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"content": "\u003cp>Inside of a classic Queen Anne Victorian in West Oakland, photographer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tracibartlow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Traci Bartlow\u003c/a> displays beautifully framed images of the people who shaped hip-hop culture here in the Bay Area, and across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her exhibition, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of the 90’s Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, features photos of Outkast and Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and ODB, alongside images of the Luniz and Shock-G, as well as E-40 and The Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the photos tell a story about what life was like in growing up in Oakland, it’s her house that tells the complex story of multiple generations of Black folks, land ownership and community appreciation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.b-lovesguesthouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B-Love’s Guesthouse\u003c/a>, which is a photography museum \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a boutique hotel. 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Block parties and family functions introduced her to her love of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in East Oakland, she also saw firsthand the importance of a neighborhood hub by watching the multiple ways people would use her mother’s washhouse. It wasn’t just a laundromat but a corner store, a place to get your prom dress made or pick up your Avon order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acquired her current home from the late Eddie Mae Holmes, a Black woman who once owned multiple properties in West Oakland. And Traci envisioned using the space for the purposes of artistic expression and community gatherings, including showcasing her work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13920342 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow sits on the stairwell of her Queen Ann Victorian home in West Oakland \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now B-Love’s Guesthouse stands as a home for hip-hop history and a safe haven for folks to come together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week we take a tour of the property and walk down memory lane through her photos. If you’re interested after listening to this episode, you can take a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\">tour\u003c/a> too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5621038255&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3TiAwgf\">Read the transcript\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Traci Bartlow.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>Just a few blocks from the women of the Black Panther Party mural and West Oakland BART station is Traci Bartlow’s home and hotel, B-Love’s Guesthouse. It’s on a residential street with lots of history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I acquired the house in 2007 from a team of people that would buy houses, flip them, and then sell them. They bought the house from a woman named Eddie Mae Holmes. And Ms. Holmes was an African-American woman that came to West Oakland when she was 14 years old. And, through her family ownership, she acquired this house, this house on the corner. And in 1965, she had that apartment building around the corner built. On the lower level of the apartment building, she had Holmes Barber Shop. So Ms. Holmes is one of those black women in the community that was providing in so many different ways for everyone. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span> About 15 years ago, Traci converted her home into a guesthouse. People can choose from one of seven rooms for an overnight stay. And at the same time, folks can enjoy the framed photos from Traci’s archives. Her photos are a time machine, instantly transporting me back to the East Oakland that I knew as a youth. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postid='arts_13891300']Traci: These are people that I grew up with. You know, we went to middle school and high school together. My mother owned the laundromat on 98th and Birch, and so everyone would come and do their laundry at my mom’s laundromat. And her business wasn’t just where you can do your laundry. It was like a community center where my mom had a sewing machine in the corner and she would do alterations and she would make prom dresses and make outfits for people. She also sold Avon, and we had a little store in the back where you could buy candy and chips and sandwiches. I would make homemade cookies and we would have those ghetto Icees, you know, like Kool-Aid in a cup. 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If you’re interested after listening to this episode, you can take a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\">tour\u003c/a> too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5621038255&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3TiAwgf\">Read the transcript\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Traci Bartlow.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>Just a few blocks from the women of the Black Panther Party mural and West Oakland BART station is Traci Bartlow’s home and hotel, B-Love’s Guesthouse. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There aren’t many old-school, immigrant-built, onion-slinging hot dog spots left in Oakland. But for anyone who grew up \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the East Bay, Kasper’s (along with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://themonthly.com/kilduff1904/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">family rival business, Casper’s\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">) has long been an unrivaled hot dog institution — rugged and reliable, like the blue-collar workers it has fed throughout the years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And perhaps no other Kasper’s venue is as distinctly recognizable as the “Original Kasper’s” — a tiny, triangular outpost on 4521 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even though the Temescal location closed its doors in 2003, it has remained as an iconic reminder of the area’s food and architectural history. Indeed, the uniquely located and oddly undersized flatiron building — originally a gas station — has endured for nearly two decades without any indication of what would happen next. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During that time, graffiti artists have turned it into a de facto outdoor gallery, nearby high-rise apartments have multiplied around it and rent prices in the zip code have skyrocketed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The history of the building itself isn’t hard to find, but the mystery of why the owner let it sit there for 14 years was intriguing,” says \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.malcolmryder.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malcolm Ryder\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a local photographer who has documented the building’s transformation since 2015. “As time went by, I paid more attention. The changes became the subject matter.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What results from Ryder’s obsession is a photo exhibit, playfully titled \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/13-ways-of-looking-at-kaspers-photo-series-opening-oakland-october-860362\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Thirteen Ways of Looking at Kasper’s,”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which will debut at the Oakland Public Library’s Temescal branch on Saturday, Oct. 15. Created in partnership with Oakland-based writer Constance Hale, the exhibit serves as an invitation for residents to engage with the many flavors and iterations of the iconic (and often neglected) Original Kasper’s.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920347\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-800x1610.jpg\" alt=\"a side profile of the oddly shaped flatiron Kasper's building shows the thin, graffiti-covered corner of the iconic Oakland building\" width=\"800\" height=\"1610\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-800x1610.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-1020x2052.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-160x322.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-768x1545.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-763x1536.jpg 763w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-1018x2048.jpg 1018w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-scaled.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Original Kasper’s is known for its unique location and flatiron dimensions. \u003ccite>(Malcolm Ryder)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The series of shots, which span roughly seven years, are part of “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaktown.pictures/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oaktown\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” a macro project that Ryder is compiling to trace the evolution of local spaces and businesses in the city. By zooming in on the ghost of Kasper’s on Telegraph, he’s putting larger questions about politics, social access, homelessness and public space into focus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of his photographs, “Golden Arches,” is framed in a way that accentuates Kasper’s graffiti-splashed walls with a makeshift shelter of boxes and discarded materials on the side while the corporate symbol of a McDonald’s arch peeks out from across the street. From that angle, it’s hard to miss the discrepancy of economic realities and food access that has troubled Bay Area cities like Oakland in times of gentrification and residential displacement.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13920137,arts_13918017,arts_13894423']The whole series reminds viewers that Kasper’s is more than a place that used to (and will soon again) serve hot dogs. It’s about connectivity to home, about representation and preservation, about feeding a sense of communal pride.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to honoring the longtime hot dog institution through a variety of poetic perspectives placed above the library’s bookshelves, the exhibit’s opening day event will include a slew of guests and hands-on activities. From Delency Parham (the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/hellablackpodcast\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Tales of the Town” podcast\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> maker of oral histories for Black Oaklanders) to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsarchive.net/hearhere-community-billboard\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hear Here Community Billboard\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (a roving vintage truck that displays local information for North Oakland residents), visitors will not only get to see Ryder’s documentation of Kasper’s but will also interact with the neighborhood’s current influencers and tastemakers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the afternoon’s other highlights, a coloring book page of Kasper’s will be provided, allowing guests to interact with the building’s walls in the way graffiti artists have done in the past. And if those ingredients aren’t enough to appetize visitors, guests will have the chance to move actual pieces of the Kasper’s wall that were torn down for renovation and reassemble them, like a life-size jigsaw puzzle.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We hope we can get others to pay more attention to what may otherwise be perceived as blight or vandalism and to see the stories of those who have lived or eaten here,” Hale says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920348\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"exhibit organizers, Connie Hale (left) and Malcolm Ryder (right), stand proudly in front of the current Kasper's building in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connie Hale (left) and Malcolm Ryder (right) stand in front of Original Kasper’s on Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though exhibit organizers Ryder and Hale hoped to get Kasper’s hot dogs served at the event, they were unable to convince Kasper’s to supply the goods. Fans of the local chain can look forward to an even better consolation prize, however: The Temescal Kasper’s will reopen later this fall under the ownership of John and Vince Traverso, two brothers who own and operate \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2015/1/13/7540931/kingfish-pub-oakland-moving-video\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the relocated Kingfish Pub\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a few blocks away.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We want to keep it as original as possible with an updated code in the 21st century,” John Traverso tells me while serving an IPA at the nearby pub.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reopened North Oakland venue will be the fifth Kasper’s in the Bay, with other locations in East Oakland, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley and Concord.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once that moment arrives, I know my wife—a lifetime Kasper’s and Casper’s loyalist—and I will be among the first in line to get served.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12904247 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/13-ways-of-looking-at-kaspers-photo-series-opening-oakland-october-860362\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Thirteen Ways of Looking at Kasper’s”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will debut at the Oakland Public Library Temescal Branch (5205 Telegraph Ave., Oakland) on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 2 to 6 p.m. The photos will be on display until Jan. 15. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What results from Ryder’s obsession is a photo exhibit, playfully titled \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/13-ways-of-looking-at-kaspers-photo-series-opening-oakland-october-860362\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Thirteen Ways of Looking at Kasper’s,”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which will debut at the Oakland Public Library’s Temescal branch on Saturday, Oct. 15. Created in partnership with Oakland-based writer Constance Hale, the exhibit serves as an invitation for residents to engage with the many flavors and iterations of the iconic (and often neglected) Original Kasper’s.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920347\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-800x1610.jpg\" alt=\"a side profile of the oddly shaped flatiron Kasper's building shows the thin, graffiti-covered corner of the iconic Oakland building\" width=\"800\" height=\"1610\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-800x1610.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-1020x2052.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-160x322.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-768x1545.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-763x1536.jpg 763w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-1018x2048.jpg 1018w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_be_safe_malcolm_ryder-scaled.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Original Kasper’s is known for its unique location and flatiron dimensions. \u003ccite>(Malcolm Ryder)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The series of shots, which span roughly seven years, are part of “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaktown.pictures/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oaktown\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” a macro project that Ryder is compiling to trace the evolution of local spaces and businesses in the city. By zooming in on the ghost of Kasper’s on Telegraph, he’s putting larger questions about politics, social access, homelessness and public space into focus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of his photographs, “Golden Arches,” is framed in a way that accentuates Kasper’s graffiti-splashed walls with a makeshift shelter of boxes and discarded materials on the side while the corporate symbol of a McDonald’s arch peeks out from across the street. From that angle, it’s hard to miss the discrepancy of economic realities and food access that has troubled Bay Area cities like Oakland in times of gentrification and residential displacement.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The whole series reminds viewers that Kasper’s is more than a place that used to (and will soon again) serve hot dogs. It’s about connectivity to home, about representation and preservation, about feeding a sense of communal pride.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to honoring the longtime hot dog institution through a variety of poetic perspectives placed above the library’s bookshelves, the exhibit’s opening day event will include a slew of guests and hands-on activities. From Delency Parham (the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/hellablackpodcast\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Tales of the Town” podcast\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> maker of oral histories for Black Oaklanders) to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsarchive.net/hearhere-community-billboard\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hear Here Community Billboard\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (a roving vintage truck that displays local information for North Oakland residents), visitors will not only get to see Ryder’s documentation of Kasper’s but will also interact with the neighborhood’s current influencers and tastemakers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the afternoon’s other highlights, a coloring book page of Kasper’s will be provided, allowing guests to interact with the building’s walls in the way graffiti artists have done in the past. And if those ingredients aren’t enough to appetize visitors, guests will have the chance to move actual pieces of the Kasper’s wall that were torn down for renovation and reassemble them, like a life-size jigsaw puzzle.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We hope we can get others to pay more attention to what may otherwise be perceived as blight or vandalism and to see the stories of those who have lived or eaten here,” Hale says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920348\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"exhibit organizers, Connie Hale (left) and Malcolm Ryder (right), stand proudly in front of the current Kasper's building in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/kaspers_portrait_alan_chazaro.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Connie Hale (left) and Malcolm Ryder (right) stand in front of Original Kasper’s on Telegraph Ave. in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though exhibit organizers Ryder and Hale hoped to get Kasper’s hot dogs served at the event, they were unable to convince Kasper’s to supply the goods. Fans of the local chain can look forward to an even better consolation prize, however: The Temescal Kasper’s will reopen later this fall under the ownership of John and Vince Traverso, two brothers who own and operate \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2015/1/13/7540931/kingfish-pub-oakland-moving-video\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the relocated Kingfish Pub\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a few blocks away.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We want to keep it as original as possible with an updated code in the 21st century,” John Traverso tells me while serving an IPA at the nearby pub.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reopened North Oakland venue will be the fifth Kasper’s in the Bay, with other locations in East Oakland, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley and Concord.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once that moment arrives, I know my wife—a lifetime Kasper’s and Casper’s loyalist—and I will be among the first in line to get served.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12904247 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://events.com/r/en_US/registration/13-ways-of-looking-at-kaspers-photo-series-opening-oakland-october-860362\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Thirteen Ways of Looking at Kasper’s”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will debut at the Oakland Public Library Temescal Branch (5205 Telegraph Ave., Oakland) on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 2 to 6 p.m. The photos will be on display until Jan. 15. 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"content": "\u003cp>Stepping into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eternalnow.space/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eternal Now\u003c/a> feels like entering another country. On Friday, Aug. 26, the combination bookstore and record shop, housed within an inconspicuous black building on West Oakland’s San Pablo Avenue, was packed almost to the brim to see rappers and producers Alexander Spit and Ovrkast. Will Bundy, one of the shop owners (and former director of the mini-festival \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13829045/feels-returns-from-hiatus-with-stacked-lineup-and-impressive-venue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feels\u003c/a>), was handling purchases and drinks while Spit made beats live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it’s not acting as a show venue, the shop, which opened its doors at the start of June, is a calming escape. Light bounces off the white walls; the vibe is a beachside villa. Bundy, along with Ali Madigan, the lead designer on the space, and Jared (Stretch) Schwartz, Bundy’s business partner, make up the Eternal Now team. Bundy and Schwartz handle the inner workings of running the store, including the customer-facing day-to-day activities, and Madigan manages the design duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Door open on sidewalk in black-painted facade.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13919551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eternal Now’s unassuming storefront on San Pablo Avenue. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I want people to feel like they’ve entered a portal into something new, or an oasis, or into a space where they can really get lost in a book, or into the music they’re listening to,” Bundy explains. The store’s hours are limited (Saturdays and Sundays, 1–6pm and by appointment) simply because this is not only a storefront for Bundy. He lives there too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind the Eternal Now storefront lies “The Palace,” the space Bundy and Madigan have called home for the last five years. The storefront and living space have morphed dramatically over time. In the 1930s, it was a bar; 30 years later, it briefly became a laundromat. When Bundy and Madigan moved in, they used what is now the store as Madigan’s workshop, where she would work on set and clothing designs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we came, it was a lot of windowless rooms and old drywall, and we just basically ripped everything out,” Madigan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That empty space was a blank canvas for Madigan’s approach to interior design: The Palace was where she tested out ideas with mirrors, curved white planes, small seating areas, geometric shapes and exposed brick. For Eternal Now, Madigan used wooden stairs, metal railings and a lofted platform to create a listening station. “We really played that up, sort of this idea of this secret palace in the back,” she says. (It makes for a great Instagram backdrop too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up view of rack of cassettes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13919559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassette tapes for sale at Eternal Now. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This was our space together, so when Will started to put together the concept of the shop, it was really a no-brainer to design the shop as an extension of the design back here in The Palace,” Madigan explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building out the shop took them six months. At the beginning of 2022, Madigan was in a severe car accident that impacted her ability to walk, let alone physically work on creating a new world. So while she began the store construction, she also started the recovery process, and it became a part of the story of Eternal Now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It kept me still and kept me here in the space 24/7 for months, and that was unexpected,” she says. “A silver lining there was that I was able to be in the space all the time, and I connected to it in a completely different way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening Eternal Now up to others and watching people relate to a space the co-owners poured so much time and energy has been astonishing for the team. Schwartz describes seeing people inside the store as a surreal experience. No many people get to see their hopes manifest as precisely as planned. “It’s a little bit of a trip, opening up your home in this way,” Bundy says. “Mostly, it feels really good. People have said such kind things about the space and are just really here for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13919552\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful books and records in a white wallled and floored space \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down at the store from the lofted listening station. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since opening, the co-owners have felt the support of the local community. “I feel like it’s making Oakland feel both bigger and smaller at the same,” Bundy explains. He describes the store as a home for beautiful objects. And though the shop is clean and serene, Eternal Now isn’t sterile. The books, cassette tapes, vinyl records, and magazines add color to the decor. Bundy encourages people to explore the store and the things in it. Visitors can read the books on the shelves, take the records out of the plastic and listen to them, or just relax and take in the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this space, Bundy, Madigan and Schwartz can support the art of the people they love in the Bay Area. Soon, they will partner with the San Francisco nonprofit Southern Exposure to present artwork by local artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been more fulfilling than I even anticipated or could’ve even imagined,” Madigan says after the long months of work. “Having the space open to the public, and seeing that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Stepping into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eternalnow.space/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eternal Now\u003c/a> feels like entering another country. On Friday, Aug. 26, the combination bookstore and record shop, housed within an inconspicuous black building on West Oakland’s San Pablo Avenue, was packed almost to the brim to see rappers and producers Alexander Spit and Ovrkast. Will Bundy, one of the shop owners (and former director of the mini-festival \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13829045/feels-returns-from-hiatus-with-stacked-lineup-and-impressive-venue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feels\u003c/a>), was handling purchases and drinks while Spit made beats live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it’s not acting as a show venue, the shop, which opened its doors at the start of June, is a calming escape. Light bounces off the white walls; the vibe is a beachside villa. Bundy, along with Ali Madigan, the lead designer on the space, and Jared (Stretch) Schwartz, Bundy’s business partner, make up the Eternal Now team. Bundy and Schwartz handle the inner workings of running the store, including the customer-facing day-to-day activities, and Madigan manages the design duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Door open on sidewalk in black-painted facade.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13919551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_ext_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eternal Now’s unassuming storefront on San Pablo Avenue. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I want people to feel like they’ve entered a portal into something new, or an oasis, or into a space where they can really get lost in a book, or into the music they’re listening to,” Bundy explains. The store’s hours are limited (Saturdays and Sundays, 1–6pm and by appointment) simply because this is not only a storefront for Bundy. He lives there too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind the Eternal Now storefront lies “The Palace,” the space Bundy and Madigan have called home for the last five years. The storefront and living space have morphed dramatically over time. In the 1930s, it was a bar; 30 years later, it briefly became a laundromat. When Bundy and Madigan moved in, they used what is now the store as Madigan’s workshop, where she would work on set and clothing designs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we came, it was a lot of windowless rooms and old drywall, and we just basically ripped everything out,” Madigan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That empty space was a blank canvas for Madigan’s approach to interior design: The Palace was where she tested out ideas with mirrors, curved white planes, small seating areas, geometric shapes and exposed brick. For Eternal Now, Madigan used wooden stairs, metal railings and a lofted platform to create a listening station. “We really played that up, sort of this idea of this secret palace in the back,” she says. (It makes for a great Instagram backdrop too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up view of rack of cassettes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13919559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_tapes_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassette tapes for sale at Eternal Now. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This was our space together, so when Will started to put together the concept of the shop, it was really a no-brainer to design the shop as an extension of the design back here in The Palace,” Madigan explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building out the shop took them six months. At the beginning of 2022, Madigan was in a severe car accident that impacted her ability to walk, let alone physically work on creating a new world. So while she began the store construction, she also started the recovery process, and it became a part of the story of Eternal Now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It kept me still and kept me here in the space 24/7 for months, and that was unexpected,” she says. “A silver lining there was that I was able to be in the space all the time, and I connected to it in a completely different way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opening Eternal Now up to others and watching people relate to a space the co-owners poured so much time and energy has been astonishing for the team. Schwartz describes seeing people inside the store as a surreal experience. No many people get to see their hopes manifest as precisely as planned. “It’s a little bit of a trip, opening up your home in this way,” Bundy says. “Mostly, it feels really good. People have said such kind things about the space and are just really here for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13919552\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful books and records in a white wallled and floored space \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/EternalNow_overhead_1200-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down at the store from the lofted listening station. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since opening, the co-owners have felt the support of the local community. “I feel like it’s making Oakland feel both bigger and smaller at the same,” Bundy explains. He describes the store as a home for beautiful objects. And though the shop is clean and serene, Eternal Now isn’t sterile. The books, cassette tapes, vinyl records, and magazines add color to the decor. Bundy encourages people to explore the store and the things in it. Visitors can read the books on the shelves, take the records out of the plastic and listen to them, or just relax and take in the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this space, Bundy, Madigan and Schwartz can support the art of the people they love in the Bay Area. Soon, they will partner with the San Francisco nonprofit Southern Exposure to present artwork by local artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been more fulfilling than I even anticipated or could’ve even imagined,” Madigan says after the long months of work. “Having the space open to the public, and seeing that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/icecold3000/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gary “Ice Cold 3000” Morgan\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—a member of Oakland’s globally recognized \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theturffeinz/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">dance crew, TurfFeinz\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—was growing up, he would attend the Boys and Girls Club on 85th and E.14th in East Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There, he met Stick, an OG community mentor who looked out for Morgan and his friends, encouraging the young men to use the basketball gym and dance room despite not being members. For years, Morgan jokingly told Stick that he would one day donate money to the Club so that other young Oaklanders could benefit from it, too. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over a decade later, Morgan is keeping his word by hosting a one-of-a-kind event: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://drinkbaybeer.com/profiles/aleindustries/ale-industries-turf-skate-brewski\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turf Skate Brewski\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Not only will the evening feature a special-edition beer release from \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aleindustries.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ale Industries\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but the TurfFeinz are also throwing \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0kaLabJOv8\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a turf battle\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> featuring dancers and roller skaters. Each turf dancer will pair up with a skater in a team-elimination style dance-off—something Morgan says has never been done. It’s a function that Morgan and his crew hope will merge Bay Area communities that don’t often overlap: turfers, roller skaters and beer drinkers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/ChqIdIJgzIK/?hl=en\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A portion of the proceeds from the beer sales will go to the East Oakland chapter of the Boys and Girls Club, which Morgan says is in honor of Stick and other positive influences who looked out for him and his crew while they were coming up. Additional donations can be made at the event with a QR code, and will go towards TurfFeinz building a dance studio in their community—though they are only in the planning stages of this concept.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We are a part of this community so we’re looking out for each other and merging different groups together,” says Morgan. “We just want people to come to the space to dance and enjoy themselves. Stick always made sure we stayed positive, so this is something we can do for him.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The beer—appropriately titled “Town Feinz”—is a crisp Kolsch with 5.10 percent ABV (as a tribute to the 510 area code). It’s a typical release for Ale Industries, which continually puts out beers that represent Oakland’s cultural fabrics. Specifically, the brewery’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aleindustries.com/beer-tbk\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Town Beer Collaboration Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> partners with local orgs and businesses including \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aleindustries.com/blog-news/townroots\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland’s professional soccer team, Roots SC\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, LGBT nonprofit Town Pride and even the Oakland Zoo.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are a small brewery, but we had one clear goal for a concept of Oakland at the front and center,” says \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jonathan Acosta Rosales, the brewery’s director of marketing and distribution. “\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We wanted to do a limited edition label for specific organizations. We felt like we could do more in telling the stories with the labels, social media and elevating their platform.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919132\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13919132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"a white beer can with a colorful image of the facial silhouettes of local dancers and information about the beer\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/feinz-mock-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mock up design for the limited edition “Town Feinz” Kolsch. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Ale Industries)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ale Industries’ involvement with TurfFeinz is monumental, since the dance group has been at the forefront of turfing for decades. The group has been immortalized in murals around Oakland and regularly appears in music videos for rappers, most recently with LA’s YG, as well as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp3697UNemg\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">local favorites like ALLBLACK and G-Eazy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The dance form is unique to the East Bay and, with the help of TurfFeinz, has gone on to represent Northern California culture in international competitions and popular media such as \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fortnite\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13902507,arts_13914400,arts_13917398']This Saturday night won’t just be about an ice-cold beer drop. It’ll equally be about Ice Cold 3000 and fellow TurfFeinz crew members—\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkECFUbi7g\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chonkie (who created the “Smeez” dance)\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, T7, Aktive, Kurry, Yaya and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOzwlrR5uc4\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looney (founder of TurfFeinz)\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">—spilling their dance moves and unifying with roller skaters in a playful battle.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It felt like an interesting idea to explore,” Morgan explains. “It’s gonna be a new thing for everybody, including us. This is the first time these three categories are coming together. We’re willing to take that risk.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When it comes to originality and innovation, leave it up to these Bay Area favorites to brew up dance moves \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> beer notes that are truly expressive.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s about elevating the presence of these Oakland legends in our community and aiding their goal to have a band studio for kids who don’t have an outlet to be creative,” Acosta Rosales adds. “Hopefully this helps them and helps us. 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"content": "\u003cp>We know, we know. There’s too much to be done already. There’s a hay maze on the horizon and pumpkins to spend four hours picking out, only to carve them up into oblivion. There are costumes to plan and candy to buy and decorations to hang and your local neighborhood Spirit store to run amok in. But once all of that’s done, you have to actually pick some events to go to. Which is where this handy guide comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is something for everyone this year, whether you’re a screaming (drag) queen, a movie buff, a rock ’n’ roller, or a pet with a wardrobe. Altogether now! \u003cem>It’s creepy and it’s kooky / Mysterious and spooky / It’s all together ooky / Bay Area Halloween!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-800x485.png\" alt=\"A woman wearing a corset, knee high socks and rat-like face paint sits next to a figure in a black cloak and rat mask, holding a scythe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-1020x619.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-768x466.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-1536x931.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM.png 1814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year’s Halloween Meltdown will include a haunted house and a costume contest. Contestants—like these two from last year—are encouraged to get as weird as possible. \u003ccite>(Grant Kerber/ Halloween Meltdown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://halloweenmeltdown.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween Meltdown\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mosswood Park, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 8 and 9, 12–10pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people will come to the Halloween Meltdown for the music: sets from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13916142/halloween-meltdown-line-up-mosswood-john-waters-amyl-shannon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amyl and the Sniffers, Lydia Lunch, Josie Cotton and many more\u003c/a>. But for a smaller, creepier bunch, the weekend will be all about the costume contest (there was a $500 prize last year!) and much-anticipated on-site haunted house. Artist and horror enthusiast \u003ca href=\"https://www.robfletcherisneat.com/aboutrobfletcherart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Fletcher\u003c/a> has been meticulously designing the tented attraction for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Haunt is going to be a throwback to 1960s and ’70s-style dark carnival rides, but very much centered around trash culture,” Fletcher tells KQED Arts. “There will be gore. There will be vulgarity. There will be lobsters! If all goes according to plan, it should be total chaos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-11.13.17-AM-800x536.png\" alt=\"A beautiful woman with long dark hair points at something on the horizon. To her side, a hunched over man with distorted features and bulging eyes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patsy Ruth Miller and Lon Chaney star as Esmeralda and Quasimodo in 1923’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Grace Cathedral, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 7:30pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d be hard pressed to find a better venue than Grace Cathedral for a screening of 1923’s \u003cem>Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c/em>—save for the real life Parisian cathedral, of course. Everything about Wallace Worsley’s silent masterpiece is epic: its detailed replica of the real-life Notre-Dame, the thousands of extras used on set and, best of all, Lon Chaney bringing pathos (and not a little athleticism) to a monstrous visage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/smartseat/?performanceNumber=15609#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFJazz presentation\u003c/a>, organist and composer \u003ca href=\"https://www.dorothypapadakos.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorothy Papadakos\u003c/a> will live score the horror classic. Papadakos has been passionate about using her musical prowess to bring old classics to life for years now, with previous presentations of \u003cem>Phantom of the Opera\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Nosferatu\u003c/em>. 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A clawed hand reaches up from underneath.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Winchester Mystery House’s ‘Unhinged: Nightshades Curse’ event will blur the lines between fiction and reality within the wall’s of San Jose’s weirdest house. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Winchester Mystery House)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/unhinged/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winchester Mystery House—Unhinged: Nightshades Curse\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Winchester Mystery House, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 13—Oct. 31 (16 select dates)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s plenty to be creeped out by in the Winchester Mystery House on any given day. The seance room full of one-way doors. The preponderance of the number 13 in the windows and decorative features. That damn door on the second floor that would send you plummeting to death or serious injury if you walked through it. But for Halloween, the Mystery House is ramping things up even further with 16 immersive evenings that step beyond the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Winchester\u003c/a> legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Nightshade’s Curse\u003c/em> event is set in 1949. A fictitious carnival owner and paranormal investigator named Madame Nightshade has temporarily taken over the property to ghost hunt within the house. Meanwhile, her small carnival has set up on the grounds to entertain guests with games and tricks, plus food offerings and a bar. There will be self-guided tours of the labyrinthian home throughout the evening, and not all routes will be the same. A word of warning before you go: Guests shouldn’t be surprised to run into a ghost or two…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918563\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-1049883642-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two dogs sit side-by-side on an outdoor step. They are draped in sheets with eyes and nose holes cut out so they look like cartoon ghosts. They are surrounded by pumpkins.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what Halloween is all about, people. Dogs dressed as ghosts. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/events/halloween-sausalito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Howl’O’Ween Dog Costume Contest\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Robin Sweeny Park, Sausalito\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 6:30pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are two things that we all absolutely, fundamentally deserve on Halloween. The first is candy. The second is dogs wearing costumes. That’s it. Everything else is incidental. (I said what I said.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a lot going on in Sausalito this Halloween for kids, grown-ups and pets. A parade starts at 6pm at the Station 1 Firehouse and ends at a special Trick or Treat Lane. The City Hall Game Room hosts a haunted house. But the most important thing of all is that the Howl’O’Ween Dog Costume Contest is happening. It’s free to enter and there are three prize categories: best little dog (under 35 lbs.), best big dog (over 35 lbs.) and best couple (human and dog). In all, perfect for those who like their Halloween to be more heartwarming than bone-chilling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if you can’t wait that long to see dogs in outfits, you might also want to stop by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paws-for-a-cause-dog-festival-halloween-costume-contest-tickets-349013196867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paws For a Cause Dog Festival and Halloween Costume Contest\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s Marina Green, Oct. 15, 11am–4pm.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A stalking cap, handcuffs, magnifying glass, pipe, key and piece of rolled up paper lie on top of an old sepia-toned map.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camron-Stanford House needs your assistance in solving a murder mystery… \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cshouse.org/visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murder in Old Oakland: A Victorian Whodunit Game\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Camron-Stanford House, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 21, 7pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>October is always a good time to visit the Camron-Stanford House. Every year, this Lake Merritt gem puts on its creepiest finery and gets into the Halloween spirit, Victorian-style. (Which, as we all know, is the scariest kind, on account of the Victorian obsession with trying to conjure dead people every five minutes.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year is no different. Camron-Stanford is offering a new exhibit, \u003cem>Ghoulish & Ghastly: 19th Century Monsters in Popular Culture\u003c/em> starting Oct. 2, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cshouse.org/events/the-haunted-garden-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Haunted Garden\u003c/a>, an annual, family-friendly Halloween party on Oct. 30. In addition this year, amateur sleuths are invited to come to the house and help solve a murder in a \u003cem>Clue\u003c/em>-style game that encourages Victorian cosplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Oct. 21 whodunit will begin in 1890 at a memorial reception for a recently murdered wealthy Oakland man. The evening’s hosts, Franklina and William will offer clues to help you catch the killer before they get the chance to strike again. Adding to the fun? The game includes characters based on real people from Oakland history, so everyone will learn a little something too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918983\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-800x561.png\" alt=\"A conductor in action, arm flexed out before him, before a black background. He is wearing a casual black t-shirt, rather than a suit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-800x561.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-1020x715.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-768x538.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-1536x1077.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-1920x1346.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM.png 1994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Symphony’s music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, in action. \u003ccite>(Minna Hatinen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The SF Symphony Explores Myth, Magic and Horror\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley and Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 21–29, times vary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Symphony’s Music Director \u003ca href=\"https://www.esapekkasalonen.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esa-Pekka Salonen\u003c/a> is conducting special programs scattered throughout October that lean into themes of magic, myth and horror—and there are three distinct Halloween highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is Modest Mussorgsky’s “\u003ca href=\"https://secure.calperformances.org/17600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Night on Bald Mountain\u003c/a>” (Oct. 21) performed at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. The plot includes witches, demons, serpents, dark spirits and even Satan himself. Then, back in San Francisco, Salonen leads three nights (Oct. 27–29) combining \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Frankenstein-Psycho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H.K. Gruber’s \u003cem>Frankenstein!!\u003c/em> and Bernard Herrmann’s suite from \u003cem>Psycho\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Finally, and for those who need something a little more kid-friendly, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Hocus-Pocus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a special presentation of \u003cem>Hocus Pocus\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on Oct. 25, with the symphony live scoring the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who says orchestras have to be stuffy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-800x534.png\" alt=\"A drag queen with exaggerated facial features stands in a cave-like setting wearing a black lace high-collared gown. Behind her are multiple mannequin torsos, one of which is wearing tassled pasties.