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We zip through cypress groves, scour the horizon for the dragon-like exhales of gray whales, scuttle down rocks like crabs and then we find it: orange starfish in tight knots, pink boulders with seaweed curtain bangs, and sea urchins — thousands of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we should be eating more of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, over 95 percent of coastal kelp is gone, and the ecosystem is in crisis. While Indigenous folks have eaten these urchins for generations, colonization and unchecked resource extraction have wreaked havoc on regional ecology. Warming waters and over-hunting the marine mammals that once brought balance to the ecosystem have led to an overpopulation of Pacific purple sea urchins. And while sprawling urchin barrens sound like an uni’s paradise — there’s one that stretches \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/dining/california-sea-urchin-kelp-coastline.html\">400 miles from Marin County to Oregon\u003c/a> — they really aren’t. Exponential growth and a limited food source mean the urchins are starving. And it’s not a quick death: They can starve for decades, devouring any young kelp that’s struggling to revive the forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951463\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951463\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119.jpg\" alt=\"Three people stand in a tidepool searching among the rocks and kelp for live sea urchins.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along with friends Dimitri Diagne and Angie Sijun Lou, the author (right) searches for sea urchins and mussels at her top-secret foraging spot. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But year-round in Northern California, you can still find sea urchins swelling with plump, yolky gonads, though they vary in size and quantity depending on the season and location. They’re creamy and delicious but wildly expensive. That is, unless you harvest them yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my amateur experience, winter — so, like, right now — is the best time for a fruitful visit to the tidepools. So here’s how to find them, open them and throw the most memorable party ever, while educating yourself and your loved ones about the history of these habitats and the consequences of exploitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A word to the wise: I’m no marine biologist or commercial fisherman, and going out into tidepool territory can be dicey, from rogue waves to the health risks that come with eating raw, wild seafood. Please forage and consume at your own risk, and go with someone who knows what they’re doing if it’s your first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951465\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in black stands at the edge of a tidepool looking down toward the water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking in the view. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Spot \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can find a gathering spot by trial and error, like my family did, or check out well-known urchin foraging destinations such as Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay or Fort Ross in Mendocino. There are designated places along the coast where it’s okay to collect and other marine protected areas where it may be illegal, so refer to \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs\">these guidelines\u003c/a> from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13923127,arts_13935854']\u003c/span>Wherever you go in search of urchins, you’ll find yourself at the staggering edge of the continent. With all the salty spray and swooping seabirds, your heart will feel full, maybe for the first time in a while. In short, a lovely way to spend a day with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when you do find the spiky creatures in their foamy homes, do me and the ocean a favor and hold one in your bare palm — they won’t hurt you. Delicate tentacles will emerge from among their blunt spines with curious intent, and they might even scooch softly across your hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Pacific purple urchins aren’t venomous, make sure to stay up to date on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/Shellfish-Advisories.aspx#:~:text=For%20updated%20information%20on%20shellfish,CDPH%20Recreational%20Shellfish%20Advisory%20Map.\">shellfish advisories\u003c/a> and call the toll-free biotoxin hotline (1-800-553-4133) to make sure the uni is safe to eat under current conditions. You’ll also need a \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Licensing/Online-Sales\">fishing license\u003c/a>, which grants you 35 purple sea urchins per outing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951464\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951464\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112.jpg\" alt=\"A purple sea urchin held up with a three-pronged garden tool.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A three-pronged garden tiller can be repurposed into an excellent tool for prying sea urchins from the rocks. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Tools\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’ll need a cooler to store the urchins, some gloves if you want extra hand protection and something like a three-pronged garden tiller to pry the urchins from the rocks with swift force. They stick like velcro and can use some extra oomph. Online tide schedules are also your friend. Even a few feet of water can obscure thousands of urchins from view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you get home, you’ll need a pair of kitchen shears, some crab crackers and a few quiet moments to take in the bounty you’ve been gifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Party\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ocean is special and these urchins are special, so do right by them. Get a nice little beverage and maybe boil some pasta. My friends and I usually bring back mussels, too, to make a linguini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve collected a few dozen urchins and made a big ol’ thing of rice and steamed some veggies, you can easily feed a group of five. Stretch a little, shuffle your best chill nighttime playlist, give your friends a pep talk and then begin the real work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands cradling a spiky purple sea urchin.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don’t be afraid to hold the sea urchin in your bare palm — it won’t hurt you. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Shuck \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a clean kitchen sink with a trash can nearby and nothing close that you can’t stand getting stained, position an urchin mouth-side up — you’ll see an opening with the urchin’s beak peeking out. With your kitchen shears, cut the tissue around the beak in a circle. Once the beak is detached, pull it out with your shears and toss it. Now you have an opening to pry open the urchin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To crack open the urchin, you can either cut perpendicularly from the crevice with your shears or set the urchin on the bottom of the sink, jam a pair of closed crab crackers into the opening and firmly open the crackers to split the shell open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951460\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200.jpg\" alt=\"Four photos showing the steps to crack open a sea urchin: detaching the beak, prying the shell open, washing out the debris and then, finally, removing the creamy, orange gonad.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Removing the uni from the shell requires a bit of practice. Clockwise from top left: 1) Detaching the beak; 2) prying open the shell; 3) removing the uni; and 4) rinsing it clean. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Run cold water over the insides of the urchin. Hopefully there’ll be sunny orange uni, but there will also be guts and maybe some small rocks and sea veggies that the urchin was munching on — and it’ll smell as good as you’d smell if you’d just eaten a handful of seaweed and pebbles. You’ll want to rinse as much detritus as you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delicately release the uni by running your finger (or a spoon) between the uni and the inside of the shell. This part takes some practice, and it’s okay if they fall apart sometimes. You can rinse the uni under cold water and put them on a plate lined with some paper towels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951457\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead view of a sea urchin feast: individual portions of seafood pasta and a plate of raw uni lobes in the center.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few dozen purple sea urchins can easily feed a party of five. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Eating Part of the Party\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’ve been on quite the journey, and now it’s time to come together at the table, reflect on the day and dig in. Uni is custardy, sweet and briny all at once — like if the word “umami” fell off the page in a creamy orange heap and presented itself to you, no condiments needed. Raw is the best way to enjoy uni, in my humble opinion. It gets sad and disintegrates if you sauté it in a pan with butter — trust me, I’ve tried. I like to eat uni fresh over rice with soft-scrambled eggs, some soy sauce and maybe a dollop of crème fraîche. You can also spoon it over pasta or straight into your mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, after you’ve savored every custardy bite with fingers stained an inky magenta, remember the creatures’ gentle but formidable life force in your hands. It’s a loving reminder of their place in the ecosystem — and yours, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277.jpg\" alt=\"Plates of pasta, mussels and fresh uni laid out on a dining table with glasses of red wine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The reward for your long day’s journey. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.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=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The FDA offers the following \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/selecting-and-serving-fresh-and-frozen-seafood-safely#:~:text=It's%20always%20best%20to%20cook,parasites%20that%20may%20be%20present.\">guidelines\u003c/a> for safe seafood consumption. Take the above suggestions around raw seafood collection and consumption at your own risk.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"I’ve been throwing sea urchin parties for years. They're a delicious way to help the coastal ecosystem.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1707165656,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":1430},"headData":{"title":"Sea Urchin Parties: A Delicious Way to Help the Coastal Ecosystem | KQED","description":"I’ve been throwing sea urchin parties for years. They're a delicious way to help the coastal ecosystem.","ogTitle":"What's a Sea Urchin Party — and How Do I Throw One?","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"What's a Sea Urchin Party — and How Do I Throw One?","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Sea Urchin Parties: A Delicious Way to Help the Coastal Ecosystem %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"What's a Sea Urchin Party — and How Do I Throw One?","datePublished":"2024-02-05T20:13:35.000Z","dateModified":"2024-02-05T20:40:56.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/food","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13951449/purple-sea-urchin-uni-foraging-guide-northern-california","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>My biggest secret is a set of geographic coordinates I keep in an unnamed tab of my Notes app. There you’ll find my heart, and you’ll also find dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whenever I can, I pack friends into my car and head up the coast from Oakland. We zip through cypress groves, scour the horizon for the dragon-like exhales of gray whales, scuttle down rocks like crabs and then we find it: orange starfish in tight knots, pink boulders with seaweed curtain bangs, and sea urchins — thousands of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we should be eating more of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, over 95 percent of coastal kelp is gone, and the ecosystem is in crisis. While Indigenous folks have eaten these urchins for generations, colonization and unchecked resource extraction have wreaked havoc on regional ecology. Warming waters and over-hunting the marine mammals that once brought balance to the ecosystem have led to an overpopulation of Pacific purple sea urchins. And while sprawling urchin barrens sound like an uni’s paradise — there’s one that stretches \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/dining/california-sea-urchin-kelp-coastline.html\">400 miles from Marin County to Oregon\u003c/a> — they really aren’t. Exponential growth and a limited food source mean the urchins are starving. And it’s not a quick death: They can starve for decades, devouring any young kelp that’s struggling to revive the forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951463\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951463\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119.jpg\" alt=\"Three people stand in a tidepool searching among the rocks and kelp for live sea urchins.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01119-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along with friends Dimitri Diagne and Angie Sijun Lou, the author (right) searches for sea urchins and mussels at her top-secret foraging spot. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But year-round in Northern California, you can still find sea urchins swelling with plump, yolky gonads, though they vary in size and quantity depending on the season and location. They’re creamy and delicious but wildly expensive. That is, unless you harvest them yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In my amateur experience, winter — so, like, right now — is the best time for a fruitful visit to the tidepools. So here’s how to find them, open them and throw the most memorable party ever, while educating yourself and your loved ones about the history of these habitats and the consequences of exploitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A word to the wise: I’m no marine biologist or commercial fisherman, and going out into tidepool territory can be dicey, from rogue waves to the health risks that come with eating raw, wild seafood. Please forage and consume at your own risk, and go with someone who knows what they’re doing if it’s your first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951465\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in black stands at the edge of a tidepool looking down toward the water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01073-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking in the view. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Spot \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can find a gathering spot by trial and error, like my family did, or check out well-known urchin foraging destinations such as Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay or Fort Ross in Mendocino. There are designated places along the coast where it’s okay to collect and other marine protected areas where it may be illegal, so refer to \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Marine/MPAs\">these guidelines\u003c/a> from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13923127,arts_13935854","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>Wherever you go in search of urchins, you’ll find yourself at the staggering edge of the continent. With all the salty spray and swooping seabirds, your heart will feel full, maybe for the first time in a while. In short, a lovely way to spend a day with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when you do find the spiky creatures in their foamy homes, do me and the ocean a favor and hold one in your bare palm — they won’t hurt you. Delicate tentacles will emerge from among their blunt spines with curious intent, and they might even scooch softly across your hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Pacific purple urchins aren’t venomous, make sure to stay up to date on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/Shellfish-Advisories.aspx#:~:text=For%20updated%20information%20on%20shellfish,CDPH%20Recreational%20Shellfish%20Advisory%20Map.\">shellfish advisories\u003c/a> and call the toll-free biotoxin hotline (1-800-553-4133) to make sure the uni is safe to eat under current conditions. You’ll also need a \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Licensing/Online-Sales\">fishing license\u003c/a>, which grants you 35 purple sea urchins per outing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951464\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951464\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112.jpg\" alt=\"A purple sea urchin held up with a three-pronged garden tool.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01112-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A three-pronged garden tiller can be repurposed into an excellent tool for prying sea urchins from the rocks. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Tools\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’ll need a cooler to store the urchins, some gloves if you want extra hand protection and something like a three-pronged garden tiller to pry the urchins from the rocks with swift force. They stick like velcro and can use some extra oomph. Online tide schedules are also your friend. Even a few feet of water can obscure thousands of urchins from view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you get home, you’ll need a pair of kitchen shears, some crab crackers and a few quiet moments to take in the bounty you’ve been gifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Party\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ocean is special and these urchins are special, so do right by them. Get a nice little beverage and maybe boil some pasta. My friends and I usually bring back mussels, too, to make a linguini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve collected a few dozen urchins and made a big ol’ thing of rice and steamed some veggies, you can easily feed a group of five. Stretch a little, shuffle your best chill nighttime playlist, give your friends a pep talk and then begin the real work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands cradling a spiky purple sea urchin.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01220-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don’t be afraid to hold the sea urchin in your bare palm — it won’t hurt you. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Shuck \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a clean kitchen sink with a trash can nearby and nothing close that you can’t stand getting stained, position an urchin mouth-side up — you’ll see an opening with the urchin’s beak peeking out. With your kitchen shears, cut the tissue around the beak in a circle. Once the beak is detached, pull it out with your shears and toss it. Now you have an opening to pry open the urchin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To crack open the urchin, you can either cut perpendicularly from the crevice with your shears or set the urchin on the bottom of the sink, jam a pair of closed crab crackers into the opening and firmly open the crackers to split the shell open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951460\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200.jpg\" alt=\"Four photos showing the steps to crack open a sea urchin: detaching the beak, prying the shell open, washing out the debris and then, finally, removing the creamy, orange gonad.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01200-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Removing the uni from the shell requires a bit of practice. Clockwise from top left: 1) Detaching the beak; 2) prying open the shell; 3) removing the uni; and 4) rinsing it clean. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Run cold water over the insides of the urchin. Hopefully there’ll be sunny orange uni, but there will also be guts and maybe some small rocks and sea veggies that the urchin was munching on — and it’ll smell as good as you’d smell if you’d just eaten a handful of seaweed and pebbles. You’ll want to rinse as much detritus as you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delicately release the uni by running your finger (or a spoon) between the uni and the inside of the shell. This part takes some practice, and it’s okay if they fall apart sometimes. You can rinse the uni under cold water and put them on a plate lined with some paper towels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951457\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead view of a sea urchin feast: individual portions of seafood pasta and a plate of raw uni lobes in the center.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01268-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A few dozen purple sea urchins can easily feed a party of five. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>The Eating Part of the Party\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’ve been on quite the journey, and now it’s time to come together at the table, reflect on the day and dig in. Uni is custardy, sweet and briny all at once — like if the word “umami” fell off the page in a creamy orange heap and presented itself to you, no condiments needed. Raw is the best way to enjoy uni, in my humble opinion. It gets sad and disintegrates if you sauté it in a pan with butter — trust me, I’ve tried. I like to eat uni fresh over rice with soft-scrambled eggs, some soy sauce and maybe a dollop of crème fraîche. You can also spoon it over pasta or straight into your mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, after you’ve savored every custardy bite with fingers stained an inky magenta, remember the creatures’ gentle but formidable life force in your hands. It’s a loving reminder of their place in the ecosystem — and yours, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277.jpg\" alt=\"Plates of pasta, mussels and fresh uni laid out on a dining table with glasses of red wine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/DSC01277-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The reward for your long day’s journey. \u003ccite>(James Gebilaguin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.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=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The FDA offers the following \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/selecting-and-serving-fresh-and-frozen-seafood-safely#:~:text=It's%20always%20best%20to%20cook,parasites%20that%20may%20be%20present.\">guidelines\u003c/a> for safe seafood consumption. Take the above suggestions around raw seafood collection and consumption at your own risk.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13951449/purple-sea-urchin-uni-foraging-guide-northern-california","authors":["11872"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1006","arts_11711"],"featImg":"arts_13951536","label":"source_arts_13951449"},"arts_13950901":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13950901","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13950901","score":null,"sort":[1706126643000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-to-watch-this-years-oscar-nominated-movies-before-the-academy-awards","title":"How to Watch This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies Before the Academy Awards","publishDate":1706126643,"format":"standard","headTitle":"How to Watch This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Movies Before the Academy Awards | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>The winner in the Oscar nominations race Tuesday after a bruising year for the film industry was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931577/in-oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-builds-a-thrilling-serious-blockbuster-for-adults\">\u003cem>Oppenheimer\u003c/em>\u003c/a> with 13 nods, followed by the otherworldly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938158/poor-things-movie-review-emma-stone-bella-baxter-mark-ruffalo-willem-dafoe\">\u003cem>Poor Things\u003c/em>\u003c/a> with 11 and the period epic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936628/killers-of-the-flower-moon-review-martin-scorsese-robert-deniro-lily-gladstone-epic\">\u003cem>Killers of the Flower Moon\u003c/em> \u003c/a>with 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2023 was marred by strikes and work stoppages for the cinema world, throwing production and release schedules into chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking to catch up ahead of the Academy Awards on March 10? Here’s how to watch:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Oppenheimer’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK6ldnjE3Y0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>13 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Peacock starting Feb. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Nolan’s atomic opus \u003cem>Oppenheimer\u003c/em> received widespread critical acclaim and broke box office records. It’s half the Barbenheimer phenom with \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> from last July. The three-hour film, which is semi-trippy and flashback heavy, chronicles the trials and tribulations of the secret Manhattan Project’s J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at YouTube, Apple TV, Prime Video, Vudu, iTunes and Google Play and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Poor Things’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlbR5N6veqw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>11 nominations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fandango.com/poor-things-2023-231939/movie-overview\">In theaters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think Frankenstein story, and his bride. Director Yorgos Lanthimos owes a debt to Emma Stone, his childlike and highly randy Bella, in \u003cem>Poor Things\u003c/em>. The comedy is dark and the vibe Victorian fantasy. And did we mention the sex? How Bella handles that activity has been the talk of film circles. No spoilers here but rest assured her consciousness is raised. Also stars Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Killers of the Flower Moon’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP34Yoxs3FQ&t=13s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>10 nominations. Digital purchase. Streams on Apple TV+. Re-released in theaters on Jan. 26, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin Scorsese delves into the systematic killing of Osage Nation members for their oil-rich land in the 1920s in his drama \u003cem>Killers of the Flower Moon\u003c/em>. With a star-bright cast, including Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Warning: Its running time is 3 hours and 26 minutes. There’s craft in every shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Barbie’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>8 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Max.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13950821/greta-gerwig-oscars-snub\">Greta Gerwig\u003c/a>’s \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em>, in the billion-dollar club at the box office, is a live-action musical comedy focused on the 64-year-old plastic doll in a range of iterations. It also took the globe by storm, culturally speaking. The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (as Just Ken). Robbie plays Stereotypical Barbie, who experiences an existential crisis but lands on the road to self-discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Maestro’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJP2QblqLA0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>7 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of a prosthetic nose, Bradley Cooper brings Leonard Bernstein alive in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938332/maestro-bradley-cooper-review\">\u003cem>Maestro\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which he also directed. The famed conductor’s personal life and persona on stage benefit from Cooper’s energy, and chain smoking. Cooper got an assist from Carey Mulligan, who plays the actor Felicia Montealegre, Bernstein’s stylish wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘American Fiction’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0MbLCpYJPA&t=75s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5 nominations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fandango.com/american-fiction-2023-232613/movie-overview\">In theaters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938160/american-fiction-based-on-erasure-jeffrey-wright-cord-jefferson-ross\">\u003cem>American Fiction\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is what satire should be: funny while succinctly pointing at truths. Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated academic up against the wall of what Black books must be to sell. He takes action. The film is also about families and the weight of their struggles. Wright is joined by a great supporting cast in Leslie Uggams, Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Anatomy of a Fall’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXawkH-ONM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5 nominations. Digital purchase or rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justine Triet’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936363/anatomy-of-a-fall-movie-review-sandra-huller-palme-dor-france\">\u003cem>Anatomy of a Fall\u003c/em>\u003c/a> took the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It stars Sandra Hüller as a writer, Sandra, trying to prove her innocence in court in her husband’s death at their chalet in the French Alps. The verdict? We won’t tell. Did she or didn’t she? Triet wrote the film with her husband, Arthur Harari. “It’s OK, he’s alive,” she told The Associated Press’ Jake Coyle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Holdovers’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhKLpJmHhIg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5 nominations. Digital purchase. Streams on Peacock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alexander Payne offering \u003cem>The Holdovers\u003c/em> is set at Christmastime, but its themes of loneliness and belonging resonate well beyond the holiday, wrapped in a comedic package. Set in 1970 over the holiday break at a boarding school, there’s plenty of nostalgia in the details. It stars Paul Giamatti in curmudgeonly glory as the teacher stuck minding Angus (Dominic Sessa) and other students with no place to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Zone of Interest’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFNtVaAuVYY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5 nominations. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s another meaty role for Hüller in the Holocaust story\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13940387/the-zone-of-interest-movie-review\">\u003cem> The Zone of Interest\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, directed by Jonathan Glazer. She plays Hedwig, the wife of Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), the real-life, bloodthirsty commandant of Auschwitz. The action largely has Rudolf and Hedwig living their everyday family lives just a few steps from the ovens and trains that were instruments in the slaughter of millions of Jews. A story worth telling, considering their status as monsters? You decide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Past Lives’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA244xewjcI&t=63s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Paramount+ starting Feb. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celine Song’s feature debut \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930006/past-lives-is-a-gorgeous-meditation-on-love-chance-and-the-choices-we-make\">\u003cem>Past Lives\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is a triumph for her as director and writer, and for Greta Lee, one of her stars. Largely autobiographical, it tells the story of childhood companions in Seoul who reunite and rekindle in New York years later, landing in a love triangle. The other thirds of the equation are played by Teo Yoo and John Magaro. It’s understated glory, inducing the best kind of tears: those come by honestly without massive manipulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Google Play and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Nyad’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3anCgVSQb3Q&t=79s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2 nominations. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Annette Bening plays the never-say-die marathon open-water swimmer Diana Nyad and Jodie Foster portrays Nyad’s best friend and trainer, Bonnie Stoll. Enough said. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936754/nyad-movie-review-true-story-jodie-foster-swimming-annette-bening\">Nyad\u003c/a>\u003c/em> isn’t your average sports biopic. At age 60, Nyad decides to attempt as she did in her youth to swim the shark-infested ocean from Cuba to Miami. Nothing will stop her and lots of things try. A lesson in single-focus excellence.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Society of the Snow’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDak4qLyF4Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2 nominations. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of an amateur Uruguay rugby team’s 1972 plane crash in the Andes as they traveled with relatives and friends to Chile for a match has been told on film many times. There were 45 on board. Sixteen survived after 72 days in the mountains. They faced biting cold, massive snowstorms, avalanches and starvation, the latter motivating them to eat the dead. In \u003cem>Society of the Snow\u003c/em>, J.A. Bayona wanted to honor the tragedy’s victims and survivors, including him. It’s bleak indeed, with a spirit of love and camaraderie.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Color Purple’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPwzBUui1GA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 nomination. Digital purchase or rental. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a book (Alice Walker). It was a dramatic film (Whoopi Goldberg as Celie). It was a Broadway musical (Fantasia Barrino as Celie). This \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13939793/the-color-purple-successfully-squeezes-popular-entertainment-out-of-art\">\u003cem>The Color Purple\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has Barrino back. It’s a musical, too, adapted from the stage version, and it’s directed by Blitz Bazawule. He squeezes the strength of Black women out of his harrowing, maximalist film. Colman Domingo is Mister, Halle Bailey is Nettie, with Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks helping the story along amid all the singing and dazzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Apple TV+ and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqGjhVJWtEg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 nomination. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Netflix. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welcome to an animated high-octane comic-book sequel that manages to work. In \u003cem>Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse\u003c/em>, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is a 15-year-old better able to deal with his crime-fighting powers. Spider-Gwen is voiced by Hailee Steinfeld. By sequel, we mean the first half of the first sequel to \u003cem>Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u003c/em>. There’s your cliffhanger alert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘May December’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VdAParM4h8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 nomination. In theaters. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The breakout star of Todd Haynes’ tense \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938143/may-december-movie-review-netflix-mary-kay-letourneau-julianne-moore\">\u003cem>May December\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is Charles Melton of Reggie fame on TV’s \u003cem>Riverdale\u003c/em>. He’s the May to Julianne Moore’s December, with a whole lot of Natalie Portman thrown in. Inspired by the Mary Kay Letourneau case, Moore plays a ripped-from-the-headlines woman who went to prison over an affair with a seventh-grader she later marries. Portman’s character comes for a visit as she studies how to play Moore in a movie. Things, as they say, fall apart. Although the film’s performances weren’t honored with nominations, the screenplay for \u003cem>May December\u003c/em> was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Rustin’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuZ-UONInl4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 nomination. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who engineered the 1963 March on Washington? Bayard Rustin, somebody lots of people knew nothing about before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13909135/colman-domingo-strand-theater-valentines-euphoria-walking-dead-zola\">Colman Domingo\u003c/a> came along in George C. Wolfe’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937499/bayard-rustin-biopic-review-colman-domingo-civil-rights\">\u003cem>Rustin\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. With verve, Domingo digs into the experience of a Black gay man in the racist and homophobic 1960s. Cameos abound: Jeffrey Wright, Adrienne Warren, Kevin Mambo, Audra McDonald, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman. Produced by former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. Obama awarded Rustin a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘20 Days in Mariupol’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H_Fg_5x4ME\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 nomination. Digital purchase or rental. \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/video/20-days-in-mariupol-x62itb/\">Streaming on KQED\u003c/a>. Also available in the PBS app and at \u003cem>Frontline\u003c/em> on YouTube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A joint production by The Associated Press and PBS’ \u003cem>Frontline\u003c/em>, the documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931543/in-20-days-in-mariupol-documentary-the-horrors-of-war-are-illuminated\">\u003cem>20 Days in Mariupol\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has been met with critical acclaim and an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival. AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov directed the movie from 30 hours of footage shot in Mariupol in the opening days of the Ukraine war. Chernov and AP colleagues Evgeniy Maloletka, a photographer, and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko were the last international journalists in the city before escaping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and elsewhere. After screenings in dozens of cities, \u003cem>20 Days in Mariupol\u003c/em> airs on PBS stations in the U.S. beginning Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Boy and the Heron’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5khm-VjEu4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1 nomination. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fandango.com/the-boy-and-the-heron-2023-232532/movie-overview\">In theaters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dreamy and enthralling, director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli do it again. Well. The beautifully animated Japanese fantasy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934544/the-boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-animation-anime-dream\">\u003cem>The Boy and the Heron\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has young Mahito late in World War II mourning the death of his mother and encountering a talking and ornery gray heron he can’t get rid of. And there’s a very important tower.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Some are streaming, some are available to rent, a few are still in theaters. Here’s everything you need to know.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1706213923,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":51,"wordCount":1973},"headData":{"title":"Where to Watch This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Films | KQED","description":"Some are streaming, some are available to rent, a few are still in theaters. 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Here’s how to watch:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Oppenheimer’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/bK6ldnjE3Y0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/bK6ldnjE3Y0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>13 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Peacock starting Feb. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Nolan’s atomic opus \u003cem>Oppenheimer\u003c/em> received widespread critical acclaim and broke box office records. It’s half the Barbenheimer phenom with \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> from last July. The three-hour film, which is semi-trippy and flashback heavy, chronicles the trials and tribulations of the secret Manhattan Project’s J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at YouTube, Apple TV, Prime Video, Vudu, iTunes and Google Play and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Poor Things’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/RlbR5N6veqw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RlbR5N6veqw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>11 nominations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fandango.com/poor-things-2023-231939/movie-overview\">In theaters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think Frankenstein story, and his bride. Director Yorgos Lanthimos owes a debt to Emma Stone, his childlike and highly randy Bella, in \u003cem>Poor Things\u003c/em>. The comedy is dark and the vibe Victorian fantasy. And did we mention the sex? How Bella handles that activity has been the talk of film circles. No spoilers here but rest assured her consciousness is raised. Also stars Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Killers of the Flower Moon’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/EP34Yoxs3FQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EP34Yoxs3FQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>10 nominations. Digital purchase. Streams on Apple TV+. Re-released in theaters on Jan. 26, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin Scorsese delves into the systematic killing of Osage Nation members for their oil-rich land in the 1920s in his drama \u003cem>Killers of the Flower Moon\u003c/em>. With a star-bright cast, including Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Warning: Its running time is 3 hours and 26 minutes. There’s craft in every shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Barbie’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pBk4NYhWNMM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pBk4NYhWNMM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>8 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Max.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13950821/greta-gerwig-oscars-snub\">Greta Gerwig\u003c/a>’s \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em>, in the billion-dollar club at the box office, is a live-action musical comedy focused on the 64-year-old plastic doll in a range of iterations. It also took the globe by storm, culturally speaking. The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (as Just Ken). Robbie plays Stereotypical Barbie, who experiences an existential crisis but lands on the road to self-discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Maestro’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/gJP2QblqLA0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gJP2QblqLA0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>7 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the help of a prosthetic nose, Bradley Cooper brings Leonard Bernstein alive in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938332/maestro-bradley-cooper-review\">\u003cem>Maestro\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which he also directed. The famed conductor’s personal life and persona on stage benefit from Cooper’s energy, and chain smoking. Cooper got an assist from Carey Mulligan, who plays the actor Felicia Montealegre, Bernstein’s stylish wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘American Fiction’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/i0MbLCpYJPA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/i0MbLCpYJPA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>5 nominations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fandango.com/american-fiction-2023-232613/movie-overview\">In theaters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938160/american-fiction-based-on-erasure-jeffrey-wright-cord-jefferson-ross\">\u003cem>American Fiction\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is what satire should be: funny while succinctly pointing at truths. Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated academic up against the wall of what Black books must be to sell. He takes action. The film is also about families and the weight of their struggles. Wright is joined by a great supporting cast in Leslie Uggams, Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Anatomy of a Fall’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/FUXawkH-ONM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FUXawkH-ONM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>5 nominations. Digital purchase or rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justine Triet’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936363/anatomy-of-a-fall-movie-review-sandra-huller-palme-dor-france\">\u003cem>Anatomy of a Fall\u003c/em>\u003c/a> took the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It stars Sandra Hüller as a writer, Sandra, trying to prove her innocence in court in her husband’s death at their chalet in the French Alps. The verdict? We won’t tell. Did she or didn’t she? Triet wrote the film with her husband, Arthur Harari. “It’s OK, he’s alive,” she told The Associated Press’ Jake Coyle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Holdovers’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/AhKLpJmHhIg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/AhKLpJmHhIg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>5 nominations. Digital purchase. Streams on Peacock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alexander Payne offering \u003cem>The Holdovers\u003c/em> is set at Christmastime, but its themes of loneliness and belonging resonate well beyond the holiday, wrapped in a comedic package. Set in 1970 over the holiday break at a boarding school, there’s plenty of nostalgia in the details. It stars Paul Giamatti in curmudgeonly glory as the teacher stuck minding Angus (Dominic Sessa) and other students with no place to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Zone of Interest’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/GFNtVaAuVYY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/GFNtVaAuVYY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>5 nominations. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s another meaty role for Hüller in the Holocaust story\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13940387/the-zone-of-interest-movie-review\">\u003cem> The Zone of Interest\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, directed by Jonathan Glazer. She plays Hedwig, the wife of Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), the real-life, bloodthirsty commandant of Auschwitz. The action largely has Rudolf and Hedwig living their everyday family lives just a few steps from the ovens and trains that were instruments in the slaughter of millions of Jews. A story worth telling, considering their status as monsters? You decide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Past Lives’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/kA244xewjcI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/kA244xewjcI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>2 nominations. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Paramount+ starting Feb. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celine Song’s feature debut \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930006/past-lives-is-a-gorgeous-meditation-on-love-chance-and-the-choices-we-make\">\u003cem>Past Lives\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is a triumph for her as director and writer, and for Greta Lee, one of her stars. Largely autobiographical, it tells the story of childhood companions in Seoul who reunite and rekindle in New York years later, landing in a love triangle. The other thirds of the equation are played by Teo Yoo and John Magaro. It’s understated glory, inducing the best kind of tears: those come by honestly without massive manipulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Google Play and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Nyad’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3anCgVSQb3Q'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3anCgVSQb3Q'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>2 nominations. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Annette Bening plays the never-say-die marathon open-water swimmer Diana Nyad and Jodie Foster portrays Nyad’s best friend and trainer, Bonnie Stoll. Enough said. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936754/nyad-movie-review-true-story-jodie-foster-swimming-annette-bening\">Nyad\u003c/a>\u003c/em> isn’t your average sports biopic. At age 60, Nyad decides to attempt as she did in her youth to swim the shark-infested ocean from Cuba to Miami. Nothing will stop her and lots of things try. A lesson in single-focus excellence.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Society of the Snow’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pDak4qLyF4Q'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pDak4qLyF4Q'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>2 nominations. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story of an amateur Uruguay rugby team’s 1972 plane crash in the Andes as they traveled with relatives and friends to Chile for a match has been told on film many times. There were 45 on board. Sixteen survived after 72 days in the mountains. They faced biting cold, massive snowstorms, avalanches and starvation, the latter motivating them to eat the dead. In \u003cem>Society of the Snow\u003c/em>, J.A. Bayona wanted to honor the tragedy’s victims and survivors, including him. It’s bleak indeed, with a spirit of love and camaraderie.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Color Purple’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/wPwzBUui1GA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/wPwzBUui1GA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>1 nomination. Digital purchase or rental. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a book (Alice Walker). It was a dramatic film (Whoopi Goldberg as Celie). It was a Broadway musical (Fantasia Barrino as Celie). This \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13939793/the-color-purple-successfully-squeezes-popular-entertainment-out-of-art\">\u003cem>The Color Purple\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has Barrino back. It’s a musical, too, adapted from the stage version, and it’s directed by Blitz Bazawule. He squeezes the strength of Black women out of his harrowing, maximalist film. Colman Domingo is Mister, Halle Bailey is Nettie, with Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks helping the story along amid all the singing and dazzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at iTunes, Prime Video, Apple TV+ and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/cqGjhVJWtEg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/cqGjhVJWtEg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>1 nomination. Digital purchase or rental. Streams on Netflix. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welcome to an animated high-octane comic-book sequel that manages to work. In \u003cem>Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse\u003c/em>, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is a 15-year-old better able to deal with his crime-fighting powers. Spider-Gwen is voiced by Hailee Steinfeld. By sequel, we mean the first half of the first sequel to \u003cem>Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u003c/em>. There’s your cliffhanger alert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘May December’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/4VdAParM4h8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/4VdAParM4h8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>1 nomination. In theaters. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The breakout star of Todd Haynes’ tense \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938143/may-december-movie-review-netflix-mary-kay-letourneau-julianne-moore\">\u003cem>May December\u003c/em>\u003c/a> is Charles Melton of Reggie fame on TV’s \u003cem>Riverdale\u003c/em>. He’s the May to Julianne Moore’s December, with a whole lot of Natalie Portman thrown in. Inspired by the Mary Kay Letourneau case, Moore plays a ripped-from-the-headlines woman who went to prison over an affair with a seventh-grader she later marries. Portman’s character comes for a visit as she studies how to play Moore in a movie. Things, as they say, fall apart. Although the film’s performances weren’t honored with nominations, the screenplay for \u003cem>May December\u003c/em> was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Rustin’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/EuZ-UONInl4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/EuZ-UONInl4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>1 nomination. Streams on Netflix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who engineered the 1963 March on Washington? Bayard Rustin, somebody lots of people knew nothing about before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13909135/colman-domingo-strand-theater-valentines-euphoria-walking-dead-zola\">Colman Domingo\u003c/a> came along in George C. Wolfe’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937499/bayard-rustin-biopic-review-colman-domingo-civil-rights\">\u003cem>Rustin\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. With verve, Domingo digs into the experience of a Black gay man in the racist and homophobic 1960s. Cameos abound: Jeffrey Wright, Adrienne Warren, Kevin Mambo, Audra McDonald, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman. Produced by former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground. Obama awarded Rustin a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘20 Days in Mariupol’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/9H_Fg_5x4ME'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/9H_Fg_5x4ME'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>1 nomination. Digital purchase or rental. \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/video/20-days-in-mariupol-x62itb/\">Streaming on KQED\u003c/a>. Also available in the PBS app and at \u003cem>Frontline\u003c/em> on YouTube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A joint production by The Associated Press and PBS’ \u003cem>Frontline\u003c/em>, the documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931543/in-20-days-in-mariupol-documentary-the-horrors-of-war-are-illuminated\">\u003cem>20 Days in Mariupol\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has been met with critical acclaim and an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival. AP journalist Mstyslav Chernov directed the movie from 30 hours of footage shot in Mariupol in the opening days of the Ukraine war. Chernov and AP colleagues Evgeniy Maloletka, a photographer, and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko were the last international journalists in the city before escaping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Available for pay at Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and elsewhere. After screenings in dozens of cities, \u003cem>20 Days in Mariupol\u003c/em> airs on PBS stations in the U.S. beginning Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Boy and the Heron’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/t5khm-VjEu4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/t5khm-VjEu4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>1 nomination. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fandango.com/the-boy-and-the-heron-2023-232532/movie-overview\">In theaters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dreamy and enthralling, director Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli do it again. Well. The beautifully animated Japanese fantasy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934544/the-boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-animation-anime-dream\">\u003cem>The Boy and the Heron\u003c/em>\u003c/a> has young Mahito late in World War II mourning the death of his mother and encountering a talking and ornery gray heron he can’t get rid of. And there’s a very important tower.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13950901/how-to-watch-this-years-oscar-nominated-movies-before-the-academy-awards","authors":["byline_arts_13950901"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_74","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_21823","arts_3701","arts_1006","arts_3698","arts_6427"],"featImg":"arts_13950907","label":"arts"},"arts_13939967":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13939967","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13939967","score":null,"sort":[1704395443000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"visual-art-guide-bay-area-january-2024","title":"Your Guide to Visual Art at the New Year’s Start","publishDate":1704395443,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Your Guide to Visual Art at the New Year’s Start | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>I know it’s hard to leave the coziness of the holiday season — especially when the sun is still setting around 5 p.m. But if you’re full of energetic resolutions and eager to start the year off strong, January is the time to bask in art. This month alone, we’ve got major exhibition openings, retrospectives, exciting gallery shows, lively performances and San Francisco’s official “art week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If January is just an amuse-bouche of the year to come, I’m going to have my work cut out for me in 2024. See you out there!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939993\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Painting of sailboat in silhouette against blue water and sky\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-1920x1921.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Shaw, ‘Silhouette,’ 2001; Oil on canvas, 11 x 11 inches. \u003ccite>(Courtesy pt.2)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.part2gallery.com/upcoming/marthashaw/january\">Martha Shaw\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>pt.2 Gallery, 1523b Webster St., Oakland\u003cbr>\nJan. 6–Feb. 17\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first saw Martha Shaw’s delicately muted oil paintings in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.anglimtrimble.com/exhibitions/richard-martha-shaw\">2021 show at Anglim/Trimble\u003c/a> (alongside her husband Richard Shaw’s ceramics), they knocked my socks off. The Morandi-like renderings of single-family homes, checked tablecloths and paper plates and cups — all from 2021 — were subtle, calm and just a little bit eerie. Now, thanks to pt.2, we get to see a survey of her practice over the past five decades. (As a bonus, the gallery opens a show of \u003ca href=\"https://www.part2gallery.com/upcoming/squeakcarnwath/january\">Squeak Carnwath’s work\u003c/a> from the early 1980s the same night, next door.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939995\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939995\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of landscaped park underneath freeway, Bekins truck in lane beside the grass\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-1920x1252.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image from artist and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk’s ‘Portable Parks I-III’ installation in San Francisco, 1970. \u003ccite>(A Living Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://fortmason.org/event/bonnie-ora-sherk/\">Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13938024']\u003ci>Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, Gallery 308\u003cbr>\nJan. 13–March 10\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonnie Ora Sherk was a local champion of overlooked urban spaces. This show, curated by SFMOMA’s Tanya Zimbardo, is the artist’s first posthumous retrospective (Sherk died in 2021 at the age of 76), and charts her practice of public installations, performances and long-term, radical and DIY projects, like the one she’s best known for, Crossroads Community (\u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Farm_by_the_Freeway\">The Farm\u003c/a>). In honor of Sherk’s (literally) groundbreaking work, the show will culminate in a pop-up urbanism/urban planning symposium in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939996\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of figure posing with spiky headdress against vertical stripe backdrop\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-800x996.