969611\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/1000_Ships_2024_197-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawn L. Troupe (left) as Laney Melrose Durant, William Hartfield (center) as MacArthur Bancroft and Sam Jackson (right) as Laurel Durant Bancroft. \u003ccite>(Ben Krantz Studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It should be noted that despite the Dec. 15 show being originally billed as opening night, Oakland Theater Project made a last minute decision to extend their previews — but to still let press review that preview. So it’s to be expected that evident lags in momentum and memorization will be ironed out by their new official opening night, on Dec. 19. Director Michael Socrates Moran has been bringing Gardley’s work to life for ten years now, and has a keen ear for the distinctive rhythms of his work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will likely not be addressed for this run is the puzzling disconnect between the play’s elders and their heirs, who stand to inherit their legacy, but who feel ill-suited to bear that weight. I’d love to see Gardley revisit these characters again when they’re better prepared to step into their own power, and shape a narrative of their own. With ancestors as magnificent as Adeline and Laney, they’ll have a solid foundation to build from, and plenty of forward momentum.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/ships\">A Thousand Ships\u003c/a>’ runs at Oakland Theater Project through Jan. 5. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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