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Eventually, she parlayed the business into a food truck. Then, last spring, she took another step and signed the lease on a commercial kitchen and takeout restaurant in West Oakland. She called it \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swahilispot_bayarea/\">Swahili Spot\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was in this small storefront with Swahili food words (“kuku” for chicken, “mzuzu” for plantain) handwritten on the walls, that I got my first taste of homestyle Tanzanian beef curry over coconut rice and the dense, lightly sweetened rice cakes known as vitumbua.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954273\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954273\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior.jpg\" alt='Exterior of a restaurant with a sign for \"Swahili Spot\" in green lettering overhead. ' width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The restaurant opened on Peralta Street in the spring of 2023. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mkenda, who grew up in Tanzania and Uganda and moved to the Bay Area for university in 1999, says all of her food is born out of nostalgia. “My menu is a history, actually,” she says. It’s exactly what I grew up eating back home.” Her signature beef and chicken curry bowls are recreations of what she ate at boarding school as a kid — they’re staples of the cuisine that anyone who’s ever visited Tanzania would have eaten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beef curry I tried was surprisingly light — “it’s not spicy-hot, it’s spicy with flavor,” as Mkenda puts it. Instead of the heavy bass line of cumin and coriander that you might get with an Indian curry or even a Japanese curry, Swahili Spot’s curry has the brighter, more mellow flavor notes that you get from the addition of cinnamon and cloves. The beef itself was tender and flavorful, but it was almost more of a side dish. The most delicious thing in the bowl was a big pile of savory sautéed kale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My intention is healthy eating,” Mkenda says, noting that the curry bowls consist of about two ounces of meat, two ounces of beans and probably three ounces of greens, plus a couple slices of fried plantain on top as a crowning touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954274\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holding a well-browned, oval-shaped rice cake against a blue background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitumbua rice cakes are a popular breakfast street food in Tanzania. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rest of the menu covers the whole gamut of traditional Tanzanian dishes. There are vitumbua rice pancakes — a popular breakfast street food — which are like dense, chewy balls of slightly gingery rice pudding. There’s chips mayai, or “zege,” which is essentially a French fry omelet, similar to a Spanish tortilla. And, for heartier eaters, Mkenda fries whole fish and serves it with ugali — the traditional Tanzanian cornmeal dough — on the side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13953866,arts_13938506,arts_13896069']Now is as good a time as any to check Swahili Spot out: As part of this year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953885/oakland-restaurant-week-2024\">Oakland Restaurant Week\u003c/a> promotion, from March 14–24, the restaurant is selling its entire menu of curry bowls and lunch plates for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/listing/sawahili-spot/7831/\">slightly discounted rate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not content to run a single takeout restaurant, Mkenda’s hope is to eventually launch additional branches of Swahili Spot all across California. Her long-term goal? To open a fancy sit-down restaurant that’ll really put Tanzanian food on the map here in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cooking is my passion. Cooking is my therapy, actually,” Mkenda says. “Whenever I’m idle or bored, that is my go-to place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954275\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"Beef curry bowl loaded with beans and greens.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the beef curry bowl, which is subtly spiced with cinnamon and cloves. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.swahilispot.com/\">\u003ci>Swahili Spot\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is open Friday to Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. at 1327 Peralta St. in Oakland.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Swahili Spot is introducing diners to Tanzanian curries and other East African flavors.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1710797343,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":714},"headData":{"title":"Swahili Spot Is the Bay Area’s First Tanzanian Restaurant | KQED","description":"The West Oakland takeout restaurant is introducing diners to Tanzanian curries and other East African flavors.","ogTitle":"The Bay Area’s First Tanzanian Restaurant Takes Root in West Oakland","ogDescription":"Swahili Spot is introducing diners to Tanzanian curries and other East African flavors.","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"The Bay Area’s First Tanzanian Restaurant Takes Root in West Oakland","twDescription":"Swahili Spot is introducing diners to Tanzanian curries and other East African flavors.","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Swahili Spot Is the Bay Area’s First Tanzanian Restaurant %%sep%% KQED","socialDescription":"The West Oakland takeout restaurant is introducing diners to Tanzanian curries and other East African flavors.","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Bay Area’s First Tanzanian Restaurant Takes Root in West Oakland","datePublished":"2024-03-18T20:04:47.000Z","dateModified":"2024-03-18T21:29:03.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/food","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13954267/tanzanian-restaurant-swahili-spot-west-oakland-curry","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Ever since Priscilla Mkenda immigrated to the Bay Area in the late ’90s, she wondered why there wasn’t a single restaurant here that served Tanzanian food — the rich curries and flaky chapati flatbreads of her native country. “I think there is big potential,” she’d tell herself over the home-cooked meals that she prepared for her friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As was the case for many aspiring food entrepreneurs, 2020’s pandemic shutdown finally prompted Mkenda to do something about it — to start her very own Tanzanian pop-up near Lake Merritt in Oakland, first with friends she met at an African dance class and then by herself. Eventually, she parlayed the business into a food truck. Then, last spring, she took another step and signed the lease on a commercial kitchen and takeout restaurant in West Oakland. She called it \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/swahilispot_bayarea/\">Swahili Spot\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was in this small storefront with Swahili food words (“kuku” for chicken, “mzuzu” for plantain) handwritten on the walls, that I got my first taste of homestyle Tanzanian beef curry over coconut rice and the dense, lightly sweetened rice cakes known as vitumbua.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954273\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954273\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior.jpg\" alt='Exterior of a restaurant with a sign for \"Swahili Spot\" in green lettering overhead. ' width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-exterior-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The restaurant opened on Peralta Street in the spring of 2023. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mkenda, who grew up in Tanzania and Uganda and moved to the Bay Area for university in 1999, says all of her food is born out of nostalgia. “My menu is a history, actually,” she says. It’s exactly what I grew up eating back home.” Her signature beef and chicken curry bowls are recreations of what she ate at boarding school as a kid — they’re staples of the cuisine that anyone who’s ever visited Tanzania would have eaten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beef curry I tried was surprisingly light — “it’s not spicy-hot, it’s spicy with flavor,” as Mkenda puts it. Instead of the heavy bass line of cumin and coriander that you might get with an Indian curry or even a Japanese curry, Swahili Spot’s curry has the brighter, more mellow flavor notes that you get from the addition of cinnamon and cloves. The beef itself was tender and flavorful, but it was almost more of a side dish. The most delicious thing in the bowl was a big pile of savory sautéed kale.\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>“My intention is healthy eating,” Mkenda says, noting that the curry bowls consist of about two ounces of meat, two ounces of beans and probably three ounces of greens, plus a couple slices of fried plantain on top as a crowning touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954274\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua.jpg\" alt=\"A hand holding a well-browned, oval-shaped rice cake against a blue background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-vitumbua-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitumbua rice cakes are a popular breakfast street food in Tanzania. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rest of the menu covers the whole gamut of traditional Tanzanian dishes. There are vitumbua rice pancakes — a popular breakfast street food — which are like dense, chewy balls of slightly gingery rice pudding. There’s chips mayai, or “zege,” which is essentially a French fry omelet, similar to a Spanish tortilla. And, for heartier eaters, Mkenda fries whole fish and serves it with ugali — the traditional Tanzanian cornmeal dough — on the side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13953866,arts_13938506,arts_13896069","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Now is as good a time as any to check Swahili Spot out: As part of this year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953885/oakland-restaurant-week-2024\">Oakland Restaurant Week\u003c/a> promotion, from March 14–24, the restaurant is selling its entire menu of curry bowls and lunch plates for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/listing/sawahili-spot/7831/\">slightly discounted rate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not content to run a single takeout restaurant, Mkenda’s hope is to eventually launch additional branches of Swahili Spot all across California. Her long-term goal? To open a fancy sit-down restaurant that’ll really put Tanzanian food on the map here in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cooking is my passion. Cooking is my therapy, actually,” Mkenda says. “Whenever I’m idle or bored, that is my go-to place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13954275\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13954275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"Beef curry bowl loaded with beans and greens.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/swahili-spot-beef-bowl-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the beef curry bowl, which is subtly spiced with cinnamon and cloves. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.swahilispot.com/\">\u003ci>Swahili Spot\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is open Friday to Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. at 1327 Peralta St. in Oakland.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13954267/tanzanian-restaurant-swahili-spot-west-oakland-curry","authors":["11743"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_2438","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1143","arts_585","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13954272","label":"source_arts_13954267"},"arts_13938619":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13938619","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13938619","score":null,"sort":[1701292122000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"porch-party-oakland-pop-up-art-activism-community","title":"A Home Cook's Porch Parties Are Helping Fuel the East Bay's Artistic Community","publishDate":1701292122,"format":"standard","headTitle":"A Home Cook’s Porch Parties Are Helping Fuel the East Bay’s Artistic Community | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ri Louie throws porch parties. The schedule varies, but usually on Sundays, they’ll post a handwritten menu on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/_porchparty_/\">Instagram\u003c/a>. And then on Tuesday, people from all over the East Bay flock to their porch in West Oakland to share a home-cooked meal, finding community in helpings of hot food and scratch-made buttermilk biscuits. For Louie, the informal “Porch Party” pop-ups are yet another step in their long journey of feeding people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In layman’s terms, they say, “I am just your neighbor cooking for you in my kitchen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After tasting the fruits of the chef’s labor at several art events in Oakland, I began to recognize Louie as an East Bay staple. Our first chance meeting was at a celebration of queer art at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/helvella.art/?hl=en\">Helvella Art\u003c/a>, where Louie plated up crispy pork belly with the perfect level of chewy crunch, and jasmine oat lattes that sang with floral notes and grounded nuttiness. The second was a West Oakland Farmers Market art sale, where they sold “chips ‘n’ fixin’s,” a hearty plate of tortilla chips topped with slow-stewed beans, fresh cotija cheese and a tangy-sweet yogurt slaw to tickle the tastebuds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For each of these events, Louie’s three-dimensional flavor pairings paid homage to the many different food traditions that allow the Bay Area’s diasporic landscape to thrive. And their presence at art-focused events piqued my interest in how necessary the culinary arts are to feeding our inner artists — and how even mundane tasks can be a vehicle for creative expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At home in their kitchen on a recent Tuesday evening, Louie carefully moved pre-prepped ingredients into stir-fries, mixing in oyster sauces, vinegars and salts while a pot of jook simmered nearby. They worked quickly, cutting with precision and trimming scallions into perfect diagonals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A bowl of jook (rice porridge) topped with scallions and stir-fried vegetables.\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-1020x1529.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-1366x2048.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bowl of Louie’s homemade jook — a labor of love. The chopsticks are from Louie’s grandmother’s Chinese restaurant. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Celadon Loo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Louie has been cooking for as long as they can remember. Their grandmother owned a classic 1950s Chinese restaurant in the Southern California suburbs. Through that lineage, Louie immersed themselves in a world of restaurant tools, kitchen efficiency and the age-old habit of tasting as you go. Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, Louie learned that community was something that thrived in the comfort of a home kitchen — and with the guidance of their father, who was also a talented home cook, they soon became the resident chef for the family’s big parties and annual gatherings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Louie, these early years weren’t particularly conventional. They left high school and graduated late, choosing to work as a campaigner for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid in 2016. In the days following election night, they and their coworkers found themselves bereft. To break out of their funk, Louie leaned into their Jewish upbringing and cooked weekly Shabbat meals for campaigners in the Los Angeles Area. The process of breaking bread became a way for the group to bond, and together, they began to use those Friday night meals as a time to gather for community actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Louie left L.A. to attend UC Berkeley and began working as a head cook at the Berkeley Student Co-ops. There, Louie and a team of five assistant cooks would serve 140 people (and any guests they brought) a four-course meal every week. The food — like beans hydrated in an overnight marinade or elaborate bowls of fresh noodles — quickly developed a reputation for its flavor and execution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic struck and massive protests over police violence erupted all around the country, Louie moved back home to L.A. and decided to raise money for Black Lives Matter by hosting a neighborhood bake sale — unbeknownst to their family. Louie’s mother, father and brothers came home to find flour on the floor, baking pans stacked in the sink, and a frantic baker. Thus, Louie’s subsequent attempts at activism came with a single caveat: They had to allow their family to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So began an entire operation. Louie’s father helped source ingredients. Their brother developed software to manage ordering. And Louie and their mother baked. Over the course of Louie’s year at home, they raised $34,000 for the movement.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size=\"large\" align=\"right\"]‘Here, neighbors can have meaningful dialogue about community actions, their personal well-being \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the food at hand.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through that experience, Louie found their passion. Food was a way that communities could gather and celebrate. And Louie had witnessed firsthand the joy of creating both the space and opportunity for their neighbors to engage in community action. Initially, Louie’s idea was to enter the restaurant business to create physical spaces where people could share meals and conversation. But after several stints at high-end restaurants in Los Angeles and the Bay, Louie realized that they found their greatest joy in cooking meals for neighbors — at home. Thus, Porch Party was born. Louie hosted the first iteration in August of 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porch Party, in Louie’s words, is “here to serve and support and bring joy to artists, activists, creatives, and community-builders as we all do our part to destroy the racist capitalist imperialist heteropatriarchy.” Each week’s iteration has a new menu. Sometimes the pop-up takes the form of home deliveries or pickups. And, most importantly, sometimes there are actual, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M37b3OnIX/?img_index=1\">in-person porch parties\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During these pop-ups, Louie’s house serves as a place where “things can get pretty intense,” meaning community members from all around the East Bay wind up engaging in large-group conversations that go beyond a simple “how are you.” While knowing your neighbor feels rarer than ever, Louie strives to create a space where guests can feed their body, their social calendar and their mind. Here, neighbors can have meaningful dialogue about community actions, their personal well-being \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the food at hand — all while fueling good causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938628\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938628\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stirs a large pot of jook with a soup spoon.\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louie checks on the jook, which had a wonderful, pillowy texture. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Celadon Loo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recently, Louie’s Porch Party menus went viral because they were donating proceeds to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, raising $1,600 in one week alone — and a total of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M37b3OnIX/\">about $6,600\u003c/a> over the course of a few pop-ups. The most recent pop-up split its proceeds between the Palestinian humanitarian aid nonprofit and the \u003ca href=\"https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/\">Sogorea Te’ Land Trust\u003c/a>, an indigenous land rematriation project whose work breathes life into more home kitchens in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13929177,arts_13938506,arts_13928345']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>When Louie offered me a sneak peek at that last Porch Party menu, I jumped at the chance. Louie had made a homemade chicken broth with ginger and chicken bones, and then used that stock to make a heavenly jook. The rice had softened to a pillowy texture, perfectly emulsifying within the salty broth and treasures of egg ribbons. They also served a heaping pile of stir-fried mushrooms, broccoli, shallots and purple cabbage, all tossed in chili oil and a slightly sweet, umami-filled sauce — a combination so delicious that I drizzled it onto my jook as well. Every bite was grounded in a surprising new dimension of flavor.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie’s community work boasts the same characteristics as their culinary practices, letting the flavors of diverse lives mix and mingle to create a masterpiece. The chef’s big-picture dreams have evolved over the years — from becoming a rhetoric professor to a TV show host showcasing home cooks. Now, their biggest dream is to create art about what food means to our society. While serving piping hot meals, they want to gather folks around their literal and metaphoric table to engage in oral history, movement building and elevating stories of marginalized communities whose foods we eat every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, the story of food, to Louie, is a story about the people who make it happen. And, as the mind behind Porch Party, Louie wants to do both — the making and the telling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The next Porch Party pop-up will be an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M37b3OnIX/?img_index=1\">in-person brunch event\u003c/a> in West Oakland on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. RSVP by \u003ca href=\"https://www.luckyporchparty.com/\">preordering online\u003c/a> by 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1 (or whenever all of the food sells out). \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Art, activism and home-cooked jook come together at this beloved West Oakland pop-up.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705003046,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":1457},"headData":{"title":"West Oakland's 'Porch Party' Pop-Up Fuels Artists and Activists | KQED","description":"Art, activism and home-cooked jook come together at this beloved West Oakland pop-up.","ogTitle":"A Home Cook's Porch Parties Are Helping Fuel the East Bay's Artistic Community","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"A Home Cook's Porch Parties Are Helping Fuel the East Bay's Artistic Community","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"West Oakland's 'Porch Party' Pop-Up Fuels Artists and Activists %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"A Home Cook's Porch Parties Are Helping Fuel the East Bay's Artistic Community","datePublished":"2023-11-29T21:08:42.