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-800x534.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-768x512.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-1536x1025.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM.png 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the twisted brain of Peaches Christ (and friends): ‘Into the Dark: The Summoning.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of: 'The Summoning')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Into the Dark: The Summoning\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The San Francisco Mint, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 7–Nov. 5\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The official description for this drag-fueled, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLSQUyXWlkE&t=142s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peaches Christ\u003c/a>-starring haunted house experience is so magnificent, it bears repeating in its original form:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Guests will participate in a real live seance that rips a hole into the supernatural world and takes them on a terrifying adventure! Prepare to come face-to-face with demonic spirits while you attempt to retrieve the severed head of an unethical vampire queen.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Because presumably, unethical vampire queens are the worst kinds of vampire queens…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything about \u003cem>The Summoning\u003c/em> promises to be extra-extra. Groups of 11 guests at a time will be guided through the experience, which will include (*deep breath*): nudity, gore, “4-D effects,” mazes, theatrical segments and a cast of 78. (\u003cem>Seventy-eight!\u003c/em>) Peaches and friends ask that you leave your high heels and Halloween masks at home, but feel free to grab a drink at the on-site ’80s goth pop-up bar afterwards. It’s called (*checks notes*) Fang Bang. Like I said: \u003cem>extra\u003c/em>-extra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918788\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-06-at-5.42.03-PM-800x435.png\" alt=\"The side view of a hunched over vulture perching ominously. Behind the bird, a cartoon rendition of a glowing yellow moon, orange sky and flying bats.\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boo at the Zoo is coming for you… \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Zoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Boo at the Zoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandzoo.org/centennial/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Zoo\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo-featuring-sloth-oween/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Zoo\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 22–31 / Oct. 23–30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Oakland and San Francisco are holding kid-thrilling Boo at the Zoo events this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Zoo is offering a fun-filled animal-themed scavenger hunt across its grounds. Costumes are encouraged; choosing to use the zoo’s collection of snakes, scorpions, spiders and other delightful creepy crawlies as inspiration is optional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Zoo is holding a costume parade and contest at noon on event days, and is also offering a self-guided, sloth-themed jaunt around a variety of haunted houses on the zoo’s grounds. Houses include “Count Dracu-sloth’s Fortress” and the “House of Franken-sloth.” Get ready to squee!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heads up: Both of these events usually sell out fast, so families are encouraged to book in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13919010\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/19-130-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A teenage girl, green light glowing across her eyes, looks at something off in the distance with great horror.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/19-130-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/19-130-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/19-130-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/19-130-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/19-130.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winona Ryder in ‘Beetlejuice’.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Horror at the Alamo\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alamo Drafthouse, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 1–31\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13904911']Truth be told, the Alamo is never \u003cem>not\u003c/em> doing Halloween, thanks to Terror Tuesdays, Weird Wednesdays and a general commitment to digging up old horror movies and putting them back on the big screen. But while the Mission movie theater is always a reliable source of jump scares, it’s ramping up the horror content for the entire month of October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can expect classics, including \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/psycho-1960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Psycho\u003c/em> on Oct. 24\u003c/a> and Werner Herzog’s 1979 remake of \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/terror-tuesday-nosferatu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Nosferatu\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on Oct. 18. (The 1922 vampire original is showing \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/nosferatu-with-invincible-czars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with a live score by Invincible Czars\u003c/a> on Sept. 21.) There is kitsch, including Andy Warhol’s \u003cem>Flesh For Frankenstein\u003c/em> on Oct. 5, \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/show/bride-of-chucky1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Bride of Chucky\u003c/em> on Oct. 10\u003c/a>, and a special Halloween-night screening of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/event/graveyard-shift-trick-r-treat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trick ’r Treat\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if parents need something that younger eyeballs can feast upon, look for \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/event/movie-party-ghostbusters-1984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> on Oct. 4\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/event/movie-party-beetlejuice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Beetlejuice \u003c/em>on Oct. 12\u003c/a>—both of which will be full-blown parties. The \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> one will include Slimer slime, Stay Puft marshmallows, and glow necklaces “you can wave around anytime the Ghostbusters use their proton packs.” May “\u003cem>I ain’t ’fraid o’ no ghost\u003c/em>” be your mantra for the evening.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We know, we know. There’s too much to be done already. There’s a hay maze on the horizon and pumpkins to spend four hours picking out, only to carve them up into oblivion. There are costumes to plan and candy to buy and decorations to hang and your local neighborhood Spirit store to run amok in. But once all of that’s done, you have to actually pick some events to go to. Which is where this handy guide comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is something for everyone this year, whether you’re a screaming (drag) queen, a movie buff, a rock ’n’ roller, or a pet with a wardrobe. Altogether now! \u003cem>It’s creepy and it’s kooky / Mysterious and spooky / It’s all together ooky / Bay Area Halloween!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-800x485.png\" alt=\"A woman wearing a corset, knee high socks and rat-like face paint sits next to a figure in a black cloak and rat mask, holding a scythe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-1020x619.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-768x466.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM-1536x931.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-1.16.43-PM.png 1814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year’s Halloween Meltdown will include a haunted house and a costume contest. Contestants—like these two from last year—are encouraged to get as weird as possible. \u003ccite>(Grant Kerber/ Halloween Meltdown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://halloweenmeltdown.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween Meltdown\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Mosswood Park, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 8 and 9, 12–10pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people will come to the Halloween Meltdown for the music: sets from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13916142/halloween-meltdown-line-up-mosswood-john-waters-amyl-shannon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amyl and the Sniffers, Lydia Lunch, Josie Cotton and many more\u003c/a>. But for a smaller, creepier bunch, the weekend will be all about the costume contest (there was a $500 prize last year!) and much-anticipated on-site haunted house. Artist and horror enthusiast \u003ca href=\"https://www.robfletcherisneat.com/aboutrobfletcherart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Fletcher\u003c/a> has been meticulously designing the tented attraction for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Haunt is going to be a throwback to 1960s and ’70s-style dark carnival rides, but very much centered around trash culture,” Fletcher tells KQED Arts. “There will be gore. There will be vulgarity. There will be lobsters! If all goes according to plan, it should be total chaos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-01-at-11.13.17-AM-800x536.png\" alt=\"A beautiful woman with long dark hair points at something on the horizon. To her side, a hunched over man with distorted features and bulging eyes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patsy Ruth Miller and Lon Chaney star as Esmeralda and Quasimodo in 1923’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Grace Cathedral, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 7:30pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d be hard pressed to find a better venue than Grace Cathedral for a screening of 1923’s \u003cem>Hunchback of Notre Dame\u003c/em>—save for the real life Parisian cathedral, of course. Everything about Wallace Worsley’s silent masterpiece is epic: its detailed replica of the real-life Notre-Dame, the thousands of extras used on set and, best of all, Lon Chaney bringing pathos (and not a little athleticism) to a monstrous visage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/smartseat/?performanceNumber=15609#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFJazz presentation\u003c/a>, organist and composer \u003ca href=\"https://www.dorothypapadakos.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorothy Papadakos\u003c/a> will live score the horror classic. Papadakos has been passionate about using her musical prowess to bring old classics to life for years now, with previous presentations of \u003cem>Phantom of the Opera\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Nosferatu\u003c/em>. Papadakos will even provide a brief history of the film before she takes her seat behind the 7,500-pipes of Grace’s 88-year-old Aeolian-Skinner organ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An artist's rendering of the Winchester Mystery House is depicted from above, with green light streaming from its many windows. A woman's green eyes hover above its roof. A clawed hand reaches up from underneath.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Unhinged_1280x960_2022.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Winchester Mystery House’s ‘Unhinged: Nightshades Curse’ event will blur the lines between fiction and reality within the wall’s of San Jose’s weirdest house. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Winchester Mystery House)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/unhinged/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winchester Mystery House—Unhinged: Nightshades Curse\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Winchester Mystery House, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 13—Oct. 31 (16 select dates)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s plenty to be creeped out by in the Winchester Mystery House on any given day. The seance room full of one-way doors. The preponderance of the number 13 in the windows and decorative features. That damn door on the second floor that would send you plummeting to death or serious injury if you walked through it. But for Halloween, the Mystery House is ramping things up even further with 16 immersive evenings that step beyond the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Winchester\u003c/a> legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Nightshade’s Curse\u003c/em> event is set in 1949. A fictitious carnival owner and paranormal investigator named Madame Nightshade has temporarily taken over the property to ghost hunt within the house. Meanwhile, her small carnival has set up on the grounds to entertain guests with games and tricks, plus food offerings and a bar. There will be self-guided tours of the labyrinthian home throughout the evening, and not all routes will be the same. A word of warning before you go: Guests shouldn’t be surprised to run into a ghost or two…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918563\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-1049883642-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two dogs sit side-by-side on an outdoor step. They are draped in sheets with eyes and nose holes cut out so they look like cartoon ghosts. They are surrounded by pumpkins.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what Halloween is all about, people. Dogs dressed as ghosts. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/events/halloween-sausalito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Howl’O’Ween Dog Costume Contest\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Robin Sweeny Park, Sausalito\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 6:30pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are two things that we all absolutely, fundamentally deserve on Halloween. The first is candy. The second is dogs wearing costumes. That’s it. Everything else is incidental. (I said what I said.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a lot going on in Sausalito this Halloween for kids, grown-ups and pets. A parade starts at 6pm at the Station 1 Firehouse and ends at a special Trick or Treat Lane. The City Hall Game Room hosts a haunted house. But the most important thing of all is that the Howl’O’Ween Dog Costume Contest is happening. It’s free to enter and there are three prize categories: best little dog (under 35 lbs.), best big dog (over 35 lbs.) and best couple (human and dog). In all, perfect for those who like their Halloween to be more heartwarming than bone-chilling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if you can’t wait that long to see dogs in outfits, you might also want to stop by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paws-for-a-cause-dog-festival-halloween-costume-contest-tickets-349013196867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paws For a Cause Dog Festival and Halloween Costume Contest\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s Marina Green, Oct. 15, 11am–4pm.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A stalking cap, handcuffs, magnifying glass, pipe, key and piece of rolled up paper lie on top of an old sepia-toned map.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/GettyImages-511722458-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camron-Stanford House needs your assistance in solving a murder mystery… \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cshouse.org/visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murder in Old Oakland: A Victorian Whodunit Game\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Camron-Stanford House, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 21, 7pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>October is always a good time to visit the Camron-Stanford House. Every year, this Lake Merritt gem puts on its creepiest finery and gets into the Halloween spirit, Victorian-style. (Which, as we all know, is the scariest kind, on account of the Victorian obsession with trying to conjure dead people every five minutes.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year is no different. Camron-Stanford is offering a new exhibit, \u003cem>Ghoulish & Ghastly: 19th Century Monsters in Popular Culture\u003c/em> starting Oct. 2, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cshouse.org/events/the-haunted-garden-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Haunted Garden\u003c/a>, an annual, family-friendly Halloween party on Oct. 30. In addition this year, amateur sleuths are invited to come to the house and help solve a murder in a \u003cem>Clue\u003c/em>-style game that encourages Victorian cosplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Oct. 21 whodunit will begin in 1890 at a memorial reception for a recently murdered wealthy Oakland man. The evening’s hosts, Franklina and William will offer clues to help you catch the killer before they get the chance to strike again. Adding to the fun? The game includes characters based on real people from Oakland history, so everyone will learn a little something too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918983\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-800x561.png\" alt=\"A conductor in action, arm flexed out before him, before a black background. He is wearing a casual black t-shirt, rather than a suit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-800x561.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-1020x715.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-768x538.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-1536x1077.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM-1920x1346.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-09-at-1.54.12-PM.png 1994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Symphony’s music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, in action. \u003ccite>(Minna Hatinen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The SF Symphony Explores Myth, Magic and Horror\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley and Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 21–29, times vary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Symphony’s Music Director \u003ca href=\"https://www.esapekkasalonen.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esa-Pekka Salonen\u003c/a> is conducting special programs scattered throughout October that lean into themes of magic, myth and horror—and there are three distinct Halloween highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is Modest Mussorgsky’s “\u003ca href=\"https://secure.calperformances.org/17600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Night on Bald Mountain\u003c/a>” (Oct. 21) performed at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. The plot includes witches, demons, serpents, dark spirits and even Satan himself. Then, back in San Francisco, Salonen leads three nights (Oct. 27–29) combining \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Frankenstein-Psycho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H.K. Gruber’s \u003cem>Frankenstein!!\u003c/em> and Bernard Herrmann’s suite from \u003cem>Psycho\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Finally, and for those who need something a little more kid-friendly, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Hocus-Pocus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a special presentation of \u003cem>Hocus Pocus\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on Oct. 25, with the symphony live scoring the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who says orchestras have to be stuffy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-800x534.png\" alt=\"A drag queen with exaggerated facial features stands in a cave-like setting wearing a black lace high-collared gown. Behind her are multiple mannequin torsos, one of which is wearing tassled pasties.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-800x534.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-768x512.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM-1536x1025.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-17-at-5.15.41-PM.png 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the twisted brain of Peaches Christ (and friends): ‘Into the Dark: The Summoning.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of: 'The Summoning')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Into the Dark: The Summoning\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The San Francisco Mint, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 7–Nov. 5\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The official description for this drag-fueled, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLSQUyXWlkE&t=142s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peaches Christ\u003c/a>-starring haunted house experience is so magnificent, it bears repeating in its original form:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Guests will participate in a real live seance that rips a hole into the supernatural world and takes them on a terrifying adventure! Prepare to come face-to-face with demonic spirits while you attempt to retrieve the severed head of an unethical vampire queen.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Because presumably, unethical vampire queens are the worst kinds of vampire queens…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything about \u003cem>The Summoning\u003c/em> promises to be extra-extra. Groups of 11 guests at a time will be guided through the experience, which will include (*deep breath*): nudity, gore, “4-D effects,” mazes, theatrical segments and a cast of 78. (\u003cem>Seventy-eight!\u003c/em>) Peaches and friends ask that you leave your high heels and Halloween masks at home, but feel free to grab a drink at the on-site ’80s goth pop-up bar afterwards. It’s called (*checks notes*) Fang Bang. Like I said: \u003cem>extra\u003c/em>-extra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918788\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-06-at-5.42.03-PM-800x435.png\" alt=\"The side view of a hunched over vulture perching ominously. Behind the bird, a cartoon rendition of a glowing yellow moon, orange sky and flying bats.\" width=\"800\" height=\"435\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boo at the Zoo is coming for you… \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oakland Zoo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Boo at the Zoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandzoo.org/centennial/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Zoo\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo-featuring-sloth-oween/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Zoo\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 22–31 / Oct. 23–30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Oakland and San Francisco are holding kid-thrilling Boo at the Zoo events this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Zoo is offering a fun-filled animal-themed scavenger hunt across its grounds. Costumes are encouraged; choosing to use the zoo’s collection of snakes, scorpions, spiders and other delightful creepy crawlies as inspiration is optional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Zoo is holding a costume parade and contest at noon on event days, and is also offering a self-guided, sloth-themed jaunt around a variety of haunted houses on the zoo’s grounds. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In its nearly eight years of business, Dragon Gate Bar & Grille was a one-of-a-kind place in Oakland. As a restaurant, it served, hands down, some of the best Taiwanese food in the area—luxuriously tender \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.noodles.guru/2014/06/go-for-karaoke-stay-for-taiwanese-beef.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">beef noodle soup\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, stinky tofu and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/enter-the-dragon-1/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">street-style grilled sausages\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sandwiched around slices of raw garlic. The genuine article. Then, in the back, there were the handful of private karaoke rooms where the real party happened, to the tune of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/dragon-gate-bar-and-grille-oakland-2?select=KaPg5y08CsezocTmBvw4Fw\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$190 bottle service\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and as many Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai bangers as you cared to belt out.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, like so many beloved spots, the restaurant closed mid-pandemic, in January of this year, with barely a whimper and little more than an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DragonGateOak/posts/pfbid0oKKk11hdCDhW2CmvdckebYDmRsLAvQRJ4aHNE5uYGT5ULi4fewa5gWVAgoz5Huvl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">obligatory Eater obit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good news, though. In a few months, Dragon Gate will rise again a few blocks away from its original 300 Broadway location at a waterfront spot in Jack London Square proper—the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/10/01/oaklands-longtime-kincaids-closes-after-years-33-years/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">former home of Kincaid’s\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And owner Johnny Chang is doubling down on what he believes to be the restaurant’s greatest weapon: This time, he says, there will be even more karaoke rooms, and they’ll be bigger and better than before.