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1020x1270.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-160x199.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-768x957.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1233x1536.jpg 1233w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1644x2048.jpg 1644w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1920x2391.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zanele Muholi, ‘Faniswa, Seapoint, Cape Town,’ from the series ‘Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness),’ 2016. \u003ccite>(Photo by Katherine Du Tiel; © Zanele Muholi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Zanele Muholi, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/zanele-muholi-eye-me/\">Eye Me\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr>\nJan. 18–Aug. 11\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zanele Muholi, a self-described visual activist, has long used photography to represent both their own experiences and those of the LGBTQ+ community in South Africa. This show brings together Muholi’s arresting photos (including their self-portraits from the \u003ci>Somnyama Ngonyama\u003c/i> series, where everyday objects become dramatic props) with paintings, sculpture and video — in total, over 100 works from the past 20 years. After appearances in group shows like the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s 2019 \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13850595/show-me-as-i-want-to-be-seen-cjm\">Show Me As I Want to Be Seen\u003c/a>\u003c/i>, it’s exciting to get an entire exhibition devoted to Muholi’s powerful work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2481px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp.jpg\" alt=\"Composite of lavender event poster with illustrated objects and photo of person dramatically holding a vial with blue bag over head\" width=\"2481\" height=\"1500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940038\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp.jpg 2481w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-800x484.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-1020x617.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-768x464.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-1536x929.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-2048x1238.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-1920x1161.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2481px) 100vw, 2481px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L: Event image artwork by Edie Fake; R: Geo Wyex performing ‘Visitation, w/ NO Stars’ at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://events.stanford.edu/event/trans_hirstory_in_99_objects_variety_show_extravaganza\">Trans History in 99 Objects Variety Show Extravaganza\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Stanford University, Piggot Theater\u003cbr>\nJan. 18, 5–9:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Museum of Trans Hirstory and Art (MOTHA), which some may remember from the Oakland Museum of California’s fantastic, expansive \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854867/at-omca-californias-past-present-and-future-is-queer\">Queer California\u003c/a>\u003c/i> show, is celebrating the release of its \u003ca href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo207623941.html\">first major publication\u003c/a> (!) with an evening of performance, discussion, music and readings. Like the book’s “capacious selection” of 99 significant objects, written about by 100 contributors, this variety show includes a dreamy assembly of local and further-flung talents, including Susan Stryker (\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11838357/in-66-on-one-hot-august-night-trans-women-fought-for-their-rights\">Screaming Queens\u003c/a>\u003c/i>), MOTHA director Chris E. Vargas, artists Geo Wyex and Leila Weefur and The Indigo Menace of the Stanford Drag Troupe. Grab a seat, pick up a book and enjoy a night of lively hirstory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of landscape covered by rainbow-hued airborne pollutants\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using fluid dynamics simulations, Forensic Architecture estimated average concentrations of the pollutant PM2.5 in Death Alley on May 23, 2020. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Forensic Architecture)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Forensic Architecture, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://sjmusart.org/exhibition/if-toxic-air-monument-slavery-how-do-we-take-it-down\">If toxic air is a monument to slavery, how do we take it down?\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>San José Museum of Art\u003cbr>\nJan. 18–April 21\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The multidisciplinary research group \u003ca href=\"https://forensic-architecture.org/\">Forensic Architecture\u003c/a> merges art, data science, journalism and activism with their investigations into issues like the Beirut port explosion, police brutality at Black Lives Matter protests, and, in this presentation, a petrochemical corridor along the Mississippi River. Their research on “Death Alley,” Louisiana traces a 300-year history of environmental racism, where the cemeteries of enslaved people are threatened by even more petrochemical facilities. Using methods like 3D modeling, pattern analysis and fluid dynamics, Forensic Architecture explores the many factors affecting residents’ human rights, all within a language that can be strategically deployed to fight such violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1002px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead view of pier buildings with sunset and bay in background\" width=\"1002\" height=\"668\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03.jpg 1002w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOG Design+Art at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FOG)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fogfair.com/\">FOG Design+Art\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, Pier 2 & 3\u003cbr>\nJan. 18–21, (preview gala on Jan. 17)\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s most luxuriously carpeted fair turns 10 this year, bigger than ever and with an expansion onto Pier 2 (aka the former San Francisco Institute of Art campus). \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogfair.com/exhibitorsp2/\">FOG FOCUS\u003c/a>, designed to showcase work by “young and underrepresented artists,” features galleries like Los Angeles’ Commonwealth and Council, Oakland’s Johansson Projects and San Francisco’s Schlomer Haus Gallery, along with a selection of publications by local small presses. The whole Bay Area pulls out the stops this weekend, so be sure to see what your favorite spots are up to, or peruse the “official” guide to \u003ca href=\"https://sfartweek.com/\">San Francisco Art Week\u003c/a>. Hot tip: FOG \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogfair.com/programming/\">programming\u003c/a> brings in a raft of great thinkers and speakers, so consider timing your visit for a specifically interesting roundtable discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2171px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Framed photographic piece with rhombus-shaped prints laid out in stair step-like grid, showing purple aerial landscapes\" width=\"2171\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940027\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-scaled.jpeg 2171w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-800x943.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1020x1203.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-160x189.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-768x906.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1303x1536.jpeg 1303w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1737x2048.jpeg 1737w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1920x2264.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2171px) 100vw, 2171px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachelle Reichert’s ‘Valley Tilt’ from 2021 is included in the MCAM show celebrating Hung Liu’s mentorship. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://mcam.mills.edu/exhibitions/upcoming.php#\">Look Up to the Sky: Hung Liu’s Legacy of Mentoring Women Artists\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Mills College Art Museum, Oakland\u003cbr>\nJan. 20–March 24\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before her death in 2021, painter Hung Liu began speaking with the MCAM about organizing a show of the women artists she taught during her nearly 30 years as a professor at Mills. This show brings together names like Rosana Castrillo Diaz, Danielle Lawrence, Sandra Ono and Mel Prest — artists with vastly different styles and subject matter — on the campus where they once received encouragement and critique from Liu. It’s a fitting memorial for an artist who continues, through the legacy of her influence, to shape Bay Area culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2038px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo.jpg\" alt=\"Composite of two artworks, one a deep red drawing on panel of two overlapping rainbows, the other a red metallic abstract sculpture\" width=\"2038\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940028\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo.jpg 2038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-800x393.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-1020x500.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-768x377.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-1536x754.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-1920x942.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2038px) 100vw, 2038px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L: Alicia McCarthy, ‘Untitled,’ 2021, colored pencil and spray paint on wood panel, 24 x 24 inches; R: Harry Dodge, ‘I am a Strange Loop,’ 2017, aluminum, lacquer, wood, hardware, Speed-rail joint, 66 x 66 x 23 inches \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artists)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/conversation-8\">Conversation 8: Harry Dodge and Alicia McCarthy\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13933261']\u003ci>San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, 401 Van Ness, Suite 126\u003cbr>\nJan. 25–April 27\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a while since we’ve gotten one of these “conversation” shows at the SFAC, which pair two artists (one local, one not) for intriguing juxtapositions and dialogues across their material output. This iteration reunites two artists who are also longtime friends — Oakland’s Alicia McCarthy and Los Angeles’ Harry Dodge (who frequently appeared in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933261/chloe-sherman-renegades-book-1990s-san-francisco-lesbian-queer-trans\">Chloe Sherman’s photographs\u003c/a> of queer life in 1990s San Francisco). Curated by SFMOMA’s Nancy Lim, the show pairs McCarthy’s 2D work with Dodge’s sculpture, revealing shared interests in abstraction, color and a handmade aesthetic. To eavesdrop on what else their work has to say to each other, we’ll have to listen/look in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of seven women and girls in dresses, coats and gloves standing on sidewalk in a row\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1970\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940031\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-800x788.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-1020x1005.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-160x158.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-768x756.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-1536x1513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-1920x1891.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth P. Green Sr., ‘Multiple woman dressed attending West Oakland Methodist Church,’ 1967. \u003ccite>(©KENNETHPGREENPHOTOGRAPHY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/exhibits/2024/01/25/toward-black-aesthetic-kenneth-p-green-srs-photographs-1960s-and-70s\">Toward a Black Aesthetic: Kenneth P. Green Sr.’s Photographs of the 1960s and 70s\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>San Francisco Public Library, Jewett Gallery and African American Center Exhibit Space\u003cbr>\nJan. 25–April 21\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you’re down in Civic Center, pop over to the main library for a show featuring Kenneth P. Green Sr., the first Black staff photographer for the \u003ci>Oakland Tribune\u003c/i>. This show focuses on his images of Black women, taken both for the paper and during his civilian hours, simultaneously capturing the fashion and social movements of the 60s and 70s. Take note: the exhibition is spread across two spaces in the library — starting in the lower level Jewett Gallery and continuing on the third floor, with a special display of ephemera and Green’s images from the 1972 African Liberation Day demonstration in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Start the year off strong with much-anticipated museum and gallery shows, performances and events. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705002929,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":1535},"headData":{"title":"Bay Area Visual Art to See in January 2024 | KQED","description":"Start the year off strong with much-anticipated museum and gallery shows, performances and events. ","ogTitle":"Your Guide to Visual Art at the New Year’s Start","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Your Guide to Visual Art at the New Year’s Start","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Bay Area Visual Art to See in January 2024 %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Your Guide to Visual Art at the New Year’s Start","datePublished":"2024-01-04T19:10:43.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T19:55:29.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13939967/visual-art-guide-bay-area-january-2024","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>I know it’s hard to leave the coziness of the holiday season — especially when the sun is still setting around 5 p.m. But if you’re full of energetic resolutions and eager to start the year off strong, January is the time to bask in art. This month alone, we’ve got major exhibition openings, retrospectives, exciting gallery shows, lively performances and San Francisco’s official “art week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If January is just an amuse-bouche of the year to come, I’m going to have my work cut out for me in 2024. See you out there!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939993\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Painting of sailboat in silhouette against blue water and sky\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ms-copy-1920x1921.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Shaw, ‘Silhouette,’ 2001; Oil on canvas, 11 x 11 inches. \u003ccite>(Courtesy pt.2)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.part2gallery.com/upcoming/marthashaw/january\">Martha Shaw\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>pt.2 Gallery, 1523b Webster St., Oakland\u003cbr>\nJan. 6–Feb. 17\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I first saw Martha Shaw’s delicately muted oil paintings in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.anglimtrimble.com/exhibitions/richard-martha-shaw\">2021 show at Anglim/Trimble\u003c/a> (alongside her husband Richard Shaw’s ceramics), they knocked my socks off. The Morandi-like renderings of single-family homes, checked tablecloths and paper plates and cups — all from 2021 — were subtle, calm and just a little bit eerie. Now, thanks to pt.2, we get to see a survey of her practice over the past five decades. (As a bonus, the gallery opens a show of \u003ca href=\"https://www.part2gallery.com/upcoming/squeakcarnwath/january\">Squeak Carnwath’s work\u003c/a> from the early 1980s the same night, next door.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939995\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939995\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of landscaped park underneath freeway, Bekins truck in lane beside the grass\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-768x501.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-1536x1001.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/PortablePark-11_2000-1920x1252.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image from artist and landscape planner Bonnie Ora Sherk’s ‘Portable Parks I-III’ installation in San Francisco, 1970. \u003ccite>(A Living Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://fortmason.org/event/bonnie-ora-sherk/\">Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13938024","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ci>Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, Gallery 308\u003cbr>\nJan. 13–March 10\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonnie Ora Sherk was a local champion of overlooked urban spaces. This show, curated by SFMOMA’s Tanya Zimbardo, is the artist’s first posthumous retrospective (Sherk died in 2021 at the age of 76), and charts her practice of public installations, performances and long-term, radical and DIY projects, like the one she’s best known for, Crossroads Community (\u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Farm_by_the_Freeway\">The Farm\u003c/a>). In honor of Sherk’s (literally) groundbreaking work, the show will culminate in a pop-up urbanism/urban planning symposium in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13939996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13939996\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of figure posing with spiky headdress against vertical stripe backdrop\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-800x996.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1020x1270.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-160x199.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-768x957.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1233x1536.jpg 1233w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1644x2048.jpg 1644w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/13_Zanele-Muholi_Faniswa-Seapoint-Cape-Town_2016_2000-1920x2391.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zanele Muholi, ‘Faniswa, Seapoint, Cape Town,’ from the series ‘Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness),’ 2016. \u003ccite>(Photo by Katherine Du Tiel; © Zanele Muholi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Zanele Muholi, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/zanele-muholi-eye-me/\">Eye Me\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr>\nJan. 18–Aug. 11\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zanele Muholi, a self-described visual activist, has long used photography to represent both their own experiences and those of the LGBTQ+ community in South Africa. This show brings together Muholi’s arresting photos (including their self-portraits from the \u003ci>Somnyama Ngonyama\u003c/i> series, where everyday objects become dramatic props) with paintings, sculpture and video — in total, over 100 works from the past 20 years. After appearances in group shows like the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s 2019 \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13850595/show-me-as-i-want-to-be-seen-cjm\">Show Me As I Want to Be Seen\u003c/a>\u003c/i>, it’s exciting to get an entire exhibition devoted to Muholi’s powerful work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2481px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp.jpg\" alt=\"Composite of lavender event poster with illustrated objects and photo of person dramatically holding a vial with blue bag over head\" width=\"2481\" height=\"1500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940038\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp.jpg 2481w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-800x484.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-1020x617.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-768x464.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-1536x929.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-2048x1238.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/MOTHA_Geo_comp-1920x1161.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2481px) 100vw, 2481px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L: Event image artwork by Edie Fake; R: Geo Wyex performing ‘Visitation, w/ NO Stars’ at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Museum of Trans Hirstory & Art)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://events.stanford.edu/event/trans_hirstory_in_99_objects_variety_show_extravaganza\">Trans History in 99 Objects Variety Show Extravaganza\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Stanford University, Piggot Theater\u003cbr>\nJan. 18, 5–9:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Museum of Trans Hirstory and Art (MOTHA), which some may remember from the Oakland Museum of California’s fantastic, expansive \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13854867/at-omca-californias-past-present-and-future-is-queer\">Queer California\u003c/a>\u003c/i> show, is celebrating the release of its \u003ca href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo207623941.html\">first major publication\u003c/a> (!) with an evening of performance, discussion, music and readings. Like the book’s “capacious selection” of 99 significant objects, written about by 100 contributors, this variety show includes a dreamy assembly of local and further-flung talents, including Susan Stryker (\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11838357/in-66-on-one-hot-august-night-trans-women-fought-for-their-rights\">Screaming Queens\u003c/a>\u003c/i>), MOTHA director Chris E. Vargas, artists Geo Wyex and Leila Weefur and The Indigo Menace of the Stanford Drag Troupe. Grab a seat, pick up a book and enjoy a night of lively hirstory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of landscape covered by rainbow-hued airborne pollutants\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/concentration-map-23-may-2020_53020118937_o-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Using fluid dynamics simulations, Forensic Architecture estimated average concentrations of the pollutant PM2.5 in Death Alley on May 23, 2020. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Forensic Architecture)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Forensic Architecture, ‘\u003ca href=\"https://sjmusart.org/exhibition/if-toxic-air-monument-slavery-how-do-we-take-it-down\">If toxic air is a monument to slavery, how do we take it down?\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>San José Museum of Art\u003cbr>\nJan. 18–April 21\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The multidisciplinary research group \u003ca href=\"https://forensic-architecture.org/\">Forensic Architecture\u003c/a> merges art, data science, journalism and activism with their investigations into issues like the Beirut port explosion, police brutality at Black Lives Matter protests, and, in this presentation, a petrochemical corridor along the Mississippi River. Their research on “Death Alley,” Louisiana traces a 300-year history of environmental racism, where the cemeteries of enslaved people are threatened by even more petrochemical facilities. Using methods like 3D modeling, pattern analysis and fluid dynamics, Forensic Architecture explores the many factors affecting residents’ human rights, all within a language that can be strategically deployed to fight such violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1002px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead view of pier buildings with sunset and bay in background\" width=\"1002\" height=\"668\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03.jpg 1002w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/23_03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOG Design+Art at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of FOG)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fogfair.com/\">FOG Design+Art\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, Pier 2 & 3\u003cbr>\nJan. 18–21, (preview gala on Jan. 17)\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s most luxuriously carpeted fair turns 10 this year, bigger than ever and with an expansion onto Pier 2 (aka the former San Francisco Institute of Art campus). \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogfair.com/exhibitorsp2/\">FOG FOCUS\u003c/a>, designed to showcase work by “young and underrepresented artists,” features galleries like Los Angeles’ Commonwealth and Council, Oakland’s Johansson Projects and San Francisco’s Schlomer Haus Gallery, along with a selection of publications by local small presses. The whole Bay Area pulls out the stops this weekend, so be sure to see what your favorite spots are up to, or peruse the “official” guide to \u003ca href=\"https://sfartweek.com/\">San Francisco Art Week\u003c/a>. Hot tip: FOG \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogfair.com/programming/\">programming\u003c/a> brings in a raft of great thinkers and speakers, so consider timing your visit for a specifically interesting roundtable discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2171px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Framed photographic piece with rhombus-shaped prints laid out in stair step-like grid, showing purple aerial landscapes\" width=\"2171\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940027\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-scaled.jpeg 2171w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-800x943.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1020x1203.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-160x189.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-768x906.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1303x1536.jpeg 1303w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1737x2048.jpeg 1737w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Reichert_Valley-Tilt-1920x2264.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2171px) 100vw, 2171px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachelle Reichert’s ‘Valley Tilt’ from 2021 is included in the MCAM show celebrating Hung Liu’s mentorship. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://mcam.mills.edu/exhibitions/upcoming.php#\">Look Up to the Sky: Hung Liu’s Legacy of Mentoring Women Artists\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Mills College Art Museum, Oakland\u003cbr>\nJan. 20–March 24\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before her death in 2021, painter Hung Liu began speaking with the MCAM about organizing a show of the women artists she taught during her nearly 30 years as a professor at Mills. This show brings together names like Rosana Castrillo Diaz, Danielle Lawrence, Sandra Ono and Mel Prest — artists with vastly different styles and subject matter — on the campus where they once received encouragement and critique from Liu. It’s a fitting memorial for an artist who continues, through the legacy of her influence, to shape Bay Area culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2038px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo.jpg\" alt=\"Composite of two artworks, one a deep red drawing on panel of two overlapping rainbows, the other a red metallic abstract sculpture\" width=\"2038\" height=\"1000\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940028\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo.jpg 2038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-800x393.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-1020x500.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-160x79.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-768x377.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-1536x754.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/McCarthy_Dodge_combo-1920x942.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2038px) 100vw, 2038px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">L: Alicia McCarthy, ‘Untitled,’ 2021, colored pencil and spray paint on wood panel, 24 x 24 inches; R: Harry Dodge, ‘I am a Strange Loop,’ 2017, aluminum, lacquer, wood, hardware, Speed-rail joint, 66 x 66 x 23 inches \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artists)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/conversation-8\">Conversation 8: Harry Dodge and Alicia McCarthy\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13933261","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ci>San Francisco Arts Commission Main Gallery, 401 Van Ness, Suite 126\u003cbr>\nJan. 25–April 27\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a while since we’ve gotten one of these “conversation” shows at the SFAC, which pair two artists (one local, one not) for intriguing juxtapositions and dialogues across their material output. This iteration reunites two artists who are also longtime friends — Oakland’s Alicia McCarthy and Los Angeles’ Harry Dodge (who frequently appeared in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933261/chloe-sherman-renegades-book-1990s-san-francisco-lesbian-queer-trans\">Chloe Sherman’s photographs\u003c/a> of queer life in 1990s San Francisco). Curated by SFMOMA’s Nancy Lim, the show pairs McCarthy’s 2D work with Dodge’s sculpture, revealing shared interests in abstraction, color and a handmade aesthetic. To eavesdrop on what else their work has to say to each other, we’ll have to listen/look in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13940031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white image of seven women and girls in dresses, coats and gloves standing on sidewalk in a row\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1970\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13940031\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-800x788.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-1020x1005.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-160x158.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-768x756.