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Throughout the week of April 22-26, we’re publishing content by high school students from all over the Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since I was five years old, one of my favorite traditions has been going to the Grand Lake Farmers Market with my dad every Saturday morning. \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Nadege.headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market has been open since 1998 near the shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, and it’s the perfect place to find almost anything you can think of — organic produce, fresh flowers and hot meals cooked to order while you wait. When I came with my dad, we’d order fresh gaufres from the Belgian waffle vendor, then browse the ripe nectarines and strawberries that were in season. Sometimes, we’d get rotisserie chicken and potatoes for lunch from one of the food trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I even tried dim sum for the first time. One Saturday we noticed a stand called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/trugourmet\">Tru Gourmet\u003c/a> that sold all kinds of steamed dumplings and buns. We ordered dumplings and crispy chicken wings, which turned out to be our favorite. Then we found somewhere near the booth to eat it all standing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was about 10 years ago. As it turns out, Tru Gourmet is still around, setting up its stand at the Grand Lake Farmers Market — and \u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/locations/\">two other farmers markets around the Bay Area\u003c/a> — every week. When I visited their tent on a recent Saturday, the line was so long that it almost crossed in front of the vendor next door. Inside, the cooks were busy heating the dumplings in bamboo steamers. Everything smelled so good, it was hard to choose. When I finally bit into a savory scallion pancake and delighted in the softness of a juicy pork bun, I urged my dad to order seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956337\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg\" alt='A display showing different kinds of dim sum available, all arranged in bamboo steamers. A sign on the table reads, \"Cash Only.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display of the different kinds of dim sum available at Tru Gourmet’s Grand Lake Farmers Market stand on a recent Saturday. \u003ccite>(Nadege Mulamba)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What I realize now is that it isn’t very typical for dim sum to be sold at a farmers market — in fact, Tru Gourmet seems to be the only business doing it regularly here in the Bay Area. It made me curious: What made these chefs decide to set up their business outdoors instead of selling their dumplings inside a more traditional dim sum restaurant? And why doesn’t it seem like very many others are doing it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had the opportunity to interview the owner, Olivia Liu, who shared her story of how the business started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED: When did you start this business? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Liu\u003c/b>: Tru Gourmet started with my mom, Cathy Tsui, back in August 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Wow, almost sixteen years! Why did you want to create dim sum at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother and I had a weekly tradition of dining on dim sum and visiting our local farmers markets, which gave us the idea to combine those two and start a family business. Dim sum translates into “touch of the heart.” Our goal is to touch your heart with handcrafted dim sum made from our hearts. [At Tru Gourmet,] you will find traditional dumplings one might see at popular dim sum houses and modern-day creations that aim to expand one’s view of dim sum, like black truffle shrimp dumplings or spiny lobster dumplings. We also have vegan dumplings such as our kale dumpling and bok choy dumpling, and seasonal [specials] like our asparagus dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are proud to source most of our produce from the farmers markets we attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Did you know of any other businesses that were selling dim sum at farmers markets at that time?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2008, we could have been the only ones. We have never seen [any other] dim sum at any farmers market, but it is common in food festivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman in a white chef's jacket serves dim sum to a guest at a fancy gala.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">True Gourmet’s Olivia Liu serves dim sum at an event at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. \u003ccite>(Andria Lo, courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>About 10 years ago, my dad and I actually had chicken wings at your Grand Lake market stand. They were so good, and I was sad that you only seemed to sell them once every two months. Do you guys still sell those?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5-9z0xrCd0/\">spicy crispy chicken wings\u003c/a> are definitely popular, and we also make spicy crispy \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5a6fWNr0cl/\">salmon\u003c/a>. We rotate our special every week, which is why it’s only served once in a while. My mother made these wings for me as a child, and they were my absolute favorite! I knew we had to put them on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Are there any challenges with making dim sum work at the farmers market? Do you have to change certain recipes to make it work?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We had never worked at a farmers market before, so we learned how to adapt and improve along the way. In our 15 years of business, we have learned ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, especially in setting up our booth.\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have a commissary kitchen we work out of to prepare all of the dim sum. The dumplings are wrapped in the kitchen, and we steam everything fresh at the farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What is your favorite memory from running this business? Was there a specific customer that stood out to you? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s building relationships with my customers. So many regulars come every week and make my dim sum part of their weekly ritual. There have also been many regulars who moved away but make it a priority to stop by whenever they are visiting. Countless mothers ate my dim sum while pregnant, and I saw these babies grow up. Whenever a child wants my food for their birthday party, or if I cater a bar or bat mitzvah, quinceañera, holiday party or wedding, it feels so special to be included in their special day. Any time a first-time customer comes back after they try the dim sum to tell me how much they enjoyed it, it is one of my favorite things. The food industry is a labor of love, and it is incredibly gratifying to receive excellent feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One rainy winter day when I first joined the Grand Lake Farmers Market, one of my regular customers, Jefferson, brought me a cup of tea because he saw me shivering in the cold. It was a small gesture, but it meant so much to me, and I still remember it over 10 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of scallion pancakes on a white plate.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-800x991.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1020x1264.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-160x198.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-768x952.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1240x1536.jpg 1240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1653x2048.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of crispy, savory scallion pancakes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s really sweet!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, and during the wildfires, a customer named Linda gave me and my mother masks because she was concerned since we work outdoors. Knowing I am more than just a food vendor to these customers warms my heart. Being a part of this amazing community is such a special thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[People from] all walks of life enjoy my dim sum, from babies to their grandparents, people who have never had it or those with food sensitivities. We have vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, seafood and meat options. There is something for everyone. Everyone loves dim sum!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s your favorite item on your menu? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A VIP client of mine hired me to cater her mother’s birthday dinner. She had requested that I make something with black truffles. That is when the black truffle shrimp dumpling was born. It is my personal favorite dumpling and has also become a favorite for many regulars. It’s special how we add black truffle to the shrimp filling, and we also add black truffle to the top of the dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the traditional shrimp dumpling might be [better] for you if you are a purist. Some would say the shrimp dumpling is how to tell if a dim sum house is good or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg\" alt=\"Two varieties of dim sum on a paper plate. One of them is topped with black truffle shavings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tru Gourmet’s more modern, creative dim sum items include a shrimp dumpling that incorporates black truffles. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s the best thing about selling at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love working at the farmers market! It’s such a wonderful community. Most of my customers are regulars who come every week, rain or shine. I appreciate their support. Even during the beginning of COVID, regulars came every week. It was because of them that I was able to stay in business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have been in business for 15 years and hope for another 15 years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/\">\u003ci>Tru Gourmet Dim Sum\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is open at the Grand Lake Farmers Market (746 Grand Ave., Oakland) on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. \u003c/i>\u003ci>You can also find them at the Marin Farmers Market (3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael) on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and at the California Avenue Farmers Market (400 California Ave., Palo Alto) on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nNadege Mulamba is a senior at Oakland Technical High School enjoys listening to music, writing and baking in her free time. She is passionate about screenwriting and wants to major in film.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Tru Gourmet has been selling its pork buns and shrimp dumplings outdoors for more than 15 years.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713824467,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":1561},"headData":{"title":"How Tru Gourmet Brought Dim Sum to Bay Area Farmers Markets | KQED","description":"Tru Gourmet has been selling its pork buns and shrimp dumplings outdoors for more than 15 years.","ogTitle":"How a Dumpling Chef Brought Dim Sum to Bay Area Farmers Markets","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"How a Dumpling Chef Brought Dim Sum to Bay Area Farmers Markets","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"How Tru Gourmet Brought Dim Sum to Bay Area Farmers Markets %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How a Dumpling Chef Brought Dim Sum to Bay Area Farmers Markets","datePublished":"2024-04-23T15:01:53.000Z","dateModified":"2024-04-22T22:21:07.000Z","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,"nprByline":"Nadege Mulamba","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13956326/tru-gourmet-dim-sum-farmers-market-oakland","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor’s note:\u003c/strong> This story is part of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/youthtakeover\">Youth Takeover\u003c/a>. Throughout the week of April 22-26, we’re publishing content by high school students from all over the Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever since I was five years old, one of my favorite traditions has been going to the Grand Lake Farmers Market with my dad every Saturday morning. \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/Nadege.headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market has been open since 1998 near the shore of Lake Merritt in Oakland, and it’s the perfect place to find almost anything you can think of — organic produce, fresh flowers and hot meals cooked to order while you wait. When I came with my dad, we’d order fresh gaufres from the Belgian waffle vendor, then browse the ripe nectarines and strawberries that were in season. Sometimes, we’d get rotisserie chicken and potatoes for lunch from one of the food trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I even tried dim sum for the first time. One Saturday we noticed a stand called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/trugourmet\">Tru Gourmet\u003c/a> that sold all kinds of steamed dumplings and buns. We ordered dumplings and crispy chicken wings, which turned out to be our favorite. Then we found somewhere near the booth to eat it all standing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was about 10 years ago. As it turns out, Tru Gourmet is still around, setting up its stand at the Grand Lake Farmers Market — and \u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/locations/\">two other farmers markets around the Bay Area\u003c/a> — every week. When I visited their tent on a recent Saturday, the line was so long that it almost crossed in front of the vendor next door. Inside, the cooks were busy heating the dumplings in bamboo steamers. Everything smelled so good, it was hard to choose. When I finally bit into a savory scallion pancake and delighted in the softness of a juicy pork bun, I urged my dad to order seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956337\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg\" alt='A display showing different kinds of dim sum available, all arranged in bamboo steamers. A sign on the table reads, \"Cash Only.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-stand-crop-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display of the different kinds of dim sum available at Tru Gourmet’s Grand Lake Farmers Market stand on a recent Saturday. \u003ccite>(Nadege Mulamba)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What I realize now is that it isn’t very typical for dim sum to be sold at a farmers market — in fact, Tru Gourmet seems to be the only business doing it regularly here in the Bay Area. It made me curious: What made these chefs decide to set up their business outdoors instead of selling their dumplings inside a more traditional dim sum restaurant? And why doesn’t it seem like very many others are doing it?\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>I had the opportunity to interview the owner, Olivia Liu, who shared her story of how the business started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>KQED: When did you start this business? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Liu\u003c/b>: Tru Gourmet started with my mom, Cathy Tsui, back in August 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Wow, almost sixteen years! Why did you want to create dim sum at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother and I had a weekly tradition of dining on dim sum and visiting our local farmers markets, which gave us the idea to combine those two and start a family business. Dim sum translates into “touch of the heart.” Our goal is to touch your heart with handcrafted dim sum made from our hearts. [At Tru Gourmet,] you will find traditional dumplings one might see at popular dim sum houses and modern-day creations that aim to expand one’s view of dim sum, like black truffle shrimp dumplings or spiny lobster dumplings. We also have vegan dumplings such as our kale dumpling and bok choy dumpling, and seasonal [specials] like our asparagus dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We are proud to source most of our produce from the farmers markets we attend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Did you know of any other businesses that were selling dim sum at farmers markets at that time?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2008, we could have been the only ones. We have never seen [any other] dim sum at any farmers market, but it is common in food festivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956335\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman in a white chef's jacket serves dim sum to a guest at a fancy gala.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-oivia-credit-andria-lo-1536x1056.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">True Gourmet’s Olivia Liu serves dim sum at an event at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito. \u003ccite>(Andria Lo, courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>About 10 years ago, my dad and I actually had chicken wings at your Grand Lake market stand. They were so good, and I was sad that you only seemed to sell them once every two months. Do you guys still sell those?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5-9z0xrCd0/\">spicy crispy chicken wings\u003c/a> are definitely popular, and we also make spicy crispy \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C5a6fWNr0cl/\">salmon\u003c/a>. We rotate our special every week, which is why it’s only served once in a while. My mother made these wings for me as a child, and they were my absolute favorite! I knew we had to put them on the menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Are there any challenges with making dim sum work at the farmers market? Do you have to change certain recipes to make it work?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We had never worked at a farmers market before, so we learned how to adapt and improve along the way. In our 15 years of business, we have learned ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, especially in setting up our booth.\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have a commissary kitchen we work out of to prepare all of the dim sum. The dumplings are wrapped in the kitchen, and we steam everything fresh at the farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What is your favorite memory from running this business? Was there a specific customer that stood out to you? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s building relationships with my customers. So many regulars come every week and make my dim sum part of their weekly ritual. There have also been many regulars who moved away but make it a priority to stop by whenever they are visiting. Countless mothers ate my dim sum while pregnant, and I saw these babies grow up. Whenever a child wants my food for their birthday party, or if I cater a bar or bat mitzvah, quinceañera, holiday party or wedding, it feels so special to be included in their special day. Any time a first-time customer comes back after they try the dim sum to tell me how much they enjoyed it, it is one of my favorite things. The food industry is a labor of love, and it is incredibly gratifying to receive excellent feedback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One rainy winter day when I first joined the Grand Lake Farmers Market, one of my regular customers, Jefferson, brought me a cup of tea because he saw me shivering in the cold. It was a small gesture, but it meant so much to me, and I still remember it over 10 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956336\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg\" alt=\"A stack of scallion pancakes on a white plate.