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">News of the comeback is a welcome relief for Taiwanese food lovers. While \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897272/bay-area-taiwanese-food-scene-nostalgia\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Bay Area has seen a resurgence of the cuisine\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the past couple of years, Oakland suffered a major setback with the loss of both Dragon Gate and, a few months later, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13916312/taiwan-bento-closing-taiwanese-restaurant-oakland\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taiwan Bento\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Chang says the restaurant faced all of the typical difficulties of these past two years, exacerbated by the amount of real estate it had dedicated to its karaoke rooms, which were unusable for almost the entirety of the pandemic. Left with only the meager income he could generate via delivery app-based takeout, Chang decided it didn’t make sense to renew the lease at Dragon Gate’s original location.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/vmhMJMgIfK/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The success of Dragon Gate 2.0 will, of course, depend largely on whether or not the ballad-belting public is ready to return to karaoke lounges like his in the near future. Karaoke—or “KTV,” as the private-room iteration of it is known in Taiwan—is another of the niche industries that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID shutdowns and people’s shifting levels of comfort around small enclosed spaces. Many of the Bay Area’s most popular karaoke spots have reopened with various COVID safety precautions in place—reduced capacity restrictions, for instance, and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/singing-along-with-full-hearts-karaoke-nights-return-to-san-francisco\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">little shower cap-like microphone covers\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Others simply closed altogether. Chang knows this first hand: He used to run MoneyBox, a KTV-style karaoke spot in Richmond’s Pacific East Mall. MoneyBox closed at the start of the pandemic and just never reopened, despite the hopeful handwritten signs periodically posted in the window. Chang wound up selling the business.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13897936,arts_13916312']Still, Chang is hopeful that customers are ready to return, especially since he plans to design the new Dragon Gate with those safety concerns in mind. “After the pandemic, I think it’s better to have more private rooms—bigger rooms—so people can get together,” Chang says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indeed, the new restaurant’s nearly 14,000 square feet of space (including a back patio) will allow for socially distanced crooning in karaoke rooms that are quite a bit larger than they were at the old location. Not for nothing, the rooms will be swankier too, with sweeping views of the waterfront. The idea, Chang says, is that customers might book one of these rooms for the night and enjoy a full-service dinner there as well.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“In the old style, the room is only for karaoke,” Chang says. “Now it’s different. It’s like your own suite.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As far as the food goes, everything will remain more or less the same. Chang says that whether customers book a private room or sit down for meal in the dining room or at the bar, they should expect to be able to order all of their old favorites—the beef noodle soup, the homey dried-radish omelet and the saucy, umami-forward dish known as “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/enter-the-dragon-1/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">idiot noodles\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">,” with its toppings of fish floss, ground pork and simmered pork belly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/yBVb1rgIV5/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s been a busy time for Chang, who is in full expansion mode at this late stage of the pandemic. He’s currently juggling about a half a dozen new projects, including a huge Dragon Gate outpost \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://whatnowvegas.com/oakland-born-dragon-gate-bar-and-grille-coming-to-las-vegas/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">opening soon in Las Vegas\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a forthcoming Oakland Chinatown pub focused on late-night Taiwanese street snacks (in the former Eden Silk Road spot), and a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hotpotnationrichmond.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">new hot pot restaurant\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Pacific East Mall. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The hope is to cap it all off with the return of his Oakland flagship. If all goes well, the new Dragon Gate will open in early 2023, perhaps in time to ring in the Lunar New Year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.dragongate300.com/\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dragon Gate Bar & Grille\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will open at 1 Franklin St. in Oakland in early 2023.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"title": "Want to Reduce Gun Violence in Oakland? Invest in Culture, Experts Say",
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"content": "\u003cp>Josie de la Cruz Park in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood was bustling for five Friday nights in June and July. Kids jumped in a bounce house and chased baby goats in a petting zoo. Families ate free nachos and took home school supplies and diapers. DJs spun records, graffiti artists battled and event-goers admired the sparkling paint jobs on custom cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event series’ closer on July 15, Grammy-nominated, Oakland-raised rap duo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861579/before-urbano-took-over-the-airwaves-oakland-had-los-rakas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Rakas\u003c/a> delivered an arena-worthy performance in Spanish and English as attendees of all ages danced in the low-key neighborhood park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they called us for this event, we tried to make it and perform for our people and give it 100%, like we’re performing for 100,000 people, you know,” Raka Dun, one of the MCs, told KQED while taking pictures with fans. “This is really the community that raised us and that made us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raka Dun and Raka Rich (left to right) of Los Rakas perform at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These gatherings weren’t put on by an entertainment company or backed by a corporate brand. They were part of a new event series called Town Nights, sponsored by Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/departments/violence-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Violence Prevention\u003c/a> (DVP). Rather than sending in city officials, the DVP worked with trusted community groups like \u003ca href=\"https://curyj.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice\u003c/a> (CURYJ, pronounced “courage”), which organized Town Nights in Fruitvale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s right there in their hood and it’s for the hood, by the hood,” says CURYJ co-founder and executive director George Galvis. “The people who are organizing it are their neighbors, are their community members, are people who’ve been there, done that, and there’s no otherization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additional organizations—including \u003ca href=\"http://www.homiesempowerment.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homies Empowerment\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.familybridges.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Family Bridges\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://blackculturalzone.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Cultural Zone\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.self-sufficiency.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://urbanpeacemovement.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Peace Movement\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://hoover-fosterrac.com/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hoover Foster Resident Action Council\u003c/a> and others—\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2022/dvp-summer-town-nights-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threw their own celebrations\u003c/a> this summer with DVP funding in East Oakland, West Oakland and Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While neighbors getting together and having fun may not immediately read as a form of activism, community organizers see these types of gatherings as a vital part of combating gun violence, which rose sharply during the pandemic in Oakland, San Francisco and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/28/san-francisco-bay-area-gun-violence-murders-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other major cities nationwide\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/12/23/2021-oakland-deadliest-year-since-2006-homicides-shootings-gun-violence/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2021 was Oakland’s deadliest year since 2006\u003c/a>. In addition to the pandemic’s economic impacts, experts attribute the jump in homicide rates to cuts in social services and fewer violence interrupters on the streets while COVID restrictions were in effect. [pullquote align='right' citation='George Galvis, CURYJ executive director']‘The safest communities do not have the most police. They have the most resources.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For advocates, Town Nights and other free, inclusive community events are part of a larger effort to improve Oakland’s quality of life and, by extension, its public safety. To that end, community groups are keeping the momentum going with events this fall and into the holiday season, and studying the impacts of Town Nights as the political debate around public safety, mass incarceration and alternatives to policing continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd dances to Los Rakas at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Ingredients for public safety: jobs and community-building\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>DVP Chief Guillermo Cespedes says that using $1.1 million of his $25 million 2021–2022 budget to fund cultural activities was a “no-brainer.” Under his leadership, the DVP takes a \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Attachment-A-DVP-Strategic-Spending-Plan-FY-22-24-for-Report-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public health approach to gun violence\u003c/a> that focuses on prevention and active intervention alike. DVP’s violence interrupters mediate conflicts and provide support to shooting victims in order to stop retaliation, and the department also focuses on long-term, systemic changes. That’s where programs like Town Nights come in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The small percentage of people that are committing violence … we’re concerned with changing their behavior,” Cespedes says. “At the same time, we have to change the conditions in which that behavior takes place. To do one without the other, it’s not sustainable. So I’m really hopeful in the direction that we’re going in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand why events like Town Nights are part of Oakland’s public safety strategy, it’s important to look at the root causes of crime, activists say. “The safest communities do not have the most police. They have the most resources,” says Galvis of CURYJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman picks up her prizes from a free raffle at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He and other restorative justice practitioners see those underlying factors as lack of access to food, clothing and shelter, as well as social and emotional health, educational opportunities and jobs. In his view, both political parties in America are “guilty of treating poor people as disposable”—that’s visible in Oakland, where encampments line the streets and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904618/oakland-moves-to-close-seven-schools-despite-fierce-community-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">majority-Black and Brown schools are the first to shut down\u003c/a> when the school district decides to downsize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so when you are constantly treated in that manner, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy sometimes, and life feels more disposable,” says Galvis. “And people act in ways that are self-destructive and can be destructive to their community and their peers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Galvis knows this himself. He was incarcerated at age 17 because of his role in a drive-by shooting, but he went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UC Berkeley, and became a leader in his community. In addition to co-founding CURYJ, he has co-authored criminal justice reform legislation such as \u003ca href=\"https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=c82e2c981cf7d17f9f5b9c705&id=39d1cc7744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop 57\u003c/a>, which increased opportunities for parole for nonviolent offenders, among other changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to interrupting cycles of violence, “we don’t necessarily subscribe to this white social worker paradigm,” Galvis says. “We are in relationship with [people]. We don’t see our people as cases to be managed. … We’re extending a piece of our heart to them. That becomes a very sacred agreement. And that makes all the difference in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57271_012_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucia, 4, gets her face painted by Maria Jose at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CURYJ helps teens and young adults find purpose through life-coaching and internships, and holds healing circles to cope with grief and trauma. The group also empowers young people to lead change by educating them on Indigenous and Black traditions and history, and campaigning for legislation that combats mass incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhood gatherings have long been part of what CURYJ does. And this summer, city funding allowed them to hire dozens of young people to check in visitors, clean up Josie de la Cruz Park and run activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The young folks we’re working with are actually helping out their families with bills, with rent or food, helping out their mom and dad,” says CURYJ’s other co-founder and community healing manager Michael Muscadine, noting the Bay Area’s cost of living is an even greater burden now because of inflation. “A lot of them are going to college, it’s very challenging for them—so anything that helps.” [aside postid='arts_13884771']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond employing these young people for five Fridays, Town Nights was designed to get them involved in CURYJ’s other programs, including paid \u003ca href=\"https://curyj.org/programs/homies-4-justice/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homies 4 Justice internships\u003c/a>, which are still accepting applications through Sept. 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see myself in every single one of them,” says Muscadine. “I’m very patient with them. So when I see them show up for week one, week two, week three, week four, week five, and they’re out there just grinding, and then they’re checking in with me like, ‘Hey, what’s next? How can I get involved in the garden? What are you guys doing?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when a party in a park becomes part of healing a community, or as CURYJ life coaches like to say, “La cultura cura.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CURYJ co-founders Michael Muscadine (center) and George Galvis (right) pose for a photo with Jose Rivera of Oakland Latinos United (left) at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tracking the impact of violence prevention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with community organizers from Family Bridges in Chinatown, BOSS and Black Cultural Zone in East Oakland and Urban Peace Movement in West Oakland. All shared powerful examples of Town Nights’ positive impact on their respective neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The events brought life back to Lincoln Square Park in Chinatown, an area shaken by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862544/does-oakland-chinatown-need-more-police-after-assaults-a-generational-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high-profile attacks on elders\u003c/a> in recent years. “It was an opportunity for community members to see [others] maybe not like themselves in a safe and playful environment,” says Heidi Wong, community health home program director at Family Bridges, which serves low-income, non-English-proficient immigrants. Their events were also a way to support local small businesses still struggling from the fallout of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Verdese Carter Park in Deep East Oakland, near the San Leandro border, organizers were heartened to see people unselfconsciously having fun. “A lot of folks didn’t even have a chance to experience their childhood, right, because we’re dealing with just a number of things,” says John Jones III, director of reentry and violence prevention programs at BOSS. One young man Jones sometimes runs into on the street corner even jumped in the bounce house. “For him to feel safe enough to, what we call, ‘take his cool off’ and climb in our bouncy house—that for me was just so transformative,” Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918939\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd dances to Los Rakas at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When it comes to tracking the success of Town Nights, the anecdotal evidence is there. “I think the challenge that we have is that it’s terribly expensive to do our scientific evidence to prove the connection between all those activities and violence reduction,” DVP’s Chief Cespedes says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some data is already emerging. The Department of Violence Prevention shared its findings with KQED about crime rates during Town Nights. It counted the numbers of homicides and assaults with a firearm in the police beats where the events took place, as well as adjacent police beats. Then it compared those numbers with violent events in the same areas during corresponding dates in 2021. The DVP found that during Town Nights this summer, homicides and assaults with a firearm were down 40% during event hours and down 42% the entire weekend of each event. Across the four weeks that Town Nights took place, homicides and assaults with a firearm were down in West, Central and East Oakland by 37%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918958\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-800x475.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-800x475.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-1020x605.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-768x456.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14.png 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data from the Oakland Department of Violence Prevention shows that assaults with a firearm and homicides dropped 40% during Town Nights celebrations compared to the same Fridays in 2021. \u003ccite>(Oakland Department of Violence Prevention)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But there’s still a lot of work to do. Despite an optimistic outlook during Town Nights, there have been 85 murders in Oakland in 2022 according to an Oakland Police Department report from Sept. 11—up from 83 at this time in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, violence prevention experts say statistics are only part of the picture. While it’s fairly straightforward for police to tally up the number of shooting victims in a given week, it’s more difficult to quantify how many violent incidents \u003ci>could have\u003c/i> happened but didn’t, and why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do you prove that person A was going to shoot person B, and I intervened?” BOSS’ Jones says. “Person A is not going to go to OPD and raise their hand or go to the media and say, ‘John is right, I was going to kill this guy.’ No, they’re not going to convict themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The future of violence prevention policies\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Conversations about violence prevention are happening as inequality continues to increase in the Bay Area, which experts say is the underlying cause of many public safety issues. A history of civic disinvestment in marginalized communities has only gotten worse in the pandemic. The 2010s saw a drop in homicides across California, with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/jun/03/gun-violence-bay-area-drop-30-percent-why-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30% decrease in the entire Bay Area\u003c/a>. But when 2020 arrived, much of that progress reversed course. Joblessness and food insecurity soared, and people were cut off from social services and positive social outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not an uncanny correlation,” says CURYJ’s Galvis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in 2020, racial justice protests sparked calls to reexamine the role of policing and incarceration in public safety. Although the United States imprisons people at higher rates than any other country, research shows this \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-prisons-make-us-safer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">isn’t successful at deterring violent crime\u003c/a>. This prompted some Oakland residents to question whether increasing the police budget every year is the most effective way to spend city resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law enforcement is the only institution in the United States that could fail year over year,” says Sikander Iqbal, deputy director of Urban Peace Movement, an organization that works with youth to transform social conditions that lead to community violence and mass incarceration. “Crime goes up—‘We don’t have enough resources. We need more money.’ Crime goes down—‘We’re doing a great job. We need more money to sustain our resources.’ So it’s the only institution that gets money without even having to be held to the same standard around deliverables.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Oakland Police Department was never actually defunded despite calls to do so (it saw a \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/06/25/oakland-2021-2023-budget-defund-police-alternatives-violence-prevention/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$38 million increase\u003c/a> in the 2021-2023 budget cycle, and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/07/covid-relief-funds-california-cities-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$5 million increase\u003c/a> from federal COVID relief funds), Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force came up with 88 recommendations to divest from policing and invest in social services, which led to an influx of funding for the DVP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, other parts of the Bay Area have recently swung back to “tough-on-crime” policies, as San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918804/breed-taps-boudin-critic-brooke-jenkins-as-new-san-francisco-da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> has demonstrated. In Oakland, the November election will show which way the political winds are blowing. The city will get a new mayor. Three city council seats are up for grabs. Alameda County will also get a new district attorney. Depending on those results, there may be an opportunity to make the kind of progressive change restorative justice advocates hope for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918938\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Cortez and his son Diego, 5, listen to Los Rakas perform at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As policy conversations continue, the organizations that took part in Town Nights are continuing the momentum of these warm-weather get-togethers. In addition to campaigning for legislation such as \u003ca href=\"https://youthlaw.org/laws-policy/end-endless-probation-2021-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AB 503\u003c/a>, which would cut down probation time for youth, CURYJ is getting ready for a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway and some smaller neighborhood events this fall. Urban Peace Movement and Black Cultural Zone are planning an \u003ca href=\"https://blackculturalzone.org/event/the-playground-at-the-bridge-yard/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Family Reunion\u003c/a> with live music and kids’ activities at the Bridge Yard in West Oakland on Sept. 17. And the city-sponsored Town Nights will be back across Oakland next summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is all part of changing that narrative of fear,” says Cespedes. “Coming together. Breaking bread. … All of that is good medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918936\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armando Miranda wipes down his ’73 Chevy Caprice at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinky La Payasita makes balloon art for children at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918947\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd dances to Los Rakas at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918943\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer joins Los Rakas on stage at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918988\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raka Rich performs at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918989\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raka Dun performs at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Josie de la Cruz Park in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood was bustling for five Friday nights in June and July. Kids jumped in a bounce house and chased baby goats in a petting zoo. Families ate free nachos and took home school supplies and diapers. DJs spun records, graffiti artists battled and event-goers admired the sparkling paint jobs on custom cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event series’ closer on July 15, Grammy-nominated, Oakland-raised rap duo \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861579/before-urbano-took-over-the-airwaves-oakland-had-los-rakas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Rakas\u003c/a> delivered an arena-worthy performance in Spanish and English as attendees of all ages danced in the low-key neighborhood park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they called us for this event, we tried to make it and perform for our people and give it 100%, like we’re performing for 100,000 people, you know,” Raka Dun, one of the MCs, told KQED while taking pictures with fans. “This is really the community that raised us and that made us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57307_050_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raka Dun and Raka Rich (left to right) of Los Rakas perform at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These gatherings weren’t put on by an entertainment company or backed by a corporate brand. They were part of a new event series called Town Nights, sponsored by Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/departments/violence-prevention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Violence Prevention\u003c/a> (DVP). Rather than sending in city officials, the DVP worked with trusted community groups like \u003ca href=\"https://curyj.