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-1536x1513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Women-in-their-best_2000-1920x1891.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth P. Green Sr., ‘Multiple woman dressed attending West Oakland Methodist Church,’ 1967. \u003ccite>(©KENNETHPGREENPHOTOGRAPHY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘\u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/exhibits/2024/01/25/toward-black-aesthetic-kenneth-p-green-srs-photographs-1960s-and-70s\">Toward a Black Aesthetic: Kenneth P. Green Sr.’s Photographs of the 1960s and 70s\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>San Francisco Public Library, Jewett Gallery and African American Center Exhibit Space\u003cbr>\nJan. 25–April 21\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you’re down in Civic Center, pop over to the main library for a show featuring Kenneth P. Green Sr., the first Black staff photographer for the \u003ci>Oakland Tribune\u003c/i>. This show focuses on his images of Black women, taken both for the paper and during his civilian hours, simultaneously capturing the fashion and social movements of the 60s and 70s. Take note: the exhibition is spread across two spaces in the library — starting in the lower level Jewett Gallery and continuing on the third floor, with a special display of ephemera and Green’s images from the 1972 African Liberation Day demonstration in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13939967/visual-art-guide-bay-area-january-2024","authors":["61"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_70"],"tags":["arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_1006","arts_585","arts_901"],"featImg":"arts_13940031","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13937608":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13937608","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13937608","score":null,"sort":[1699383270000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-to-host-friendsgiving","title":"Friendsgiving: How to Glam Up the Superior 'Giving","publishDate":1699383270,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Friendsgiving: How to Glam Up the Superior ‘Giving | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Friendsgiving is Thanksgiving’s chicer, less problematic cousin that guarantees you’ll only see people you actually want to see and eat food you actually want to eat. It’s a chill picnic at Lake Merritt with plenty of knit layers, a full sit-down at your apartment or a cramped cocktail party with half your guests sitting on your bed — it’s adaptable to whatever you’ve got going on. No formal invite needed: an “I’d love to have you over for a lil’ Friendsgiving on X date” text will make anyone feel loved and frankly elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are six guideposts to throwing a lovely, vibey Friendsgiving anywhere, be it a dank college dorm room or an overgrown backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>1. A turkeyless Friendsgiving is more than fine.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A roast duck from Yung Kee in Oakland Chinatown bought a day in advance makes a beautiful substitute — it’s more unctuous than turkey, it’s basically no work on your part and it reheats spectacularly in an oven or microwave. Bonus points if you serve it with the head and beak still on because that’s very cool of you. Any celebratory protein works here, though: a poke bowl station with spicy tuna from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tokyofishmarket/?hl=en\">Tokyo Fish Market\u003c/a>, a wokful of eggplant adobo with tofu, a platter of nachos with carnitas you bought that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves duck at a picnic table set with a table cloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roast duck from your favorite Chinatown barbecue shop makes for an excellent turkey alternative. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>2. Don’t overthink the guest list. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’re delightful, and your friends are delightful. Don’t stress about who has what in common with who. They’re adults, and they’ll figure it out. Also, there’s no such thing as too small. If you roll with four people and one of them is your cat, do your thing!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>3. Punch bowls are very glam.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some gin, seltzer, ice and honey in that cute bowl you thrifted and never use is easy and communal. You can dress it up with some sliced citrus or punchy herbs, but no absolute need. Some heated apple cider from the store — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rainbow_orchards_ca/?hl=en\">Rainbow Orchards\u003c/a>’ farmers market stand — with additional warming spices from your pantry is also perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful outdoor table setting with a black-and-white checkered tablecloth, candles and fresh flowers — plus a fruit galette and big platter of salad.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dinner table prepared by Olivia Cruz Mayeda for a Friendsgiving dinner she is hosting at Lake Temescal in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>4. A lil’ ambience goes a very long way. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even that half-burned candle in your bathroom and a handful of pretty plant stems from a walk around your neighborhood will make any table setting feel vibier. Lay some sprigs on the table for added organic dimension. If you have the budget, you can pick up some hand-dipped, flower-pressed (and not-already-in-your-bathroom) beeswax candles from Oakland artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seraphimfairy/\">Seraphina Perkins\u003c/a> or a gorgeous paper lantern from \u003ca href=\"http://www.murasaki-oakland.com/Products/Lamps/lighting.html\">Murasaki\u003c/a> in Oakland. And a tablecloth — a vintage one from Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://lacismuseum.org/\">Lacis Museum\u003c/a> or even just a bed sheet — will do some heavy lifting with minimal effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves brownish orange-colored ice cream at a picnic table set with a tablecloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sweet ending for a Friendsgiving feast: homemade Thai tea ice cream. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>5. Make the dessert you feel excited about.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13937055,arts_13923127']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>I’m swinging for homemade Thai tea ice cream this year, which is pretty rad and does adhere to the fall color theme. There won’t be any fussy uncles badgering you for not making a pumpkin pie, so dream big, and dream outside the Western canon: conchas from Casa Latina in Berkeley, knafeh from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reemscalifornia/?hl=en\">Reem’s\u003c/a>, a tub of ube-macapuno ice cream from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mitchellsicecreamsanfran/?hl=en\">Mitchell’s\u003c/a>. Something classic from the grocery store is fine too, but at the very least grab a small carton of heavy cream while you’re there. All you need is a whisk and a bowl to zhuzh up your Costco apple pie with ample dollops of hand-whipped cream. Enlisting the arm strength of your friends will make everyone feel helpful and involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>6. Finally, delegate — and let your friends lean into their strengths.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You know which of your friends you can count on to bring a gorgeous little roast veggie dish and which ones are too busy to call you back, much less bring the salad. Some people only have the capacity to bring themselves, and that’s cool too — we need someone to wash the dishes in our dishwasher-less kitchen anyway. Assigning aux to a friend is a nice way of saying, “I trust you with my life and the life of this party.” If you’re lucky, that will mean someone who’s made a playlist before the party even starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A dog pops up from beneath a picnic table laid with a tablecloth.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A very happy Friendsgiving for Romeo the dog. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Chinatown roast duck and not a pumpkin pie in sight.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705003128,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":821},"headData":{"title":"How to Host a Glam Friendsgiving | KQED","description":"Chinatown roast duck and not a pumpkin pie in sight.","ogTitle":"Friendsgiving: How to Glam Up the Superior 'Giving","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Friendsgiving: How to Glam Up the Superior 'Giving","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"How to Host a Glam Friendsgiving %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Friendsgiving: How to Glam Up the Superior 'Giving","datePublished":"2023-11-07T18:54:30.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T19:58:48.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/food/","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13937608/how-to-host-friendsgiving","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Friendsgiving is Thanksgiving’s chicer, less problematic cousin that guarantees you’ll only see people you actually want to see and eat food you actually want to eat. It’s a chill picnic at Lake Merritt with plenty of knit layers, a full sit-down at your apartment or a cramped cocktail party with half your guests sitting on your bed — it’s adaptable to whatever you’ve got going on. No formal invite needed: an “I’d love to have you over for a lil’ Friendsgiving on X date” text will make anyone feel loved and frankly elated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are six guideposts to throwing a lovely, vibey Friendsgiving anywhere, be it a dank college dorm room or an overgrown backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>1. A turkeyless Friendsgiving is more than fine.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A roast duck from Yung Kee in Oakland Chinatown bought a day in advance makes a beautiful substitute — it’s more unctuous than turkey, it’s basically no work on your part and it reheats spectacularly in an oven or microwave. Bonus points if you serve it with the head and beak still on because that’s very cool of you. Any celebratory protein works here, though: a poke bowl station with spicy tuna from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tokyofishmarket/?hl=en\">Tokyo Fish Market\u003c/a>, a wokful of eggplant adobo with tofu, a platter of nachos with carnitas you bought that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937703\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves duck at a picnic table set with a table cloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roast duck from your favorite Chinatown barbecue shop makes for an excellent turkey alternative. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>2. Don’t overthink the guest list. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You’re delightful, and your friends are delightful. Don’t stress about who has what in common with who. They’re adults, and they’ll figure it out. Also, there’s no such thing as too small. If you roll with four people and one of them is your cat, do your thing!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>3. Punch bowls are very glam.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some gin, seltzer, ice and honey in that cute bowl you thrifted and never use is easy and communal. You can dress it up with some sliced citrus or punchy herbs, but no absolute need. Some heated apple cider from the store — or \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rainbow_orchards_ca/?hl=en\">Rainbow Orchards\u003c/a>’ farmers market stand — with additional warming spices from your pantry is also perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful outdoor table setting with a black-and-white checkered tablecloth, candles and fresh flowers — plus a fruit galette and big platter of salad.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-09-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dinner table prepared by Olivia Cruz Mayeda for a Friendsgiving dinner she is hosting at Lake Temescal in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>4. A lil’ ambience goes a very long way. \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even that half-burned candle in your bathroom and a handful of pretty plant stems from a walk around your neighborhood will make any table setting feel vibier. Lay some sprigs on the table for added organic dimension. If you have the budget, you can pick up some hand-dipped, flower-pressed (and not-already-in-your-bathroom) beeswax candles from Oakland artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seraphimfairy/\">Seraphina Perkins\u003c/a> or a gorgeous paper lantern from \u003ca href=\"http://www.murasaki-oakland.com/Products/Lamps/lighting.html\">Murasaki\u003c/a> in Oakland. And a tablecloth — a vintage one from Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://lacismuseum.org/\">Lacis Museum\u003c/a> or even just a bed sheet — will do some heavy lifting with minimal effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person serves themselves brownish orange-colored ice cream at a picnic table set with a tablecloth and a meal.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-38-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sweet ending for a Friendsgiving feast: homemade Thai tea ice cream. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>5. Make the dessert you feel excited about.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13937055,arts_13923127","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>I’m swinging for homemade Thai tea ice cream this year, which is pretty rad and does adhere to the fall color theme. There won’t be any fussy uncles badgering you for not making a pumpkin pie, so dream big, and dream outside the Western canon: conchas from Casa Latina in Berkeley, knafeh from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reemscalifornia/?hl=en\">Reem’s\u003c/a>, a tub of ube-macapuno ice cream from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mitchellsicecreamsanfran/?hl=en\">Mitchell’s\u003c/a>. Something classic from the grocery store is fine too, but at the very least grab a small carton of heavy cream while you’re there. All you need is a whisk and a bowl to zhuzh up your Costco apple pie with ample dollops of hand-whipped cream. Enlisting the arm strength of your friends will make everyone feel helpful and involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>6. Finally, delegate — and let your friends lean into their strengths.\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You know which of your friends you can count on to bring a gorgeous little roast veggie dish and which ones are too busy to call you back, much less bring the salad. Some people only have the capacity to bring themselves, and that’s cool too — we need someone to wash the dishes in our dishwasher-less kitchen anyway. Assigning aux to a friend is a nice way of saying, “I trust you with my life and the life of this party.” If you’re lucky, that will mean someone who’s made a playlist before the party even starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A dog pops up from beneath a picnic table laid with a tablecloth.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/231104-HowToFriendsgiving-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A very happy Friendsgiving for Romeo the dog. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13937608/how-to-host-friendsgiving","authors":["11872"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_2654","arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1006","arts_1143","arts_6062"],"featImg":"arts_13937701","label":"source_arts_13937608"},"arts_13937280":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13937280","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13937280","score":null,"sort":[1698772262000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-halloween-last-minute-costume-ideas","title":"Halloween Is Today! Here Are Some Last-Minute Bay Area Costume Ideas","publishDate":1698772262,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Halloween Is Today! Here Are Some Last-Minute Bay Area Costume Ideas | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Halloween is here and it is increasingly demanding clever, referential costumes — which can be anxiety-inducing if you take the holiday too seriously (like me). This is especially the case if you are an enormous procrastinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED staffers rounded up some Northern California costume ideas that you can pull together in an afternoon before you head out tonight — whether for a block party or to follow your kids doing the rounds trick-or-treating.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Santa Cruz sea otter stealing surfboards\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the ultimate California story: a five-year-old sea otter demonstrated “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards\">unusual behavior\u003c/a>” in Steamer Lane by confronting kayakers and surfers and cajoling them off their boards. Sometimes, the sea otter got \u003ci>on\u003c/i> the surfboard while onlookers watched in awe. Good for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSK4ksMDQgM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Read more:\u003c/i> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards\">This Otter Is Hassling Santa Cruz Surfers — and Stealing Their Boards\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can honor the otter by wearing a brown or gray shirt and pants, drawing on whiskers and carrying a surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The broken X on top of the headquarters formerly known as Twitter\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, downtown San Francisco was terrorized by a flashing ‘X’ logo as part of Elon Musk’s rebrand of the former Twitter headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sign — with seemingly glitchy lights flashing on and off day and night — received 24 complaints from its neighbors in just three days. The complaints cited safety concerns with how the sign was installed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Try donning a cardboard ‘X’ and flickering a flashlight on and off by your side. Just don’t repeat Musk’s mistake: be careful not to point it into someone’s eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956929/san-francisco-takes-down-elon-musks-giant-flashing-x-sign-after-just-3-days\">San Francisco Takes Down Elon Musk’s Giant Flashing ‘X’ Sign After Just 3 Days\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A self-driving Cruise car with a traffic cone on top of it\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate over whether or not the self-driving Cruise vehicles should be allowed in San Francisco reached a momentary end as Cruise — owned by General Motors — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965752/cruise-suspends-driverless-robotaxi-service-nationwide\">suspended its driverless operations nationwide due to public safety concerns\u003c/a>. That decision came days after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the company’s license. Cruise vehicles have been part of several crashes, and have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958630/cruise-robotaxi-fleet-will-be-halved-after-2-crashes-in-san-francisco\">occasionally behaved erratically in traffic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Cruise costume would require dressing in the company’s orange and white colors, but absolutely \u003ci>needs\u003c/i> a cone on the head as a nod to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1195695051/driverless-cars-san-francisco-waymo-cruise\">protesters immobilizing the cars by putting traffic cones on their hoods\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some more ideas:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/san-francisco-1-million-public-toilet\">$1.7 million San Francisco public toilet\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A zombie Oakland A’s player, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\">a reference to the team’s possible move to Las Vegas\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2019/6/9/18659049/max-muncy-home-run-madison-bumgarner-go-get-it-out-of-the-ocean-game-over\">“Go get it out of the ocean”\u003c/a> was possibly the baseball quote of the year. This costume could be a twofer: Dodgers’ infielder Max Muncy with a baseball bat and Giants’ pitcher Madison Bumgarner with a fishing rod.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vanessa Carlton (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/vanessa-carlton-san-francisco-puppet-video-18077427.php\">but as a puppet singing throughout San Francisco\u003c/a>). I am not sure how you can make this in an afternoon, but I would like to see it.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Throwbacks and Icons\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Princess Mia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco princess Mia Thermopolis from \u003cem>The Princess Diaries\u003c/em> is a TikTok favorite this year. The movie was filmed in the city in 2000, with Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews starring. You just need a white dress, black sunglasses, headphones and a tiara to mimic the movie’s poster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@malu_panico/video/7271450024830061857\" data-video-id=\"7271450024830061857\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@malu_panico\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@malu_panico?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@malu_panico\u003c/a> So ready for princess diary 3 \u003ca title=\"miathermopolis\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/miathermopolis?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#miathermopolis\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"princessdiaries\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/princessdiaries?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#princessdiaries\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Princesses - Riyah\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Princesses-7080689808426781486?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ Princesses – Riyah\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teen psychic Raven from Disney Channel’s \u003cem>That’s So Raven\u003c/em> — set in San Francisco in the early 2000s — was an aspiring fashion designer, so there are plenty of fits to choose from. The most eye-catching is the show’s opening look: neon blue pants with a long orange coat. Or really anything with fur lining and flared pants (remember, it’s the early 2000s). You should also pretend to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wijVzNz3IS8&pp=ygUMcmF2ZW4gdmlzaW9u\">get a vision once in a while.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpH_PIqT-q8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grimes Poznikov\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local deep cuts can also make for excellent costumes. Grimes Poznikov was known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Grimes-Poznikov-the-Automatic-Human-Jukebox-13304291.php\">Automatic Human Jukebox of San Francisco\u003c/a> in the 70s and 80s, playing tunes for residents in a makeshift “jukebox” made from a refrigerator box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what Poznikov’s box looked like in the day:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/02Nhm3t2G5w?feature=shared&t=55\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Karl the Fog\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic — you can go as the anthropomorphized fog that hangs over San Francisco and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/karlthefog?lang=en\">has its own social media presence\u003c/a>. Balloons, gray tissue or fabric can help signify the clouds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/maxdubler/status/1718442960818463120?s=21&t=CT0lG7c1rXGGgyghvb7a8Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy Wiseau from ‘The Room’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a film that will forever be synonymous with San Francisco (for better or for worse), you can go as Tommy Wiseau’s character Johnny from the cult classic \u003cem>The Room\u003c/em>. All you need is an oversized suit and a wiry shoulder-length black wig. Sunglasses would be helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKAwXLVxuZQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some more ideas:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2022/08/30/a-new-bushman-has-arrived-to-terrify-unsuspecting-fishermans-wharf-tourists-again/\">current SF Bushman on Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/a> is following in the footsteps of past Bushmen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/characters/article/san-francisco-bushman-where-is-fishermans-wharf-16443278.php\">buskers David Johnson and Gregory Jacobs\u003c/a>, who scared tourists for nearly four decades.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Lady Bird\u003c/em> is a classic Northern California text for girls who fight with their mom. From \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> director Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age debut, the Sacramento teen played by Saoirse Ronan \u003ca href=\"https://thefilm742.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/mv5bnwqynwrhmgetntnkmi00zdgylwfmymqtnjdingfkmzbhowizxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvyndu3mjgwmdq-_v1_sy1000_sx1500_al_-e1512324254204.jpg?w=1200\">can be recreated\u003c/a> with a Catholic school uniform, red hair, and something to wrap around your arm to mimic her pink cast.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmcHVUsjDJc\">Huell Howser\u003c/a> is a public television legend in California; his look can be accomplished with a button-up yellow shirt, a microphone and sunglasses. Also, gray hair.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For any duos, \u003cem>MythBusters\u003c/em> was filmed in San Francisco!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Carly Severn, Adrienne Lee, Marisol Medina-Cadena, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli, Annie Fruit, Sydney Johnson contributed to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Caught without a clever costume? We’ve pulled together easy-to-assemble odes to local figures and news.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705003157,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1018},"headData":{"title":"Halloween Is Today! Here Are Some Last-Minute Bay Area Costume Ideas | KQED","description":"Caught without a clever costume? We’ve pulled together easy-to-assemble odes to local figures and news.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Halloween Is Today! 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This is especially the case if you are an enormous procrastinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED staffers rounded up some Northern California costume ideas that you can pull together in an afternoon before you head out tonight — whether for a block party or to follow your kids doing the rounds trick-or-treating.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the news\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Santa Cruz sea otter stealing surfboards\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the ultimate California story: a five-year-old sea otter demonstrated “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards\">unusual behavior\u003c/a>” in Steamer Lane by confronting kayakers and surfers and cajoling them off their boards. Sometimes, the sea otter got \u003ci>on\u003c/i> the surfboard while onlookers watched in awe. Good for her.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/FSK4ksMDQgM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FSK4ksMDQgM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Read more:\u003c/i> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955604/this-otter-is-hassling-santa-cruz-surfers-and-stealing-their-boards\">This Otter Is Hassling Santa Cruz Surfers — and Stealing Their Boards\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can honor the otter by wearing a brown or gray shirt and pants, drawing on whiskers and carrying a surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The broken X on top of the headquarters formerly known as Twitter\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, downtown San Francisco was terrorized by a flashing ‘X’ logo as part of Elon Musk’s rebrand of the former Twitter headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sign — with seemingly glitchy lights flashing on and off day and night — received 24 complaints from its neighbors in just three days. The complaints cited safety concerns with how the sign was installed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Try donning a cardboard ‘X’ and flickering a flashlight on and off by your side. Just don’t repeat Musk’s mistake: be careful not to point it into someone’s eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956929/san-francisco-takes-down-elon-musks-giant-flashing-x-sign-after-just-3-days\">San Francisco Takes Down Elon Musk’s Giant Flashing ‘X’ Sign After Just 3 Days\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A self-driving Cruise car with a traffic cone on top of it\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate over whether or not the self-driving Cruise vehicles should be allowed in San Francisco reached a momentary end as Cruise — owned by General Motors — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965752/cruise-suspends-driverless-robotaxi-service-nationwide\">suspended its driverless operations nationwide due to public safety concerns\u003c/a>. That decision came days after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the company’s license. Cruise vehicles have been part of several crashes, and have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958630/cruise-robotaxi-fleet-will-be-halved-after-2-crashes-in-san-francisco\">occasionally behaved erratically in traffic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Cruise costume would require dressing in the company’s orange and white colors, but absolutely \u003ci>needs\u003c/i> a cone on the head as a nod to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1195695051/driverless-cars-san-francisco-waymo-cruise\">protesters immobilizing the cars by putting traffic cones on their hoods\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some more ideas:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/san-francisco-1-million-public-toilet\">$1.7 million San Francisco public toilet\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A zombie Oakland A’s player, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\">a reference to the team’s possible move to Las Vegas\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2019/6/9/18659049/max-muncy-home-run-madison-bumgarner-go-get-it-out-of-the-ocean-game-over\">“Go get it out of the ocean”\u003c/a> was possibly the baseball quote of the year. This costume could be a twofer: Dodgers’ infielder Max Muncy with a baseball bat and Giants’ pitcher Madison Bumgarner with a fishing rod.