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T19:57:26.000Z","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":"Giovanna Lomanto","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13938619/porch-party-oakland-pop-up-art-activism-community","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ri Louie throws porch parties. The schedule varies, but usually on Sundays, they’ll post a handwritten menu on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/_porchparty_/\">Instagram\u003c/a>. And then on Tuesday, people from all over the East Bay flock to their porch in West Oakland to share a home-cooked meal, finding community in helpings of hot food and scratch-made buttermilk biscuits. For Louie, the informal “Porch Party” pop-ups are yet another step in their long journey of feeding people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In layman’s terms, they say, “I am just your neighbor cooking for you in my kitchen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After tasting the fruits of the chef’s labor at several art events in Oakland, I began to recognize Louie as an East Bay staple. Our first chance meeting was at a celebration of queer art at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/helvella.art/?hl=en\">Helvella Art\u003c/a>, where Louie plated up crispy pork belly with the perfect level of chewy crunch, and jasmine oat lattes that sang with floral notes and grounded nuttiness. The second was a West Oakland Farmers Market art sale, where they sold “chips ‘n’ fixin’s,” a hearty plate of tortilla chips topped with slow-stewed beans, fresh cotija cheese and a tangy-sweet yogurt slaw to tickle the tastebuds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For each of these events, Louie’s three-dimensional flavor pairings paid homage to the many different food traditions that allow the Bay Area’s diasporic landscape to thrive. And their presence at art-focused events piqued my interest in how necessary the culinary arts are to feeding our inner artists — and how even mundane tasks can be a vehicle for creative expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At home in their kitchen on a recent Tuesday evening, Louie carefully moved pre-prepped ingredients into stir-fries, mixing in oyster sauces, vinegars and salts while a pot of jook simmered nearby. They worked quickly, cutting with precision and trimming scallions into perfect diagonals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938627\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A bowl of jook (rice porridge) topped with scallions and stir-fried vegetables.\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-1020x1529.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-jook_celadon-loo-1366x2048.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bowl of Louie’s homemade jook — a labor of love. The chopsticks are from Louie’s grandmother’s Chinese restaurant. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Celadon Loo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Louie has been cooking for as long as they can remember. Their grandmother owned a classic 1950s Chinese restaurant in the Southern California suburbs. Through that lineage, Louie immersed themselves in a world of restaurant tools, kitchen efficiency and the age-old habit of tasting as you go. Growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, Louie learned that community was something that thrived in the comfort of a home kitchen — and with the guidance of their father, who was also a talented home cook, they soon became the resident chef for the family’s big parties and annual gatherings.\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>For Louie, these early years weren’t particularly conventional. They left high school and graduated late, choosing to work as a campaigner for Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid in 2016. In the days following election night, they and their coworkers found themselves bereft. To break out of their funk, Louie leaned into their Jewish upbringing and cooked weekly Shabbat meals for campaigners in the Los Angeles Area. The process of breaking bread became a way for the group to bond, and together, they began to use those Friday night meals as a time to gather for community actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Louie left L.A. to attend UC Berkeley and began working as a head cook at the Berkeley Student Co-ops. There, Louie and a team of five assistant cooks would serve 140 people (and any guests they brought) a four-course meal every week. The food — like beans hydrated in an overnight marinade or elaborate bowls of fresh noodles — quickly developed a reputation for its flavor and execution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the pandemic struck and massive protests over police violence erupted all around the country, Louie moved back home to L.A. and decided to raise money for Black Lives Matter by hosting a neighborhood bake sale — unbeknownst to their family. Louie’s mother, father and brothers came home to find flour on the floor, baking pans stacked in the sink, and a frantic baker. Thus, Louie’s subsequent attempts at activism came with a single caveat: They had to allow their family to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So began an entire operation. Louie’s father helped source ingredients. Their brother developed software to manage ordering. And Louie and their mother baked. Over the course of Louie’s year at home, they raised $34,000 for the movement.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘Here, neighbors can have meaningful dialogue about community actions, their personal well-being \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the food at hand.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"large","align":"right","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through that experience, Louie found their passion. Food was a way that communities could gather and celebrate. And Louie had witnessed firsthand the joy of creating both the space and opportunity for their neighbors to engage in community action. Initially, Louie’s idea was to enter the restaurant business to create physical spaces where people could share meals and conversation. But after several stints at high-end restaurants in Los Angeles and the Bay, Louie realized that they found their greatest joy in cooking meals for neighbors — at home. Thus, Porch Party was born. Louie hosted the first iteration in August of 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porch Party, in Louie’s words, is “here to serve and support and bring joy to artists, activists, creatives, and community-builders as we all do our part to destroy the racist capitalist imperialist heteropatriarchy.” Each week’s iteration has a new menu. Sometimes the pop-up takes the form of home deliveries or pickups. And, most importantly, sometimes there are actual, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M37b3OnIX/?img_index=1\">in-person porch parties\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During these pop-ups, Louie’s house serves as a place where “things can get pretty intense,” meaning community members from all around the East Bay wind up engaging in large-group conversations that go beyond a simple “how are you.” While knowing your neighbor feels rarer than ever, Louie strives to create a space where guests can feed their body, their social calendar and their mind. Here, neighbors can have meaningful dialogue about community actions, their personal well-being \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the food at hand — all while fueling good causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13938628\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13938628\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stirs a large pot of jook with a soup spoon.\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/porch-party-ari-in-profile_celadon-loo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louie checks on the jook, which had a wonderful, pillowy texture. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Celadon Loo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recently, Louie’s Porch Party menus went viral because they were donating proceeds to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, raising $1,600 in one week alone — and a total of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M37b3OnIX/\">about $6,600\u003c/a> over the course of a few pop-ups. The most recent pop-up split its proceeds between the Palestinian humanitarian aid nonprofit and the \u003ca href=\"https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/\">Sogorea Te’ Land Trust\u003c/a>, an indigenous land rematriation project whose work breathes life into more home kitchens in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13929177,arts_13938506,arts_13928345","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>When Louie offered me a sneak peek at that last Porch Party menu, I jumped at the chance. Louie had made a homemade chicken broth with ginger and chicken bones, and then used that stock to make a heavenly jook. The rice had softened to a pillowy texture, perfectly emulsifying within the salty broth and treasures of egg ribbons. They also served a heaping pile of stir-fried mushrooms, broccoli, shallots and purple cabbage, all tossed in chili oil and a slightly sweet, umami-filled sauce — a combination so delicious that I drizzled it onto my jook as well. Every bite was grounded in a surprising new dimension of flavor.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louie’s community work boasts the same characteristics as their culinary practices, letting the flavors of diverse lives mix and mingle to create a masterpiece. The chef’s big-picture dreams have evolved over the years — from becoming a rhetoric professor to a TV show host showcasing home cooks. Now, their biggest dream is to create art about what food means to our society. While serving piping hot meals, they want to gather folks around their literal and metaphoric table to engage in oral history, movement building and elevating stories of marginalized communities whose foods we eat every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all, the story of food, to Louie, is a story about the people who make it happen. And, as the mind behind Porch Party, Louie wants to do both — the making and the telling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\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>\u003cem>The next Porch Party pop-up will be an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C0M37b3OnIX/?img_index=1\">in-person brunch event\u003c/a> in West Oakland on Sunday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. RSVP by \u003ca href=\"https://www.luckyporchparty.com/\">preordering online\u003c/a> by 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1 (or whenever all of the food sells out). \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13938619/porch-party-oakland-pop-up-art-activism-community","authors":["byline_arts_13938619"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_4459","arts_21727","arts_5569","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1143","arts_21682","arts_14089","arts_585","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13938624","label":"source_arts_13938619"},"arts_13936457":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13936457","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13936457","score":null,"sort":[1697709602000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-hip-hop-photographer-who-makes-guests-feel-at-home","title":"The Hip-Hop Photographer Who Makes Guests Feel At Home","publishDate":1697709602,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The Hip-Hop Photographer Who Makes Guests Feel At Home | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside of a classic Queen Anne Victorian in West Oakland, photographer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tracibartlow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Traci Bartlow\u003c/a> displays beautifully framed images of the people who shaped hip-hop culture here in the Bay Area, and across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her exhibition, \u003cem>Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of the 90’s Girl\u003c/em>, features photos of Outkast and Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and ODB, alongside images of the Luniz and Shock-G, as well as E-40 and The Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the photos tell a story about what life was like in growing up in Oakland, it’s her house that tells \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CxjCC5Uv62l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">the complex story of multiple generations of Black folks\u003c/a>, land ownership and community appreciation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.b-lovesguesthouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B-Love’s Guesthouse\u003c/a>, which is a photography museum and a boutique hotel. With its picturesque front porch and flourishing garden in the back, the building features seven different rooms that folks can rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the wash house her mother once owned in East Oakland. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the washhouse her mother once owned in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/school\">Ailey School\u003c/a> graduate turned \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBa6yqRau4\">Emmy-winning dancer\u003c/a> and choreographer, Traci fell in love with the arts through what she experienced in her neighborhood as a child. Block parties and family functions introduced her to her love of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in East Oakland, she also saw firsthand the importance of a neighborhood hub by watching the multiple ways people would use her mother’s washhouse. It wasn’t just a laundromat but a corner store, a place to get your prom dress made or pick up your Avon order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acquired her current home from the late Eddie Mae Holmes, a Black woman who once owned multiple properties in West Oakland. And Traci envisioned using the space for the purposes of artistic expression and community gatherings, including showcasing her work. Now B-Love’s Guesthouse stands as a home for hip-hop history and a safe haven for folks to come together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13920342 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow sits on the stairwell of her Queen Ann Victorian home in West Oakland \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC3179587234&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This episode originally aired on October 14, 2022 .\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisol Medina-Cadena, Producer: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hey Rightnowish listeners, it’s Marisol Medina-Cadena. As we continue to honor 50 Years of Hip-Hop, we’re bringing you an episode from our archive featuring dancer and photographer Traci Bartlow.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traci documented Bay Area dancers, rappers, and dj’s in the 90’s and still hasn’t put the camera down. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This summer, the inaugural Bay Area Hip Hop Archives honored Traci Bartlow for her contributions to the region’s Hip Hop scene. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And Pendarvis Harshaw is gonna take it from here, enjoy. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Music\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">] \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw, host:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mic, mic check one, mic check two. Are we here? All right we’re here…Rightnowish. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Street ambience ]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Do you know what type of tree it is?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow, guest:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s called a bottle brush tree.Usually it’s full of these bright red flowers with skinny pistils and the hummingbirds love it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Why start here on your tour? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s in the shade and it’s a moment to get a feel for the house and the neighborhood. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hey y’all, what’s happening? You’re listening to Rightnowish, a podcast about arts and culture in the bay area. I’m your partna Pen…Pendarvis Harshaw. And today, we’re gonna spend some time in West Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The neighborhood looks hella different than it did when I was coming up, but all is not lost. There’s still places and people that have weathered the market forces to maintain the character of the area. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like this Victorian house I’m standing in front of with today’s guest, Traci Bartlow. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is a Queen Anne Victorian house and it was built in 1895. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s painted white with a mix of soft yellow and sky blue accents. Potted roses and succulents line the stairwell.. and it’s got this half arch that extends from the porch and frames the door, almost like a house you’d see in a storybook. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It seems like they wanted to make it look like a castle! You know, like with the high ceilings, this beautiful arc, all of this really unique molding on the house. Everything is really grand. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci’s home is also a boutique hotel called B-Love’s Guesthouse, where you can rent a room for a day or two. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> B-Love’s Guesthouse has served as a healing space and a respite in many different ways. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s also a photography museum where you could spend an hour or two just soaking up the rich history. This month, Traci is exhibiting photos she shot of the Town, including images that graced the pages of historic magazines like The Source and Rap Pages.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This image here is the Hobo Junction. And I love this image because they’re selling their tapes out of a box on Telegraph Avenue. In front of the record store! That’s how we did in the nineties.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She had a front row seat to the artists who shaped both the Bay Area hip hop scene and the national hip hop scene. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">These pictures are fun! Busta Rhymes and ODB. This was on the set of Busta’s music video. “Woo-ha! Got You All In Check.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Okay yeah.. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes, so he shot the video in \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Francisco, and so I came out to capture photographs and… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What?\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s tight as hell. I didn’t know that.. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yep! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That’s Isha B doing ODB’s hair?! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes! \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Isha B did ODB’s hair?? What?? That’s crazy!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yep, classic history!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Woah, okay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, today we’re focused on Traci Bartlow’s dope photo archive and the story behind the place where these photos are housed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So wipe your kicks at the door, hang up your coat, relax your shoulders,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and take a deep breath: we’re posting up at B-Love’s Guesthouse. Right after this…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [Outdoor Ambience]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Just a few blocks from the women of the Black Panther Party mural and west Oakland Bart station is Traci Bartlow’s home and hotel. It’s a residential street with lots of history… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I acquired this house in 2007 and I acquired the house from a team of people that would buy houses, flip them, and then sell them. They bought the house from a woman named Eddie Mae Holmes. And Ms. Holmes was an African-American woman that came to West Oakland when she was 14 years old. And, um, through her family ownership, she acquired this house, the house I now own, this house on the corner. And in 1965, she had that apartment building around the corner built and on the lower level of the apartment building, she had Holmes Barber Shop. So Ms.Holmes is one of those black women in the community that was providing in so many different ways for everyone. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms. Holmes was my friend! I used to make ginger tea and go sit in the kitchen in her house and we would watch The View in the mornings. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b> \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Laughs\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>]\u003c/em> Okay! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She was my partna! And she was just really amazed by me like, ‘Oh, this is who bought the house?’ And so she was really encouraging to me as a property owner. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 15 years ago, Traci converted her home into a guesthouse. People can choose from one of seven rooms for an overnight stay. And at the same time, folks can enjoy the framed photos from Traci’s archives. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Okay here is B-Love’s Guesthouse.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci leads me to the kitchenette of the downstairs guest house. Above a small dining room table they’re framed black and white images of kids. I see little girls with barrettes in their hair. In another image, the camera is pointed toward a window sill where a boy with a D.A.R.E. t-shirt is joined by family members, as he looks directly into the camera while eating his cup of noodles. In the background of these images are the streets and structures of the houses in East Oakland– they too are featured characters in the composition of these images. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This photo collection. Ah, this all from the neighborhood? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These are from my neighborhood.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The brick cell phone? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I mean, the hairdo, of course, in the fashion. But the brick cell phone and the leaning like “Talk to me and Imma talk back.” That’s what she looks like. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">laughs\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This one. This one as well with the cross colors and then this Benz and even the Lack behind it\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [Music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The photos are a time machine, instantly transporting me back to the East Oakland that I knew as a youth. Outfits that my sister used to rock. And facial expressions looking like kids I used to kick it with. Squinting, I look for a familiar face or two.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These are people that I grew up with. You know, we went to middle school and high school together. My mother owned the laundromat on 98th and Birch, and so everyone would come and do their laundry at my mom’s laundromat. And her business wasn’t just where you can do your laundry. It was like a community center \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> where my mom had a sewing machine in the corner and she would do alterations and she would make prom dresses and make outfits for people. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She also sold Avon, and um we had a little store in the back where you could buy candy and chips and sandwiches, and I would make homemade cookies and we would have those ghetto Icees, you know, like Kool-Aid in a cup. So people were always coming to the laundromat. They were like, Miss Bartlow, did you? Can you hem the skirt? And is my Avon ready? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taken by the beauty of her community and the joy of capturing it on film, Traci started a photography business, shooting people’s portraits and printing them for $2. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And if I didn’t see people in the neighborhood, when I would bring them, I would be like, ‘Oh, stop by the wash house and pick up your order of photos.’ \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Even before she got into photography, Traci was already into the arts. At age 19, Traci was awarded a scholarship to study dance at New York’s Alvin Ailey Dance Center. A dancer since a kid, she was inspired by both the entertainers she saw on TV and the way folks moved in her community– the family gatherings and community kickbacks–so, this was a dream come true. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is a picture of my mom escorting me to audition for the Alvin Ailey School when I was 19 years old. We’re at the 34th Street Station in New York City. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And she’s beaming. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She’s beaming! Yes! My mom was very supportive of my dance career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> After finishing the two year professional dance training program, she took performing gigs across the globe. One thing led to another and Traci dabbled in modeling before picking up the camera herself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I would also find myself at modeling shoots and just be like, ‘What kind of light is that? Oh, that’s a diffuser? What does that do?’ So I was interested in the hardware of photography. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It was just like this natural progression of me knowing about photography and wanting to learn more and also the way I would study magazine layouts. Then I had this eye for how I wanted to capture a photograph. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci made her way back to Oakland and this time she \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">really\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> picked up the film camera. She saw the beauty and life in her neighbors and wanted to document that with the same eye and artfulness that fashion magazine photographers did. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My neighbors were amused with me. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like, ‘You’ve been living in New York City. Oh you want us to pose?’ Like, so I would always have my camera. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If it was a holiday, a cook, a cookout, kind of holiday. Memorial Day, 4th of July. I would just come outside and take pictures and hang out. So when they saw me, they’re like, ‘Heyyyy! \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Picture time! Yeah, here come the photo lady, l\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">et’s get ready. She’s going to take our picture!’ \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci’s background in dance soon became the focus of her photography. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I’m self-taught, so I started photographing other dancers. And you’ll see many images from this photo shoot, because this was an assignment I gave myself to practice with high speed film. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> We make our way from guest room to guest room, photos hung everywhere. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s this one black and white image of teenage b-boy dancers in throwback gear: one is rocking a visor, another in a pair of Marvin the martian shorts– just dripping with youthful 90s flavor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In front of a brick wall, one guy is doing a crazy handstand and the other is seen jumping 3 feet off the ground hitting a pose. In spite of all the movement, everything is captured in crisp detail, no blur. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the dancers are two of the members of Housing Authority. And Housing Authority was this bad ass crew of all male dancers from Oakland and Richmond, Black and brown men. And they were running things in the nineties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> One of the dancers in the photo is Fly Styles who went on to be a successful backup dancer and choreographer for musicians like Usher and Missy Elliot. Same goes for other Town folks that Traci has photographed in the 90s. Most are now thriving in the entertainment world or powerhouses in the local arts and culture scene. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is Aisha Bilal, Layla Jenkins, Asha Karima and Ingrid Best. We were at \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">DeFremery Park \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">at an event there. This is 1997. We were having a conversation. And in that moment, I just stepped back from the cipher and leaned down and captured this photograph of them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Black and white, the posture, arms across, you know, like stoic for the most part and angled up. You’re like looking up at them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My tentative title for this one is “Giant” because of how larger than life these women are, not only in the photograph, but in real life. They have all been just very powerful and dynamic in their lives, in their families, in their communities, in business. It’s really amazing just to see who these women are even today. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Look, she really has a house full of anecdotal stories about artists at every turn. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Here we are… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entering the next room. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So this is one of the rooms that I rent out for B-Love’s Guesthouse, and people are just, like, rejuvenated and just excited to have a good night’s rest in this comfortable plush queen bed surrounded by all this art, these high ceilings, chandelier, and just this big picture window that brings so much morning sunlight into the room.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You’ve got some legends in here. Like, that’s a portrait of Shock G, the late. And this is the Luniz it looks like. That’s fresh out of high school Luniz. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [laughs] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That picture was taken backstage as Summer Jam… mhmmm \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is ’97. So this is yeah, post “I Got Five On It.”\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They are still riding that wave. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mm. Mm mm.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> O\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ne of the things I would do as a photographer in starting out and being self-taught is, I would get a great photo of an artist. I would look on the liner notes of their album and find out who the management was, send them the photo with the cover letter and introduce myself. Sometimes I would write with a ballpoint pen on the back of the photo, like “photo by Tracy Barlow. Copyright 1994.” \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To break into the industry, Traci had to put herself out there. And with all those portraits that she shot of her neighbors, dancer friends, and hip hop artists on the rise– that became her portfolio of work that she carried with her in a Walgreens photo album just waiting for that right moment when she’d have to pull it out.