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice\u003c/a> (CURYJ, pronounced “courage”), which organized Town Nights in Fruitvale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s right there in their hood and it’s for the hood, by the hood,” says CURYJ co-founder and executive director George Galvis. “The people who are organizing it are their neighbors, are their community members, are people who’ve been there, done that, and there’s no otherization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For advocates, Town Nights and other free, inclusive community events are part of a larger effort to improve Oakland’s quality of life and, by extension, its public safety. To that end, community groups are keeping the momentum going with events this fall and into the holiday season, and studying the impacts of Town Nights as the political debate around public safety, mass incarceration and alternatives to policing continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57285_028_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd dances to Los Rakas at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Ingredients for public safety: jobs and community-building\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>DVP Chief Guillermo Cespedes says that using $1.1 million of his $25 million 2021–2022 budget to fund cultural activities was a “no-brainer.” Under his leadership, the DVP takes a \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Attachment-A-DVP-Strategic-Spending-Plan-FY-22-24-for-Report-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public health approach to gun violence\u003c/a> that focuses on prevention and active intervention alike. DVP’s violence interrupters mediate conflicts and provide support to shooting victims in order to stop retaliation, and the department also focuses on long-term, systemic changes. That’s where programs like Town Nights come in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The small percentage of people that are committing violence … we’re concerned with changing their behavior,” Cespedes says. “At the same time, we have to change the conditions in which that behavior takes place. To do one without the other, it’s not sustainable. So I’m really hopeful in the direction that we’re going in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand why events like Town Nights are part of Oakland’s public safety strategy, it’s important to look at the root causes of crime, activists say. “The safest communities do not have the most police. They have the most resources,” says Galvis of CURYJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57277_020_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman picks up her prizes from a free raffle at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He and other restorative justice practitioners see those underlying factors as lack of access to food, clothing and shelter, as well as social and emotional health, educational opportunities and jobs. In his view, both political parties in America are “guilty of treating poor people as disposable”—that’s visible in Oakland, where encampments line the streets and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904618/oakland-moves-to-close-seven-schools-despite-fierce-community-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">majority-Black and Brown schools are the first to shut down\u003c/a> when the school district decides to downsize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so when you are constantly treated in that manner, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy sometimes, and life feels more disposable,” says Galvis. “And people act in ways that are self-destructive and can be destructive to their community and their peers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Galvis knows this himself. He was incarcerated at age 17 because of his role in a drive-by shooting, but he went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UC Berkeley, and became a leader in his community. In addition to co-founding CURYJ, he has co-authored criminal justice reform legislation such as \u003ca href=\"https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?u=c82e2c981cf7d17f9f5b9c705&id=39d1cc7744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop 57\u003c/a>, which increased opportunities for parole for nonviolent offenders, among other changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to interrupting cycles of violence, “we don’t necessarily subscribe to this white social worker paradigm,” Galvis says. “We are in relationship with [people]. We don’t see our people as cases to be managed. … We’re extending a piece of our heart to them. That becomes a very sacred agreement. 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The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CURYJ helps teens and young adults find purpose through life-coaching and internships, and holds healing circles to cope with grief and trauma. The group also empowers young people to lead change by educating them on Indigenous and Black traditions and history, and campaigning for legislation that combats mass incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhood gatherings have long been part of what CURYJ does. And this summer, city funding allowed them to hire dozens of young people to check in visitors, clean up Josie de la Cruz Park and run activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The young folks we’re working with are actually helping out their families with bills, with rent or food, helping out their mom and dad,” says CURYJ’s other co-founder and community healing manager Michael Muscadine, noting the Bay Area’s cost of living is an even greater burden now because of inflation. “A lot of them are going to college, it’s very challenging for them—so anything that helps.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond employing these young people for five Fridays, Town Nights was designed to get them involved in CURYJ’s other programs, including paid \u003ca href=\"https://curyj.org/programs/homies-4-justice/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homies 4 Justice internships\u003c/a>, which are still accepting applications through Sept. 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see myself in every single one of them,” says Muscadine. “I’m very patient with them. So when I see them show up for week one, week two, week three, week four, week five, and they’re out there just grinding, and then they’re checking in with me like, ‘Hey, what’s next? How can I get involved in the garden? What are you guys doing?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when a party in a park becomes part of healing a community, or as CURYJ life coaches like to say, “La cultura cura.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57316_060_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CURYJ co-founders Michael Muscadine (center) and George Galvis (right) pose for a photo with Jose Rivera of Oakland Latinos United (left) at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Tracking the impact of violence prevention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with community organizers from Family Bridges in Chinatown, BOSS and Black Cultural Zone in East Oakland and Urban Peace Movement in West Oakland. All shared powerful examples of Town Nights’ positive impact on their respective neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The events brought life back to Lincoln Square Park in Chinatown, an area shaken by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862544/does-oakland-chinatown-need-more-police-after-assaults-a-generational-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">high-profile attacks on elders\u003c/a> in recent years. “It was an opportunity for community members to see [others] maybe not like themselves in a safe and playful environment,” says Heidi Wong, community health home program director at Family Bridges, which serves low-income, non-English-proficient immigrants. Their events were also a way to support local small businesses still struggling from the fallout of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Verdese Carter Park in Deep East Oakland, near the San Leandro border, organizers were heartened to see people unselfconsciously having fun. “A lot of folks didn’t even have a chance to experience their childhood, right, because we’re dealing with just a number of things,” says John Jones III, director of reentry and violence prevention programs at BOSS. One young man Jones sometimes runs into on the street corner even jumped in the bounce house. “For him to feel safe enough to, what we call, ‘take his cool off’ and climb in our bouncy house—that for me was just so transformative,” Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918939\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57286_030_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd dances to Los Rakas at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When it comes to tracking the success of Town Nights, the anecdotal evidence is there. “I think the challenge that we have is that it’s terribly expensive to do our scientific evidence to prove the connection between all those activities and violence reduction,” DVP’s Chief Cespedes says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some data is already emerging. The Department of Violence Prevention shared its findings with KQED about crime rates during Town Nights. It counted the numbers of homicides and assaults with a firearm in the police beats where the events took place, as well as adjacent police beats. Then it compared those numbers with violent events in the same areas during corresponding dates in 2021. The DVP found that during Town Nights this summer, homicides and assaults with a firearm were down 40% during event hours and down 42% the entire weekend of each event. Across the four weeks that Town Nights took place, homicides and assaults with a firearm were down in West, Central and East Oakland by 37%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918958\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-800x475.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-800x475.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-1020x605.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14-768x456.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/Screenshot-14.png 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data from the Oakland Department of Violence Prevention shows that assaults with a firearm and homicides dropped 40% during Town Nights celebrations compared to the same Fridays in 2021. \u003ccite>(Oakland Department of Violence Prevention)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But there’s still a lot of work to do. Despite an optimistic outlook during Town Nights, there have been 85 murders in Oakland in 2022 according to an Oakland Police Department report from Sept. 11—up from 83 at this time in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, violence prevention experts say statistics are only part of the picture. While it’s fairly straightforward for police to tally up the number of shooting victims in a given week, it’s more difficult to quantify how many violent incidents \u003ci>could have\u003c/i> happened but didn’t, and why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do you prove that person A was going to shoot person B, and I intervened?” BOSS’ Jones says. “Person A is not going to go to OPD and raise their hand or go to the media and say, ‘John is right, I was going to kill this guy.’ No, they’re not going to convict themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The future of violence prevention policies\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Conversations about violence prevention are happening as inequality continues to increase in the Bay Area, which experts say is the underlying cause of many public safety issues. A history of civic disinvestment in marginalized communities has only gotten worse in the pandemic. The 2010s saw a drop in homicides across California, with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/jun/03/gun-violence-bay-area-drop-30-percent-why-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30% decrease in the entire Bay Area\u003c/a>. But when 2020 arrived, much of that progress reversed course. Joblessness and food insecurity soared, and people were cut off from social services and positive social outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not an uncanny correlation,” says CURYJ’s Galvis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in 2020, racial justice protests sparked calls to reexamine the role of policing and incarceration in public safety. Although the United States imprisons people at higher rates than any other country, research shows this \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-prisons-make-us-safer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">isn’t successful at deterring violent crime\u003c/a>. This prompted some Oakland residents to question whether increasing the police budget every year is the most effective way to spend city resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law enforcement is the only institution in the United States that could fail year over year,” says Sikander Iqbal, deputy director of Urban Peace Movement, an organization that works with youth to transform social conditions that lead to community violence and mass incarceration. “Crime goes up—‘We don’t have enough resources. We need more money.’ Crime goes down—‘We’re doing a great job. We need more money to sustain our resources.’ So it’s the only institution that gets money without even having to be held to the same standard around deliverables.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Oakland Police Department was never actually defunded despite calls to do so (it saw a \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/06/25/oakland-2021-2023-budget-defund-police-alternatives-violence-prevention/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$38 million increase\u003c/a> in the 2021-2023 budget cycle, and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/07/covid-relief-funds-california-cities-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$5 million increase\u003c/a> from federal COVID relief funds), Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force came up with 88 recommendations to divest from policing and invest in social services, which led to an influx of funding for the DVP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, other parts of the Bay Area have recently swung back to “tough-on-crime” policies, as San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918804/breed-taps-boudin-critic-brooke-jenkins-as-new-san-francisco-da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> has demonstrated. In Oakland, the November election will show which way the political winds are blowing. The city will get a new mayor. Three city council seats are up for grabs. Alameda County will also get a new district attorney. Depending on those results, there may be an opportunity to make the kind of progressive change restorative justice advocates hope for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918938\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57284_025_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Cortez and his son Diego, 5, listen to Los Rakas perform at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As policy conversations continue, the organizations that took part in Town Nights are continuing the momentum of these warm-weather get-togethers. In addition to campaigning for legislation such as \u003ca href=\"https://youthlaw.org/laws-policy/end-endless-probation-2021-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AB 503\u003c/a>, which would cut down probation time for youth, CURYJ is getting ready for a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway and some smaller neighborhood events this fall. Urban Peace Movement and Black Cultural Zone are planning an \u003ca href=\"https://blackculturalzone.org/event/the-playground-at-the-bridge-yard/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Family Reunion\u003c/a> with live music and kids’ activities at the Bridge Yard in West Oakland on Sept. 17. And the city-sponsored Town Nights will be back across Oakland next summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is all part of changing that narrative of fear,” says Cespedes. “Coming together. Breaking bread. … All of that is good medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918936\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57275_016_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armando Miranda wipes down his ’73 Chevy Caprice at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57273_011_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinky La Payasita makes balloon art for children at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918947\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57315_054_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd dances to Los Rakas at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918943\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57301_045_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer joins Los Rakas on stage at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918988\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57276_022_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raka Rich performs at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918989\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57291_035_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raka Dun performs at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918957\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57283_026_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manuel Garcia puts feathers in a headpiece before closing the night dancing with In Lak’ech Danza Azteca at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918986\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57261_001_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family hangs out with various animals at the Cute and Cuddly Mobile Petting Zoo at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918987\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57267_005_KQEDArts_OaklandTownNightsFruitvale_07152022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A goat at the Cute and Cuddly Mobile Petting Zoo at Town Nights in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood on July 15, 2022. The free event was hosted by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "A Formerly Incarcerated Construction Worker Finds Freedom in the Kitchen",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very weekday, Jonathan Davis wakes up at 6am and heads into the yawn of morning light in his construction boots. As a full-time employee of WBE Traffic Control, he operates all over the East Bay, establishing safe zones for workers to repair power lines. It’s a systematized job, filled with rigid procedures, rules, and protocols that he and his coworkers abide by to maintain public safety.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around 5pm he returns home to a three-year-old daughter who recently started preschool. He prepares dinner, watches \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Boys\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, then repeats his regiment the following day. It’s a churning livelihood that he embraces—even on Saturdays—in order to make ends meet, a prototypically American dedication to a grind that usually denies any form of extracurricular joy. The job isn’t glamorous, he tells me, but he’s grateful for it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s because working in construction provides the backbone of income that allows Davis to do what he actually loves the most: cooking for others. On Sundays, he busts out his favorite recipes and vends food from his home, using social media and word-of-mouth to feed his community, friends and neighbors around Oakland and beyond.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Cooking is like an artistic outlet for me,” says Davis, age 41. “I get to create things and I get to share that with my friends and family. When something doesn’t taste right, I get to improve it and make it better.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For years, Davis has been perfecting his favorite dishes. A proud Oaklander, he says he grew up with a deep appreciation of the Bay Area’s tapestry of Asian and Latinx flavors—a cultural richness that gave him the confidence to experiment with the soul food ingredients he and his family grew up eating, including shrimp and grits, salmon and fried chicken.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But he’s most known for his sandwiches—chopped cheese like you’d find in a Harlem bodega and whimsical creations like the “MacArthur Rib,” a play on the McDonald’s classic. The sandos have earned him a reputation around The Town and helped fuel a burgeoning catering business. They also inspired the chef’s nickname: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jdthesandman/\">JD the Sandman\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet, it wasn’t a culinary institute where Davis got his game from. And it wasn’t a Michelin-star restaurant that taught him the importance of fresh, diverse ingredients and food’s ability to connect people. It was elsewhere: behind the walls of the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cooking from Scratch Inside a Federal Correctional Institution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prison is a reality that many Californians know very little about. For those who haven’t had first-hand experience, it’s often a figment of imagination largely based on movies and television shows, where violence is typically the primary focus. Most people know even less about what happens when a person re-enters society after serving their time. Occasionally, an investigative project like “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facing.life/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facing Life\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” (which KQED staff writer Pendarvis Harshaw co-authored) can illuminate the complexities of life after incarceration. Otherwise, it’s a taboo, and usually avoided, subject.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis was no different in the way he saw prison as something intangible in his own day-to-day life. A middle-class son of college graduates, he says his own incarceration is something he felt ashamed of, particularly as a Black man.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I invalidated my parent’s efforts, especially knowing the narratives of Black families,” Davis admits. “They were involved in our lives. My parents did all this work for us, and I still ended up in prison.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918519\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Davis looks out from the balcony of his apartment next to the freeway\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Davis stands on the deck at his apartment. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A former educational nonprofit employee in Oakland, Davis never thought he’d end up behind bars. In late 2010, he lost his job due to a disagreement with the principal after a student was expelled. In Davis’s telling of it, the incident had to do with race—he was pushing back in defense of Black students. After losing his job, Davis started to hang out with a crowd of people who introduced him to “scamming.” In that moment of financial need, he saw it as a quick way to turn a profit. In his eyes, he was hustling a governmental system rather than taking from individuals. But the scheme came crashing down in 2013 when the IRS raided his home, guns drawn.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was a halfway criminal and didn’t cross my t’s or dot my i’s,” he says. “At that point in life, my faith in myself was weaker.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis faced up to 20 years in prison, but was ultimately sentenced to 30 months. He wound up serving 18 of those months at federal institutions in Nevada and Oregon. As soon as he was convicted, he accepted his role in his wrongdoing and decided to move forward with his life by facing the consequences of his actions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"large\" align=\"right\"]“It wasn’t a Michelin-star restaurant that taught [Davis] the importance of fresh, diverse ingredients and food’s ability to connect people. It was elsewhere: behind the walls of the Federal Correctional Institution.”[/pullquote]While imprisoned from 2014 to 2016, Davis’s good behavior landed him in a low-security environment, where he was given certain privileges. He joined a gardening program, frequently read about cooking and met people like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/leasdef?