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vanessa Carlton (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/vanessa-carlton-san-francisco-puppet-video-18077427.php\">but as a puppet singing throughout San Francisco\u003c/a>). I am not sure how you can make this in an afternoon, but I would like to see it.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Throwbacks and Icons\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Princess Mia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco princess Mia Thermopolis from \u003cem>The Princess Diaries\u003c/em> is a TikTok favorite this year. The movie was filmed in the city in 2000, with Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews starring. You just need a white dress, black sunglasses, headphones and a tiara to mimic the movie’s poster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@malu_panico/video/7271450024830061857\" data-video-id=\"7271450024830061857\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@malu_panico\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@malu_panico?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@malu_panico\u003c/a> So ready for princess diary 3 \u003ca title=\"miathermopolis\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/miathermopolis?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#miathermopolis\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"princessdiaries\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/princessdiaries?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#princessdiaries\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"♬ Princesses - Riyah\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/Princesses-7080689808426781486?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ Princesses – Riyah\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"tiktok","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teen psychic Raven from Disney Channel’s \u003cem>That’s So Raven\u003c/em> — set in San Francisco in the early 2000s — was an aspiring fashion designer, so there are plenty of fits to choose from. The most eye-catching is the show’s opening look: neon blue pants with a long orange coat. Or really anything with fur lining and flared pants (remember, it’s the early 2000s). You should also pretend to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wijVzNz3IS8&pp=ygUMcmF2ZW4gdmlzaW9u\">get a vision once in a while.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/gpH_PIqT-q8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gpH_PIqT-q8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Grimes Poznikov\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local deep cuts can also make for excellent costumes. Grimes Poznikov was known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nativeson/article/Grimes-Poznikov-the-Automatic-Human-Jukebox-13304291.php\">Automatic Human Jukebox of San Francisco\u003c/a> in the 70s and 80s, playing tunes for residents in a makeshift “jukebox” made from a refrigerator box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what Poznikov’s box looked like in the day:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/02Nhm3t2G5w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/02Nhm3t2G5w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Karl the Fog\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic — you can go as the anthropomorphized fog that hangs over San Francisco and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/karlthefog?lang=en\">has its own social media presence\u003c/a>. Balloons, gray tissue or fabric can help signify the clouds.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1718442960818463120"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tommy Wiseau from ‘The Room’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a film that will forever be synonymous with San Francisco (for better or for worse), you can go as Tommy Wiseau’s character Johnny from the cult classic \u003cem>The Room\u003c/em>. All you need is an oversized suit and a wiry shoulder-length black wig. Sunglasses would be helpful.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pKAwXLVxuZQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pKAwXLVxuZQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some more ideas:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2022/08/30/a-new-bushman-has-arrived-to-terrify-unsuspecting-fishermans-wharf-tourists-again/\">current SF Bushman on Fisherman’s Wharf\u003c/a> is following in the footsteps of past Bushmen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/characters/article/san-francisco-bushman-where-is-fishermans-wharf-16443278.php\">buskers David Johnson and Gregory Jacobs\u003c/a>, who scared tourists for nearly four decades.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Lady Bird\u003c/em> is a classic Northern California text for girls who fight with their mom. From \u003cem>Barbie\u003c/em> director Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age debut, the Sacramento teen played by Saoirse Ronan \u003ca href=\"https://thefilm742.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/mv5bnwqynwrhmgetntnkmi00zdgylwfmymqtnjdingfkmzbhowizxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvyndu3mjgwmdq-_v1_sy1000_sx1500_al_-e1512324254204.jpg?w=1200\">can be recreated\u003c/a> with a Catholic school uniform, red hair, and something to wrap around your arm to mimic her pink cast.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmcHVUsjDJc\">Huell Howser\u003c/a> is a public television legend in California; his look can be accomplished with a button-up yellow shirt, a microphone and sunglasses. Also, gray hair.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For any duos, \u003cem>MythBusters\u003c/em> was filmed in San Francisco!\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Carly Severn, Adrienne Lee, Marisol Medina-Cadena, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli, Annie Fruit, Sydney Johnson contributed to this article.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13937280/bay-area-halloween-last-minute-costume-ideas","authors":["11867"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_10278","arts_10422","arts_1006","arts_1206"],"featImg":"arts_13918563","label":"arts"},"arts_13933318":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13933318","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13933318","score":null,"sort":[1694631631000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"best-bay-area-halloween-events-2023-san-francisco-oakland-san-jose","title":"Monsters, Movies and a Maniacal Maze: 10 Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023","publishDate":1694631631,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Monsters, Movies and a Maniacal Maze: 10 Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023 | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>For some, Halloween is a simple time of pumpkin carving, family fun and trick or treating. For others, it’s an opportunity to get outlandish with likeminded misfits and fly the biggest freak flag you can find, all month long. For 2023, we’ve put together a Halloween guide that incorporates both ends of the spectrum and everything in between.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now go get weird, Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934002\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-800x533.png\" alt=\"A drag queen wearing white facepaint and elaborate robes stands backlit in a purple foggy room\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-768x512.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM.png 1432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you ready to put your faith in cult horde savior, Peaches Christ? \u003ccite>(‘Into the Dark: The Initiation’)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\">Into the Dark: The Initiation\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mint, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 29—Oct. 31, Show times vary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might have questions about this one. Such as: Is it a haunted maze? Is it a play? Is it a drag performance? Well, let’s just say that Peaches Christ is one of the masterminds behind \u003cem>The Initiation\u003c/em> so the answer to those questions is, of course, yes, yes and yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the success of 2022’s \u003cem>The Summoning\u003c/em>, this year’s Into the Dark experience promises to plunge visitors into the world of cults. Inspired by infamous Bay Area figures like Anton LaVey, Jim Jones and the Symbionese Liberation Army, curious souls (aged 18 and over) will go on a hair-raising journey of initiation — and apparently not everyone will make the cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do somehow survive \u003cem>The Initiation\u003c/em>‘s menacing ceremonies (and its 87 cast members!) and find yourself still wanting to “drink the Kool-Aid,” however, you literally can. Because Fang Bang — the ’80s vampire goth bar situated in the Mint’s vault — will be serving (what else?) Kool-Aid vodka shots. (Try not to think too hard on that one…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 736px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933884\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/3b6c32552237f8ee29690d2520f84b2d-laurel-et-hardy-stan-laurel.jpg\" alt=\"Two white men in 1930s-era suits and ties sit on the knees of a person wearing a white sheet, black hat and skeleton face paint. The men are wearing graduation caps.\" width=\"736\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/3b6c32552237f8ee29690d2520f84b2d-laurel-et-hardy-stan-laurel.jpg 736w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/3b6c32552237f8ee29690d2520f84b2d-laurel-et-hardy-stan-laurel-160x126.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurel and Hardy meet a scary friend. \u003ccite>(‘A Chump at Oxford’ )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://nilesfilmmuseum.org/?tv=6176182645293056\">Halloween With Laurel and Hardy\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Niles\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 8, 3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niles Silent Film Museum is a treat any day of the year, honoring and preserving a movie period rarely given a look in at other theaters. To get everyone in the mood for Halloween 2023, there will be Sunday afternoon entertainment dedicated to some light-hearted short thrillers from the start of the talkies era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though 1930’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021054/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and 1931’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021738/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Chickens Come Home \u003c/em>\u003c/a>will both be showcased, there are joys on the bill outside of Ollie and Stan too. The Little Rascals’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030232/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\">\u003cem>Hide and Shriek\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1938) will offer some nostalgic fun, but the real treat will be 1935’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027112/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520tin%2520man\">\u003cem>The Tin Man\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. This delightful little caper involves a creepy mansion, a crazed scientist and two gorgeous (and hilarious) dames dining with a robot. It alone will be worth the day trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-800x467.jpg\" alt=\"A 1940s-era sailor in uniform sits at a table writing letters, with a pipe in his mouth, surrounded by photographs of loved ones.\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-800x467.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-1020x595.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-768x448.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-1536x896.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Multiple witnesses and employees swear that the USS Hornet is haunted by the spirits of sailors who once journeyed on the aircraft carrier. \u003ccite>(Unsplash/ Museums Victoria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://uss-hornet.doubleknot.com/event/history-mystery-october-2023/2972667\">History Mystery Tour\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monsters-bash-onboard-the-uss-hornet-tickets-703722241167\">Monster Bash\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>USS Hornet, Alameda\u003cbr>\nOct. 13, 7 p.m. / Oct. 28, 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Alameda’s USS Hornet is a fascinating sea, air and space museum by day, by night it’s said to take on a life all of its own. So many visitors to the imposing aircraft carrier have had paranormal experiences over the years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.its.caltech.edu/~drmiles/ghost_stories.html\">the California Institute of Technology used to regularly document them\u003c/a> on a website that remains online today. Apparitions, disembodied voices, strange light anomalies and objects moving on their own have all been reported — usually by visitors who stay aboard after the sun goes down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13933420']In the spirit of Halloween this year, the Hornet will be offering a special after-dark tour. The three-hour exploration will take daredevils (age 13 and over) to areas that are usually off-limits, including several that have documented paranormal activity. Ticket holders are asked to bring their own flashlights for the scary sojourn — even though museum employees have previously admitted to having a problem with flashlights turning off on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For folks who want to visit the ship in a slightly less nerve-rattling way, there’s also Oct. 28’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monsters-bash-onboard-the-uss-hornet-tickets-703722241167\">Monster Bash\u003c/a>. The themed dance party will feature live music from \u003ca href=\"http://thecocktailmonkeys.com/\">The Cocktail Monkeys\u003c/a>, a costume competition with big prizes, and mini tours of the ship’s Sick Bay — for those brave enough to venture off the dance floor anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934252 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-800x502.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-800x502.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-1020x640.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-160x100.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-768x482.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-1536x964.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://thefoxoakland.com/events/spooked-live-231013\">‘Spooked’ Live\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Fox Theater, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 13, 7 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For mysterious host \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Washington\">Glynn Washington\u003c/a> and the producers of the\u003ca href=\"https://spookedpodcast.org/\">\u003cem> Spooked\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>, scary stories are for every week of the year, not just Halloween. And as any \u003cem>Spooked\u003c/em> listener could well tell you, the most frightening thing of all is that every spine-chilling story featured in the series is true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For this special KQED Live event on (when else?) Friday the 13th, special guests will be sharing real-life tales of supernatural happenings, ghostly goings on and ominous incidents that defy explanation. Be sure to get plenty of rest the night before this one because restful sleep might be a little evasive afterwards…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933859\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of cute Staffordshire terrier wearing a witch's hat. There is a broom next to the dog, standing upright.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus.’ \u003ccite>(Photoboyko/ iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1144141602936632\">DogFest Bay Area 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jack London Square, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 20, 11 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything is better with dogs, especially Halloween. (Dogs in wigs! Dogs with fake limbs! Dogs with weapons!) If you’re one of those people who can’t get through the season without seeing at least one doggy costume contest, this year’s DogFest has just what you need. Get ready for furry fiends, muttly monsters and creepy canine clowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be local vendors, treats and tricks and plenty of puppy play activities. Best of all, the entire day is a benefit for \u003ca href=\"https://p2p.onecause.com/dogfestbayarea23?_ga=2.139885747.1432370833.1692911813-291472660.1692911813&_gl=1*1k6ibm1*_ga*MjkxNDcyNjYwLjE2OTI5MTE4MTM.*_ga_R0H844EJY6*MTY5MjkxMTgxMy4xLjEuMTY5MjkxMTg1Ny4wLjAuMA..\">Canine Companions\u003c/a>, an organization that provides free service dogs to people with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-800x477.png\" alt=\"A slender woman in a corset decorated like a human skeleton wears a skull mask and white-blond wig. She is gesturing theatrically.\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-800x477.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-1020x608.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-768x457.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-1536x915.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM.png 1652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kat Robichaud will be leading her band of darling misfits at a series of Monster Bashes this Halloween. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @krmisfitcabaret)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/misfit-cabaret-monster-bash-1020-tickets-636335666107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Misfit Cabaret Monster Bash\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alcazar Theater, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 20—28, 8 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/katrowbeeshow\">Kat Robichaud\u003c/a>‘s Misfit Cabaret is not an organization that takes too kindly to limitations. The group’s whirlwind live shows encompass drag, burlesque, acrobatics, live music, comedy and yes, traditional cabaret. This multitalented troupe always likes to err on the side of creepy (their Christmas show featured far more Gremlins than most), so their Halloween spectacular promises to take guests for an even brisker walk on the wild side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monster Bash promises to bring puppets to terrifying life on stage, with aerialist ghosts circling overhead and even a (*checks notes*) zombie Jazzercise instructor. Oh! And there’s a costume contest for everyone in the audience, so dress to impress your misfit hosts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-800x485.png\" alt=\"A beautiful young Black woman faces the camera, holding out a chunk of her long curled hair. Half of her face is obscured in disfiguring purple make-up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-1020x619.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-768x466.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-1536x932.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-2048x1242.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-1920x1164.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from ‘Trapped, The Halloween Short Film!’ \u003ccite>(Trapxart TV/ YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.trapxart.com/about\">Trapxart Halloween Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Complex Oakland, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 27, 10 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a decade now, Jesse and Amina Brooks — the married couple behind Trapxart — have been helping young creatives network, get art out into the world and, frankly, have a damn good time doing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regular Trapxart parties that happen all over the country are always a vibrant hybrid that’s one part art exhibit, one part dance party, one part fashion show and one part marketplace. The Oakland events are particularly special, probably because the town was where Trapxart all started. With attendees being encouraged to come in fashion-forward costumes, this year’s Halloween-themed event promises to one-up even the Oakland originals. Get ready to slay and be slayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white barn owl stands nobly on a carved pumpkin, a stone wall behind it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo will be showcasing live owls at Gamble Garden the Saturday before Halloween. \u003ccite>(MARCO BERTORELLO/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gamblegarden.org/event/halloween-2023/\">Owls in the Garden\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gamble Garden, Palo Alto\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 28, 10 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ah, the owl. Nocturnal denizen of forest labyrinths! Be-taloned harbinger of mouse consumption! Feathered figure that was also truly terrifying in \u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13933239']Okay, okay. Not really. While owls used to be commonly associated with all things otherworldly (including Halloween), these days kids are more likely to link them to \u003cem>Harry Potter —\u003c/em> a series that painted owls more as messengers than menaces. That’s why the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo will be showcasing a live owl display at Gamble Garden for Halloween this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the owls will be the main attraction, this fundraiser also promises crafting fun, balloon art and sweet snacks you don’t even have to trick and treat for. Organizers are encouraging attendees to don their best \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>-themed attire before immersing themselves in the world of the owls. Don’t forget your wands!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933851 aligncenter\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"A mixed race man with a short white beard talks to a gathering of people in front of Victorian houses in San Francisco. He is wearing period clothing, including a tall bowler hat and black overcoat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-1020x681.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-768x513.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-1920x1282.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;font-style: italic;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\">Magician and ‘ghost host’ Christian Cagigal leads one of his walking tours through Pacific Heights.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt’s ‘The 13’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Octavia and Bush Streets, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 28—31, 8 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2016, Christian Cagigal has been leading nighttime excursions of huddled, excited groups around Pacific Heights, sharing stories of San Francisco history and the mysterious hauntings left in its wake. The tour — originally started in 1998 by Cagigal’s friend Jim Fassbinder — begins at the site of Mary Ellen Pleasant’s old mansion and weaves its way around the neighborhood. There are astonishing anecdotes, legends and fascinating local information at every turn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cagigal is a knowledgable and charmingly skeptical host with solid jokes and some literal tricks up his sleeve — the history lover, it turns out, is also a magician. Cagigal will be fully utilizing those skills on his special Halloween tours, taking guests on his usual route, but bringing 13 VIPs into an eerie magic show at a nearby haunted hotel afterwards. There’s nothing hokey or predictable about Cagigal’s ghost tour. If his magic is anywhere near as surprising, his special guests will be in for a real treat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933865\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Dia de los Muertos display including a skeleton woman dancing in a yellow dress.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SF Symphony event curated by Martha Rodríguez-Salazar will include lobby installations by local artists. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/ The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2023-24/DIA-DE-LOS-MUERTOS\">Día de los Muertos at the San Francisco Symphony\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nov. 4, 2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incomparable \u003ca href=\"https://www.ednavazquez.com/edna-vazquez/\">Edna Vazquez\u003c/a> will be bringing her commanding presence and stirring vocal prowess to this special program of traditional and contemporary Latin American compositions. Guided by Texas-based Peruvian conductor \u003ca href=\"https://www.miguelharth-bedoya.com/new-page\">Miguel Harth-Bedoya\u003c/a>, music will include pieces by composers — living and dead — including \u003ca href=\"http://arturosmusic.com/\">Arturo Rodríguez\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_Revueltas\">Silvestre Revueltas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the concert begins, there will be activities to engage the whole family, alongside an array of traditional Día de Muertos artworks, altars and installations in the lobby of the Symphony Hall. Those works have been curated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/14388/in-san-francisco-seniors-are-singing-for-science\">Martha Rodríguez-Salazar\u003c/a> — one of the Bay Area’s foremost experts on Latin American folk, classical and contemporary music. The final result will honor the Day of the Dead holiday and, of course, the souls of the recently departed. Get there early to soak up the magic.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Between a ghostly stroll, aerialist apparitions and dastardly dogs, this Halloween has something for everyone.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705005031,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":39,"wordCount":1871},"headData":{"title":"10 Amazing Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023| KQED","description":"Between a ghostly stroll, aerialist apparitions and dastardly dogs, this Halloween has something for everyone.","ogTitle":"Monsters, Movies and a Maniacal Maze: 10 Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Monsters, Movies and a Maniacal Maze: 10 Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"10 Amazing Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023%%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Monsters, Movies and a Maniacal Maze: 10 Bay Area Halloween Events for 2023","datePublished":"2023-09-13T19:00:31.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:30:31.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"fall guide 2023","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/fallguide2023","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13933318/best-bay-area-halloween-events-2023-san-francisco-oakland-san-jose","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For some, Halloween is a simple time of pumpkin carving, family fun and trick or treating. For others, it’s an opportunity to get outlandish with likeminded misfits and fly the biggest freak flag you can find, all month long. For 2023, we’ve put together a Halloween guide that incorporates both ends of the spectrum and everything in between.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now go get weird, Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934002\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-800x533.png\" alt=\"A drag queen wearing white facepaint and elaborate robes stands backlit in a purple foggy room\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM-768x512.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-28-at-6.16.15-PM.png 1432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you ready to put your faith in cult horde savior, Peaches Christ? \u003ccite>(‘Into the Dark: The Initiation’)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\">Into the Dark: The Initiation\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mint, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 29—Oct. 31, Show times vary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might have questions about this one. Such as: Is it a haunted maze? Is it a play? Is it a drag performance? Well, let’s just say that Peaches Christ is one of the masterminds behind \u003cem>The Initiation\u003c/em> so the answer to those questions is, of course, yes, yes and yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the success of 2022’s \u003cem>The Summoning\u003c/em>, this year’s Into the Dark experience promises to plunge visitors into the world of cults. Inspired by infamous Bay Area figures like Anton LaVey, Jim Jones and the Symbionese Liberation Army, curious souls (aged 18 and over) will go on a hair-raising journey of initiation — and apparently not everyone will make the cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do somehow survive \u003cem>The Initiation\u003c/em>‘s menacing ceremonies (and its 87 cast members!) and find yourself still wanting to “drink the Kool-Aid,” however, you literally can. Because Fang Bang — the ’80s vampire goth bar situated in the Mint’s vault — will be serving (what else?) Kool-Aid vodka shots. (Try not to think too hard on that one…)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 736px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13933884\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/3b6c32552237f8ee29690d2520f84b2d-laurel-et-hardy-stan-laurel.jpg\" alt=\"Two white men in 1930s-era suits and ties sit on the knees of a person wearing a white sheet, black hat and skeleton face paint. The men are wearing graduation caps.\" width=\"736\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/3b6c32552237f8ee29690d2520f84b2d-laurel-et-hardy-stan-laurel.jpg 736w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/3b6c32552237f8ee29690d2520f84b2d-laurel-et-hardy-stan-laurel-160x126.