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-800x991.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1020x1264.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-160x198.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-768x952.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1240x1536.jpg 1240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-scallion-pancakes-1653x2048.jpg 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stack of crispy, savory scallion pancakes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>That’s really sweet!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, and during the wildfires, a customer named Linda gave me and my mother masks because she was concerned since we work outdoors. Knowing I am more than just a food vendor to these customers warms my heart. Being a part of this amazing community is such a special thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[People from] all walks of life enjoy my dim sum, from babies to their grandparents, people who have never had it or those with food sensitivities. We have vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, seafood and meat options. There is something for everyone. Everyone loves dim sum!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s your favorite item on your menu? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A VIP client of mine hired me to cater her mother’s birthday dinner. She had requested that I make something with black truffles. That is when the black truffle shrimp dumpling was born. It is my personal favorite dumpling and has also become a favorite for many regulars. It’s special how we add black truffle to the shrimp filling, and we also add black truffle to the top of the dumpling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the traditional shrimp dumpling might be [better] for you if you are a purist. Some would say the shrimp dumpling is how to tell if a dim sum house is good or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13956334\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13956334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg\" alt=\"Two varieties of dim sum on a paper plate. One of them is topped with black truffle shavings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/tru-gourmet-black-truffle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tru Gourmet’s more modern, creative dim sum items include a shrimp dumpling that incorporates black truffles. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Olivia Liu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What’s the best thing about selling at the farmers market? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love working at the farmers market! It’s such a wonderful community. Most of my customers are regulars who come every week, rain or shine. I appreciate their support. Even during the beginning of COVID, regulars came every week. It was because of them that I was able to stay in business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have been in business for 15 years and hope for another 15 years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\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>\u003ca href=\"http://trugourmet.com/\">\u003ci>Tru Gourmet Dim Sum\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is open at the Grand Lake Farmers Market (746 Grand Ave., Oakland) on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. \u003c/i>\u003ci>You can also find them at the Marin Farmers Market (3501 Civic Center Dr., San Rafael) on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and at the California Avenue Farmers Market (400 California Ave., Palo Alto) on Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nNadege Mulamba is a senior at Oakland Technical High School enjoys listening to music, writing and baking in her free time. She is passionate about screenwriting and wants to major in film.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13956326/tru-gourmet-dim-sum-farmers-market-oakland","authors":["byline_arts_13956326"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_21727","arts_22099","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1785","arts_1143","arts_4533"],"featImg":"arts_13956333","label":"source_arts_13956326"},"arts_13934148":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13934148","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13934148","score":null,"sort":[1693573238000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"days-like-this-oakland-lake-merritt-house-music-dance-party","title":"‘Days Like This’ in Oakland Is a Party for the People, by the People","publishDate":1693573238,"format":"standard","headTitle":"‘Days Like This’ in Oakland Is a Party for the People, by the People | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Sept. 22, 2023: \u003c/strong>Days Like This organizers received a cease-and-desist letter from the City of Oakland on Sept. 15 for holding an event without a permit, co-organizer Morgan Simon told KQED. She said they plan to continue the party and are pursuing ways to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’ve walked around Oakland’s Lake Merritt on a Friday evening in the last two and a half years or so, you’ve likely come across a diverse crowd of people dancing to soulful house music, Afrobeats, hip-hop or funk at the lake’s Pergola. This is the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dayslikethis.oakland/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Days Like This\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> community dance party. And me and you — your mama and your cousin, too — are invited.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Days Like This is a free, donation-based event that hosts up to 300 people each Friday, but it started in 2020 as a party of two: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/morgansimon1/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morgan Simon\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sulaimanhyatt/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sulaiman Hyatt\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The longtime friends who love to dance needed an outlet when the pandemic lockdowns hit and venues closed. So they would meet up outdoors by the lake, draw six-foot circles on the pavement to ensure social distancing, crank up the Bluetooth speaker and get down. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the portable speaker sound just wasn’t cutting it, Hyatt, a longtime community organizer, pulled his P.A. system out of the closet. “As an organizer, you either have a P.A. system or you know another organizer that has a P.A. system,” Hyatt says. “Hooked up a battery to it, got it rockin’, and we were off.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soon, they attracted passersby who wanted to get in on the fun. “Sometimes they’d see us dancing and people would be like, ‘Can, can we join?’,” Hyatt recalls. “And we would draw another circle on the ground. Then people were asking like, ‘Are you going to be here next week?’ It got serious when people were like, ‘Yo, how can we contribute? How can we keep this going?’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Co-organizers Sulaiman Hyatt (left) and Morgan Simon (right) at the Days Like This community dance party at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt put their heads together and started thinking about what it would mean to put on a weekly party more formally. They looked at events like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stjamesjoy.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saint James Joy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> block parties in Brooklyn and LA’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://lastandardnewspaper.com/index.php/community/983-utopia-in-leimert-park-village.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Utopia\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (when it was held in Leimert Park) as examples. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Both of us come from backgrounds in political organizing and also in dancing,” says Simon, who runs a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.candidegroup.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">social justice-focused investing company\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.orishahouse.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Orisha House Dance Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. “For us, it was the opportunity to really bring that together with an intentional effort to build this community, particularly coming out of COVID, when people couldn’t have access to nightclubs and other experiences,” Simon says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A collective effort\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the party’s early supporters, Mahasin Munir, appreciates how much Simon and Hyatt have molded the party since its early days. “I love that they have provided structure, rules, safety,” Munir says. “They provide all of these things and ask us just to bring our vibe and our support. Sulaiman has even cleaned up…and swept and mopped.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A black woman with short hair and glasses smiles at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahasin Munir on the steps of the Lake Merritt Pergola at the Days Like This community dance party in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Munir, a friend of Hyatt’s, made the donation box and emcees on occasion. She’s one of a number of volunteers who help make Days Like This possible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At a recent party, Quanah Brightman, another regular, took on some of the pre-party clean-up duties as Hyatt set up the equipment — which Hyatt transports to Lake Merritt on a cargo bike.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934173\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quanah Brightman helps clean up at the Days Like This community dance party in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. “I find a lot of healing, a lot of peace, a lot of love here,” Brightman says. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Days Like This signs, hand-painted by volunteers, hang on the Pergola’s columns. Each week, three to five partygoers — who have completed a training in de-escalation practices — help with security. There’s also a therapist and a medical doctor among the regular attendees who make themselves available should any needs arise. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt invite dancers to donate any level of funds to Days Like This via the donation box or a QR code for the party’s Venmo account. “We really wanted to have a community-centered party, and so we have four buckets where we split the donations up: DJ, equipment, organizers and Longevity Fund,” Hyatt explains. “The Longevity Fund [is] really to support needs that arise in communities.” Hyatt described a time when a dancer had their car stolen and needed help with transportation, so they collected donations for them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Days Like This donation box in front of a mixer and speaker at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. The free dance party relies on community support to help cover the organizing costs. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It is deeply political. It is deeply intentional,” Hyatt says. And that intention is in the party’s name, as well — which Simon pulled from one of her favorite songs, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pGpyZbt9U\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Days Like This (Spinna & Ticklah Mix)”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by British soul singer Shaun Escoffery. The song doesn’t just get people dancing, it also represents the evening’s spirit. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Days Like This can signify beautiful, joyful days,” Simon says. “And sometimes Days Like This is however you might show up after some really major challenge in your life. Days Like This is wherever you happen to be on a Friday, and we want to hold space for that energy.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>One community under a groove\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Simon and Hyatt say they “want to hold space,” they mean it. Except for rain cancellations, the party happens every week from February to mid-December. “To be real, we’ve had some really fun dance parties out there in the middle of winter,” Hyatt says. “Not only is it dance, but it resembles ceremony. And ceremony, as we’ve been doing as humans for the past 300,000 years, doesn’t stop because it’s cold outside.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a red baseball cap embraces her child in the park while both smile at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother and daughter, Adesina Cash (top) and Adesina Cash Jr. (bottom), embrace at the Days Like This community dance party at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The party welcomes all ages, abilities and walks of life. “We have the grandmothers down to the grandbabies,” Simon says. “We realized that if you made a party during the day — if you eliminated the alcohol, if you made it family friendly, if you created spaces where people from all over the community could pass by, where unhoused community members could participate — that you would just be able to create a much more inclusive space for people to get that joy that comes from music and dance.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934184\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-800x585.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits in a wheelchair while smiling widely.\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-800x585.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-768x562.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fidel Valenzuela taking in the festivities of Days Like This at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Part of the event’s mission is to create an inclusive space that provides all community members with the opportunity to enjoy a dance party. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fidel Valenzuela, who uses a wheelchair, is a longtime regular who comes back week after week.\u003c/span>\u003cb> “\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I enjoy dancing. I don’t let my, you know, circumstance define me,” he says. “So I still get out there. It’s just chill, safe. There’s never been no problems and we kind of do community policing ourselves.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with long, straight hair smiles at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jhunehl Fortaleza under the Lake Merritt Pergola at the Days Like This community dance party on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. She says she “fell in love immediately” with the party when she came across it. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jhunehl Fortaleza, who came across Days Like This earlier this summer, also appreciates the safety she feels to let loose. “I feel like I genuinely, 100% can be comfortable being myself,” she says. “Without having to be intoxicated, without having to worry about the male gaze, without having to worry about being hit on. And this place is just like really, genuinely people who love to dance.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt specifically made the party to center dancing, and a dance cypher inevitably forms at some point in the night. People take turns in the center of the circle, showing off their skills, or getting hyped up by the crowd to try out some moves. Simon and a rotation of guest teachers even hold a weekly dance class at 4:30 p.m. for anyone who wants to develop more confidence in their dancing or get a crash course in house dance history before partying. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgan Simon (left) leads dance class before the Days Like This party officially starts on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Ariana Proehl)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The feel-good vibes at Days Like This haven’t only attracted dancers, but a growing list of DJs from across the Bay — and recently from Chicago and Sweden, as well. Bay Area native Eduardo Taylor, a.k.a. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/et_iv/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">DJ ET IV\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, DJed the Aug. 25 party and has been in the Days Like This rotation since 2021. He keeps coming back for the crowd.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934190\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ ET IV spinning tracks for the Days Like This crowd at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. ET IV regularly plays the event alongside a cast of rotating DJs. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s just the energy of the people, really,” Taylor says. “As a DJ, I play all kinds of parties and events and all kinds of music. But I feel like playing for dancers is the most rewarding because they’ll let you know instantaneously if they’re enjoying the music. And I really feed off of them.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934192\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A male dancer does a dance move as a crowd of people watches in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">B-boy Michael Nicer dances in the cypher as the crowd looks on at the Days Like This community dance party at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But you won’t hear just any kind of music from the DJs’ song catalogs. “The heart of our party is Black music,” Simon explains. “Whether that’s house, hip-hop, soul and the heart of our dances — voguing, waacking. Many of these dances come from queer communities and queer communities of color….And that’s why, in general, we hold a huge gratitude to Black communities and the music and the dance that’s created.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At one point in the evening, Simon and Hyatt get on the mic to do a brief demonstration on consent, modeling through skits how to ask someone to dance, how to respond respectfully if the answer’s “no, thanks,” and ways community members might intervene if someone feels unsafe in an interaction.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think there’s something special around how we go about making relationships that ultimately lead towards community building,” Hyatt says. “We live in a culture that is intentional around the dissolving or breaking down of relationships. … One of the things I think about when I think about this party is Audre Lorde’s [essay] ‘Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.’ It’s how we as humans can come together in our shared humanity to really tap into joy and an ease and rejuvenation with each other.” [aside postid='arts_13933887']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in one instance, tap into a lasting love connection. Sofie Lynn and Alvaro Contreras met on the dancefloor of Days Like This and later fell in love. When they decided to marry, they chose to have the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv-vC0lOpfy/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\">ceremony at the Aug. 11 party\u003c/a>. Dancers created an aisle that resembled a soul train line. Simon officiated. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt value their role as a weekly party where people get to see each other on a consistent basis and build relationships of all kinds. “[The consistency is] part of what leads to that deeper connection, which then creates space for friendship, for romance, for whatever may manifest,” Simon says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This is like church’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the party, Simon and Hyatt — who are strict about winding down on time out of respect for the neighborhood — begin what has become the party’s closing ceremony. They make final announcements and any dancers celebrating birthdays are treated to a birthday song — the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcVZfJO01NI\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stevie Wonder version\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Then the DJ cues up \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbj15Zlh-Ag\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Before I Let Go”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, as one of the dancers leads the crowd in the electric slide.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s just this really great time for people to end moving in unison,” Simon says of the ritual, which is followed by mellow jazz to help calm everyone down. [aside postid='arts_13934154']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There’s something profound around closing the circle afterwards in a dance space,” Hyatt adds. “That ‘we’ll see you next week’ type of thing. This is like church.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the week’s fellowship of sorts is officially over, dancers thank the DJ and organizers, a few more bills get stuffed into the donation box and volunteers help Hyatt break down the equipment. And as the crowd disperses, smiling and sweaty from all the dancing, you can’t help but look forward to more days like this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11687704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-800x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-400x30.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-768x58.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dayslikethis.oakland/?hl=en\">Days Like This\u003c/a> takes place Fridays from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Lake Merritt Pergola. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The D.I.Y., weekly Lake Merritt gathering has blossomed into a safe haven for dancers of all walks of life. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705005074,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":35,"wordCount":2380},"headData":{"title":"‘Days Like This’ in Oakland Is a Party for the People, by the People | KQED","description":"The D.I.Y., weekly Lake Merritt gathering has blossomed into a safe haven for dancers of all walks of life. 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","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13934148/days-like-this-oakland-lake-merritt-house-music-dance-party","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Sept. 22, 2023: \u003c/strong>Days Like This organizers received a cease-and-desist letter from the City of Oakland on Sept. 15 for holding an event without a permit, co-organizer Morgan Simon told KQED. She said they plan to continue the party and are pursuing ways to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’ve walked around Oakland’s Lake Merritt on a Friday evening in the last two and a half years or so, you’ve likely come across a diverse crowd of people dancing to soulful house music, Afrobeats, hip-hop or funk at the lake’s Pergola. This is the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dayslikethis.oakland/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Days Like This\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> community dance party. And me and you — your mama and your cousin, too — are invited.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Days Like This is a free, donation-based event that hosts up to 300 people each Friday, but it started in 2020 as a party of two: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/morgansimon1/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morgan Simon\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sulaimanhyatt/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sulaiman Hyatt\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The longtime friends who love to dance needed an outlet when the pandemic lockdowns hit and venues closed. So they would meet up outdoors by the lake, draw six-foot circles on the pavement to ensure social distancing, crank up the Bluetooth speaker and get down. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the portable speaker sound just wasn’t cutting it, Hyatt, a longtime community organizer, pulled his P.A. system out of the closet. “As an organizer, you either have a P.A. system or you know another organizer that has a P.A. system,” Hyatt says. “Hooked up a battery to it, got it rockin’, and we were off.”\u003c/span>\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>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soon, they attracted passersby who wanted to get in on the fun. “Sometimes they’d see us dancing and people would be like, ‘Can, can we join?’,” Hyatt recalls. “And we would draw another circle on the ground. Then people were asking like, ‘Are you going to be here next week?’ It got serious when people were like, ‘Yo, how can we contribute? How can we keep this going?’” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68387_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-13-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Co-organizers Sulaiman Hyatt (left) and Morgan Simon (right) at the Days Like This community dance party at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt put their heads together and started thinking about what it would mean to put on a weekly party more formally. They looked at events like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.stjamesjoy.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saint James Joy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> block parties in Brooklyn and LA’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://lastandardnewspaper.com/index.php/community/983-utopia-in-leimert-park-village.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Utopia\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (when it was held in Leimert Park) as examples. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Both of us come from backgrounds in political organizing and also in dancing,” says Simon, who runs a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.candidegroup.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">social justice-focused investing company\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as well as the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.orishahouse.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Orisha House Dance Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. “For us, it was the opportunity to really bring that together with an intentional effort to build this community, particularly coming out of COVID, when people couldn’t have access to nightclubs and other experiences,” Simon says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A collective effort\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the party’s early supporters, Mahasin Munir, appreciates how much Simon and Hyatt have molded the party since its early days. “I love that they have provided structure, rules, safety,” Munir says. “They provide all of these things and ask us just to bring our vibe and our support. Sulaiman has even cleaned up…and swept and mopped.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934172\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934172\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A black woman with short hair and glasses smiles at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68386_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-15-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahasin Munir on the steps of the Lake Merritt Pergola at the Days Like This community dance party in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Munir, a friend of Hyatt’s, made the donation box and emcees on occasion. She’s one of a number of volunteers who help make Days Like This possible. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At a recent party, Quanah Brightman, another regular, took on some of the pre-party clean-up duties as Hyatt set up the equipment — which Hyatt transports to Lake Merritt on a cargo bike.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934173\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68407_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-35-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quanah Brightman helps clean up at the Days Like This community dance party in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. “I find a lot of healing, a lot of peace, a lot of love here,” Brightman says. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Days Like This signs, hand-painted by volunteers, hang on the Pergola’s columns. Each week, three to five partygoers — who have completed a training in de-escalation practices — help with security. There’s also a therapist and a medical doctor among the regular attendees who make themselves available should any needs arise. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt invite dancers to donate any level of funds to Days Like This via the donation box or a QR code for the party’s Venmo account. “We really wanted to have a community-centered party, and so we have four buckets where we split the donations up: DJ, equipment, organizers and Longevity Fund,” Hyatt explains. “The Longevity Fund [is] really to support needs that arise in communities.” Hyatt described a time when a dancer had their car stolen and needed help with transportation, so they collected donations for them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68402_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-29-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Days Like This donation box in front of a mixer and speaker at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. The free dance party relies on community support to help cover the organizing costs. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It is deeply political. It is deeply intentional,” Hyatt says. And that intention is in the party’s name, as well — which Simon pulled from one of her favorite songs, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pGpyZbt9U\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Days Like This (Spinna & Ticklah Mix)”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by British soul singer Shaun Escoffery. The song doesn’t just get people dancing, it also represents the evening’s spirit. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Days Like This can signify beautiful, joyful days,” Simon says. “And sometimes Days Like This is however you might show up after some really major challenge in your life. Days Like This is wherever you happen to be on a Friday, and we want to hold space for that energy.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>One community under a groove\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Simon and Hyatt say they “want to hold space,” they mean it. Except for rain cancellations, the party happens every week from February to mid-December. “To be real, we’ve had some really fun dance parties out there in the middle of winter,” Hyatt says. “Not only is it dance, but it resembles ceremony. And ceremony, as we’ve been doing as humans for the past 300,000 years, doesn’t stop because it’s cold outside.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934178\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a red baseball cap embraces her child in the park while both smile at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68398_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-24-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mother and daughter, Adesina Cash (top) and Adesina Cash Jr. (bottom), embrace at the Days Like This community dance party at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The party welcomes all ages, abilities and walks of life. “We have the grandmothers down to the grandbabies,” Simon says. “We realized that if you made a party during the day — if you eliminated the alcohol, if you made it family friendly, if you created spaces where people from all over the community could pass by, where unhoused community members could participate — that you would just be able to create a much more inclusive space for people to get that joy that comes from music and dance.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934184\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-800x585.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits in a wheelchair while smiling widely.\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-800x585.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-1020x746.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-768x562.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68397_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-25-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fidel Valenzuela taking in the festivities of Days Like This at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Part of the event’s mission is to create an inclusive space that provides all community members with the opportunity to enjoy a dance party. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fidel Valenzuela, who uses a wheelchair, is a longtime regular who comes back week after week.\u003c/span>\u003cb> “\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I enjoy dancing. I don’t let my, you know, circumstance define me,” he says. “So I still get out there. It’s just chill, safe. There’s never been no problems and we kind of do community policing ourselves.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934187\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with long, straight hair smiles at the camera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68378_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-01-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jhunehl Fortaleza under the Lake Merritt Pergola at the Days Like This community dance party on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. She says she “fell in love immediately” with the party when she came across it. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jhunehl Fortaleza, who came across Days Like This earlier this summer, also appreciates the safety she feels to let loose. “I feel like I genuinely, 100% can be comfortable being myself,” she says. “Without having to be intoxicated, without having to worry about the male gaze, without having to worry about being hit on. And this place is just like really, genuinely people who love to dance.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt specifically made the party to center dancing, and a dance cypher inevitably forms at some point in the night. People take turns in the center of the circle, showing off their skills, or getting hyped up by the crowd to try out some moves. Simon and a rotation of guest teachers even hold a weekly dance class at 4:30 p.m. for anyone who wants to develop more confidence in their dancing or get a crash course in house dance history before partying. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934189\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Dance-Class-Cropped-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgan Simon (left) leads dance class before the Days Like This party officially starts on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Ariana Proehl)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The feel-good vibes at Days Like This haven’t only attracted dancers, but a growing list of DJs from across the Bay — and recently from Chicago and Sweden, as well. Bay Area native Eduardo Taylor, a.k.a. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/et_iv/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">DJ ET IV\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, DJed the Aug. 25 party and has been in the Days Like This rotation since 2021. He keeps coming back for the crowd.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934190\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68406_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-33-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ ET IV spinning tracks for the Days Like This crowd at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. ET IV regularly plays the event alongside a cast of rotating DJs. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s just the energy of the people, really,” Taylor says. “As a DJ, I play all kinds of parties and events and all kinds of music. But I feel like playing for dancers is the most rewarding because they’ll let you know instantaneously if they’re enjoying the music. And I really feed off of them.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13934192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13934192\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A male dancer does a dance move as a crowd of people watches in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/RS68381_230825-DAYS-LIKE-THIS-DANCE-OAKLAND-RT-08-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">B-boy Michael Nicer dances in the cypher as the crowd looks on at the Days Like This community dance party at Lake Merritt in Oakland on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But you won’t hear just any kind of music from the DJs’ song catalogs. “The heart of our party is Black music,” Simon explains. “Whether that’s house, hip-hop, soul and the heart of our dances — voguing, waacking. Many of these dances come from queer communities and queer communities of color….And that’s why, in general, we hold a huge gratitude to Black communities and the music and the dance that’s created.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At one point in the evening, Simon and Hyatt get on the mic to do a brief demonstration on consent, modeling through skits how to ask someone to dance, how to respond respectfully if the answer’s “no, thanks,” and ways community members might intervene if someone feels unsafe in an interaction.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think there’s something special around how we go about making relationships that ultimately lead towards community building,” Hyatt says. “We live in a culture that is intentional around the dissolving or breaking down of relationships. … One of the things I think about when I think about this party is Audre Lorde’s [essay] ‘Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.’ It’s how we as humans can come together in our shared humanity to really tap into joy and an ease and rejuvenation with each other.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13933887","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in one instance, tap into a lasting love connection. Sofie Lynn and Alvaro Contreras met on the dancefloor of Days Like This and later fell in love. When they decided to marry, they chose to have the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv-vC0lOpfy/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\">ceremony at the Aug. 11 party\u003c/a>. Dancers created an aisle that resembled a soul train line. Simon officiated. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simon and Hyatt value their role as a weekly party where people get to see each other on a consistent basis and build relationships of all kinds. “[The consistency is] part of what leads to that deeper connection, which then creates space for friendship, for romance, for whatever may manifest,” Simon says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This is like church’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the party, Simon and Hyatt — who are strict about winding down on time out of respect for the neighborhood — begin what has become the party’s closing ceremony. They make final announcements and any dancers celebrating birthdays are treated to a birthday song — the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcVZfJO01NI\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stevie Wonder version\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Then the DJ cues up \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbj15Zlh-Ag\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Before I Let Go”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, as one of the dancers leads the crowd in the electric slide.