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kasey Anderson, a Portland-based songwriter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite a largely solitary prison experience, Davis discovered that food was a way for him to relate with others and represent his heritage. He began to cook for himself and his blockmates, including Anderson, who recognized his skills.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s tough to know who’s a good cook when you’re inside,” Anderson says. “Everyone’s all working with the same ingredients from commissary. You can see who is innovative and using flavors in ways others aren’t. JD would get creative with his food, and when he had a chance to work with [more ingredients], he could really express himself creatively through food. It’s cool to me that it became something for him that can exist outside. A lot of people do things inside to get by, but then go out and do what they need to go paycheck to paycheck. He isn’t limiting himself in that sense.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis explains how, at times, he had to get extra creative with the limited ingredients and lack of traditional cooking equipment available to him in prison.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There was a sweat lodge, and we cooked a piece of pork in there [one time],” he recalls. “[Another time] we made pizzas with tortillas and barbecue sauce. That was my idea. During my time, I just made friends with the kitchen guys, and that helped to keep my sanity.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Peanut butter was one of the most popular, versatile ingredients in prison—Davis recalls drawing inspiration from a peanut butter stew he’d once seen a Cameroonian immigrant whip up in his neighborhood, years prior. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite having almost no experience working inside a formal restaurant—though he’d once bartended at Kincaid’s in Jack London Square—Davis was naturally drawn to the freedom the kitchen provided. In an environment where authority and separation is enforced by armed guards and selfhood is under vigilant regulation, cooking for himself and his peers became a source of restorative connection. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"two guests holding plates of shrimps and grits in an apartment kitchen\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two guests enjoying grits and shrimp prepared by Davis in his home. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After being released, Davis was unable to get hired back into the nonprofit world. That’s when he started working in construction—since, as Davis puts it, nonprofits “prefer to hire non convicts.” He maintained his obsession with cooking, though, and applied a sense of redemption towards his Sunday cooking routine.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Food for me became about honoring my family,” he says. “About giving back whatever I could.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2020, when the pandemic hit, Davis joined Instagram and noticed an opportunity to share his food with a wider audience. He started by cooking dinner for family, friends and neighbors, who encouraged him to expand his menu and sell his dishes. Inspired by their suggestions and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13907726/e-40-goon-with-the-spoon-bay-area-rappers-food-entrepreneurs-hustle\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the success of other homegrown, independent food entrepreneurs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Bay Area, Davis rolled up his sleeves and began to mess around more seriously with his side hustle. With each praised meal, he gained confidence, eventually introducing his first certified hit: the MacArthur Rib Sandwich.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A play on McDonald’s famously elusive McRib, Davis added his own touches by roasting “real meat” and incorporating better ingredients to deliver what would become a banger for his growing base of returning customers. He followed that up with an array of other in-demand sandwiches, including a cast-iron seared and baked salmon (Cajun spices, arugula, dill relish, mayo) and New York bodega-style chopped cheese (\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ground beef, American deli cheese, chopped tomatoes, mayo and ketchup mix, sweet jalapeño)\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis says the pandemic’s slowdown gave him an opportunity to reconnect with how much food means to him. Since then, he’s been sharing edible comfort with his folks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The way I’m doing this now, I can be independent,” he says. “This cooking allows me to do something I want and I’m grateful for that. It’s a release.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Catering for the Public\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Markesha Brooks is a lifelong Oakland resident who works as the head chef at Grand Lake Gardens. In her spare time, she runs her catering business, MB Soul, serving up fire plates of soul food at softball games, Southland Mall and Lake Merritt.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After meeting Davis over a decade ago, the two friends remained in touch. When he returned to Oakland on probation and eventually started his series of informal food events, he and Brooks decided to work together to leverage their mutual interest in cooking. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“He’s a foodie, I’m a foodie. We’ve actually grown really close around food,” says Brooks. “He likes to pick restaurants in different cities. We go have specific dishes that those restaurants are known for. He’s eager to learn.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With 18 years of experience, Brooks has been an ideal “coach” for Davis, critiquing his methods and offering advice on how to make adjustments. Currently, she assists Davis as a de facto sous chef whenever Davis is hired for large functions. Though he started out selling sandwiches exclusively out of his Lower Dimond apartment off MacArthur Boulevard, Davis’s business has since expanded—occasionally taking him out to Fairfield, Vallejo and even Sacramento. Bringing Brooks into the mix has allowed him to offer a more robust range of services. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the past six months, he has been hired to privately cater multiple events, including weddings and large birthday parties of more than 60 people. Brooks helps him steer the high pace of food service by handling meal prep, frying and plating, while Davis does the cooking and managing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“He takes direction extremely well, and he knows how to take constructive criticism from me,” Brooks says about working with “Chef Jonathan,” as she calls him. “He’s creative and he has his vision. Lots of times in the kitchen, people think they can cook at home for a few people, but it’s different when you cook for the public. He’s really good at it though. He wants to get to that next level. I’m proud of his growth. I see it.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918520\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918520\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a rib sandwich cut into fourths on a cutting board\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The MacArthur Rib sandwich is an ode to MacArthur Boulevard, where Davis lives. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Together, the Oakland duo is serving their community while having fun and playing to their strengths. Crowd favorites like Davis’s panko-and-eggs battered grits—which are deep fried for a crispy golden outer layer, doused in a spicy tomato-based sauce then topped off with shrimp—have resulted in them getting hired for Mardi Gras-themed parties and Southern-style cookouts all over the Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Navigating Forward, New Recipes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/eprfp10.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">research conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, around 60% of formerly incarcerated Americans are unemployed. And even for those who have secured jobs, the data shows higher rates of turnover and rehiring. These trends reveal \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/02/08/employment/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a “labor market injustice”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and point to a harsh truth: Once you’ve been marked by the carceral system, it’s hard to get back on your feet. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/special-report/new-jim-crow/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discarding former inmates as “second-class citizens” when they re-enter society\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the ravages of the prison industrial complex are undeniable. This is especially true for Black Americans, who—due to a variety of systemic, historical factors—make up a disproportionate amount of the incarcerated population in this country.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The probation shit is rough, and filling out forms for jobs as a felon is rough,” says Davis. “It’s not only related to Blackness, but also class and not having enough money for legal help.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13915489,arts_13916965,arts_13916044']The barriers preventing Davis—and many other formerly incarcerated folks—from being hired to work desirable positions are numerously stacked. The stigma around incarceration can be debilitating, offering no room for mistakes or missteps. In the Bay Area food scene, specifically, there are a handful of organizations that support aspiring foodmakers who were once incarcerated—such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13916965/farming-hope-food-justice-non-profit-coffee-pop-up-guest-chef-mannys-sf\">Farming Hope\u003c/a> in San Francisco—but these are few and far between. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rather than trying to navigate these difficult institutional pathways, Davis recognized the most direct road to success in the kitchen was to take initiative and do it for himself.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I want to express what I want in the kitchen,” says Davis. “I’ve bartended at Kincaid’s. The guys back there are cooking, but their dream isn’t to make 57 crab dips per day. It’s conformity. You don’t have much control and there’s a lot of monetary pressure. The guy who makes turkey legs might not want to make turkey legs. This way, I can at least have my independence.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For now, food is a side gig for Davis, but eventually, if an opportunity presents itself, he would love to do it full-time. Until then, customers can reach him via text or DM. He’s always ready to slang a batch of sandwiches or pull up for an event.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918528\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918528\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Davis holds a freshly prepared fried chicken sandwich in his hands\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davis offers his fried chicken sandwich. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I visited him with a small group of friends at his Oakland apartment, he hosted us with a sense of visible pride and passion for his cooking. We were in his living room, seated at his table, eating his homemade food. It’s unlike any experience I’ve had with a chef—an intimate level of trust and connection, built on the freedom of being able to move around someone’s space once invited. It became evident that his gratitude for ordinary decision making and simplicity are essential ingredients in his life.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">From a rotating panoply of freshly-made sandwiches, homestyle french fries, and of course, his famous grits and shrimp, we were fed like Bay Area royalty. The fried chicken sandwich, which was accompanied by \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">arugula, tomatoes and jalapeños on a sweet brioche bun, had a beautiful, understated crispness that exemplifies Davis’s well-executed takes on simple favorites. His love for local references—like the notorious MacArthur Rib, which uses country pork rib, Everett and Jones BBQ sauce, onions and pickles—also speak to Davis’s playfulness, adding a layer of appreciation to each flavorful bite.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It reminds me how my favorite chefs don’t measure their worth with abstract fine dining concepts or stylized presentations. Instead, they are focused on plating nourishment in the form of self care and community preservation. And sometimes, that’s shaped like a sandwich.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12904247 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jdthesandman/\">JD the Sandman\u003c/a> is available for private orders and limited catering services via \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jdthesandman/\">Instagram\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">E\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>very weekday, Jonathan Davis wakes up at 6am and heads into the yawn of morning light in his construction boots. As a full-time employee of WBE Traffic Control, he operates all over the East Bay, establishing safe zones for workers to repair power lines. It’s a systematized job, filled with rigid procedures, rules, and protocols that he and his coworkers abide by to maintain public safety.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Around 5pm he returns home to a three-year-old daughter who recently started preschool. He prepares dinner, watches \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Boys\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, then repeats his regiment the following day. It’s a churning livelihood that he embraces—even on Saturdays—in order to make ends meet, a prototypically American dedication to a grind that usually denies any form of extracurricular joy. The job isn’t glamorous, he tells me, but he’s grateful for it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s because working in construction provides the backbone of income that allows Davis to do what he actually loves the most: cooking for others. On Sundays, he busts out his favorite recipes and vends food from his home, using social media and word-of-mouth to feed his community, friends and neighbors around Oakland and beyond.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Cooking is like an artistic outlet for me,” says Davis, age 41. “I get to create things and I get to share that with my friends and family. When something doesn’t taste right, I get to improve it and make it better.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For years, Davis has been perfecting his favorite dishes. A proud Oaklander, he says he grew up with a deep appreciation of the Bay Area’s tapestry of Asian and Latinx flavors—a cultural richness that gave him the confidence to experiment with the soul food ingredients he and his family grew up eating, including shrimp and grits, salmon and fried chicken.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But he’s most known for his sandwiches—chopped cheese like you’d find in a Harlem bodega and whimsical creations like the “MacArthur Rib,” a play on the McDonald’s classic. The sandos have earned him a reputation around The Town and helped fuel a burgeoning catering business. They also inspired the chef’s nickname: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jdthesandman/\">JD the Sandman\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet, it wasn’t a culinary institute where Davis got his game from. And it wasn’t a Michelin-star restaurant that taught him the importance of fresh, diverse ingredients and food’s ability to connect people. It was elsewhere: behind the walls of the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cooking from Scratch Inside a Federal Correctional Institution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prison is a reality that many Californians know very little about. For those who haven’t had first-hand experience, it’s often a figment of imagination largely based on movies and television shows, where violence is typically the primary focus. Most people know even less about what happens when a person re-enters society after serving their time. Occasionally, an investigative project like “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facing.life/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facing Life\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” (which KQED staff writer Pendarvis Harshaw co-authored) can illuminate the complexities of life after incarceration. Otherwise, it’s a taboo, and usually avoided, subject.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis was no different in the way he saw prison as something intangible in his own day-to-day life. A middle-class son of college graduates, he says his own incarceration is something he felt ashamed of, particularly as a Black man.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I invalidated my parent’s efforts, especially knowing the narratives of Black families,” Davis admits. “They were involved in our lives. My parents did all this work for us, and I still ended up in prison.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918519\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Davis looks out from the balcony of his apartment next to the freeway\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57647_016_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Davis stands on the deck at his apartment. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A former educational nonprofit employee in Oakland, Davis never thought he’d end up behind bars. In late 2010, he lost his job due to a disagreement with the principal after a student was expelled. In Davis’s telling of it, the incident had to do with race—he was pushing back in defense of Black students. After losing his job, Davis started to hang out with a crowd of people who introduced him to “scamming.” In that moment of financial need, he saw it as a quick way to turn a profit. In his eyes, he was hustling a governmental system rather than taking from individuals. But the scheme came crashing down in 2013 when the IRS raided his home, guns drawn.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was a halfway criminal and didn’t cross my t’s or dot my i’s,” he says. “At that point in life, my faith in myself was weaker.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis faced up to 20 years in prison, but was ultimately sentenced to 30 months. He wound up serving 18 of those months at federal institutions in Nevada and Oregon. As soon as he was convicted, he accepted his role in his wrongdoing and decided to move forward with his life by facing the consequences of his actions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>While imprisoned from 2014 to 2016, Davis’s good behavior landed him in a low-security environment, where he was given certain privileges. He joined a gardening program, frequently read about cooking and met people like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/leasdef?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kasey Anderson, a Portland-based songwriter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite a largely solitary prison experience, Davis discovered that food was a way for him to relate with others and represent his heritage. He began to cook for himself and his blockmates, including Anderson, who recognized his skills.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s tough to know who’s a good cook when you’re inside,” Anderson says. “Everyone’s all working with the same ingredients from commissary. You can see who is innovative and using flavors in ways others aren’t. JD would get creative with his food, and when he had a chance to work with [more ingredients], he could really express himself creatively through food. It’s cool to me that it became something for him that can exist outside. A lot of people do things inside to get by, but then go out and do what they need to go paycheck to paycheck. He isn’t limiting himself in that sense.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis explains how, at times, he had to get extra creative with the limited ingredients and lack of traditional cooking equipment available to him in prison.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There was a sweat lodge, and we cooked a piece of pork in there [one time],” he recalls. “[Another time] we made pizzas with tortillas and barbecue sauce. That was my idea. During my time, I just made friends with the kitchen guys, and that helped to keep my sanity.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Peanut butter was one of the most popular, versatile ingredients in prison—Davis recalls drawing inspiration from a peanut butter stew he’d once seen a Cameroonian immigrant whip up in his neighborhood, years prior. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite having almost no experience working inside a formal restaurant—though he’d once bartended at Kincaid’s in Jack London Square—Davis was naturally drawn to the freedom the kitchen provided. In an environment where authority and separation is enforced by armed guards and selfhood is under vigilant regulation, cooking for himself and his peers became a source of restorative connection. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"two guests holding plates of shrimps and grits in an apartment kitchen\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57636_005_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two guests enjoying grits and shrimp prepared by Davis in his home. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After being released, Davis was unable to get hired back into the nonprofit world. That’s when he started working in construction—since, as Davis puts it, nonprofits “prefer to hire non convicts.” He maintained his obsession with cooking, though, and applied a sense of redemption towards his Sunday cooking routine.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Food for me became about honoring my family,” he says. “About giving back whatever I could.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2020, when the pandemic hit, Davis joined Instagram and noticed an opportunity to share his food with a wider audience. He started by cooking dinner for family, friends and neighbors, who encouraged him to expand his menu and sell his dishes. Inspired by their suggestions and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13907726/e-40-goon-with-the-spoon-bay-area-rappers-food-entrepreneurs-hustle\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the success of other homegrown, independent food entrepreneurs\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Bay Area, Davis rolled up his sleeves and began to mess around more seriously with his side hustle. With each praised meal, he gained confidence, eventually introducing his first certified hit: the MacArthur Rib Sandwich.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A play on McDonald’s famously elusive McRib, Davis added his own touches by roasting “real meat” and incorporating better ingredients to deliver what would become a banger for his growing base of returning customers. He followed that up with an array of other in-demand sandwiches, including a cast-iron seared and baked salmon (Cajun spices, arugula, dill relish, mayo) and New York bodega-style chopped cheese (\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ground beef, American deli cheese, chopped tomatoes, mayo and ketchup mix, sweet jalapeño)\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Davis says the pandemic’s slowdown gave him an opportunity to reconnect with how much food means to him. Since then, he’s been sharing edible comfort with his folks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The way I’m doing this now, I can be independent,” he says. “This cooking allows me to do something I want and I’m grateful for that. It’s a release.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Catering for the Public\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Markesha Brooks is a lifelong Oakland resident who works as the head chef at Grand Lake Gardens. In her spare time, she runs her catering business, MB Soul, serving up fire plates of soul food at softball games, Southland Mall and Lake Merritt.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After meeting Davis over a decade ago, the two friends remained in touch. When he returned to Oakland on probation and eventually started his series of informal food events, he and Brooks decided to work together to leverage their mutual interest in cooking. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“He’s a foodie, I’m a foodie. We’ve actually grown really close around food,” says Brooks. “He likes to pick restaurants in different cities. We go have specific dishes that those restaurants are known for. He’s eager to learn.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With 18 years of experience, Brooks has been an ideal “coach” for Davis, critiquing his methods and offering advice on how to make adjustments. Currently, she assists Davis as a de facto sous chef whenever Davis is hired for large functions. Though he started out selling sandwiches exclusively out of his Lower Dimond apartment off MacArthur Boulevard, Davis’s business has since expanded—occasionally taking him out to Fairfield, Vallejo and even Sacramento. Bringing Brooks into the mix has allowed him to offer a more robust range of services. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the past six months, he has been hired to privately cater multiple events, including weddings and large birthday parties of more than 60 people. Brooks helps him steer the high pace of food service by handling meal prep, frying and plating, while Davis does the cooking and managing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“He takes direction extremely well, and he knows how to take constructive criticism from me,” Brooks says about working with “Chef Jonathan,” as she calls him. “He’s creative and he has his vision. Lots of times in the kitchen, people think they can cook at home for a few people, but it’s different when you cook for the public. He’s really good at it though. He wants to get to that next level. I’m proud of his growth. I see it.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918520\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918520\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a rib sandwich cut into fourths on a cutting board\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57640_007_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The MacArthur Rib sandwich is an ode to MacArthur Boulevard, where Davis lives. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Together, the Oakland duo is serving their community while having fun and playing to their strengths. Crowd favorites like Davis’s panko-and-eggs battered grits—which are deep fried for a crispy golden outer layer, doused in a spicy tomato-based sauce then topped off with shrimp—have resulted in them getting hired for Mardi Gras-themed parties and Southern-style cookouts all over the Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Navigating Forward, New Recipes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/eprfp10.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">research conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, around 60% of formerly incarcerated Americans are unemployed. And even for those who have secured jobs, the data shows higher rates of turnover and rehiring. These trends reveal \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/02/08/employment/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a “labor market injustice”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and point to a harsh truth: Once you’ve been marked by the carceral system, it’s hard to get back on your feet. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/special-report/new-jim-crow/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discarding former inmates as “second-class citizens” when they re-enter society\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the ravages of the prison industrial complex are undeniable. This is especially true for Black Americans, who—due to a variety of systemic, historical factors—make up a disproportionate amount of the incarcerated population in this country.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The probation shit is rough, and filling out forms for jobs as a felon is rough,” says Davis. “It’s not only related to Blackness, but also class and not having enough money for legal help.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The barriers preventing Davis—and many other formerly incarcerated folks—from being hired to work desirable positions are numerously stacked. The stigma around incarceration can be debilitating, offering no room for mistakes or missteps. In the Bay Area food scene, specifically, there are a handful of organizations that support aspiring foodmakers who were once incarcerated—such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13916965/farming-hope-food-justice-non-profit-coffee-pop-up-guest-chef-mannys-sf\">Farming Hope\u003c/a> in San Francisco—but these are few and far between. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rather than trying to navigate these difficult institutional pathways, Davis recognized the most direct road to success in the kitchen was to take initiative and do it for himself.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I want to express what I want in the kitchen,” says Davis. “I’ve bartended at Kincaid’s. The guys back there are cooking, but their dream isn’t to make 57 crab dips per day. It’s conformity. You don’t have much control and there’s a lot of monetary pressure. The guy who makes turkey legs might not want to make turkey legs. This way, I can at least have my independence.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For now, food is a side gig for Davis, but eventually, if an opportunity presents itself, he would love to do it full-time. Until then, customers can reach him via text or DM. He’s always ready to slang a batch of sandwiches or pull up for an event.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918528\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13918528\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Davis holds a freshly prepared fried chicken sandwich in his hands\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/RS57645_013_KQEDArts_FoodJonathanDavis_08082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davis offers his fried chicken sandwich. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I visited him with a small group of friends at his Oakland apartment, he hosted us with a sense of visible pride and passion for his cooking. We were in his living room, seated at his table, eating his homemade food. It’s unlike any experience I’ve had with a chef—an intimate level of trust and connection, built on the freedom of being able to move around someone’s space once invited. It became evident that his gratitude for ordinary decision making and simplicity are essential ingredients in his life.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">From a rotating panoply of freshly-made sandwiches, homestyle french fries, and of course, his famous grits and shrimp, we were fed like Bay Area royalty. The fried chicken sandwich, which was accompanied by \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">arugula, tomatoes and jalapeños on a sweet brioche bun, had a beautiful, understated crispness that exemplifies Davis’s well-executed takes on simple favorites. His love for local references—like the notorious MacArthur Rib, which uses country pork rib, Everett and Jones BBQ sauce, onions and pickles—also speak to Davis’s playfulness, adding a layer of appreciation to each flavorful bite.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It reminds me how my favorite chefs don’t measure their worth with abstract fine dining concepts or stylized presentations. Instead, they are focused on plating nourishment in the form of self care and community preservation. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fallarts2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Find more of KQED’s picks for the best Fall 2022 events here\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gas prices. Sky-high inflation. The Millennial inability to stop buying lattes and avocado toast. (\u003cem>I kid!\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year 2022 has been rough on wallets across the country, and our wallets also happen to be sitting (half-empty) in one of its most expensive regions. (San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose all made the list of top-10 most expensive American cities.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does that mean? It means we all need as much free stuff as possible. And luckily for us, there are a lot of great events coming up that won’t cost you a dime to attend. Movies, art, dance, live music, parties, theater—we’ve got you covered. Bay Area rents may break the bank, but there’s a wealth of fun things to do that won’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-800x530.png\" alt=\"A Black dancer in open black shirt and tight black shorts, lays on a wooden platform, arms outstretched dramatically, with one leg kicked upwards and pointed out. Crowds watch on from the sidelines.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-800x530.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-1020x675.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-768x508.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-1536x1017.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A performer strikes a pose at 2021’s Open To All Ball at Lake Merritt Amphitheater. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1198327271019474/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hella Hyphy Ball\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 10, 1pm–7pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The follow-up to 2021’s dazzling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13902915/photos-lgbtq-oakland-shows-out-at-the-open-to-all-vogue-ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open to All Ball\u003c/a> is set to transform the shores of Lake Merritt once more into ballroom bliss. This year’s ball carries the same ethos as the last one: everyone—and they do mean absolutely everyone—is welcome. The 2022 theme, however, is brand new, and hella Oakland: hyphy. That will influence every category in this year’s contests, from performance soundtracks to the all-important runway fashions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As usual, there are big prizes to be won, including $1,000 cash awards for categories including Realness, Face and Runway, and a $4,000 prize for the Tag Team performance. This year’s grand finale promises to be next-level thanks to the caveat that teams must include at least one hyphy move in their presentation. So … serve and turf?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-2.29.48-PM-1-800x517.png\" alt=\"A Black woman in black and white striped dress, sits on a stool with her feet up, laughing as she holds an acoustic guitar on her lap.\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meklit, an Ethiopia-born, Bay Area-dwelling singer, blends African and American blues, jazz and folk sounds with a constantly surprising level of grace and magnetism. And she’s on the Hardly Strictly lineup this year. \u003ccite>(NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardly Strictly Bluegrass\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Golden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 30-Oct. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a two-year absence from Golden Gate Park, Hardly Strictly is set for a triumphant return this October with a lineup that offers something for nearly every mood and taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Festival veterans like Emmylou Harris (in her 22nd HSB appearance!) and Buddy Miller (in his 17th!) will be present, accounted for and offering warm fuzzy feelings to fend off the fog. Marcus Mumford and Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew check the mainstream-appeal boxes. And local flavor comes in the form of Tré Burt (Sacramento), Meklit (San Francisco), Brothers Comatose (North Bay) and A.J. Lee and Blue Summit (South Bay).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as usual, HSB will also be serving up fantastic artists from around the country. So far, this year’s must-not-miss list includes: the heart-wrenching but always uplifting Allison Russell, the retro-soul stylings of Lucius and the bluegrass-rooted Afrofuturism of Jake Blount. In a lineup that has long been proud to stray beyond the confines of traditional bluegrass, Blount is a one-man example of why it’s so exciting to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917608\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-3.08.11-PM-800x542.png\" alt=\"A father and son walk hand-in-hand towards a group of parents and children playing with bubbles. Behind them, various stalls can be seen lining the street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party will take place on Valencia St. this year. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @noisepop)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"http://www.20thstreetblockparty.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Valencia Street between 18th and 21st Streets, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 15, 12pm-6pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This family-friendly free-for-all will take over three whole blocks of Valencia Street to bring live music, food, local arts and crafts, and a whole lot of fun, to the Mission. The location may be slightly different in 2022, but the vibe will remain the same as the prior eight years: a love letter to the diversity and creativity of the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proceeds collected at this year’s community gathering will assist two great nonprofits in continuing their work in the neighborhood. \u003ca href=\"https://826valencia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">826 Valencia\u003c/a> (a.k.a. the Pirate Supply Store) will use all donations to further their mission of making sure under-resourced kids get a tutoring boost so they can become great writers. And \u003ca href=\"https://lacocinasf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Cocina\u003c/a> will keep working toward equity in business ownership, providing mentorship and affordable kitchen space to female and BIPOC entrepreneurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917609\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-3.37.26-PM-800x486.png\" alt=\"Three South Asian women sitting in a row laughing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees taking in a show at Cupertino’s Diwali: Festival of Lights. \u003ccite>(Cupertino Chamber of Commerce)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bayareadiwalifestival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diwali Festival of Lights\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Memorial Park, Cupertino\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 8, 11am-6pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, this festival is happening a full 15 days before Diwali’s five-day celebration even starts, but it’s never too soon to get excited about light triumphing over darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond honoring the holiday itself, Cupertino’s Festival of Lights is a celebration of all things Desi. The plethora of colorful dance displays—a journey through classical \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatanatyam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bharatanatyam\u003c/a> to modern \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangra_(dance)#Bhangra_today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bhangra\u003c/a>—are worth the journey alone. But the spicy and aromatic street food on hand also satisfies rumbling stomachs, the stalls have plenty to keep dedicated shoppers busy and the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rangoli\u003c/a> art displays are just mesmerizing. Plus, there’s even a Kids Zone that usually includes some pretty ridiculous physical challenges. (If you’ve ever wanted to stick your child in a giant hamster ball, this is the place to do it.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To cap it all, there’s even free parking. Just head to De Anza College’s A and B lots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.07.55-PM-800x601.png\" alt=\"A grid of 12 squares showing different styles of paintings and crafts.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tiny portion of the artists showing at San Francisco Open Studios. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of SFOS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.artspan.org/sfos-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayopenstudios.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Bay Open Studios\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Locations TBD. (Check \u003ca href=\"https://www.artspan.org/visit-sf-open-studios/navigating-sfos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFOS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayopenstudios.com/2022-event-schedule/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EBOS\u003c/a> websites for directories.)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>San Francisco: Oct. 23-Nov. 13\u003cbr>\nEast Bay: Nov. 5-13\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you approach them as casual neighborhood strolls or regimented exercises complete with maps and schedules, the Open Studios events on both sides of the Bay are worthy of your attention. Taking place across four weekends in San Francisco and two in the East Bay, Open Studios is a chance to get to know the artists in your area, support them and see some truly great work. (There’s usually a surprising amount of free cookies involved too…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wandering between home studios, artist collective spaces, back yards and garages doesn’t just feel like a treasure hunt—it also offers a glimpse into how Bay Area artists live and survive. It’s inspiring to witness not just the eclectic array of talent on display, but the resourcefulness of many of our local creators. And if you can’t make it out to meet them in person, the SFOS website offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.artspan.org/vast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual tours of selected artists’ studios\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Open Studios events themselves are free, don’t expect to come home empty-handed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-800x557.png\" alt=\"A woman in her twenties with black hair, wearing midriff-baring punky clothes, throws her arms above her head and sticks her tongue out in a rebellious gesture.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-800x557.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-1020x710.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-768x535.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-1536x1070.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Livia Gomes Demarchi as Beatrice in San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s 40th Anniversary production of ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ \u003ccite>(Jay Yamada)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfshakes.org/?fbclid=IwAR3OD5c8Cx3CbwJ02gSUOBcfQYf8GDYCLFp5fKvmK-wulGkee84ucXcZF_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shakespeare in the Park\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, MacLaren Park, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 3-11, 2pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Much Ado About Nothing\u003c/em> can be quite the challenging prospect for modern audiences—particularly the women watching. After all, it’s difficult to glean much enjoyment from watching female characters getting treated terribly by the men in their midst for 160 minutes, only to have everything wrapped up in a neat little bow in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s production by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival however, promises to be a more palatable take on a dated classic. With a distinctly ’90s aesthetic, a run time of just 90 minutes (no intermission) and modernized versions of familiar characters, this \u003cem>Much Ado\u003c/em> promises something a little different from more traditional productions. Think: Beatrice in lip-liner and a dog collar, a grunge rendition of “Sigh No More” and Benedick out participating in protest marches. No, really.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you missed this \u003cem>Much Ado About Nothing\u003c/em> in Cupertino and Redwood City and can’t make it to McLaren Park either, don’t worry. A version of the production will be made \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB1obsLLZe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available online\u003c/a> at a later date, complete with closed captions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917732\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-800x520.png\" alt=\"Dancers - three female, one male - wearing traditional Mexican clothes smile as they perform on a small stage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-800x520.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-1020x663.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-160x104.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-768x499.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM.png 1458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers performing the Jarabe Tapatío at the Solano Avenue Stroll. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Solano Avenue Stroll)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanoavenueassn.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solano Avenue Stroll\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Solano Avenue, Albany and Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 11, 10am-5pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally! The Stroll is back after a two-year absence, and it promises to be just as huge as it always was. It will still occupy an entire, fully pedestrianized mile of Solano Avenue in a colorful celebration of both Albany and Berkeley that starts with an opening ceremony and mini-parade. The day-long celebration fills the street with music, dancing and scores of local businesses, artists and makers selling their wares—including, of course, enough food booths to feed the thousands of people who usually attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of its scale, the Solano Avenue Stroll can be a little overwhelming at peak times, but it’s worth getting there early so you can take your time with it all. A free shuttle from North Berkeley BART will get you there without parking hassles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM-800x512.png\" alt=\"Many people gather on the slanted lawn in front of a large screen surrounded on all sides with trees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM-800x512.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM-1020x653.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM-768x492.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM-1536x984.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-4.53.09-PM.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sundown Cinema at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater at McLaren Park. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @dothebay)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.sfparksalliance.org/event/sundown-cinema-member-seating-sister-act-2/e405348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sundown Cinema\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alamo Square, Crane Cove, Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 9-Oct.21, 5pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is awash with unique little movie theaters; we are truly blessed in this regard. But for a few weeks every fall, big screens pop up around San Francisco that give even our cutest theaters a run for their money. (If you’ve ever watched a movie in Alamo Square Park with the sun setting behind the Painted Ladies, you already know what’s up.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This rest of this season’s Sundown Cinema will feature \u003cem>Raiders of the Lost Ark\u003c/em> at Alamo Square (Sept. 9), \u003cem>Shang Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings\u003c/em> at Crane Cove (Sept. 30) and \u003cem>Addams Family Values\u003c/em> at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater (Oct. 21). Perfect for family picnics, date night and people who love wearing their Patagonias to chilly park excursions.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fallarts2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Find more of KQED’s picks for the best Fall 2022 events here\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gas prices. Sky-high inflation. The Millennial inability to stop buying lattes and avocado toast. (\u003cem>I kid!\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year 2022 has been rough on wallets across the country, and our wallets also happen to be sitting (half-empty) in one of its most expensive regions. (San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose all made the list of top-10 most expensive American cities.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does that mean? It means we all need as much free stuff as possible. And luckily for us, there are a lot of great events coming up that won’t cost you a dime to attend. Movies, art, dance, live music, parties, theater—we’ve got you covered. Bay Area rents may break the bank, but there’s a wealth of fun things to do that won’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917591\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-800x530.png\" alt=\"A Black dancer in open black shirt and tight black shorts, lays on a wooden platform, arms outstretched dramatically, with one leg kicked upwards and pointed out. Crowds watch on from the sidelines.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-800x530.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-1020x675.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-768x508.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM-1536x1017.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-12.31.28-PM.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A performer strikes a pose at 2021’s Open To All Ball at Lake Merritt Amphitheater. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1198327271019474/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hella Hyphy Ball\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 10, 1pm–7pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The follow-up to 2021’s dazzling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13902915/photos-lgbtq-oakland-shows-out-at-the-open-to-all-vogue-ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open to All Ball\u003c/a> is set to transform the shores of Lake Merritt once more into ballroom bliss. This year’s ball carries the same ethos as the last one: everyone—and they do mean absolutely everyone—is welcome. The 2022 theme, however, is brand new, and hella Oakland: hyphy. That will influence every category in this year’s contests, from performance soundtracks to the all-important runway fashions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As usual, there are big prizes to be won, including $1,000 cash awards for categories including Realness, Face and Runway, and a $4,000 prize for the Tag Team performance. This year’s grand finale promises to be next-level thanks to the caveat that teams must include at least one hyphy move in their presentation. So … serve and turf?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-2.29.48-PM-1-800x517.png\" alt=\"A Black woman in black and white striped dress, sits on a stool with her feet up, laughing as she holds an acoustic guitar on her lap.\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meklit, an Ethiopia-born, Bay Area-dwelling singer, blends African and American blues, jazz and folk sounds with a constantly surprising level of grace and magnetism. And she’s on the Hardly Strictly lineup this year. \u003ccite>(NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardly Strictly Bluegrass\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Golden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 30-Oct. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a two-year absence from Golden Gate Park, Hardly Strictly is set for a triumphant return this October with a lineup that offers something for nearly every mood and taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Festival veterans like Emmylou Harris (in her 22nd HSB appearance!) and Buddy Miller (in his 17th!) will be present, accounted for and offering warm fuzzy feelings to fend off the fog. Marcus Mumford and Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew check the mainstream-appeal boxes. And local flavor comes in the form of Tré Burt (Sacramento), Meklit (San Francisco), Brothers Comatose (North Bay) and A.J. Lee and Blue Summit (South Bay).