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurel and Hardy meet a scary friend. \u003ccite>(‘A Chump at Oxford’ )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://nilesfilmmuseum.org/?tv=6176182645293056\">Halloween With Laurel and Hardy\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Niles\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 8, 3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niles Silent Film Museum is a treat any day of the year, honoring and preserving a movie period rarely given a look in at other theaters. To get everyone in the mood for Halloween 2023, there will be Sunday afternoon entertainment dedicated to some light-hearted short thrillers from the start of the talkies era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though 1930’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021054/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and 1931’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021738/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">\u003cem>Chickens Come Home \u003c/em>\u003c/a>will both be showcased, there are joys on the bill outside of Ollie and Stan too. The Little Rascals’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030232/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2\">\u003cem>Hide and Shriek\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (1938) will offer some nostalgic fun, but the real treat will be 1935’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027112/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520tin%2520man\">\u003cem>The Tin Man\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. This delightful little caper involves a creepy mansion, a crazed scientist and two gorgeous (and hilarious) dames dining with a robot. It alone will be worth the day trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-800x467.jpg\" alt=\"A 1940s-era sailor in uniform sits at a table writing letters, with a pipe in his mouth, surrounded by photographs of loved ones.\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-800x467.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-1020x595.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-160x93.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-768x448.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287-1536x896.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/museums-victoria-HLvV5_BLs_k-unsplash-scaled-e1693266641287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Multiple witnesses and employees swear that the USS Hornet is haunted by the spirits of sailors who once journeyed on the aircraft carrier. \u003ccite>(Unsplash/ Museums Victoria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://uss-hornet.doubleknot.com/event/history-mystery-october-2023/2972667\">History Mystery Tour\u003c/a> / \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monsters-bash-onboard-the-uss-hornet-tickets-703722241167\">Monster Bash\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>USS Hornet, Alameda\u003cbr>\nOct. 13, 7 p.m. / Oct. 28, 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Alameda’s USS Hornet is a fascinating sea, air and space museum by day, by night it’s said to take on a life all of its own. So many visitors to the imposing aircraft carrier have had paranormal experiences over the years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.its.caltech.edu/~drmiles/ghost_stories.html\">the California Institute of Technology used to regularly document them\u003c/a> on a website that remains online today. Apparitions, disembodied voices, strange light anomalies and objects moving on their own have all been reported — usually by visitors who stay aboard after the sun goes down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13933420","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In the spirit of Halloween this year, the Hornet will be offering a special after-dark tour. The three-hour exploration will take daredevils (age 13 and over) to areas that are usually off-limits, including several that have documented paranormal activity. Ticket holders are asked to bring their own flashlights for the scary sojourn — even though museum employees have previously admitted to having a problem with flashlights turning off on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For folks who want to visit the ship in a slightly less nerve-rattling way, there’s also Oct. 28’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monsters-bash-onboard-the-uss-hornet-tickets-703722241167\">Monster Bash\u003c/a>. The themed dance party will feature live music from \u003ca href=\"http://thecocktailmonkeys.com/\">The Cocktail Monkeys\u003c/a>, a costume competition with big prizes, and mini tours of the ship’s Sick Bay — for those brave enough to venture off the dance floor anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934252 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-800x502.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-800x502.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-1020x640.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-160x100.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-768x482.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM-1536x964.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/Screen-Shot-2023-09-01-at-11.17.19-AM.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://thefoxoakland.com/events/spooked-live-231013\">‘Spooked’ Live\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Fox Theater, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 13, 7 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For mysterious host \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn_Washington\">Glynn Washington\u003c/a> and the producers of the\u003ca href=\"https://spookedpodcast.org/\">\u003cem> Spooked\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>, scary stories are for every week of the year, not just Halloween. And as any \u003cem>Spooked\u003c/em> listener could well tell you, the most frightening thing of all is that every spine-chilling story featured in the series is true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For this special KQED Live event on (when else?) Friday the 13th, special guests will be sharing real-life tales of supernatural happenings, ghostly goings on and ominous incidents that defy explanation. Be sure to get plenty of rest the night before this one because restful sleep might be a little evasive afterwards…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933859\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of cute Staffordshire terrier wearing a witch's hat. There is a broom next to the dog, standing upright.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/iStock-1022073248.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘It’s all just a bunch of hocus pocus.’ \u003ccite>(Photoboyko/ iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/1144141602936632\">DogFest Bay Area 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jack London Square, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 20, 11 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everything is better with dogs, especially Halloween. (Dogs in wigs! Dogs with fake limbs! Dogs with weapons!) If you’re one of those people who can’t get through the season without seeing at least one doggy costume contest, this year’s DogFest has just what you need. Get ready for furry fiends, muttly monsters and creepy canine clowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be local vendors, treats and tricks and plenty of puppy play activities. Best of all, the entire day is a benefit for \u003ca href=\"https://p2p.onecause.com/dogfestbayarea23?_ga=2.139885747.1432370833.1692911813-291472660.1692911813&_gl=1*1k6ibm1*_ga*MjkxNDcyNjYwLjE2OTI5MTE4MTM.*_ga_R0H844EJY6*MTY5MjkxMTgxMy4xLjEuMTY5MjkxMTg1Ny4wLjAuMA..\">Canine Companions\u003c/a>, an organization that provides free service dogs to people with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934061\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-800x477.png\" alt=\"A slender woman in a corset decorated like a human skeleton wears a skull mask and white-blond wig. She is gesturing theatrically.\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-800x477.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-1020x608.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-768x457.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM-1536x915.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-30-at-11.28.31-AM.png 1652w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kat Robichaud will be leading her band of darling misfits at a series of Monster Bashes this Halloween. \u003ccite>(Instagram/ @krmisfitcabaret)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/misfit-cabaret-monster-bash-1020-tickets-636335666107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Misfit Cabaret Monster Bash\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alcazar Theater, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 20—28, 8 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/katrowbeeshow\">Kat Robichaud\u003c/a>‘s Misfit Cabaret is not an organization that takes too kindly to limitations. The group’s whirlwind live shows encompass drag, burlesque, acrobatics, live music, comedy and yes, traditional cabaret. This multitalented troupe always likes to err on the side of creepy (their Christmas show featured far more Gremlins than most), so their Halloween spectacular promises to take guests for an even brisker walk on the wild side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monster Bash promises to bring puppets to terrifying life on stage, with aerialist ghosts circling overhead and even a (*checks notes*) zombie Jazzercise instructor. Oh! And there’s a costume contest for everyone in the audience, so dress to impress your misfit hosts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-800x485.png\" alt=\"A beautiful young Black woman faces the camera, holding out a chunk of her long curled hair. Half of her face is obscured in disfiguring purple make-up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-1020x619.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-768x466.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-1536x932.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-2048x1242.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Trapxart-1920x1164.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from ‘Trapped, The Halloween Short Film!’ \u003ccite>(Trapxart TV/ YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.trapxart.com/about\">Trapxart Halloween Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Complex Oakland, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 27, 10 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a decade now, Jesse and Amina Brooks — the married couple behind Trapxart — have been helping young creatives network, get art out into the world and, frankly, have a damn good time doing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regular Trapxart parties that happen all over the country are always a vibrant hybrid that’s one part art exhibit, one part dance party, one part fashion show and one part marketplace. The Oakland events are particularly special, probably because the town was where Trapxart all started. With attendees being encouraged to come in fashion-forward costumes, this year’s Halloween-themed event promises to one-up even the Oakland originals. Get ready to slay and be slayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white barn owl stands nobly on a carved pumpkin, a stone wall behind it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-618788228-scaled-e1692917366124.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo will be showcasing live owls at Gamble Garden the Saturday before Halloween. \u003ccite>(MARCO BERTORELLO/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gamblegarden.org/event/halloween-2023/\">Owls in the Garden\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Gamble Garden, Palo Alto\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 28, 10 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ah, the owl. Nocturnal denizen of forest labyrinths! Be-taloned harbinger of mouse consumption! Feathered figure that was also truly terrifying in \u003cem>Twin Peaks\u003c/em>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13933239","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Okay, okay. Not really. While owls used to be commonly associated with all things otherworldly (including Halloween), these days kids are more likely to link them to \u003cem>Harry Potter —\u003c/em> a series that painted owls more as messengers than menaces. That’s why the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo will be showcasing a live owl display at Gamble Garden for Halloween this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the owls will be the main attraction, this fundraiser also promises crafting fun, balloon art and sweet snacks you don’t even have to trick and treat for. Organizers are encouraging attendees to don their best \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>-themed attire before immersing themselves in the world of the owls. Don’t forget your wands!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933851 aligncenter\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-800x534.jpeg\" alt=\"A mixed race man with a short white beard talks to a gathering of people in front of Victorian houses in San Francisco. He is wearing period clothing, including a tall bowler hat and black overcoat.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-1020x681.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-768x513.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res-1920x1282.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/SFGhostHunt_ChristianCagigal2_photo_credit_AlexanderRazo-Myers_hi-res.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;font-style: italic;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\">Magician and ‘ghost host’ Christian Cagigal leads one of his walking tours through Pacific Heights.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt’s ‘The 13’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Octavia and Bush Streets, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 28—31, 8 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2016, Christian Cagigal has been leading nighttime excursions of huddled, excited groups around Pacific Heights, sharing stories of San Francisco history and the mysterious hauntings left in its wake. The tour — originally started in 1998 by Cagigal’s friend Jim Fassbinder — begins at the site of Mary Ellen Pleasant’s old mansion and weaves its way around the neighborhood. There are astonishing anecdotes, legends and fascinating local information at every turn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cagigal is a knowledgable and charmingly skeptical host with solid jokes and some literal tricks up his sleeve — the history lover, it turns out, is also a magician. Cagigal will be fully utilizing those skills on his special Halloween tours, taking guests on his usual route, but bringing 13 VIPs into an eerie magic show at a nearby haunted hotel afterwards. There’s nothing hokey or predictable about Cagigal’s ghost tour. If his magic is anywhere near as surprising, his special guests will be in for a real treat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13933865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13933865\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Dia de los Muertos display including a skeleton woman dancing in a yellow dress.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-1408762157-scaled-e1692916359799.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SF Symphony event curated by Martha Rodríguez-Salazar will include lobby installations by local artists. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/ The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2023-24/DIA-DE-LOS-MUERTOS\">Día de los Muertos at the San Francisco Symphony\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nov. 4, 2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incomparable \u003ca href=\"https://www.ednavazquez.com/edna-vazquez/\">Edna Vazquez\u003c/a> will be bringing her commanding presence and stirring vocal prowess to this special program of traditional and contemporary Latin American compositions. Guided by Texas-based Peruvian conductor \u003ca href=\"https://www.miguelharth-bedoya.com/new-page\">Miguel Harth-Bedoya\u003c/a>, music will include pieces by composers — living and dead — including \u003ca href=\"http://arturosmusic.com/\">Arturo Rodríguez\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_Revueltas\">Silvestre Revueltas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the concert begins, there will be activities to engage the whole family, alongside an array of traditional Día de Muertos artworks, altars and installations in the lobby of the Symphony Hall. Those works have been curated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/14388/in-san-francisco-seniors-are-singing-for-science\">Martha Rodríguez-Salazar\u003c/a> — one of the Bay Area’s foremost experts on Latin American folk, classical and contemporary music. The final result will honor the Day of the Dead holiday and, of course, the souls of the recently departed. Get there early to soak up the magic.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13933318/best-bay-area-halloween-events-2023-san-francisco-oakland-san-jose","authors":["11242"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_11615"],"tags":["arts_21522","arts_1006","arts_1206","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13934002","label":"source_arts_13933318"},"arts_13931405":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13931405","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13931405","score":null,"sort":[1689022581000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"outdoor-movie-guide-summer-2023-the-cut","title":"The Cut Outdoor Cinema Lives Up to Pandemic Promises of Accessible Moviegoing","publishDate":1689022581,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The Cut Outdoor Cinema Lives Up to Pandemic Promises of Accessible Moviegoing | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>It was another Friday night out at the movies with a few noticeable differences. As I adjusted the tilt on my deck chair, a spotted mutt in a purple harness paced anxiously nearby, waiting for its human to return with hot popcorn. As the movie began, planes regularly crossed the skyline, pulling my attention away from the film ever so briefly. About halfway through the screening, the moon crept out from behind a glass tower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://thecutoutdoorcinema.com/\">The Cut Outdoor Cinema\u003c/a> opened in 2022 to seemingly little fanfare. In the same area as new pickleball courts, soccer pitches, and an outdoor gym, the cinema occupies a dedicated parcel of the former temporary Transbay Terminal, now dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastcutcrossing.com/\">The Crossing\u003c/a>. With a bright 23-foot LED screen and noise-canceling headphones to keep viewers focused on the feature presentation, distractions common in indoor theaters — folks whisper-chatting, smartphone screens lit up by mid-movie texting — don’t even register here. The only major intrusion can be the sound system at the neighboring beer garden — that, and a good dog passing in an aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’d expected to enjoy the experience, especially as a person seeking safe entertainment options in a time when pandemic protections have been stripped from basically all public areas. But it wasn’t until I settled in to watch \u003cem>Clueless\u003c/em> on a recent evening that I realized how an outdoor cinema set up on a repurposed SoMa square feels like a necessarily inventive and radically inclusive space. I only regret that it took me so long to discover this delightful new option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An outdoor cinema is the exact sort of creative, accessible venue I’d optimistically hoped would emerge — and remain — as a safer alternative to indoor spaces with poor ventilation, given all we’ve ostensibly learned about preventable airborne illness in the past few years. Located just two blocks from the bay, the breeziness and ability to spread out from other moviegoers is a benefit, not a drawback. It’s part of a flat-surface plaza, accessible for folks using mobility aids or with wheeled conveyances like strollers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Boxed candies and canned beverages displayed on a colorful Mexican blanket\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snack and drink offerings at The Cut’s “Concessiontainer.” \u003ccite>(Noise Pop)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The moviegoing logistics are as straightforward as they are charming. When buying a ticket, moviegoers choose their seating type — a canvas sling chair or Big Joe bean bag — and large blankets are free to borrow at the venue for cooler evenings. Warm hats are for sale in the adorable red “Concessiontainer,” along with snacks, soda and adult beverages from \u003ca href=\"https://www.monarchsf.com/\">Monarch\u003c/a>. (Like any other theater, no food or drink from outside the venue is allowed.) All are welcome, including babies and on-leash pets. Cash is not accepted. Tickets are priced per show, typically $16.75 for a deck chair or $26.75 for a bean bag and popcorn, plus Eventbrite fees. Monthly passes for unlimited access sell for just $29.99.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue has honed a certain j\u003cem>e ne sais quoi\u003c/em> of what plays best on a huge, vivid screen: big-budget newer releases, animated features, beloved throwbacks, and action flicks. There’s also seasonal sports and cultural programming. For example, the July calendar features numerous Major League Soccer and UEFA Champions League games, as well as the FIFA Women’s World Cup. (Sports broadcasts don’t have an entry fee but do require registering with the venue.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, this month marks the partially-in-person return of the 17th annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.frozenfilmfestival.com/\">San Francisco Frozen Film Festival\u003c/a> (SFFFF), which is hosted only at The Cut Outdoor Cinema and online. The longtime SF festival went entirely virtual the past three years and is maintaining that option. But it will also screen new hyperlocal work at The Cut for the better part of a week starting on Wednesday, July 12, partnering with this inclusive physical venue to showcase work by filmmakers who are young, from marginalized communities, or creating socially-conscious art. Festival passes are $25, with film screenings also priced individually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While The Cut Outdoor Cinema is open year-round, some of this summer’s outdoor moviegoing options in the Bay Area are timed for lazy summer days and (slightly) warmer nights. Most screenings are free-of-charge in public spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Nighttime view of crowd on blankets in Dolores Park, large inflated screen in distance with three nuns and dialogue below.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Sister Act 2’ playing at Dolores Park in 2022 as part of Sundown Cinema. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF Parks Alliance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Sundown Cinema in SF Parks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Now in its fifth year, the San Francisco Parks Alliance \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscoparksalliance.org/projects/sundown-cinema/\">2023 Sundown Cinema\u003c/a> series kicked off on June 8 and is currently underway. Through October, catch a selection of all-ages movies at parks across the city. Join the \u003cem>Mamma Mia\u003c/em> singalong at Dolores Park on Aug. 18 or get in the Halloween spirit with \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> (the 1984 original) at McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on Oct. 20. Showtimes vary by screening and park; check the SF Parks Alliance website for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Movie Nights in Mountain View\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A similar initiative enables peninsula-based movie buffs to catch free screenings at various Mountain View parks on Friday nights through August 11. The city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/532/18\">Summer Outdoor Movie Night Series\u003c/a> includes \u003cem>Puss in Boots: The Last Wish\u003c/em> at Stevenson Park on July 21 and \u003cem>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\u003c/em> at Eagle Park on Aug. 4. All shows begin at 8:30 p.m. or dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Saturday Movies in San José\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San José’s downtown \u003ca href=\"https://sjdowntown.com/starlight-cinema/\">Starlight Cinema\u003c/a> also returns this year, staging Saturday movie nights in St. James Park. The 2023 lineup includes \u003cem>Ferris Bueller’s Day Off\u003c/em> on July 15, Moana on July 29, and \u003cem>Back to the Future\u003c/em> on Aug. 5. The films all start around 8:30 p.m., with pre-movie lawn games available an hour before showtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>August at BAMPFA\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive hosts another free summer series on its huge outdoor screen at the corner of Addison and Oxford Streets. The three-film program \u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/program/free-outdoor-screenings-art-animation\">focuses on animated features\u003c/a>, with \u003cem>Toy Story 2\u003c/em> on Aug. 3, \u003cem>Finding Nemo\u003c/em> on Aug. 17, and \u003cem>Persepolis\u003c/em> on Aug. 31. All screenings begin at 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Farm Film\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Free in Fremont on Saturday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m., Ardenwood Historic Farm presents \u003cem>Lightyear\u003c/em> at this \u003ca href=\"https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/ebparks/activity/search/detail/48601\">family-friendly sunset screening\u003c/a>. BYO chairs, snacks, and a flashlight. No pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local Flicks in Bernal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating 20 years of screening diverse work by local filmmakers for no charge, the \u003ca href=\"https://bhoutdoorcine.org/\">Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema\u003c/a> returns for three nights on September 8, 9 and 15. On Saturday, Sept. 9, make your way to Precita Park for a full evening of short film screenings, beginning at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Plus! A guide to free outdoor movies in the Bay Area throughout summer 2023.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705005291,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":1124},"headData":{"title":"Your Outdoor Movie Guide: Year-Long and Summer Offerings | KQED","description":"Plus! A guide to free outdoor movies in the Bay Area throughout summer 2023.","ogTitle":"The Cut Outdoor Cinema Lives Up to Pandemic Promises of Accessible Moviegoing","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"The Cut Outdoor Cinema Lives Up to Pandemic Promises of Accessible Moviegoing","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Your Outdoor Movie Guide: Year-Long and Summer Offerings %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Cut Outdoor Cinema Lives Up to Pandemic Promises of Accessible Moviegoing","datePublished":"2023-07-10T20:56:21.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:34:51.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13931405/outdoor-movie-guide-summer-2023-the-cut","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It was another Friday night out at the movies with a few noticeable differences. As I adjusted the tilt on my deck chair, a spotted mutt in a purple harness paced anxiously nearby, waiting for its human to return with hot popcorn. As the movie began, planes regularly crossed the skyline, pulling my attention away from the film ever so briefly. About halfway through the screening, the moon crept out from behind a glass tower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://thecutoutdoorcinema.com/\">The Cut Outdoor Cinema\u003c/a> opened in 2022 to seemingly little fanfare. In the same area as new pickleball courts, soccer pitches, and an outdoor gym, the cinema occupies a dedicated parcel of the former temporary Transbay Terminal, now dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastcutcrossing.com/\">The Crossing\u003c/a>. With a bright 23-foot LED screen and noise-canceling headphones to keep viewers focused on the feature presentation, distractions common in indoor theaters — folks whisper-chatting, smartphone screens lit up by mid-movie texting — don’t even register here. The only major intrusion can be the sound system at the neighboring beer garden — that, and a good dog passing in an aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’d expected to enjoy the experience, especially as a person seeking safe entertainment options in a time when pandemic protections have been stripped from basically all public areas. But it wasn’t until I settled in to watch \u003cem>Clueless\u003c/em> on a recent evening that I realized how an outdoor cinema set up on a repurposed SoMa square feels like a necessarily inventive and radically inclusive space. I only regret that it took me so long to discover this delightful new option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An outdoor cinema is the exact sort of creative, accessible venue I’d optimistically hoped would emerge — and remain — as a safer alternative to indoor spaces with poor ventilation, given all we’ve ostensibly learned about preventable airborne illness in the past few years. Located just two blocks from the bay, the breeziness and ability to spread out from other moviegoers is a benefit, not a drawback. It’s part of a flat-surface plaza, accessible for folks using mobility aids or with wheeled conveyances like strollers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Boxed candies and canned beverages displayed on a colorful Mexican blanket\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/TheCutSnacks_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snack and drink offerings at The Cut’s “Concessiontainer.” \u003ccite>(Noise Pop)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The moviegoing logistics are as straightforward as they are charming. When buying a ticket, moviegoers choose their seating type — a canvas sling chair or Big Joe bean bag — and large blankets are free to borrow at the venue for cooler evenings. Warm hats are for sale in the adorable red “Concessiontainer,” along with snacks, soda and adult beverages from \u003ca href=\"https://www.monarchsf.com/\">Monarch\u003c/a>. (Like any other theater, no food or drink from outside the venue is allowed.) All are welcome, including babies and on-leash pets. Cash is not accepted. Tickets are priced per show, typically $16.75 for a deck chair or $26.75 for a bean bag and popcorn, plus Eventbrite fees. Monthly passes for unlimited access sell for just $29.99.