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s just this really great time for people to end moving in unison,” Simon says of the ritual, which is followed by mellow jazz to help calm everyone down. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13934154","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“There’s something profound around closing the circle afterwards in a dance space,” Hyatt adds. “That ‘we’ll see you next week’ type of thing. This is like church.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the week’s fellowship of sorts is officially over, dancers thank the DJ and organizers, a few more bills get stuffed into the donation box and volunteers help Hyatt break down the equipment. And as the crowd disperses, smiling and sweaty from all the dancing, you can’t help but look forward to more days like this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11687704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-800x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-400x30.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Turntable.Break_-768x58.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>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dayslikethis.oakland/?hl=en\">Days Like This\u003c/a> takes place Fridays from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Lake Merritt Pergola. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13934148/days-like-this-oakland-lake-merritt-house-music-dance-party","authors":["11296"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_879","arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_1785","arts_1143"],"featImg":"arts_13934165","label":"arts"},"arts_13913540":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13913540","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13913540","score":null,"sort":[1652905992000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"photos-town-up-tuesday-oakland-lake-merritt","title":"PHOTOS: 'Town Up Tuesday' Showed Oakland's Hip-Hop Culture on Full Display","publishDate":1652905992,"format":"standard","headTitle":"PHOTOS: ‘Town Up Tuesday’ Showed Oakland’s Hip-Hop Culture on Full Display | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>On May 17, the Oakland-based nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/urbanpeace510/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Peace Movement\u003c/a> held a voter registration event at Lake Merritt called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13913202/town-up-tuesday-brings-bay-area-hitmakers-voter-participation-to-the-lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Town Up Tuesday\u003c/a>. The four-hour festival had elements of a political rally, a prayer session and a family reunion. But above all, the power of Oakland’s hip-hop culture was on full display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a few vendors flanked the grassy hillside that sits adjacent to the landmark Fairyland theme park, attendees sat scattered on the grass while even more stood in front of Lake Merritt’s bandstand. People danced and held up their phones, capturing footage of some of the Bay Area’s most beloved musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13825052']The highly energetic artist from East Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kamaiyah/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamaiyah\u003c/a>, had a headline performance that didn’t disappoint. San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stunnaman02/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stunnaman02\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gunnagoesglobal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gunna Goes Global\u003c/a> big-stepped off the stage and into the audience. Crowd favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goapele/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goapele\u003c/a> performed alongside the Grammy-nominated duo \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/losrakas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Rakas\u003c/a>. During \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/therealsymba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symba’s\u003c/a> set, guests \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ally_cocaine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ally Cocaine\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/youngjr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young JR\u003c/a> performed. And then Symba debuted his new track “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNm4JCPALPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOAT,\u003c/a>” which officially dropped today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rappers \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/two14music/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two14\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/babygas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baby Gas,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official.jwalt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jwalt,\u003c/a> and the duo of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/harmoniandlyric/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harmoni & Lyric\u003c/a>, as well as members of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theturffeinz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turf Feinz\u003c/a> dance collective,\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stealtheshow/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> DJ Kleptic\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdsharp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ D Sharp\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djfuze_du/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Fuze\u003c/a> all rocked the stage, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dnastee/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leon “Dnas” Sykes\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rockyrivera/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocky Rivera\u003c/a> held it down hosting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point during the show, author and community advocate \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official_darryl_reed/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Reed\u003c/a> honored Urban Peace Movement founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/niclee510/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole Lee \u003c/a>with a floral gift. It was a much-deserved acknowledgement of the work she and her team undertook to make the event happen—as well as the work they do on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>All Photos by Pendarvis Harshaw/KQED:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13913544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13913546\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-15-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13913547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-14.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13913548\" 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The four-hour festival had elements of a political rally, a prayer session and a family reunion. But above all, the power of Oakland’s hip-hop culture was on full display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a few vendors flanked the grassy hillside that sits adjacent to the landmark Fairyland theme park, attendees sat scattered on the grass while even more stood in front of Lake Merritt’s bandstand. People danced and held up their phones, capturing footage of some of the Bay Area’s most beloved musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13825052","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The highly energetic artist from East Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kamaiyah/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamaiyah\u003c/a>, had a headline performance that didn’t disappoint. San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stunnaman02/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stunnaman02\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gunnagoesglobal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gunna Goes Global\u003c/a> big-stepped off the stage and into the audience. Crowd favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goapele/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goapele\u003c/a> performed alongside the Grammy-nominated duo \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/losrakas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Rakas\u003c/a>. During \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/therealsymba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symba’s\u003c/a> set, guests \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ally_cocaine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ally Cocaine\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/youngjr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young JR\u003c/a> performed. And then Symba debuted his new track “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNm4JCPALPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOAT,\u003c/a>” which officially dropped today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rappers \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/two14music/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two14\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/babygas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baby Gas,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official.jwalt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jwalt,\u003c/a> and the duo of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/harmoniandlyric/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harmoni & Lyric\u003c/a>, as well as members of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theturffeinz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turf Feinz\u003c/a> dance collective,\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stealtheshow/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> DJ Kleptic\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdsharp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ D Sharp\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djfuze_du/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Fuze\u003c/a> all rocked the stage, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dnastee/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leon “Dnas” Sykes\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rockyrivera/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocky Rivera\u003c/a> held it down hosting.\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>At one point during the show, author and community advocate \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official_darryl_reed/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darryl Reed\u003c/a> honored Urban Peace Movement founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/niclee510/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicole Lee \u003c/a>with a floral gift. It was a much-deserved acknowledgement of the work she and her team undertook to make the event happen—as well as the work they do on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>All Photos by Pendarvis Harshaw/KQED:\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13913544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-17-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-18-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-18-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-18-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-18-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-18-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/Image-from-iOS-18.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13913540/photos-town-up-tuesday-oakland-lake-merritt","authors":["11491"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_4459","arts_1828","arts_831","arts_1558","arts_1785","arts_2151","arts_1143","arts_16222"],"featImg":"arts_13913545","label":"arts"},"arts_13913202":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13913202","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13913202","score":null,"sort":[1652397498000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"town-up-tuesday-lake-merritt-stunnaman02-kamaiyah-goapele-voting","title":"'Town Up Tuesday' Brings Bay Area Hitmakers, Voter Participation to the Lake","publishDate":1652397498,"format":"standard","headTitle":"‘Town Up Tuesday’ Brings Bay Area Hitmakers, Voter Participation to the Lake | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Head down to Lake Merritt in on any given weekend in Oakland, and you’ll usually find a party: there’s almost always DJs, dancers, people kicking back or firing up the BBQ, and an overall good community vibe. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Town Up Tuesday, happening May 17 at the lake’s bandstand, that vibe will be enhanced by a stacked lineup of Bay Area artists—hitmakers like Kamaiyah and Stunnaman02, as well and the Turf Fienz dance crew, DJs like the Warriors’ D-Sharp, and hosts D-Nas, Rocky Rivera and Goapele. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the free event is also a chance to educate Oakland’s young voters on the importance of the upcoming elections, says Nicole Lee of Urban Peace Movement, the event’s organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13900085']“We love the city of Oakland, and we love young people in Oakland,” Lee says, excited about offering entertainment and socializing after two years of a pandemic. “But the other reason for doing this event is that participation in local elections really matters, and especially the voice of young people in those elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, while attendees celebrate to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13825052/kamaiyah-surprises-hayward-high-school-with-black-panther-tickets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Does It Feel\u003c/a>” or “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900085/stunnaman02-and-the-big-steppin-energy-in-the-room\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Big Steppin’\u003c/a>,” they’ll also receive information about the upcoming Alameda County races for District Attorney and the Board of Supervisors. In November, voters will decide the Mayor of Oakland. QR codes around the event will lead to voter registration forms, and volunteers will be out in the crowd, talking to fans about the elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Lee says, it’s a celebration, sure. But with issues like housing and economic development affecting the lived experience of the next generation in The Town, “it’s also a place for people to get educated, in fun way, about why it’s important to get involved in local elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Town Up Tuesday gets underway on Tuesday, May 17, from 3-7pm, at the Edoff Memorial Bandstand at Lake Merritt. Admission is free with registration. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/town-up-tuesday-live-music-festival-tickets-324411703137\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Stunnaman02, Kamaiyah, Goapele and others lead a free day of live music and voter engagement in Oakland.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006855,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":10,"wordCount":346},"headData":{"title":"'Town Up Tuesday' Brings Bay Area Hitmakers, Voter Participation to the Lake | KQED","description":"Stunnaman02, Kamaiyah, Goapele and others lead a free day of live music and voter engagement in Oakland.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"'Town Up Tuesday' Brings Bay Area Hitmakers, Voter Participation to the Lake","datePublished":"2022-05-12T23:18:18.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:00:55.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"WpOldSlug":"town-up-tuesday-brings-bay-area-hitmakers-voter-participation-to-the-lake","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13913202/town-up-tuesday-lake-merritt-stunnaman02-kamaiyah-goapele-voting","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Head down to Lake Merritt in on any given weekend in Oakland, and you’ll usually find a party: there’s almost always DJs, dancers, people kicking back or firing up the BBQ, and an overall good community vibe. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Town Up Tuesday, happening May 17 at the lake’s bandstand, that vibe will be enhanced by a stacked lineup of Bay Area artists—hitmakers like Kamaiyah and Stunnaman02, as well and the Turf Fienz dance crew, DJs like the Warriors’ D-Sharp, and hosts D-Nas, Rocky Rivera and Goapele. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the free event is also a chance to educate Oakland’s young voters on the importance of the upcoming elections, says Nicole Lee of Urban Peace Movement, the event’s organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13900085","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We love the city of Oakland, and we love young people in Oakland,” Lee says, excited about offering entertainment and socializing after two years of a pandemic. “But the other reason for doing this event is that participation in local elections really matters, and especially the voice of young people in those elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, while attendees celebrate to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13825052/kamaiyah-surprises-hayward-high-school-with-black-panther-tickets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Does It Feel\u003c/a>” or “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900085/stunnaman02-and-the-big-steppin-energy-in-the-room\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Big Steppin’\u003c/a>,” they’ll also receive information about the upcoming Alameda County races for District Attorney and the Board of Supervisors. In November, voters will decide the Mayor of Oakland. QR codes around the event will lead to voter registration forms, and volunteers will be out in the crowd, talking to fans about the elections.\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>As Lee says, it’s a celebration, sure. But with issues like housing and economic development affecting the lived experience of the next generation in The Town, “it’s also a place for people to get educated, in fun way, about why it’s important to get involved in local elections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Town Up Tuesday gets underway on Tuesday, May 17, from 3-7pm, at the Edoff Memorial Bandstand at Lake Merritt. Admission is free with registration. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/town-up-tuesday-live-music-festival-tickets-324411703137\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13913202/town-up-tuesday-lake-merritt-stunnaman02-kamaiyah-goapele-voting","authors":["185"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_4949","arts_1828","arts_1558","arts_1785","arts_1143","arts_5826","arts_16222","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13840923","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13900997":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13900997","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13900997","score":null,"sort":[1629126030000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"3-exceptionally-weird-bay-area-festivals-we-should-bring-back","title":"3 Exceptionally Weird Bay Area Festivals We Should Bring Back","publishDate":1629126030,"format":"standard","headTitle":"3 Exceptionally Weird Bay Area Festivals We Should Bring Back | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>As we all know, the Bay Area is one of those very special little corners of Earth where surreal niches don’t just survive—they often thrive. Just ask the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a>. Or the \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/hanging-out-with-sf-s-naked-guys-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-10c2dd8c1f08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naked Guys\u003c/a>. Or even \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Chu\u003c/a>, the 12 Galaxies protest dude. Our inherent love of the unusual is why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_Street_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BDSM festival\u003c/a>. And it’s \u003cem>definitely\u003c/em> why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Your_Alley_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second BDSM festival\u003c/a> for people who think the first BDSM festival is too mainstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth though, we could be doing more, because—for reasons I cannot fathom—some of the strangest festivals in Bay Area history are no longer with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without further ado, I present three festivals that we almost certainly should bring back. One of the strangest things about all of them is that they ever fell out of favor here in the first place…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, Sausalito\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901207\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Local cartoonist Phil Frank designed this promo poster for Sausalito's Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988.\" width=\"780\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-160x199.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-768x957.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local cartoonist Phil Frank (of ‘Farley’ fame) designed this promo poster for Sausalito’s Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sausalito Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 1981, houseboat residents in Sausalito began hearing a strange hum coming from the water. It came only at night, it prompted residents to check their electrical boxes for faulty wires, and it was compared by one witness to the sound of a distant air raid. “The humming is so strong,” South Dakota’s \u003cem>Argus-Leader\u003c/em> once reported, “it is able to penetrate even the steel-reinforced concrete hulls of some houseboats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speculation was rife about the source of the disturbing audio vibrations. Locals pointed fingers at Russian submarines, CIA surveillance, a secret sewage plant, unknown mechanical devices, and—of course—aliens. For a while, many people’s best guess was that it was just another example of “\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hum\u003c/a>“—a throbbing noise of unknown origin heard in remote locations around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 1985, after years of disturbances, the then-director of Golden Gate Park’s Steinhart Aquarium, John McCosker, finally figured out the source of the nocturnal humming. It was the plainfish midshipman—a.k.a. porichthys notatus\u003cem>—\u003c/em>a.k.a. the humming toadfish. The noise came specifically from amorous male toadfish trying to attract mates. “It may be the mating call of the toadfish,” an unimpressed Yellow Ferry Harbor resident \u003ca href=\"http://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2019-columns/2019/3/27/the-humming-toadfish-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>United Press International\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, “but it plays havoc with the sex lives of people living here.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13886018']Regardless, for Sausalito residents who’d spent years puzzling over the mystery, McCosker’s answer came as such a welcome relief that they decided to honor all that aquatic \u003cem>amor\u003c/em> with a festival at the Sausalito Bay Model. Attractions at the preposterous Annual Humming Toadfish festival included: attendees dressed as fish, sea monsters and fauna; a parade of hundreds of kazoo players mimicking the underwater hum; audio recordings of toadfish calls; and a “living, hands-on” display of the animals by McCosker. According to the \u003cem>Petaluma Argus-Courier\u003c/em>, the 1988 edition also included a marching band, Presbyterian church choirs, food stands, and beer from 20 California microbreweries. Plus? Each year a special attendee was crowned King of the Humming Toadfish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly, I can find no existing footage of any of this nonsense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Oakland’s Wild Duck Festival, Lake Merritt\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png\" alt=\"Girls dance, while ducks fly overhead at Lake Merritt's Annual Duck Festival, New Year's Day 1923.\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1020x801.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-160x126.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-768x603.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1536x1206.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM.png 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outtake from ‘The Wicker Man.’ Just kidding. It’s a scene from 1923’s Annual Duck Festival, held on New Year’s Day at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The photo, taken on the shores of Lake Merritt on New Year’s Day 1923, looks positively pagan. A circle of girls, dressed in white tights, bonnets and frilly dresses, dancing while clutching an extra long feather boa. Behind them in the lake and flying over their heads is the reason for their strange dance: scores of ducks. This was the Annual Wild Duck Festival in Oakland and—just look at that photo, man—it was pretty eccentric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13879301']Given under the direction of the Oakland Playground Department, and funded by the Oakland City Council ($460 was provided for it in 1921), the duck festival was first held in 1920. That year also marked the \u003ca href=\"https://localwiki.org/oakland/Lake_Merritt_Wild_Duck_Refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50th anniversary\u003c/a> of Lake Merritt’s wild duck refuge—a sanctuary first conceived by Dr. Samuel Merritt. Merritt wanted to protect both the birds and surrounding residents from hunters’ gunfire, as well as from dogs and cats, which were subsequently banned. By 1915, organized feeding of the ducks—with corn, wheat and crumbled loaves of bread—had also begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1921, an estimated 15,000 people came to greet the wild ducks on New Year’s Day. The following year, the neighborhood celebration was described by newspapers around the country as “A pageant of decorated boats on the lake, and a parade of decorated automobiles on the drives surrounding the bird sanctuary.” As the above photo illustrates, “hundreds of children from the Oakland public schools, all in costume, danced folk and outdoor dances on the lawn bordering the lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kansas newspaper the \u003cem>Phillipsburg News\u003c/em> even compared the Wild Duck Festival to “what the Tournament of Roses is to Pasadena, or Shrove Tuesday is in New Orleans.” The paper reported that “the entire city took a holiday” to go to the park. There are worse ways to get rid of a New Year’s Day hangover, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Banana Slug Festival, Guerneville\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901248\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png\" alt=\"A banana slug race in action, as seen in the 'Press Democrat' on Oct. 15, 1987.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-160x252.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-768x1209.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM.png 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana slug race in action, as seen in the ‘Press Democrat’ on Oct. 15, 1987. \u003ccite>('The Press Democrat')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This outlandish celebration of Northern California banana slugs was born from the fact that—as one Monte Rio resident told the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> in 1987—”Other small towns had something to celebrate, but nothing will grow under our redwoods … except the banana slug.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cue a festival that became infamous in the late ’80s for combining slug races for kids at one end, and slug tastings for grossed out grown-ups at the other. Inspired by the knowledge that Yurok indigenous people once ate the slimy yellow friends (fried, apparently), competitors in the festival’s cooking competition tried endlessly to make the dead slugs more palatable. Dishes offered up over the years included slug Wellington, slug enchiladas, slug sushi and slug focaccia bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13892672']In some years, the festival also held a competition to find a “Super Slug”—though all the winning slug had to do was weigh more than of all the other slugs in the category. According to Tacoma, Washington’s \u003cem>News Tribune\u003c/em> newspaper, after the 1990 winner was announced, the slug was “dressed in a velveteen cape, presented on a purple pillow, and carried to theme music from \u003cem>Rocky\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slugfest became so infamous that, in 1989, the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> printed an extensive report about it. That year, the festival was picketed by protesters who were alarmed at all the slug consumption. The newspaper of record reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Bearing placards that read ‘Animals Suffering For Petty Human Amusement,’ the protesters took particular offense at an advertisement in a local weekly newspaper that explained how to prepare a slug for cooking. The instructions included … feeding the slug corn meal for a week to purge it of whatever else it’s been eating and soaking it in vinegar to remove the mucous that coats its body. But what really infuriated the protesters was the assurance that live slugs thrown into boiling water ‘scream a lot less than lobsters.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Times\u003c/em> went on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Some of the protesters abandoned their principles long enough to watch the slug races, which were won by Slimer, who is owned and trained by 12-year-old Nina King. … How, Nina was asked, had she trained Slimer for the big race? ‘I played with him after school a lot,’ she said. ‘And today I just yelled ‘C’mon, C’mon.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> also acknowledged an unfortunate incident one year when one of the culinary judges was inspired to go rogue. Mid-tasting, he crossed the room, snatched one of the racing slugs off a table and ate it alive. “It’s the only time I ever saw a man turn green,” one witness reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the Slugfest was anarchy. And while costume competitions for the slugs would probably be significantly more fun than eating them, the Banana Slug Festival is definitely something we should bring back. In 2009, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Banana-Slugs-77517356203/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banana Slugs Facebook\u003c/a> account wrestled with the same thought, and reached a similar conclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They eat the banana slugs, and that feels wrong,” the post said. “But at the same time, those slugs are being celebrated in a way, and their lives are contributing happiness to the people around them. What would Kant say?”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"For your consideration: A kazoo parade, a banana slug cooking competition, and pagan dancing for ducks by Lake Merritt. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705007953,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1539},"headData":{"title":"3 Exceptionally Weird Bay Area Festivals We Should Bring Back | KQED","description":"For your consideration: A kazoo parade, a banana slug cooking competition, and pagan dancing for ducks by Lake Merritt. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"3 Exceptionally Weird Bay Area Festivals We Should Bring Back","datePublished":"2021-08-16T15:00:30.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:19:13.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13900997/3-exceptionally-weird-bay-area-festivals-we-should-bring-back","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As we all know, the Bay Area is one of those very special little corners of Earth where surreal niches don’t just survive—they often thrive. Just ask the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesisters.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence\u003c/a>. Or the \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/hanging-out-with-sf-s-naked-guys-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-10c2dd8c1f08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naked Guys\u003c/a>. Or even \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Chu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Chu\u003c/a>, the 12 Galaxies protest dude. Our inherent love of the unusual is why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsom_Street_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BDSM festival\u003c/a>. And it’s \u003cem>definitely\u003c/em> why we have a \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Your_Alley_Fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second BDSM festival\u003c/a> for people who think the first BDSM festival is too mainstream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth though, we could be doing more, because—for reasons I cannot fathom—some of the strangest festivals in Bay Area history are no longer with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without further ado, I present three festivals that we almost certainly should bring back. One of the strangest things about all of them is that they ever fell out of favor here in the first place…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, Sausalito\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13901207\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Local cartoonist Phil Frank designed this promo poster for Sausalito's Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988.\" width=\"780\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM.png 780w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-160x199.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-3.10.48-PM-768x957.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local cartoonist Phil Frank (of ‘Farley’ fame) designed this promo poster for Sausalito’s Annual Humming Toadfish Festival, in 1988. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sausalito Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 1981, houseboat residents in Sausalito began hearing a strange hum coming from the water. It came only at night, it prompted residents to check their electrical boxes for faulty wires, and it was compared by one witness to the sound of a distant air raid. “The humming is so strong,” South Dakota’s \u003cem>Argus-Leader\u003c/em> once reported, “it is able to penetrate even the steel-reinforced concrete hulls of some houseboats.”\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>Speculation was rife about the source of the disturbing audio vibrations. Locals pointed fingers at Russian submarines, CIA surveillance, a secret sewage plant, unknown mechanical devices, and—of course—aliens. For a while, many people’s best guess was that it was just another example of “\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hum\u003c/a>“—a throbbing noise of unknown origin heard in remote locations around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 1985, after years of disturbances, the then-director of Golden Gate Park’s Steinhart Aquarium, John McCosker, finally figured out the source of the nocturnal humming. It was the plainfish midshipman—a.k.a. porichthys notatus\u003cem>—\u003c/em>a.k.a. the humming toadfish. The noise came specifically from amorous male toadfish trying to attract mates. “It may be the mating call of the toadfish,” an unimpressed Yellow Ferry Harbor resident \u003ca href=\"http://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2019-columns/2019/3/27/the-humming-toadfish-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told \u003cem>United Press International\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, “but it plays havoc with the sex lives of people living here.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13886018","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Regardless, for Sausalito residents who’d spent years puzzling over the mystery, McCosker’s answer came as such a welcome relief that they decided to honor all that aquatic \u003cem>amor\u003c/em> with a festival at the Sausalito Bay Model. Attractions at the preposterous Annual Humming Toadfish festival included: attendees dressed as fish, sea monsters and fauna; a parade of hundreds of kazoo players mimicking the underwater hum; audio recordings of toadfish calls; and a “living, hands-on” display of the animals by McCosker. According to the \u003cem>Petaluma Argus-Courier\u003c/em>, the 1988 edition also included a marching band, Presbyterian church choirs, food stands, and beer from 20 California microbreweries. Plus? Each year a special attendee was crowned King of the Humming Toadfish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly, I can find no existing footage of any of this nonsense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Oakland’s Wild Duck Festival, Lake Merritt\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13900999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png\" alt=\"Girls dance, while ducks fly overhead at Lake Merritt's Annual Duck Festival, New Year's Day 1923.\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-800x628.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1020x801.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-160x126.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-768x603.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM-1536x1206.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-10-at-12.36.56-PM.png 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outtake from ‘The Wicker Man.’ Just kidding. It’s a scene from 1923’s Annual Duck Festival, held on New Year’s Day at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The photo, taken on the shores of Lake Merritt on New Year’s Day 1923, looks positively pagan. A circle of girls, dressed in white tights, bonnets and frilly dresses, dancing while clutching an extra long feather boa. Behind them in the lake and flying over their heads is the reason for their strange dance: scores of ducks. This was the Annual Wild Duck Festival in Oakland and—just look at that photo, man—it was pretty eccentric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13879301","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Given under the direction of the Oakland Playground Department, and funded by the Oakland City Council ($460 was provided for it in 1921), the duck festival was first held in 1920. That year also marked the \u003ca href=\"https://localwiki.org/oakland/Lake_Merritt_Wild_Duck_Refuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50th anniversary\u003c/a> of Lake Merritt’s wild duck refuge—a sanctuary first conceived by Dr. Samuel Merritt. Merritt wanted to protect both the birds and surrounding residents from hunters’ gunfire, as well as from dogs and cats, which were subsequently banned. By 1915, organized feeding of the ducks—with corn, wheat and crumbled loaves of bread—had also begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1921, an estimated 15,000 people came to greet the wild ducks on New Year’s Day. The following year, the neighborhood celebration was described by newspapers around the country as “A pageant of decorated boats on the lake, and a parade of decorated automobiles on the drives surrounding the bird sanctuary.” As the above photo illustrates, “hundreds of children from the Oakland public schools, all in costume, danced folk and outdoor dances on the lawn bordering the lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kansas newspaper the \u003cem>Phillipsburg News\u003c/em> even compared the Wild Duck Festival to “what the Tournament of Roses is to Pasadena, or Shrove Tuesday is in New Orleans.” The paper reported that “the entire city took a holiday” to go to the park. There are worse ways to get rid of a New Year’s Day hangover, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Banana Slug Festival, Guerneville\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13901248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13901248\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png\" alt=\"A banana slug race in action, as seen in the 'Press Democrat' on Oct. 15, 1987.