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as usual, HSB will also be serving up fantastic artists from around the country. So far, this year’s must-not-miss list includes: the heart-wrenching but always uplifting Allison Russell, the retro-soul stylings of Lucius and the bluegrass-rooted Afrofuturism of Jake Blount. In a lineup that has long been proud to stray beyond the confines of traditional bluegrass, Blount is a one-man example of why it’s so exciting to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917608\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-3.08.11-PM-800x542.png\" alt=\"A father and son walk hand-in-hand towards a group of parents and children playing with bubbles. Behind them, various stalls can be seen lining the street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party will take place on Valencia St. this year. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @noisepop)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"http://www.20thstreetblockparty.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Valencia Street between 18th and 21st Streets, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 15, 12pm-6pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This family-friendly free-for-all will take over three whole blocks of Valencia Street to bring live music, food, local arts and crafts, and a whole lot of fun, to the Mission. The location may be slightly different in 2022, but the vibe will remain the same as the prior eight years: a love letter to the diversity and creativity of the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proceeds collected at this year’s community gathering will assist two great nonprofits in continuing their work in the neighborhood. \u003ca href=\"https://826valencia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">826 Valencia\u003c/a> (a.k.a. the Pirate Supply Store) will use all donations to further their mission of making sure under-resourced kids get a tutoring boost so they can become great writers. And \u003ca href=\"https://lacocinasf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Cocina\u003c/a> will keep working toward equity in business ownership, providing mentorship and affordable kitchen space to female and BIPOC entrepreneurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917609\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-3.37.26-PM-800x486.png\" alt=\"Three South Asian women sitting in a row laughing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees taking in a show at Cupertino’s Diwali: Festival of Lights. \u003ccite>(Cupertino Chamber of Commerce)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bayareadiwalifestival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diwali Festival of Lights\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Memorial Park, Cupertino\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 8, 11am-6pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, this festival is happening a full 15 days before Diwali’s five-day celebration even starts, but it’s never too soon to get excited about light triumphing over darkness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond honoring the holiday itself, Cupertino’s Festival of Lights is a celebration of all things Desi. The plethora of colorful dance displays—a journey through classical \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatanatyam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bharatanatyam\u003c/a> to modern \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhangra_(dance)#Bhangra_today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bhangra\u003c/a>—are worth the journey alone. But the spicy and aromatic street food on hand also satisfies rumbling stomachs, the stalls have plenty to keep dedicated shoppers busy and the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rangoli\u003c/a> art displays are just mesmerizing. Plus, there’s even a Kids Zone that usually includes some pretty ridiculous physical challenges. (If you’ve ever wanted to stick your child in a giant hamster ball, this is the place to do it.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To cap it all, there’s even free parking. Just head to De Anza College’s A and B lots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917731\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.07.55-PM-800x601.png\" alt=\"A grid of 12 squares showing different styles of paintings and crafts.\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tiny portion of the artists showing at San Francisco Open Studios. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of SFOS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.artspan.org/sfos-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayopenstudios.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Bay Open Studios\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Locations TBD. (Check \u003ca href=\"https://www.artspan.org/visit-sf-open-studios/navigating-sfos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SFOS\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayopenstudios.com/2022-event-schedule/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EBOS\u003c/a> websites for directories.)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>San Francisco: Oct. 23-Nov. 13\u003cbr>\nEast Bay: Nov. 5-13\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you approach them as casual neighborhood strolls or regimented exercises complete with maps and schedules, the Open Studios events on both sides of the Bay are worthy of your attention. Taking place across four weekends in San Francisco and two in the East Bay, Open Studios is a chance to get to know the artists in your area, support them and see some truly great work. (There’s usually a surprising amount of free cookies involved too…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wandering between home studios, artist collective spaces, back yards and garages doesn’t just feel like a treasure hunt—it also offers a glimpse into how Bay Area artists live and survive. It’s inspiring to witness not just the eclectic array of talent on display, but the resourcefulness of many of our local creators. And if you can’t make it out to meet them in person, the SFOS website offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.artspan.org/vast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual tours of selected artists’ studios\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Open Studios events themselves are free, don’t expect to come home empty-handed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-800x557.png\" alt=\"A woman in her twenties with black hair, wearing midriff-baring punky clothes, throws her arms above her head and sticks her tongue out in a rebellious gesture.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-800x557.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-1020x710.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-768x535.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM-1536x1070.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-15-at-7.58.18-PM.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Livia Gomes Demarchi as Beatrice in San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s 40th Anniversary production of ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ \u003ccite>(Jay Yamada)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfshakes.org/?fbclid=IwAR3OD5c8Cx3CbwJ02gSUOBcfQYf8GDYCLFp5fKvmK-wulGkee84ucXcZF_c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shakespeare in the Park\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, MacLaren Park, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 3-11, 2pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Much Ado About Nothing\u003c/em> can be quite the challenging prospect for modern audiences—particularly the women watching. After all, it’s difficult to glean much enjoyment from watching female characters getting treated terribly by the men in their midst for 160 minutes, only to have everything wrapped up in a neat little bow in the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s production by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival however, promises to be a more palatable take on a dated classic. With a distinctly ’90s aesthetic, a run time of just 90 minutes (no intermission) and modernized versions of familiar characters, this \u003cem>Much Ado\u003c/em> promises something a little different from more traditional productions. Think: Beatrice in lip-liner and a dog collar, a grunge rendition of “Sigh No More” and Benedick out participating in protest marches. No, really.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you missed this \u003cem>Much Ado About Nothing\u003c/em> in Cupertino and Redwood City and can’t make it to McLaren Park either, don’t worry. A version of the production will be made \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB1obsLLZe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available online\u003c/a> at a later date, complete with closed captions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917732\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-800x520.png\" alt=\"Dancers - three female, one male - wearing traditional Mexican clothes smile as they perform on a small stage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-800x520.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-1020x663.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-160x104.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM-768x499.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Screen-Shot-2022-08-16-at-2.12.16-PM.png 1458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers performing the Jarabe Tapatío at the Solano Avenue Stroll. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Solano Avenue Stroll)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanoavenueassn.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solano Avenue Stroll\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Solano Avenue, Albany and Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 11, 10am-5pm\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally! The Stroll is back after a two-year absence, and it promises to be just as huge as it always was. It will still occupy an entire, fully pedestrianized mile of Solano Avenue in a colorful celebration of both Albany and Berkeley that starts with an opening ceremony and mini-parade. The day-long celebration fills the street with music, dancing and scores of local businesses, artists and makers selling their wares—including, of course, enough food booths to feed the thousands of people who usually attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of its scale, the Solano Avenue Stroll can be a little overwhelming at peak times, but it’s worth getting there early so you can take your time with it all. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1969, Rosalie Ritz’s frank take on Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was controversial. Ritz, the sketch artist at \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sirhan B. Sirhan\u003c/a>‘s trial, described him after the fact as “the only honest man” in the courtroom. “It was my first experience with a revolutionary,” she told the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em> shortly after the guilty verdict came down. “Of course it was pointless—all killing is pointless. You have to be nutty to do it. But Sirhan knew exactly what he wanted to do and he did it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sirhan trial was not the only time Ritz came into close contact with a revolutionary. 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She also documented the high profile prosecution of heiress-turned-“urban guerrilla” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/101956/patty-hearst-how-the-outlaw-heiress-became-a-chameleon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patricia Hearst\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Ritz was one of the most in-demand courtroom sketch artists of the era, providing illustrations for the Associated Press, CBS News, KPIX, KNXT and, yes, KQED. She was known to make up to 21 drawings a day in court and could sketch an entire jury in minutes. Ritz was also an accomplished writer who took readers behind the scenes. 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'\" width=\"800\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-800x920.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-1020x1173.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-160x184.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-768x883.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR.png 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritz wrote and illustrated several articles for the ‘Los Angeles Free Press’ during the high-profile trial of Patricia Hearst. \u003ccite>(Los Angeles Free Press, Oct. 1975)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ritz didn’t just have a front-row seat to one of the most turbulent eras in Bay Area history—she had the talent and determination to share it with the rest of the world. “It’s never as tough as you think it is,” she once said, “if you act from strength, not from fear, and you speak the truth to power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That Ritz wasn’t shy about offering her opinions about the events of the day made her work all the more compelling. When Sirhan was sentenced to death, she said, “I am unutterably opposed to the death penalty. It seems vengeful to me. I think anyone who attends a lot of trials would feel very strongly on this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of Huey P. Newton, she shared: “Huey Newton was a very attractive young man and most intelligent. I learned a lot about social conditions from that trial … It was really awakening. Everyone was impressed by him—you couldn’t help but be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13904183']When \u003ca href=\"http://peter-barnes.org/article/the-presidio-mutiny/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">14 soldiers were tried for mutiny\u003c/a> after participating in a peaceful demonstration against the Vietnam War, Ritz was clear about whose side she was on. “I feel very sorry for those 14 young men,” she told the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em>. “They all have low IQs, they are very young and vulnerable and not one of them, in my opinion, would be capable of initiating anything like a mutiny. The fact that [the Army] would even take such young men into the service strikes you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]R[/dropcap]itz was brave, willful and outspoken from a very young age—possibly the result of being the seventh of 10 children, all of whom lost their father at an early age. (Ritz was just 9.) At 14, Ritz’s prodigious artistic skills allowed her to attend art college in Milwaukee. At 16, she hit the road with her big sister’s ID, alongside four other young women, and earned money for her family making portraits of people at circuses, fairs and other community events across the midwest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating from Layton Art College, Ritz married a Navy officer (and future accountant) named Erwin in 1946, and had four daughters, Sandy, Barbara, Terry and Janet. The family’s home life was a happy one, full of painting, laughter and dance. (“She and my dad were like Fred and Ginger,” Sandy tells KQED Arts today.) The couple, together for more than 60 years, was also athletic—Ritz was an excellent golfer who competed in amateur championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was in 1966 that the Ritz family relocated to Walnut Creek from Washington D.C. Ritz was already established as a courtroom artist with a vibrant, vigorous style, having landed her first job at the Army-McCarthy hearings of 1954. Speaking to the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em> 15 years after the fact, Ritz recalled: “Somebody I knew there knew Joe McCarthy, so I went to his office and asked if I could attend his closed Senate hearings. I just started sketching while I was there and when I came out of the room, [a TV station] offered to buy the sketches. That started it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What kept it going was Ritz’s tenacity and people skills. On the first day of Huey P. Newton’s trial, Ritz successfully talked her way into the courtroom, despite the fact that she’d not yet been issued a press pass. That there were also 3,000 protesters outside made her entrance all the more miraculous. Later, she was permitted to visit Newton in a holding cell to draw him—a privilege not afforded to any other court reporters. It probably helped that she understood fundamentally what the Black Panthers were trying to do. “These were people who really believed in doing the right thing,” she later said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13881675']Despite Ritz’s commitment to covering the toughest, most high-profile cases of her day, the trials sometimes took their toll. Ritz’s daughter Sandy describes her mom’s days in court as “often stressful to her psyche. The mass murderers, violent outbreaks, the injustices, the racism. The work was challenging.” But, Sandy continues, “She always knew the historical significance of what she was doing, and was passionate about it. She knew that she was the eyes for the world. She knew that her work was the only pictorial record of history occurring in California at that time, and she was often the first and only reporter in the courtroom for some trials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was this knowledge that impacted Ritz’s decision to retain ownership of all of her own artwork. Though it would have earned her a better living, she never sold her courtroom sketches—only the use of them. After her death from lung cancer in 2008, Ritz donated more than \u003ca href=\"https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt8g50226j&doc.view=items&style=oac4&item.position=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1,800 of her courtroom drawings\u003c/a> to the Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley. Sandy and her sisters worked on cataloging and digitizing the collection so the drawings could stand as a public record of some of the most important moments in California history. “Justice was one of her strongest forces,” Sandy recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]way from the courtroom, Ritz was passionate about making large-scale oil paintings and sculptures, and she always had one eye on the wider Bay Area art community. In 1974, she opened the Upstairs Art Gallery at 927 Broadway alongside fellow artists, Thomas Bray and Edy Keeler. Opening a gallery in Oakland was extremely important to Ritz. She recognized that the Bay Area arts scene—including the organizations responsible for handing out grants and funding—was focused almost exclusively on San Francisco. And she desperately wanted to change that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My opinion of Oakland is that it is a very beautiful city,” Ritz told the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em> in 1974. “[Its neglect] is due to snobbery of people around Oakland, and we let them get away with it. What we’re going to do is start saying ‘The Oakland San Francisco Bay Area’ and they’ll complement one another.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritz was also determined that the Upstairs Gallery should be warm and welcoming for all people. She believed that the large art institutions in the Bay could be off-putting for everybody but the elite. “People don’t relate to it because it’s for people dressed in fancy clothes,” she once said of the \u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Museum\u003c/a>. With that in mind, Ritz and her friends lovingly restored the Upstairs Gallery space, including a 100-year-old fireplace. (“These buildings are museum pieces and I think they should be saved,” she said at the time.) The \u003ca href=\"https://www.betheden.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beth Eden Baptist Church\u003c/a> choir performed at the gallery opening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13916612']Though the Upstairs Gallery was a scrappy endeavor once described by the \u003cem>Tribune\u003c/em> as a “struggling, always dollar-short art colony above a pawn shop,” Ritz successfully made the impact on the arts scene that she had hoped for. In 1979, when the City of Oakland and the Labor Department awarded federal unemployment seed money to the Oakland art community for the first time, it went to Ritz and the Upstairs Gallery. She used the $100,000 check to hire staff artists at $700 a month. (That’s about $4,200 in 2022 money.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the gallery was inundated with applicants, Ritz told the \u003cem>Tribune\u003c/em>: “It was shocking, and a good indication this city has deeper problems than it realizes. It’s not only the tradesmen, the unskilled, the young people, minorities, or the ex-felons who can’t find jobs. It’s right here in our cultural midst.” Ritz pledged to help as many of the non-successful candidates as she could, seeking out other outlets that might offer art-related jobs in Oakland. “Oakland can’t afford to lose them to other cities,” she said of the artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, Rosalie Ritz approached everything she did with a full-hearted determination that enabled her to live life on her own terms \u003cem>and\u003c/em> in a way that sought to benefit others. Her uncompromising vision—for both her art and her Bay Area communities—drove her to leave her mark on the world. And at the end of her life, she knew that she had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just had a wonderful life,” Ritz said. “It was a great ride. I always had a smile because I did what I wanted to do. I interpreted the world in drawings, in writing. I had a good time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To learn about other Rebel Girls from Bay Area History, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/rebelgirls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebel Girls homepage\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A book celebrating women from the Rebel Girls series, \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/politics-current-events-history/unsung-heroines35-women-who-changed/\">‘Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area,’\u003c/a> is available now from City Lights.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">I\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n 1969, Rosalie Ritz’s frank take on Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was controversial. Ritz, the sketch artist at \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sirhan B. Sirhan\u003c/a>‘s trial, described him after the fact as “the only honest man” in the courtroom. “It was my first experience with a revolutionary,” she told the \u003cem>Oakland Tribune\u003c/em> shortly after the guilty verdict came down. “Of course it was pointless—all killing is pointless. You have to be nutty to do it. But Sirhan knew exactly what he wanted to do and he did it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sirhan trial was not the only time Ritz came into close contact with a revolutionary. She spent the late-1960s and ’70s covering the trials of Black Panthers including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881407/huey-newton-h-rap-brown-stokely-carmichael-speech-1968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huey P. Newton\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13891079/the-archivist-and-the-activist-behind-a-new-book-about-angela-davis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angela Davis\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soledad_Brothers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soledad Brothers\u003c/a>. She also documented the high profile prosecution of heiress-turned-“urban guerrilla” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/101956/patty-hearst-how-the-outlaw-heiress-became-a-chameleon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patricia Hearst\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Ritz was one of the most in-demand courtroom sketch artists of the era, providing illustrations for the Associated Press, CBS News, KPIX, KNXT and, yes, KQED. She was known to make up to 21 drawings a day in court and could sketch an entire jury in minutes. Ritz was also an accomplished writer who took readers behind the scenes. This article she wrote for the \u003cem>Los Angeles Free Press\u003c/em> used the Patricia Hearst trial to highlight the overzealous security Ritz had experienced at similarly high profile cases involving Black defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13917966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-800x920.png\" alt=\"A newspaper article titled 'Near Mayhem—Tight Security.' '\" width=\"800\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-800x920.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-1020x1173.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-160x184.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR-768x883.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Los-Angeles-Free-Press-10-75-RR.png 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ritz wrote and illustrated several articles for the ‘Los Angeles Free Press’ during the high-profile trial of Patricia Hearst. \u003ccite>(Los Angeles Free Press, Oct. 1975)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ritz didn’t just have a front-row seat to one of the most turbulent eras in Bay Area history—she had the talent and determination to share it with the rest of the world. “It’s never as tough as you think it is,” she once said, “if you act from strength, not from fear, and you speak the truth to power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That Ritz wasn’t shy about offering her opinions about the events of the day made her work all the more compelling. When Sirhan was sentenced to death, she said, “I am unutterably opposed to the death penalty. It seems vengeful to me. I think anyone who attends a lot of trials would feel very strongly on this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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