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue has honed a certain j\u003cem>e ne sais quoi\u003c/em> of what plays best on a huge, vivid screen: big-budget newer releases, animated features, beloved throwbacks, and action flicks. There’s also seasonal sports and cultural programming. For example, the July calendar features numerous Major League Soccer and UEFA Champions League games, as well as the FIFA Women’s World Cup. (Sports broadcasts don’t have an entry fee but do require registering with the venue.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, this month marks the partially-in-person return of the 17th annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.frozenfilmfestival.com/\">San Francisco Frozen Film Festival\u003c/a> (SFFFF), which is hosted only at The Cut Outdoor Cinema and online. The longtime SF festival went entirely virtual the past three years and is maintaining that option. But it will also screen new hyperlocal work at The Cut for the better part of a week starting on Wednesday, July 12, partnering with this inclusive physical venue to showcase work by filmmakers who are young, from marginalized communities, or creating socially-conscious art. Festival passes are $25, with film screenings also priced individually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While The Cut Outdoor Cinema is open year-round, some of this summer’s outdoor moviegoing options in the Bay Area are timed for lazy summer days and (slightly) warmer nights. Most screenings are free-of-charge in public spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13931428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920.jpg\" alt=\"Nighttime view of crowd on blankets in Dolores Park, large inflated screen in distance with three nuns and dialogue below.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13931428\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/Sister-Act-2-at-Dolores-Park-2022_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Sister Act 2’ playing at Dolores Park in 2022 as part of Sundown Cinema. \u003ccite>(Courtesy SF Parks Alliance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Sundown Cinema in SF Parks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Now in its fifth year, the San Francisco Parks Alliance \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscoparksalliance.org/projects/sundown-cinema/\">2023 Sundown Cinema\u003c/a> series kicked off on June 8 and is currently underway. Through October, catch a selection of all-ages movies at parks across the city. Join the \u003cem>Mamma Mia\u003c/em> singalong at Dolores Park on Aug. 18 or get in the Halloween spirit with \u003cem>Ghostbusters\u003c/em> (the 1984 original) at McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on Oct. 20. Showtimes vary by screening and park; check the SF Parks Alliance website for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Movie Nights in Mountain View\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A similar initiative enables peninsula-based movie buffs to catch free screenings at various Mountain View parks on Friday nights through August 11. The city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainview.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/532/18\">Summer Outdoor Movie Night Series\u003c/a> includes \u003cem>Puss in Boots: The Last Wish\u003c/em> at Stevenson Park on July 21 and \u003cem>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\u003c/em> at Eagle Park on Aug. 4. All shows begin at 8:30 p.m. or dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Saturday Movies in San José\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San José’s downtown \u003ca href=\"https://sjdowntown.com/starlight-cinema/\">Starlight Cinema\u003c/a> also returns this year, staging Saturday movie nights in St. James Park. The 2023 lineup includes \u003cem>Ferris Bueller’s Day Off\u003c/em> on July 15, Moana on July 29, and \u003cem>Back to the Future\u003c/em> on Aug. 5. The films all start around 8:30 p.m., with pre-movie lawn games available an hour before showtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>August at BAMPFA\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive hosts another free summer series on its huge outdoor screen at the corner of Addison and Oxford Streets. The three-film program \u003ca href=\"https://bampfa.org/program/free-outdoor-screenings-art-animation\">focuses on animated features\u003c/a>, with \u003cem>Toy Story 2\u003c/em> on Aug. 3, \u003cem>Finding Nemo\u003c/em> on Aug. 17, and \u003cem>Persepolis\u003c/em> on Aug. 31. All screenings begin at 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Farm Film\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Free in Fremont on Saturday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m., Ardenwood Historic Farm presents \u003cem>Lightyear\u003c/em> at this \u003ca href=\"https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/ebparks/activity/search/detail/48601\">family-friendly sunset screening\u003c/a>. BYO chairs, snacks, and a flashlight. No pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local Flicks in Bernal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating 20 years of screening diverse work by local filmmakers for no charge, the \u003ca href=\"https://bhoutdoorcine.org/\">Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema\u003c/a> returns for three nights on September 8, 9 and 15. On Saturday, Sept. 9, make your way to Precita Park for a full evening of short film screenings, beginning at 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13931405/outdoor-movie-guide-summer-2023-the-cut","authors":["11715"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_74"],"tags":["arts_9693","arts_1006","arts_20576","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13931425","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13930587":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13930587","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13930587","score":null,"sort":[1686869020000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"drag-dance-and-liberation-5-parties-for-your-2023-sf-pride-weekend","title":"Drag, Dance and Liberation: 5 Parties for Your 2023 SF Pride Weekend","publishDate":1686869020,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Drag, Dance and Liberation: 5 Parties for Your 2023 SF Pride Weekend | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>For the last month, my group chats have been surging with excitement. Friends tease about who they’ll kiss at the next function, goading me on to be bold too. Just a few years ago, I’d never have imagined that this could be my reality — that I could feel comfortable enough in my identity to celebrate amongst fellow queer people. Now, these are the relationships that nourish me most — and bring me closer to understanding what it means to be part of the LGBTQ+ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At these Pride parties, expect to be swept up in intimate community spaces, where music reverberates and queer euphoria flourishes beneath dim light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-800x531.png\" alt='a Black woman with a shirt that reads \"end police terrorism\" smiles at the camera' width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-768x509.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1536x1019.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1920x1273.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan.png 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LadyRyan, a local DJ and creator of Soulovely — an Oakland day party for QTBIPOC communities — is an organizer and performer for the SF Queer Pride Party. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/SF-QueerPride/548749?afflky=1015Folsom\">SF Queer Pride Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23, 10 p.m.\u003cbr>\n1015 Folsom, San Francisco, $60–$100\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fixture in the Bay Area queer party scene returns with an electrifying lineup of DJs, rappers and performers. Organized by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swaggerlikeussf\">Swagger Like Us\u003c/a> — a Bay Area party platform focused on emerging queer talent — and local \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djladyryan/?hl=en\">DJ LadyRyan\u003c/a>, this is a go-to annual event with an eclectic selection of musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notable performers this year include New York City rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/daiburger\">Dai Burger\u003c/a>, whose diverse discography features both dreamy, feel-good club music and slower-tempo raps dripping with self-confidence. Berlin-based multidisciplinary rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zebrakatz\">Zebra Katz\u003c/a> will also join, bringing in seductive, high-tempo and experimental tracks that provide the atmosphere of a dark European techno rave. And for those seeking fast-paced ballroom beats, New Orleans-born \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/leonce\">DJ Leonce\u003c/a> will be mixing together funky electronic songs reminiscent of Atlanta’s ballrooms. Other artists include \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/aimathedrmr\">Aïma the Dreamer\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sirjoq\">Sir JoQ\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/byrellthegreat\">Byrell the Great\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lSGd7z4JgU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/club-ablunt-ft-suzi-analogue-just-us-bright-beautiful-gay-as-fuck-tickets-639113434487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JUST US: Bright & Beautiful, Gay as Fuck\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23, 10 p.m. \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>CounterPulse, San Francisco, $20–$30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For experimental music lovers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/clubablunt510\">CLUB A.B.L.U.N.T.\u003c/a> (Asian, Black, Latinx, Uniting with Native Tribes) is hosting an event that offers a more alternative dance party. With an all QTBIPOC lineup, JUST US will be headlined by Miami-based producer and music professor \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/\">Suzi Analogue\u003c/a>, whose sets layer lofi beats, ambient noise and irregular percussion to create a distinct, undefinable sound. Other performers include local \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tecuani.feroz\">DJ De Alma\u003c/a>, whose hardcore sets are especially enticing to energetic Bay Area ravers. The event features two rooms and will be held at \u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/\">CounterPulse\u003c/a>, a San Francisco venue dedicated to uplifting experimental dance, music and art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11907616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11907616\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Big Freedia at GastroMagic. (Wendy Goodfriend)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia will headline one of five stages at the Pink Block, hosted by Polyglamorous SF. (Wendy Goodfriend) \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-block-big-freedia-horse-meat-disco-doc-martin-kim-ann-foxman-tickets-539583908997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pink Block — Polyglamorous Pride 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 24, 12 p.m.–3 a.m.\u003cbr>\nThe Great Northern, San Francisco, $45–$130\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More like a mini-festival than a single party, the vibrant Pink Block will host performers on five different stages from day to night. Hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/polyglamoroussf\">Polyglamorous SF\u003c/a>, the gathering will be headlined by more than 40 musical artists, including New Orleans rapper and cultural icon \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bigfreedia\">Big Freedia\u003c/a>, queer party favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/horse_meat_disco\">Horse Meat Disco\u003c/a>, wavy techno DJ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kimannfoxma\">Kim Ann Foxman\u003c/a>, Russian punk rock group \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pussyriot\">Pussy Riot\u003c/a>, former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant and rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ajathekween\">Aja LaBeija\u003c/a> and more. There’s something here for music lovers across all different tastes, including more mellow, head-bumping EDM, funky fresh Italo disco remixes and electrifying bounce hip-hop performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13914979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13914979\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd with drag queen and furry in dog costume at center\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-768x558.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanita MORE!’s Pride party in 2021. The celebrated drag performer and activist will host a daylong Pride march and party June 25. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juanitamore.com/about-jm-pride-2022\">Juanita MORE! Pride\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 25, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Day Party: 620 Jones, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nNight Party: Halcyon, San Francisco, $35 (cash only)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the intersection of Polk and Washington Streets, crowds will gather early in the morning to join celebrated drag queen and activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/missmore8\">Juanita MORE!\u003c/a> for a march. Black and brown queer and trans community leaders will take the lead, rallying passionate attendees for LGBTQIA+ rights as they walk together in solidarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterwards, all are invited to attend a day party at cocktail bar \u003ca href=\"https://620-jones.com/\">620 Jones\u003c/a> and an evening dance party at nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://halcyon-sf.com/main/\">Halcyon\u003c/a>. The multifaceted, marathon event brings together eager people every year, intertwining social justice with high-energy dance and celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13915257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13915257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"drag queens dressed in colorful costumes on a float in downtown San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicki Jizz (left), drag queen and host of San Francisco Black drag show Reparations, will be hosting ENVY with fellow drag performer Vivvy on June 25. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/envy-a-pride-party-with-nicki-jizz-and-vivvy-tickets-629572256567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENVY, a Pride Party with Nicki Jizz and Vivvy\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 25, 3–9 p.m.\u003cbr>\nEl Rio, San Francisco, $30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the LGBTQIA+ community, drag and ballroom culture have long been touchstones for Black and brown queer/trans expression. Focused on Black queer liberation, ENVY will be bringing “sickening drag performances” by nine performers: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/moniquefauxnique\">Fauxnique\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ms_mahlae\">Mahlae Balenciaga\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itslisafrankenstein\">Lisa Frankenstein\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kochinarude\">Kochina 𝕽𝖚𝖉𝖊\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eatmoresnaxx\">snaxx\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tila_pia_\">Tila Pia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/redbonempls/\">RedBone\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/churro_nomi\">Churro Nomi\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/veritas_22\">Vera Hannush\u003c/a>. Each artist presents their own bold vision: with perfectly styled wigs, flawless makeup and intricately designed wardrobes, they command the stage and connect with the crowd in ways that are irreplicable. People scream for them as they strut and dance, embodying self-assuredness. The space is infectious: it’s freeing, safe and joyous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ENVY will be hosted by Bay Area drag royalty \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vivvyanne_forevermore\">Vivvy\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nicki_jizz\">Nicki Jizz\u003c/a>; the latter also hosts Reparations — an all-Black San Francisco drag show. The event will feature music by DJs \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/silkybrinny\">Silk Worm\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sainthillsdj\">Saint Hills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.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=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Join a march during the day, then dance all night at these vibrant, LGBTQ+ community-organized events. 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","ogTitle":"Drag, Dance and Liberation: 5 Parties for Your 2023 SF Pride Weekend","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Drag, Dance and Liberation: 5 Parties for Your 2023 SF Pride Weekend","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"SF Pride Party Guide 2023%%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Drag, Dance and Liberation: 5 Parties for Your 2023 SF Pride Weekend","datePublished":"2023-06-15T22:43:40.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:36:08.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13930587/drag-dance-and-liberation-5-parties-for-your-2023-sf-pride-weekend","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For the last month, my group chats have been surging with excitement. Friends tease about who they’ll kiss at the next function, goading me on to be bold too. Just a few years ago, I’d never have imagined that this could be my reality — that I could feel comfortable enough in my identity to celebrate amongst fellow queer people. Now, these are the relationships that nourish me most — and bring me closer to understanding what it means to be part of the LGBTQ+ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At these Pride parties, expect to be swept up in intimate community spaces, where music reverberates and queer euphoria flourishes beneath dim light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-800x531.png\" alt='a Black woman with a shirt that reads \"end police terrorism\" smiles at the camera' width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-768x509.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1536x1019.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan-1920x1273.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/LadyRyan.png 1966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LadyRyan, a local DJ and creator of Soulovely — an Oakland day party for QTBIPOC communities — is an organizer and performer for the SF Queer Pride Party. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://wl.seetickets.us/event/SF-QueerPride/548749?afflky=1015Folsom\">SF Queer Pride Party\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23, 10 p.m.\u003cbr>\n1015 Folsom, San Francisco, $60–$100\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fixture in the Bay Area queer party scene returns with an electrifying lineup of DJs, rappers and performers. Organized by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swaggerlikeussf\">Swagger Like Us\u003c/a> — a Bay Area party platform focused on emerging queer talent — and local \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djladyryan/?hl=en\">DJ LadyRyan\u003c/a>, this is a go-to annual event with an eclectic selection of musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notable performers this year include New York City rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/daiburger\">Dai Burger\u003c/a>, whose diverse discography features both dreamy, feel-good club music and slower-tempo raps dripping with self-confidence. Berlin-based multidisciplinary rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zebrakatz\">Zebra Katz\u003c/a> will also join, bringing in seductive, high-tempo and experimental tracks that provide the atmosphere of a dark European techno rave. And for those seeking fast-paced ballroom beats, New Orleans-born \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/leonce\">DJ Leonce\u003c/a> will be mixing together funky electronic songs reminiscent of Atlanta’s ballrooms. Other artists include \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/aimathedrmr\">Aïma the Dreamer\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sirjoq\">Sir JoQ\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/byrellthegreat\">Byrell the Great\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_lSGd7z4JgU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_lSGd7z4JgU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/club-ablunt-ft-suzi-analogue-just-us-bright-beautiful-gay-as-fuck-tickets-639113434487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JUST US: Bright & Beautiful, Gay as Fuck\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23, 10 p.m. \u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>CounterPulse, San Francisco, $20–$30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For experimental music lovers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/clubablunt510\">CLUB A.B.L.U.N.T.\u003c/a> (Asian, Black, Latinx, Uniting with Native Tribes) is hosting an event that offers a more alternative dance party. With an all QTBIPOC lineup, JUST US will be headlined by Miami-based producer and music professor \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/\">Suzi Analogue\u003c/a>, whose sets layer lofi beats, ambient noise and irregular percussion to create a distinct, undefinable sound. Other performers include local \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tecuani.feroz\">DJ De Alma\u003c/a>, whose hardcore sets are especially enticing to energetic Bay Area ravers. The event features two rooms and will be held at \u003ca href=\"https://counterpulse.org/\">CounterPulse\u003c/a>, a San Francisco venue dedicated to uplifting experimental dance, music and art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11907616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11907616\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Big Freedia at GastroMagic. (Wendy Goodfriend)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/08/big-freedia2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia will headline one of five stages at the Pink Block, hosted by Polyglamorous SF. (Wendy Goodfriend) \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-block-big-freedia-horse-meat-disco-doc-martin-kim-ann-foxman-tickets-539583908997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pink Block — Polyglamorous Pride 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 24, 12 p.m.–3 a.m.\u003cbr>\nThe Great Northern, San Francisco, $45–$130\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More like a mini-festival than a single party, the vibrant Pink Block will host performers on five different stages from day to night. Hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/polyglamoroussf\">Polyglamorous SF\u003c/a>, the gathering will be headlined by more than 40 musical artists, including New Orleans rapper and cultural icon \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bigfreedia\">Big Freedia\u003c/a>, queer party favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/horse_meat_disco\">Horse Meat Disco\u003c/a>, wavy techno DJ \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kimannfoxma\">Kim Ann Foxman\u003c/a>, Russian punk rock group \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pussyriot\">Pussy Riot\u003c/a>, former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant and rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ajathekween\">Aja LaBeija\u003c/a> and more. There’s something here for music lovers across all different tastes, including more mellow, head-bumping EDM, funky fresh Italo disco remixes and electrifying bounce hip-hop performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13914979\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13914979\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd with drag queen and furry in dog costume at center\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-1020x741.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-768x558.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/178-JMPride21-PhotobyGooch_COVER.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanita MORE!’s Pride party in 2021. The celebrated drag performer and activist will host a daylong Pride march and party June 25. \u003ccite>(Gooch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juanitamore.com/about-jm-pride-2022\">Juanita MORE! Pride\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 25, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Day Party: 620 Jones, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nNight Party: Halcyon, San Francisco, $35 (cash only)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the intersection of Polk and Washington Streets, crowds will gather early in the morning to join celebrated drag queen and activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/missmore8\">Juanita MORE!\u003c/a> for a march. Black and brown queer and trans community leaders will take the lead, rallying passionate attendees for LGBTQIA+ rights as they walk together in solidarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afterwards, all are invited to attend a day party at cocktail bar \u003ca href=\"https://620-jones.com/\">620 Jones\u003c/a> and an evening dance party at nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://halcyon-sf.com/main/\">Halcyon\u003c/a>. The multifaceted, marathon event brings together eager people every year, intertwining social justice with high-energy dance and celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13915257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13915257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"drag queens dressed in colorful costumes on a float in downtown San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/RS56883_017_KQED_SFPrideParade_06262022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicki Jizz (left), drag queen and host of San Francisco Black drag show Reparations, will be hosting ENVY with fellow drag performer Vivvy on June 25. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/envy-a-pride-party-with-nicki-jizz-and-vivvy-tickets-629572256567?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENVY, a Pride Party with Nicki Jizz and Vivvy\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 25, 3–9 p.m.\u003cbr>\nEl Rio, San Francisco, $30\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the LGBTQIA+ community, drag and ballroom culture have long been touchstones for Black and brown queer/trans expression. Focused on Black queer liberation, ENVY will be bringing “sickening drag performances” by nine performers: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/moniquefauxnique\">Fauxnique\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ms_mahlae\">Mahlae Balenciaga\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itslisafrankenstein\">Lisa Frankenstein\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kochinarude\">Kochina 𝕽𝖚𝖉𝖊\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eatmoresnaxx\">snaxx\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tila_pia_\">Tila Pia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/redbonempls/\">RedBone\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/churro_nomi\">Churro Nomi\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/veritas_22\">Vera Hannush\u003c/a>. Each artist presents their own bold vision: with perfectly styled wigs, flawless makeup and intricately designed wardrobes, they command the stage and connect with the crowd in ways that are irreplicable. People scream for them as they strut and dance, embodying self-assuredness. The space is infectious: it’s freeing, safe and joyous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ENVY will be hosted by Bay Area drag royalty \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vivvyanne_forevermore\">Vivvy\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nicki_jizz\">Nicki Jizz\u003c/a>; the latter also hosts Reparations — an all-Black San Francisco drag show. The event will feature music by DJs \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/silkybrinny\">Silk Worm\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sainthillsdj\">Saint Hills\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.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=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13930587/drag-dance-and-liberation-5-parties-for-your-2023-sf-pride-weekend","authors":["11813"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_1003"],"tags":["arts_879","arts_1556","arts_1006","arts_2640","arts_2215","arts_3226","arts_5158","arts_7564"],"featImg":"arts_13930600","label":"arts"},"arts_13930119":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13930119","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13930119","score":null,"sort":[1686150039000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-to-celebrate-juneteenth-2023-in-the-bay-area","title":"How to Celebrate Juneteenth 2023 in the Bay Area","publishDate":1686150039,"format":"aside","headTitle":"How to Celebrate Juneteenth 2023 in the Bay Area | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>This year’s roundup of Juneteenth events celebrates the communities and organizations forging unity through education, technology, art, dance and music — highlighting joyful local traditions as well as innovative new projects and spaces honoring Black freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930153\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930153\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"people at an outdoor farmers' market against a blue sky in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees explore different Black-owned food businesses at Juneteenth on the Waterfront, an annual pop-up event at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Foodwise)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://foodwise.org/events/pop-ups-on-the-plaza-juneteenth-on-the-waterfront/\">Juneteenth on the Waterfront\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 10\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend farmers’ market trip was something I delighted in as a kid. It was a chance for me and my brother to explore new scents and foods, happening upon morsels we’d never have at home. Here, the magic was in the search.