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-800x1260.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-160x252.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM-768x1209.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-12-at-11.33.16-PM.png 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana slug race in action, as seen in the ‘Press Democrat’ on Oct. 15, 1987. \u003ccite>('The Press Democrat')\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This outlandish celebration of Northern California banana slugs was born from the fact that—as one Monte Rio resident told the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> in 1987—”Other small towns had something to celebrate, but nothing will grow under our redwoods … except the banana slug.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cue a festival that became infamous in the late ’80s for combining slug races for kids at one end, and slug tastings for grossed out grown-ups at the other. Inspired by the knowledge that Yurok indigenous people once ate the slimy yellow friends (fried, apparently), competitors in the festival’s cooking competition tried endlessly to make the dead slugs more palatable. Dishes offered up over the years included slug Wellington, slug enchiladas, slug sushi and slug focaccia bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13892672","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In some years, the festival also held a competition to find a “Super Slug”—though all the winning slug had to do was weigh more than of all the other slugs in the category. According to Tacoma, Washington’s \u003cem>News Tribune\u003c/em> newspaper, after the 1990 winner was announced, the slug was “dressed in a velveteen cape, presented on a purple pillow, and carried to theme music from \u003cem>Rocky\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slugfest became so infamous that, in 1989, the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> printed an extensive report about it. That year, the festival was picketed by protesters who were alarmed at all the slug consumption. The newspaper of record reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Bearing placards that read ‘Animals Suffering For Petty Human Amusement,’ the protesters took particular offense at an advertisement in a local weekly newspaper that explained how to prepare a slug for cooking. The instructions included … feeding the slug corn meal for a week to purge it of whatever else it’s been eating and soaking it in vinegar to remove the mucous that coats its body. But what really infuriated the protesters was the assurance that live slugs thrown into boiling water ‘scream a lot less than lobsters.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Times\u003c/em> went on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Some of the protesters abandoned their principles long enough to watch the slug races, which were won by Slimer, who is owned and trained by 12-year-old Nina King. … How, Nina was asked, had she trained Slimer for the big race? ‘I played with him after school a lot,’ she said. ‘And today I just yelled ‘C’mon, C’mon.’\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Times\u003c/em> also acknowledged an unfortunate incident one year when one of the culinary judges was inspired to go rogue. Mid-tasting, he crossed the room, snatched one of the racing slugs off a table and ate it alive. “It’s the only time I ever saw a man turn green,” one witness reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the Slugfest was anarchy. And while costume competitions for the slugs would probably be significantly more fun than eating them, the Banana Slug Festival is definitely something we should bring back. In 2009, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/Banana-Slugs-77517356203/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banana Slugs Facebook\u003c/a> account wrestled with the same thought, and reached a similar conclusion.\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>“They eat the banana slugs, and that feels wrong,” the post said. “But at the same time, those slugs are being celebrated in a way, and their lives are contributing happiness to the people around them. What would Kant say?”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13900997/3-exceptionally-weird-bay-area-festivals-we-should-bring-back","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_7862","arts_11615"],"tags":["arts_14353","arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_1785"],"featImg":"arts_13901297","label":"arts"},"arts_13899115":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13899115","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13899115","score":null,"sort":[1624404976000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"juneteenth-oakland-lake-merritt-beauty","title":"No Graves, Only Gardens: On Juneteenth in Oakland","publishDate":1624404976,"format":"standard","headTitle":"No Graves, Only Gardens: On Juneteenth in Oakland | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he wide spectrum of experiences that encompass being Black in America were centerstage this past Saturday, and I was there with my camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The god-like gorgeousness. The impressive use of innovation. The disgust of danger actualizing in the form of death. The different skin tones and distinct accents. The variation of clothing styles, representative of religious affiliations or neighborhood and individual claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw so much Black life through my camera during the day, I’m lightweight embarrassed to say that I was oblivious to what I observed until later that night. That’s when a few choice words made it all click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evening, the Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland hosted their first Grooves From the Green House event, with performances by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msjanehandcock/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Handcock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vadiahub/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vadia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rexxliferaj/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/masego/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masego\u003c/a>. The plant nursery had been converted into an intimate venue where potted pothos plants hung over the heads of 60 to 70 attendees vibing to the music in their seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many, the show was the first live performance “since the pandemic ended”—or rather, since Governor Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868240/newsom-announces-plan-to-open-up-business-as-usual-in-california-by-june-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifted the requirement\u003c/a> for people to wear masks in public places. It was also just a few days after President Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recognized by the government or not, Juneteenth was being celebrated all over: inside of that greenhouse, in cities around the country, and on the eastern side of Lake Merritt—where I had been earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> got to the lake just before noon, dropping my stuff with some friends at the grassy area across from the Cleveland Cascade staircase. From there I walked south, down Lakeshore Avenue, stopping at the event at Pine Knoll Park on Hanover Avenue, before continuing to the amphitheater on the far southern end of the lake. And then I walked back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did that loop three times, and the whole time I was taking photos and giving hugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw a newborn child in the arms of its parent, the hands of young a man holding a blunt and gigging, a woman with fingernail polish on her cuticles that perfectly coordinated with her outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tire smoke was being sent from dirt bikes to the clouds, and hands were holding red cups toward the heavens as if trying to cheers with angels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those are just the photo opportunities that I passed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899122\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At one point, inside my head, I played a little game where I tried to see how many seconds I could go without seeing something beautiful. I never made it to double digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend and I tried to estimate how many people were at the lake. We concluded that the official count was somewhere between 5,000 heads and “hella mutha-f…” (reports say 10,000 people were there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common to say it was a “sea of folks,” but to me it was more like a pasture full of people who were planted on this planet and all happened to be in one place. It was a Black garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were getting their sun and water, feet planted in healthy soil and exchanging loving communication. That’s how plants grow, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the nurturing environment, spots of tension arose as the afternoon went on. A round of firecrackers made the crowd jump at one point. At another location, a little later, a fistfight was filmed. At a third spot, a phone call for someone to “air this shit out” was overheard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I walked back to the car, I heard the gunshots that left \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/One-dead-three-injured-in-shooting-on-Lakeshore-16260117.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a reported\u003c/a> six people injured and one person dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899123\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo while standing in front of a sign that reads, "we are each other's medicine."\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>n hour or so later, I sat in the Blk Girls Green House, waiting for the R&B show to start, scrolling through my phone, reading social media posts and reports from news organizations about what happened by the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent a text asking for updates from a close friend whose cousin was shot, but in stable condition. During a phone call a few minutes prior, when my friend told me the news, I told him to let me know if there was anything I could do—knowing damn well that there was nothing I could do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Handcock raises her left arm as she vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Handcock vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As I wiggled in my greenhouse seat to tuck my phone into my pocket, I grabbed my camera and focused on the first act, Jane Handcock. She performed a couple of songs, moving the crowd with her original songs, plus her track “Baby,” which is a remake of Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” and the Main Ingredient’s “Let Me Prove My Love to You.” Her cold vocals, fly hair and “don’t be shy, we came here to have a good time” attitude laid the foundation for the night of performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I turned back to my phone. No text back yet. Damn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is what I’ve come to understand as the full spectrum of the Black experience in America. I’m used to going from celebrating to mourning, and back again. I know that high-powered love and high-powered weapons are both present in my community, and it’s almost a regular occurrence for life and death to simultaneously occupy the same space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899124\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A barbecue grill is engulfed in flames near Lake Merritt as people celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A barbecue grill is engulfed in flames near Lake Merritt as people celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">H\u003c/span>ow’d our community grow to be so rife with extreme examples of love and violence? There’s a lot of layers, but the seed was planted by the same heinous American institution that we abolished 150 years ago, and that we just made a holiday about, honoring the delayed message that it had ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To think: that institution left my great-great aunties and great-great uncles to feed on unwanted scraps. Scraps that they then turned into soul food, a cuisine that’s loved and served at celebrations, despite being tied to heart disease, the leading cause of death amongst Black folks. Violence and love, death and life, all in one meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899125\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899125\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Mujie on the 1s and 2s\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Mujie on the ones and twos. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At stage right in the greenhouse, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djmujie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Mujie\u003c/a> stood behind a laptop and some digital turntables as she spun hits that got people up and dancing. I mingled a bit, cracked some jokes, and checked my phone again—no response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Headliner Masego ended the show by singing, playing the keys, and blowing the saxophone; in addition to exercising his sense of humor. He roasted a member of his crew for wearing a durag, something the guy evidently never does. “A black one at that?” Masego asked. “Because it’s Juneteenth, huh?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13832886']Prior to Masego’s music and comedy, Rexx Life Raj performed songs like “Handheld GPS” and “Tesla in a Pandemic,” and also shared some jokes with folks. An artist who was raised in Berkeley and has performed at huge venues around the world, Raj said that he almost “boo-boo’ed” on himself backstage when he realized how intimate the greenhouse venue was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of all of the words spoken that evening, nothing moved me like the lyrics to Vadia’s hymn-like song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKmhEzpzgSs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No Graves\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Death does not become me / it don’t rest easy on me / it was never meant for me / it’s not my destiny / always overcoming / there will be no graves,” she sang as she donned black, brown and gold beaded braids as long as the roots of a South African wild fig tree. “No graves, only gardens,” said Vadia to the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899126\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Vadia sings in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vadia sings in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he juxtaposition of death and life, or love and violence, isn’t a new concept. But I’d never heard it referred to as graves and gardens. And to imagine a day where there are only gardens—places where people can grow, like plants in a greenhouse—that’s a fascinating idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took my phone out and put those words in a digital note, and then checked my messages again for an update on the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning my friend posted in an Instagram story that her cousin survived and was at home. The bullet was still in her body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were given another opportunity for growing in the garden, but it comes with a constant reminder of the grave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Pendarvis Harshaw on celebrating, mourning, and the full spectrum of the Black experience in America.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705008174,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":38,"wordCount":1566},"headData":{"title":"No Graves, Only Gardens: On Juneteenth in Oakland | KQED","description":"Pendarvis Harshaw on celebrating, mourning, and the full spectrum of the Black experience in America.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"No Graves, Only Gardens: On Juneteenth in Oakland","datePublished":"2021-06-22T23:36:16.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:22:54.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Commentary","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/artscommentary","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","subhead":"The beauty of Juneteenth in Oakland and a live musical performance, coupled with community violence. ","path":"/arts/13899115/juneteenth-oakland-lake-merritt-beauty","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he wide spectrum of experiences that encompass being Black in America were centerstage this past Saturday, and I was there with my camera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The god-like gorgeousness. The impressive use of innovation. The disgust of danger actualizing in the form of death. The different skin tones and distinct accents. The variation of clothing styles, representative of religious affiliations or neighborhood and individual claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw so much Black life through my camera during the day, I’m lightweight embarrassed to say that I was oblivious to what I observed until later that night. That’s when a few choice words made it all click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evening, the Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland hosted their first Grooves From the Green House event, with performances by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msjanehandcock/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jane Handcock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/vadiahub/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vadia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rexxliferaj/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/masego/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Masego\u003c/a>. The plant nursery had been converted into an intimate venue where potted pothos plants hung over the heads of 60 to 70 attendees vibing to the music in their seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/6C855327-CF65-4AC1-B3B0-819234905F1A.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masego plays the saxophone in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many, the show was the first live performance “since the pandemic ended”—or rather, since Governor Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868240/newsom-announces-plan-to-open-up-business-as-usual-in-california-by-june-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifted the requirement\u003c/a> for people to wear masks in public places. It was also just a few days after President Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.\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>Recognized by the government or not, Juneteenth was being celebrated all over: inside of that greenhouse, in cities around the country, and on the eastern side of Lake Merritt—where I had been earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/7153D232-9DF6-45DE-A467-431CC9F865FC.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zakiya smiles as she adorns a tree with sunflowers and a red, black and green cloth, as a part of a photo booth installation. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> got to the lake just before noon, dropping my stuff with some friends at the grassy area across from the Cleveland Cascade staircase. From there I walked south, down Lakeshore Avenue, stopping at the event at Pine Knoll Park on Hanover Avenue, before continuing to the amphitheater on the far southern end of the lake. And then I walked back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did that loop three times, and the whole time I was taking photos and giving hugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I saw a newborn child in the arms of its parent, the hands of young a man holding a blunt and gigging, a woman with fingernail polish on her cuticles that perfectly coordinated with her outfit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tire smoke was being sent from dirt bikes to the clouds, and hands were holding red cups toward the heavens as if trying to cheers with angels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those are just the photo opportunities that I passed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899122\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/52B9D433-7DB9-40FE-A7F5-04AA7A5E0C2B.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person in a mask hits a wheelie on an ATV near Lake Merritt over the weekend. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At one point, inside my head, I played a little game where I tried to see how many seconds I could go without seeing something beautiful. I never made it to double digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A friend and I tried to estimate how many people were at the lake. We concluded that the official count was somewhere between 5,000 heads and “hella mutha-f…” (reports say 10,000 people were there).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common to say it was a “sea of folks,” but to me it was more like a pasture full of people who were planted on this planet and all happened to be in one place. It was a Black garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were getting their sun and water, feet planted in healthy soil and exchanging loving communication. That’s how plants grow, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the nurturing environment, spots of tension arose as the afternoon went on. A round of firecrackers made the crowd jump at one point. At another location, a little later, a fistfight was filmed. At a third spot, a phone call for someone to “air this shit out” was overheard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I walked back to the car, I heard the gunshots that left \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/One-dead-three-injured-in-shooting-on-Lakeshore-16260117.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a reported\u003c/a> six people injured and one person dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899123\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo while standing in front of a sign that reads, "we are each other's medicine."\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AB4B458E-4E7D-42F7-BAA9-A3FF66BEC3D3.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leila Williams, Calvin Williams and their son Malik stop for a photo. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span>n hour or so later, I sat in the Blk Girls Green House, waiting for the R&B show to start, scrolling through my phone, reading social media posts and reports from news organizations about what happened by the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent a text asking for updates from a close friend whose cousin was shot, but in stable condition. During a phone call a few minutes prior, when my friend told me the news, I told him to let me know if there was anything I could do—knowing damn well that there was nothing I could do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Handcock raises her left arm as she vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC01133.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Handcock vibes to her music while performing at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As I wiggled in my greenhouse seat to tuck my phone into my pocket, I grabbed my camera and focused on the first act, Jane Handcock. She performed a couple of songs, moving the crowd with her original songs, plus her track “Baby,” which is a remake of Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name” and the Main Ingredient’s “Let Me Prove My Love to You.” Her cold vocals, fly hair and “don’t be shy, we came here to have a good time” attitude laid the foundation for the night of performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I turned back to my phone. No text back yet. Damn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is what I’ve come to understand as the full spectrum of the Black experience in America. I’m used to going from celebrating to mourning, and back again. I know that high-powered love and high-powered weapons are both present in my community, and it’s almost a regular occurrence for life and death to simultaneously occupy the same space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899124\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899124\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A barbecue grill is engulfed in flames near Lake Merritt as people celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/DSC00992.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A barbecue grill is engulfed in flames near Lake Merritt as people celebrate Juneteenth in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">H\u003c/span>ow’d our community grow to be so rife with extreme examples of love and violence? There’s a lot of layers, but the seed was planted by the same heinous American institution that we abolished 150 years ago, and that we just made a holiday about, honoring the delayed message that it had ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To think: that institution left my great-great aunties and great-great uncles to feed on unwanted scraps. Scraps that they then turned into soul food, a cuisine that’s loved and served at celebrations, despite being tied to heart disease, the leading cause of death amongst Black folks. Violence and love, death and life, all in one meal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899125\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899125\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"DJ Mujie on the 1s and 2s\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/A59DA034-1B8D-45C2-B11D-3195DB18710C.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DJ Mujie on the ones and twos. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At stage right in the greenhouse, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djmujie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Mujie\u003c/a> stood behind a laptop and some digital turntables as she spun hits that got people up and dancing. I mingled a bit, cracked some jokes, and checked my phone again—no response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Headliner Masego ended the show by singing, playing the keys, and blowing the saxophone; in addition to exercising his sense of humor. He roasted a member of his crew for wearing a durag, something the guy evidently never does. “A black one at that?” Masego asked. “Because it’s Juneteenth, huh?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13832886","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Prior to Masego’s music and comedy, Rexx Life Raj performed songs like “Handheld GPS” and “Tesla in a Pandemic,” and also shared some jokes with folks. An artist who was raised in Berkeley and has performed at huge venues around the world, Raj said that he almost “boo-boo’ed” on himself backstage when he realized how intimate the greenhouse venue was.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of all of the words spoken that evening, nothing moved me like the lyrics to Vadia’s hymn-like song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKmhEzpzgSs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No Graves\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Death does not become me / it don’t rest easy on me / it was never meant for me / it’s not my destiny / always overcoming / there will be no graves,” she sang as she donned black, brown and gold beaded braids as long as the roots of a South African wild fig tree. “No graves, only gardens,” said Vadia to the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13899126\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13899126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Vadia sings in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/194FF7EF-E1CD-49DB-B9B2-1C9E74D33A51.jpg 1082w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vadia sings in front of a live audience at Blk Girls Green House in West Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he juxtaposition of death and life, or love and violence, isn’t a new concept. But I’d never heard it referred to as graves and gardens. And to imagine a day where there are only gardens—places where people can grow, like plants in a greenhouse—that’s a fascinating idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took my phone out and put those words in a digital note, and then checked my messages again for an update on the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next morning my friend posted in an Instagram story that her cousin survived and was at home. The bullet was still in her body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were given another opportunity for growing in the garden, but it comes with a constant reminder of the grave.\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>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13899115/juneteenth-oakland-lake-merritt-beauty","authors":["11491"],"categories":["arts_1"],"tags":["arts_11374","arts_14452","arts_2767","arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_831","arts_7465","arts_1785","arts_1143","arts_1983"],"featImg":"arts_13899120","label":"source_arts_13899115"},"arts_13892706":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13892706","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13892706","score":null,"sort":[1613091597000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"art-and-crisis-entwine-in-new-publication-about-downtown-oakland","title":"Art and Crisis Entwine in New Publication About Downtown Oakland","publishDate":1613091597,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Art and Crisis Entwine in New Publication About Downtown Oakland | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Two months after its close, how do we even begin to take stock of everything that happened in 2020? Some aspects of the year were immediately tangible—emergencies that required emergency responses—while the causes and lingering effects of those emergencies may take years, perhaps decades, to truly parse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ci>Terrain\u003c/i>, a new publication published by \u003ca href=\"https://www.proartscommons.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Arts Gallery & Commons\u003c/a>, East Bay artists, writers and organizers narrow their focus to the area of downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt in 2020, approaching that particular temporal landscape through a variety of forms: essay, manifesto, poetry and first-person stories of supporting last summer’s protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end result, edited by Sam Lefebvre (a former KQED Arts & Culture staff writer), is packaged as a beautifully designed, Risograph-printed booklet \u003ca href=\"https://www.proartscommons.org/store/terrain-art-and-crisis-by-sam-lefebvre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now available\u003c/a> in an edition of 200 from Pro Arts. Its contents move from a critical analysis of last summer’s Black Lives Matter murals to localized distinctions between different types of mutual aid. Between these bigger-picture essays, more personal perspectives emerge. In one of these moments, the members of \u003ca href=\"https://www.momentscooperative.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moments Cooperative & Community Space\u003c/a> (which took over the lease at the former E.M. Wolfman Books) set out their guiding principles, explaining that “community care is a denial of scalability, of efficiency. It is moving at the pace of the slowest among us, so we can arrive at the peak together and share the view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Terrain\u003c/i> is the kind of text I imagine we’ll be looking at for years to come, especially as we seek to remember and recapture the energy that brought about so much communal effort in the face of the enormous hardships of 2020. And in its sharply critical questioning of that energy, it’s a reminder of the constant need to ask who and what such efforts serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five \u003ci>Terrain\u003c/i> contributors—essay writers alex cruse and Julian Francis Park; Tara Marsden of Moments Cooperative & Community Space; designer Dio Brooks; and editor Lefebvre—will join in a conversation at 6pm on Thursday, Feb. 11 for The Lab’s Forum series. \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/projects/2021/2/11/the-forum-terrain-contributors-art-amp-crisis-in-downtown-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"‘Terrain,’ published by Oakland’s Pro Arts Gallery, looks back on the artistic and collective responses to the conditions of 2020.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705019483,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":7,"wordCount":360},"headData":{"title":"Art and Crisis Entwine in New Publication About Downtown Oakland | KQED","description":"‘Terrain,’ published by Oakland’s Pro Arts Gallery, looks back on the artistic and collective responses to the conditions of 2020.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Art and Crisis Entwine in New Publication About Downtown Oakland","datePublished":"2021-02-12T00:59:57.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:31:23.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13892706/art-and-crisis-entwine-in-new-publication-about-downtown-oakland","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Two months after its close, how do we even begin to take stock of everything that happened in 2020? Some aspects of the year were immediately tangible—emergencies that required emergency responses—while the causes and lingering effects of those emergencies may take years, perhaps decades, to truly parse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ci>Terrain\u003c/i>, a new publication published by \u003ca href=\"https://www.proartscommons.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro Arts Gallery & Commons\u003c/a>, East Bay artists, writers and organizers narrow their focus to the area of downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt in 2020, approaching that particular temporal landscape through a variety of forms: essay, manifesto, poetry and first-person stories of supporting last summer’s protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end result, edited by Sam Lefebvre (a former KQED Arts & Culture staff writer), is packaged as a beautifully designed, Risograph-printed booklet \u003ca href=\"https://www.proartscommons.org/store/terrain-art-and-crisis-by-sam-lefebvre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now available\u003c/a> in an edition of 200 from Pro Arts. Its contents move from a critical analysis of last summer’s Black Lives Matter murals to localized distinctions between different types of mutual aid. Between these bigger-picture essays, more personal perspectives emerge. In one of these moments, the members of \u003ca href=\"https://www.momentscooperative.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moments Cooperative & Community Space\u003c/a> (which took over the lease at the former E.M. Wolfman Books) set out their guiding principles, explaining that “community care is a denial of scalability, of efficiency. It is moving at the pace of the slowest among us, so we can arrive at the peak together and share the view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Terrain\u003c/i> is the kind of text I imagine we’ll be looking at for years to come, especially as we seek to remember and recapture the energy that brought about so much communal effort in the face of the enormous hardships of 2020. And in its sharply critical questioning of that energy, it’s a reminder of the constant need to ask who and what such efforts serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five \u003ci>Terrain\u003c/i> contributors—essay writers alex cruse and Julian Francis Park; Tara Marsden of Moments Cooperative & Community Space; designer Dio Brooks; and editor Lefebvre—will join in a conversation at 6pm on Thursday, Feb. 11 for The Lab’s Forum series. \u003ca href=\"https://www.thelab.org/projects/2021/2/11/the-forum-terrain-contributors-art-amp-crisis-in-downtown-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\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>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13892706/art-and-crisis-entwine-in-new-publication-about-downtown-oakland","authors":["61"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1"],"tags":["arts_928","arts_3649","arts_1785","arts_1143","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13892715","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13869505":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13869505","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13869505","score":null,"sort":[1573070695000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"proposed-oakland-museum-of-jazz-and-art-for-city-owned-site-moves-forward","title":"Proposed Oakland Museum of Jazz and Art for City-Owned Site Moves Forward","publishDate":1573070695,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Proposed Oakland Museum of Jazz and Art for City-Owned Site Moves Forward | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>A proposed Museum of Jazz and Art for the current site of a historic, city-owned building near downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt proceeded Tuesday over objections from parklands and public library advocates, indicating more private development of public land around Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted to waive a competitive process generally required for leasing or selling city-owned property and begin negotiating with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.moja-us.org/\">Museum of Jazz and Art\u003c/a> (MOJA) team to develop the parcel at 1310 Oak Street, currently the site of a parking lot and the Fire Alarm Building completed in 1911. The design proposal calls for building a three-story education and exhibition center in what’s now the parking lot, and preserving the historic structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13865204,arts_13861121]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed 70,000-square-foot facility including a 400-capacity venue—still in its development infancy—is the longtime dream of Oakland architectural engineer David Allen, but he told KQED it’s too early to detail financing for the estimated $90 million project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Museum of Jazz and Art previously vied unsuccessfully for sites in downtown Oakland and Jack London Square. The nonprofit organization has reported $170,000 in revenue since 2013, and lists on its board of directors former Pandora Media executive Joe Kennedy. Allen provided letters of support for MOJA from congressperson Barbara Lee and the Tomkat Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MOJA has provided little information about the proposed museum’s collection and programming. Its website promises musician grants and low-interest loans, tutoring and mentorship, support for existing Oakland youth jazz programs, and a national jazz hall of fame. “The most important thing is the public benefit component,” Allen said, adding that if the Oak Street site falls through he intends to shop the museum in Los Angeles or San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say MOJA will provide creative and economic benefits that realize the city’s cultural equity goals, plus anchor the Black Arts Movement and Business District (BAMBD), which has sought greater public investment for years. Councilmember Nikki Fortunato-Bas, who introduced the resolution with colleague Lynette Gibson-McElhaney, called it an opportunity to preserve Oakland’s cultural heritage, and noted her experience mediating tense public benefits negotiations for the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re moving forward is the very beginning of a process,” said Fortunato-Bas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BAMBD spokesperson Eric Arnold and several local activists and arts figures including Carroll Fife of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and Leah King of Youth Speaks commented in favor of the project. They said it would redress the injustices of urban renewal, mentioning BART construction destroying West Oakland’s black nightlife corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would be a giant step, to paraphrase John Coltrane, in implementing the cultural equity called for in the cultural plan,” Arnold said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where public land cannot be used for housing, it’s important to use it for cultural preservation,” Fife said. “Preserve the property for the public good.