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juneteenth on the Waterfront provides this familiar wonder, with a focus on uplifting and highlighting local Black-owned businesses. Organized by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/foodwise/\">Foodwise\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that manages farmers markets and education programs rooted in food equity and sustainability, the event features 15 Black-owned pop-up vendors selling hearty meals, desserts and drinks. Now in its third year, Juneteenth on the Waterfront will also be debuting a craft market, where several Black creators will be selling accessories, attire, skincare and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be a Black Chefs and Wine Makers talk, where a panel of restaurateurs and sommeliers that includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mstanyaholland/?hl=en\">chef Tanya Holland\u003c/a> will discuss the history of Black farmers and food migration to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIolFf_j3AE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">..\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oigc.org/news/2023-juneteenth-concert-series\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Juneteenth Concert Series\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 16, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley; June 23, Bankhead Theater, Livermore; June 25, \u003c/em>\u003cem>Great American Music Hall, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the aim to connect people through Black gospel music, local minister and composer Terrance Kelly founded the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in 1986. In this upcoming three-part concert series, the passionate and diverse choir will perform songs that highlight the significance of gospel music to African American identity and history. Each performance is dynamic — rarely are the choir members static. They sing with exuberance, dancing as they harmonize through numbers that explore both historical and contemporary gospel styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The choir will perform at \u003ca href=\"https://thefreight.org/\">Freight & Salvage\u003c/a> in Berkeley on June 16, \u003ca href=\"https://livermorearts.org/\">Bankhead Theater\u003c/a> in Livermore on June 23 and \u003ca href=\"https://gamh.com/\">Great American Music Hall\u003c/a> in San Francisco on June 25. Tickets range from $22–30; \u003ca href=\"https://www.oigc.org/tickets\">more info here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"attendees dance together at an outdoor Black music and culture festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees dance together at the 2022 Afrocentric Oakland’s Juneteenth Festival at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Nate King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fam-bam-oaklands-14th-annual-juneteenth-festival-registration-596989340187\">Afrocentric Oakland’s 14th Annual Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/afrocentricoakland/\">Afrocentric Oakland\u003c/a>’s beloved yearly Juneteenth Festival returns on June 17 with an array of live music performances, vendors, art installations and other activities. This large-scale event draws in eager crowds every year, with attendees in their breeziest outfits coming together to sing, dance and celebrate freedom. This year’s festival will be headlined by Vallejo rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/larussell/\">LaRussell\u003c/a> and hosted by writer and poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/prenticepowell1906/\">Prentice Powell\u003c/a>, comedian \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jayrich510/\">J. Rich\u003c/a> and artist-activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msryannicole/\">RyanNicole\u003c/a>. General admission tickets are $25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930156\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 528px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13930156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a musical group of seven people dressed in black and white, most of them with Afros, pose while holding instruments and smiling\" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Curtis Family C-notes will be performing at MoAD’s free community day. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of MoAD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/free-community-day-celebrate-juneteenth\">Free Community Day at MoAD\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its Juneteenth celebration, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/\">Museum of the African Diaspora\u003c/a> will offer free admission to its current exhibitions and a variety of events from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. These include a conversation between Oakland librarian and writer \u003ca href=\"https://dorothylazard.com/\">Dorothy Lazard\u003c/a> and KQED’s own \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ogpenn\">Pendarvis Harshaw\u003c/a>; a family art workshop with the museum’s teaching artists; and musical performances by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thecurtisfamilycnotes/?hl=en\">The Curtis Family C-notes\u003c/a> and faculty from the \u003ca href=\"https://sfcmc.org/adults/group-classes-and-ensembles/black-music-studies-program/\">San Francisco Community Music Center’s Black Music Studies program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930158\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"a group of joyous young Black girls in colorful shirts dance in the street as part of a parade \" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-800x502.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-1020x640.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-768x482.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children dance as the Juneteenth parade rolls through the Fillmore District in 2014. The event celebrates the abolition of slavery in the U.S. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juneteenth-sf.org/\">Juneteenth SF Freedom Celebration\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread throughout eight blocks of the Fillmore District — a historic neighborhood that became an epicenter for a thriving Black arts, music and entertainment scene in the 1940s — the Juneteenth SF Freedom Celebration will host thousands in its wide-ranging festivities. The event will be divided into six “districts” that include live performances, food, community and family-oriented games and rides, a classic car show and a hair and fashion show. Equipped with a carnival ride and ferris wheel, the festival both embodies the quintessential summer fair and centers the rich traditions of Black culture and history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and admission is free. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-festival-fillmore-sf-live-music-kids-zone-fashion-free-rsvp-tickets-616663736837\">More information here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2296\">Juneteenth in Richmond \u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Nicholl Park, Richmond\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece for Richmond’s Juneteenth celebrations is its lively annual parade: a joyous procession made up of the city’s local leaders, youth groups and community organizations. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2177/Booker-T-Anderson\">Booker T. Anderson Center\u003c/a> and will be followed by an 11 a.m. festival that includes live music, family activities and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"two people, seen from the back, look at bracelets at a vendor's stand\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People browse a vendor’s wares at the 2019 Vallejo Juneteenth Festival. \u003ccite>(Angela Jones)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://vallejojuneteenth.com/\">Vallejo Juneteenth Festival and Parade\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>301 Mare Island Way, Vallejo\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Returning for its 33rd year, the Vallejo Juneteenth Festival will kick off with a parade at 9 a.m. before attendees are invited to wander among vendor booths, groove to live music and learn about local organizations and resources related to health and wellness, education, small business development and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"three adorable little Black girls hold balloon animals and wear stickers that read 'I heart being Black' at a festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young community members celebrate at the 2018 Berkeley Juneteenth Festival. \u003ccite>(Malaika Kabon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyjuneteenth.org/festival-2023/\">36th Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 18\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Adeline and Alcatraz, Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The longstanding Berkeley Juneteenth Festival returns with vendors and musical performances that include Oakland jazz artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fairleysonny/\">Sonny Fairley\u003c/a>, reggae singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/juniortoots/\">Junior Toots\u003c/a>, musical trio \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/guitartrifecta/\">Guitar Trifecta\u003c/a> and other local talent. Since its first iteration in 1987, the festival not only emphasizes the historical significance of Black emancipation but also the steps community members can take today to work towards healing and justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preceding the festival is a weeklong schedule of programming from June 11–17 that includes an open house at Berkeley’s African American Holistic Resource Center, workshops on identifying and working through intergenerational trauma, using legal and policy tools to support formerly incarcerated individuals and how to document and preserve family stories. There will also be a farmer’s market specifically aimed towards supporting residents living in South Berkeley, an area that has seen limited fresh food access.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juneteenthcommunityfestival.info/\">7th Marin City Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 19\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>800 Drake Ave., Marin City\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin City’s Juneteenth Festival begins at 9 a.m. with a hearty and reflective prayer breakfast at the Marguerite Johnson Senior Center, before attendees are ushered into a day packed with eclectic and energetic dance and musical performances. The lineup includes rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/will_believe/\">Will Believe\u003c/a>, Parliament tribute band \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/purifiedment_funkensurance_/\">Purifiedment Funkensurance\u003c/a> and Zimbabwe neo-soul artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/piwaiofficial/\">Piwai\u003c/a>, among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The free festival will also feature a marketplace where vendors will be selling food, art, hair and skin products, handmade crafts and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-800x444.jpeg\" alt=\"a young Black man in glasses and a black hoodie delivers a lecture\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-800x444.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1020x567.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-160x89.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-768x427.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1536x853.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-2048x1138.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-672x372.jpeg 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1038x576.jpeg 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1920x1067.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">GHTech founder George Hofstetter delivers a lecture on Black creativity and technology. \u003ccite>(Shayan Davaloo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-summit-tickets-640827170317\">GHTech and KitsCubed Juneteenth Tech Summit\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 19\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Broadway Event Hall, Oakland \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Oakland software engineer and educator George Hofstetter founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ghtechinc/\">GHTech\u003c/a>, he aimed to uplift and encourage people of marginalized communities to carve out their own space in the tech world. Hofstetter became aware of the lack of diverse voices in the field and sought to change that, creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.georgehofstettertechnologies.com/project/hbcu-lecture-series-on-black-creativity-and-hacktivism\">a lecture series highlighting Black creativity\u003c/a> and the intersections of social justice and technology at various HBCU campuses across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kitscubed.com/\">KitsCubed\u003c/a> — an Oakland organization dedicated to youth-oriented science education — GHTech will conclude its lecture series with a celebratory tech summit on June 19, where people of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels can network and listen to talks on hacktivism and technology through the lens of Black liberation. The event is free to attend and will run from 5–9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.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=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"With live music and dance, film, food, tech talks and kids' activities, these celebrations of Black freedom have something for everyone.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705005410,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":32,"wordCount":1362},"headData":{"title":"How to Celebrate Juneteenth 2023 in the Bay Area | KQED","description":"With live music and dance, film, food, tech talks and kids' activities, these celebrations of Black freedom have something for everyone.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How to Celebrate Juneteenth 2023 in the Bay Area","datePublished":"2023-06-07T15:00:39.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:36:50.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Hot Summer Guide 2023","sourceUrl":"/summerguide2023","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13930119/how-to-celebrate-juneteenth-2023-in-the-bay-area","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This year’s roundup of Juneteenth events celebrates the communities and organizations forging unity through education, technology, art, dance and music — highlighting joyful local traditions as well as innovative new projects and spaces honoring Black freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930153\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930153\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"people at an outdoor farmers' market against a blue sky in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/Juneteenth-on-the-Waterfront-credit-Foodwise-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees explore different Black-owned food businesses at Juneteenth on the Waterfront, an annual pop-up event at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Foodwise)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://foodwise.org/events/pop-ups-on-the-plaza-juneteenth-on-the-waterfront/\">Juneteenth on the Waterfront\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 10\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend farmers’ market trip was something I delighted in as a kid. It was a chance for me and my brother to explore new scents and foods, happening upon morsels we’d never have at home. Here, the magic was in the search.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juneteenth on the Waterfront provides this familiar wonder, with a focus on uplifting and highlighting local Black-owned businesses. Organized by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/foodwise/\">Foodwise\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that manages farmers markets and education programs rooted in food equity and sustainability, the event features 15 Black-owned pop-up vendors selling hearty meals, desserts and drinks. Now in its third year, Juneteenth on the Waterfront will also be debuting a craft market, where several Black creators will be selling accessories, attire, skincare and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be a Black Chefs and Wine Makers talk, where a panel of restaurateurs and sommeliers that includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mstanyaholland/?hl=en\">chef Tanya Holland\u003c/a> will discuss the history of Black farmers and food migration to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/PIolFf_j3AE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/PIolFf_j3AE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">..\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oigc.org/news/2023-juneteenth-concert-series\">Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Juneteenth Concert Series\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 16, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley; June 23, Bankhead Theater, Livermore; June 25, \u003c/em>\u003cem>Great American Music Hall, San Francisco \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the aim to connect people through Black gospel music, local minister and composer Terrance Kelly founded the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir in 1986. In this upcoming three-part concert series, the passionate and diverse choir will perform songs that highlight the significance of gospel music to African American identity and history. Each performance is dynamic — rarely are the choir members static. They sing with exuberance, dancing as they harmonize through numbers that explore both historical and contemporary gospel styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The choir will perform at \u003ca href=\"https://thefreight.org/\">Freight & Salvage\u003c/a> in Berkeley on June 16, \u003ca href=\"https://livermorearts.org/\">Bankhead Theater\u003c/a> in Livermore on June 23 and \u003ca href=\"https://gamh.com/\">Great American Music Hall\u003c/a> in San Francisco on June 25. Tickets range from $22–30; \u003ca href=\"https://www.oigc.org/tickets\">more info here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"attendees dance together at an outdoor Black music and culture festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2022-Afrocentric-Oakland-Nate-King.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees dance together at the 2022 Afrocentric Oakland’s Juneteenth Festival at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Nate King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fam-bam-oaklands-14th-annual-juneteenth-festival-registration-596989340187\">Afrocentric Oakland’s 14th Annual Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/afrocentricoakland/\">Afrocentric Oakland\u003c/a>’s beloved yearly Juneteenth Festival returns on June 17 with an array of live music performances, vendors, art installations and other activities. This large-scale event draws in eager crowds every year, with attendees in their breeziest outfits coming together to sing, dance and celebrate freedom. This year’s festival will be headlined by Vallejo rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/larussell/\">LaRussell\u003c/a> and hosted by writer and poet \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/prenticepowell1906/\">Prentice Powell\u003c/a>, comedian \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jayrich510/\">J. Rich\u003c/a> and artist-activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msryannicole/\">RyanNicole\u003c/a>. General admission tickets are $25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930156\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 528px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-13930156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a musical group of seven people dressed in black and white, most of them with Afros, pose while holding instruments and smiling\" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/C-Notes-at-MoAD-Community-Day-cred_-MoAD-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Curtis Family C-notes will be performing at MoAD’s free community day. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of MoAD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/free-community-day-celebrate-juneteenth\">Free Community Day at MoAD\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its Juneteenth celebration, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/\">Museum of the African Diaspora\u003c/a> will offer free admission to its current exhibitions and a variety of events from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. These include a conversation between Oakland librarian and writer \u003ca href=\"https://dorothylazard.com/\">Dorothy Lazard\u003c/a> and KQED’s own \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ogpenn\">Pendarvis Harshaw\u003c/a>; a family art workshop with the museum’s teaching artists; and musical performances by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thecurtisfamilycnotes/?hl=en\">The Curtis Family C-notes\u003c/a> and faculty from the \u003ca href=\"https://sfcmc.org/adults/group-classes-and-ensembles/black-music-studies-program/\">San Francisco Community Music Center’s Black Music Studies program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930158\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"a group of joyous young Black girls in colorful shirts dance in the street as part of a parade \" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-800x502.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-1020x640.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884-768x482.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/GettyImages-1321982884.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children dance as the Juneteenth parade rolls through the Fillmore District in 2014. The event celebrates the abolition of slavery in the U.S. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juneteenth-sf.org/\">Juneteenth SF Freedom Celebration\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread throughout eight blocks of the Fillmore District — a historic neighborhood that became an epicenter for a thriving Black arts, music and entertainment scene in the 1940s — the Juneteenth SF Freedom Celebration will host thousands in its wide-ranging festivities. The event will be divided into six “districts” that include live performances, food, community and family-oriented games and rides, a classic car show and a hair and fashion show. Equipped with a carnival ride and ferris wheel, the festival both embodies the quintessential summer fair and centers the rich traditions of Black culture and history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and admission is free. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-festival-fillmore-sf-live-music-kids-zone-fashion-free-rsvp-tickets-616663736837\">More information here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2296\">Juneteenth in Richmond \u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Nicholl Park, Richmond\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The centerpiece for Richmond’s Juneteenth celebrations is its lively annual parade: a joyous procession made up of the city’s local leaders, youth groups and community organizations. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2177/Booker-T-Anderson\">Booker T. Anderson Center\u003c/a> and will be followed by an 11 a.m. festival that includes live music, family activities and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"two people, seen from the back, look at bracelets at a vendor's stand\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2019-Vallejo-Juneteenth-Angela-Jones-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People browse a vendor’s wares at the 2019 Vallejo Juneteenth Festival. \u003ccite>(Angela Jones)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://vallejojuneteenth.com/\">Vallejo Juneteenth Festival and Parade\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 17\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>301 Mare Island Way, Vallejo\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Returning for its 33rd year, the Vallejo Juneteenth Festival will kick off with a parade at 9 a.m. before attendees are invited to wander among vendor booths, groove to live music and learn about local organizations and resources related to health and wellness, education, small business development and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"three adorable little Black girls hold balloon animals and wear stickers that read 'I heart being Black' at a festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/2018-Berkeley-Juneteenth-Malaika-Kabon.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young community members celebrate at the 2018 Berkeley Juneteenth Festival. \u003ccite>(Malaika Kabon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyjuneteenth.org/festival-2023/\">36th Annual Berkeley Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 18\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Adeline and Alcatraz, Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The longstanding Berkeley Juneteenth Festival returns with vendors and musical performances that include Oakland jazz artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fairleysonny/\">Sonny Fairley\u003c/a>, reggae singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/juniortoots/\">Junior Toots\u003c/a>, musical trio \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/guitartrifecta/\">Guitar Trifecta\u003c/a> and other local talent. Since its first iteration in 1987, the festival not only emphasizes the historical significance of Black emancipation but also the steps community members can take today to work towards healing and justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preceding the festival is a weeklong schedule of programming from June 11–17 that includes an open house at Berkeley’s African American Holistic Resource Center, workshops on identifying and working through intergenerational trauma, using legal and policy tools to support formerly incarcerated individuals and how to document and preserve family stories. There will also be a farmer’s market specifically aimed towards supporting residents living in South Berkeley, an area that has seen limited fresh food access.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://juneteenthcommunityfestival.info/\">7th Marin City Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 19\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>800 Drake Ave., Marin City\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin City’s Juneteenth Festival begins at 9 a.m. with a hearty and reflective prayer breakfast at the Marguerite Johnson Senior Center, before attendees are ushered into a day packed with eclectic and energetic dance and musical performances. The lineup includes rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/will_believe/\">Will Believe\u003c/a>, Parliament tribute band \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/purifiedment_funkensurance_/\">Purifiedment Funkensurance\u003c/a> and Zimbabwe neo-soul artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/piwaiofficial/\">Piwai\u003c/a>, among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The free festival will also feature a marketplace where vendors will be selling food, art, hair and skin products, handmade crafts and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13930170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-scaled.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13930170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-800x444.jpeg\" alt=\"a young Black man in glasses and a black hoodie delivers a lecture\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-800x444.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1020x567.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-160x89.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-768x427.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1536x853.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-2048x1138.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-672x372.jpeg 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1038x576.jpeg 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/George-Hofstetter-Shayan-Davaloo-1920x1067.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">GHTech founder George Hofstetter delivers a lecture on Black creativity and technology. \u003ccite>(Shayan Davaloo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tech-summit-tickets-640827170317\">GHTech and KitsCubed Juneteenth Tech Summit\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>June 19\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Broadway Event Hall, Oakland \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Oakland software engineer and educator George Hofstetter founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ghtechinc/\">GHTech\u003c/a>, he aimed to uplift and encourage people of marginalized communities to carve out their own space in the tech world. Hofstetter became aware of the lack of diverse voices in the field and sought to change that, creating \u003ca href=\"https://www.georgehofstettertechnologies.com/project/hbcu-lecture-series-on-black-creativity-and-hacktivism\">a lecture series highlighting Black creativity\u003c/a> and the intersections of social justice and technology at various HBCU campuses across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In collaboration with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kitscubed.com/\">KitsCubed\u003c/a> — an Oakland organization dedicated to youth-oriented science education — GHTech will conclude its lecture series with a celebratory tech summit on June 19, where people of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels can network and listen to talks on hacktivism and technology through the lens of Black liberation. 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