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-800x450.gif\" alt=\"The Fire Alarm Building at 1310 Oak Street is currently used by city employees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-800x450.gif 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-160x90.gif 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-768x432.gif 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1020x574.gif 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1200x675.gif 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1920x1080.gif 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fire Alarm Building at 1310 Oak Street is currently used by city employees.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The property consists of approximately one acre in the shadow of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse and the Oakland Public Library Main Branch, with the single-story, 4,500 square foot Fire Alarm Building surrounded by trees, parking and, lately, tents. The structure is used by city employees in various departments, and Lake Chalet restaurant leases some of the parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Coalition of Advocates for Lake Merritt (CALM) and supporters of the Oakland Public Library said Tuesday and at an earlier committee hearing that councilmembers are advancing the MOJA proposal prematurely. The Fire Alarm Building has been identified in planning documents as an ideal expansion site for the library’s main branch, and they believe the MOJA negotiations should pause pending the library’s planned feasibility study of the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The library could do more, but its main branch is too small and outdated to meet the needs of Oakland’s population,” said retired Oakland librarian Helen Bloch at an Oct. 22 committee hearing. “I ask that, because this is public land, the site be studied for uses that benefit all Oaklanders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-800x450.gif\" alt=\"The Fire Alarm Building is surrounded by a parking lot, trees and, lately, tents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-800x450.gif 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-160x90.gif 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-768x432.gif 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-1020x574.gif 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-1200x675.gif 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-1920x1080.gif 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fire Alarm Building is surrounded by a parking lot, trees and, lately, tents. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CALM member John Klein said the organization previously opposed development on the Oak Street parcel, and suggested other sites for MOJA. The land around the Fire Alarm Building should remain open space, he said, and be better incorporated into the greenbelt surrounding Lake Merritt. “18 years we’ve been looking out for this property,” Klein said. “Here we are again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Vann of CALM also argued Tuesday that councilmembers are violating California’s Surplus Land Act, which requires government agencies to prioritize affordable housing when leasing or selling public land, and urged them not to \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2015/07/06/breaking-news-oakland-city-attorney-said-luxury-tower-deal-is-illegal\">repeat\u003c/a> the mistake. Underlying the tension is the city’s delay in creating a promised policy for the disposition of public properties that could be used as emergency homeless shelters or affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naomi Schiff of the Oakland Heritage Alliance, a preservationist group, shared concern at the Oct. 22 hearing that the project continues a trend of privatizing historic civic structures, a common criticism of the recent Kaiser Convention Center development deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like jazz, I like museums,” she said. “I’m also extremely concerned about nibbling away at the public realm.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Parklands and public library advocates oppose the development plan for the site of the historic Fire Alarm Building on the edge of Lake Merritt.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705021856,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":934},"headData":{"title":"Proposed Oakland Museum of Jazz and Art for City-Owned Site Moves Forward | KQED","description":"Parklands and public library advocates oppose the development plan for the site of the historic Fire Alarm Building on the edge of Lake Merritt.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Proposed Oakland Museum of Jazz and Art for City-Owned Site Moves Forward","datePublished":"2019-11-06T20:04:55.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T01:10:56.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13869505/proposed-oakland-museum-of-jazz-and-art-for-city-owned-site-moves-forward","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A proposed Museum of Jazz and Art for the current site of a historic, city-owned building near downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt proceeded Tuesday over objections from parklands and public library advocates, indicating more private development of public land around Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted to waive a competitive process generally required for leasing or selling city-owned property and begin negotiating with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.moja-us.org/\">Museum of Jazz and Art\u003c/a> (MOJA) team to develop the parcel at 1310 Oak Street, currently the site of a parking lot and the Fire Alarm Building completed in 1911. The design proposal calls for building a three-story education and exhibition center in what’s now the parking lot, and preserving the historic structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13865204,arts_13861121","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed 70,000-square-foot facility including a 400-capacity venue—still in its development infancy—is the longtime dream of Oakland architectural engineer David Allen, but he told KQED it’s too early to detail financing for the estimated $90 million project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Museum of Jazz and Art previously vied unsuccessfully for sites in downtown Oakland and Jack London Square. The nonprofit organization has reported $170,000 in revenue since 2013, and lists on its board of directors former Pandora Media executive Joe Kennedy. Allen provided letters of support for MOJA from congressperson Barbara Lee and the Tomkat Foundation.\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>MOJA has provided little information about the proposed museum’s collection and programming. Its website promises musician grants and low-interest loans, tutoring and mentorship, support for existing Oakland youth jazz programs, and a national jazz hall of fame. “The most important thing is the public benefit component,” Allen said, adding that if the Oak Street site falls through he intends to shop the museum in Los Angeles or San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say MOJA will provide creative and economic benefits that realize the city’s cultural equity goals, plus anchor the Black Arts Movement and Business District (BAMBD), which has sought greater public investment for years. Councilmember Nikki Fortunato-Bas, who introduced the resolution with colleague Lynette Gibson-McElhaney, called it an opportunity to preserve Oakland’s cultural heritage, and noted her experience mediating tense public benefits negotiations for the Henry J. 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They said it would redress the injustices of urban renewal, mentioning BART construction destroying West Oakland’s black nightlife corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would be a giant step, to paraphrase John Coltrane, in implementing the cultural equity called for in the cultural plan,” Arnold said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where public land cannot be used for housing, it’s important to use it for cultural preservation,” Fife said. “Preserve the property for the public good.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869361\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-800x450.gif\" alt=\"The Fire Alarm Building at 1310 Oak Street is currently used by city employees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-800x450.gif 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-160x90.gif 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-768x432.gif 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1020x574.gif 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1200x675.gif 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3844-1920x1080.gif 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fire Alarm Building at 1310 Oak Street is currently used by city employees.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The property consists of approximately one acre in the shadow of the Alameda County Superior Courthouse and the Oakland Public Library Main Branch, with the single-story, 4,500 square foot Fire Alarm Building surrounded by trees, parking and, lately, tents. The structure is used by city employees in various departments, and Lake Chalet restaurant leases some of the parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Coalition of Advocates for Lake Merritt (CALM) and supporters of the Oakland Public Library said Tuesday and at an earlier committee hearing that councilmembers are advancing the MOJA proposal prematurely. The Fire Alarm Building has been identified in planning documents as an ideal expansion site for the library’s main branch, and they believe the MOJA negotiations should pause pending the library’s planned feasibility study of the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The library could do more, but its main branch is too small and outdated to meet the needs of Oakland’s population,” said retired Oakland librarian Helen Bloch at an Oct. 22 committee hearing. “I ask that, because this is public land, the site be studied for uses that benefit all Oaklanders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13869363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869363\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-800x450.gif\" alt=\"The Fire Alarm Building is surrounded by a parking lot, trees and, lately, tents.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-800x450.gif 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-160x90.gif 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-768x432.gif 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-1020x574.gif 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-1200x675.gif 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/11/IMG_3850-1920x1080.gif 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fire Alarm Building is surrounded by a parking lot, trees and, lately, tents. \u003ccite>(Sam Lefebvre/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CALM member John Klein said the organization previously opposed development on the Oak Street parcel, and suggested other sites for MOJA. The land around the Fire Alarm Building should remain open space, he said, and be better incorporated into the greenbelt surrounding Lake Merritt. “18 years we’ve been looking out for this property,” Klein said. “Here we are again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Vann of CALM also argued Tuesday that councilmembers are violating California’s Surplus Land Act, which requires government agencies to prioritize affordable housing when leasing or selling public land, and urged them not to \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2015/07/06/breaking-news-oakland-city-attorney-said-luxury-tower-deal-is-illegal\">repeat\u003c/a> the mistake. Underlying the tension is the city’s delay in creating a promised policy for the disposition of public properties that could be used as emergency homeless shelters or affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naomi Schiff of the Oakland Heritage Alliance, a preservationist group, shared concern at the Oct. 22 hearing that the project continues a trend of privatizing historic civic structures, a common criticism of the recent Kaiser Convention Center development deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like jazz, I like museums,” she said. “I’m also extremely concerned about nibbling away at the public realm.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13869505/proposed-oakland-museum-of-jazz-and-art-for-city-owned-site-moves-forward","authors":["11091"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_69","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_1118","arts_7623","arts_1785","arts_3648","arts_746","arts_596","arts_1143","arts_5826"],"featImg":"arts_13869507","label":"arts"},"arts_13859970":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13859970","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13859970","score":null,"sort":[1572602437000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"rightnowish-miko-marks-and-the-oakland-rollers","title":"Oakland’s Rollerskating Country Singer","publishDate":1572602437,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Oakland’s Rollerskating Country Singer | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Miko Marks has toured the United States as a country singer for over a decade. She started as an aspiring singer in Michigan, crossed paths with Erykah Badu while in college, and won awards for her singing as a young adult. But recently, through her time skating with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandrollers/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Rollers\u003c/a>, she’s begun to explore other musical genres. Inspired by the group’s camaraderie, shared laughter, bright skates and fanny packs, Marks found inspiration for her latest song, “\u003ca href=\"http://smarturl.it/wq990a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roll Out\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Happiness is in the air / good vibes are floating ’round / and whenever I see the sun out shining bright / I throw on my wheels / I got to get out,” sings Marks over the groove-heavy track produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13812001/behind-the-beats-julia-lewis\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Lewis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13860033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13860033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland Rollers meet up on Wednesdays at Lake Merritt, and everyone is welcome.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Rollers meet up on Wednesdays at Lake Merritt, and everyone is welcome. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marks’ summertime song served as an anthem for the lakeside skaters, and made me curious about what’s going on in her niche of the Bay Area. So I met her and her crew over at a cul-de-sac on the southeastern side of Lake Merritt, and got to know a little bit more about Miko, her musical history and the roller skaters who have made the lakeside their rink.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to this week’s episode to hear all about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"With 'Roll Out,' the singer pays homage to the Oakland Rollers, a crew that transforms a Lake Merritt cul-de-sac into a rollerskating rink every week. 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She started as an aspiring singer in Michigan, crossed paths with Erykah Badu while in college, and won awards for her singing as a young adult. But recently, through her time skating with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oaklandrollers/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Rollers\u003c/a>, she’s begun to explore other musical genres. Inspired by the group’s camaraderie, shared laughter, bright skates and fanny packs, Marks found inspiration for her latest song, “\u003ca href=\"http://smarturl.it/wq990a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roll Out\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Happiness is in the air / good vibes are floating ’round / and whenever I see the sun out shining bright / I throw on my wheels / I got to get out,” sings Marks over the groove-heavy track produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13812001/behind-the-beats-julia-lewis\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julia Lewis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13860033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13860033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland Rollers meet up on Wednesdays at Lake Merritt, and everyone is welcome.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/oakland-rollers.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Rollers meet up on Wednesdays at Lake Merritt, and everyone is welcome. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marks’ summertime song served as an anthem for the lakeside skaters, and made me curious about what’s going on in her niche of the Bay Area. So I met her and her crew over at a cul-de-sac on the southeastern side of Lake Merritt, and got to know a little bit more about Miko, her musical history and the roller skaters who have made the lakeside their rink.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to this week’s episode to hear all about it.\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>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13859970/rightnowish-miko-marks-and-the-oakland-rollers","authors":["11491"],"programs":["arts_8720"],"categories":["arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_7534","arts_1118","arts_831","arts_1785","arts_1143","arts_6764","arts_7679"],"featImg":"arts_13860032","label":"source_arts_13859970"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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