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And so I talked my way into Chi Modu’s office! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The late Chi Modu is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">thee\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> late ‘90s hip-hop photographer. He famously photographed Biggie, Eazy-E, Mobb Deep, Nas, members of the Wu Tang Clan, and Tupac. His artwork is culture visualized. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And I said, ‘I’m from Oakland, and if I get pictures of the scene in Oakland, then maybe you could publish them in your magazine?’\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And he looked at this portfolio with all these faces from deep East Oakland, and he was like, ‘You have a good eye.’ He said, ‘Let’s do it. You capture photos of the scene. Maybe we’ll publish them.’ And the first photo that was published was this image of Hiero at Hip Hop on the Green, and this was published in the Source Magazine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music ] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hip Hop On the Green was this dope outdoor concert that was held in the East Bay throughout the 90s. And Traci was there to document it! Her photos of the event helped spread awareness of Bay Area Hip Hop Culture to the rest of the country. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Hip Hop On the Green…look at E-40. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Oh, Mail Man time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mail Man! Okay, Slurricane. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, the Mossie. B-legit.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suga-T\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oooh, look at the finger waves. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes and the Cross Colours. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Nice! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It should be noted that while Traci is fully in community with folks, she’s largely doing this on her own: Her photos. Her home. Her idea. And her actualization. She’s not waiting around for someone to give her a platform or to recognize her contributions to the culture, she’s just doing it herself.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in a place where Black folks have been under-resourced, overpoliced, locked-up and pushed out of the Town for decades, for her to hold space for herself, her work and her community? Cmon, man, we’ve gotta recognize the power in that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m amazed that I survived foreclosure. There was many moments of just the spirit of detachment. This may not work out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I would come home. Those notices were posted on my front door. This house is up for auction on the county courthouse steps at 6 a.m.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> After surviving foreclosure, Traci opened up her space, allowing people to rent out rooms. The guests? It started with her network of artist friends… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I was like, Well, I think I’m going to start renting out rooms to people that I know that are coming to town for residencies, for conferences, for events, for direct actions. Like these are people that I know come to the Bay Area for these different things. I know all the African dance festivals. I know the B Boys, I know the film festivals, I know the National Poetry Slams. Like, that’s my life! Artists and activism is my life. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s beautiful… to have it come almost naturally, like from your experience is poured into you and also it benefits the larger community. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, there are people in this neighborhood that have been here for a long time, as well as a mix of new people that are coming in. So to honor this history of the black experience in West Oakland is really important to me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The house itself is preserving history. And then within the house you have history on the walls. And it’s not all historical, it’s forward moving, like you have people coming through in real time\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">…who are \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">culture makers, people, cultural icons, you know. And so I just wanted to get a sense of some of the people who’ve come through here.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes!!! Norma Miller, the queen of swing! The Lindy Hop champion! \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he’ll be like,’ Nope, I don’t want to be at the Marriott.’ She’s like, ‘I want to be at B-Love’s Guesthouse.’\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Because it was like she wanted to be immersed in Black culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">B-Girl FaTara from New York. She came out for a breaking event here in Oakland. And she said, ‘I’ve stayed at so many AirBnbs, but this is like a Black house, like the incense you have burning, the beans you got cooking, like it smells and feels like the house of an African American person.’\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So people are coming here and they may be in this gentrified neighborhood, but they’re like, Oh, but this is I, this is the Black lady’s house! \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ‘Thank you’ doesn’t do justice, man. I want to offer my sincere appreciation to Traci Bartlow. Thank you for your art, your hospitality and for your time. Also, thanks for being a pleasant community member, just a delightful person to see at an event and around the Town. Thank you. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can find more information at b-lovesguesthouse.com or \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/blovesguesthouse/#\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">blovesguesthouse on Instagram. \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traci’s instagram is tracibartlow and we’ll add a link to more information on her photo exhibit to the show notes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time to give credit where it’s due:\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marisol Medina-Cadena came with me and Traci on this tour, and then produced this joint. Thank you Marisol. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suzie Racho and Jen Chien edited this one, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Beal engineered this one. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ryce Stoughtenborough is our engagement intern and Justin Ebramehimi and Ria Garewal are the engagement leads. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethan Toven Lindsey, Jen Chien and Holly Kernan are the KQED execs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m your host Pendarvis Harshaw! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks! Much love and peace to you. 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While the photos tell a story about what life was like in growing up in Oakland, it's her house, which is a photography museum and a boutique hotel, that tells the complex story of multiple generations of Black folks, land ownership and community appreciation.","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Hip-Hop Photographer Who Makes Guests Feel At Home","datePublished":"2023-10-19T10:00:02.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:00:13.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Rightnowish ","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/rightnowish","audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/G6C7C3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC3179587234.mp3?updated=1697420969","sticky":false,"WpOldSlug":"the-hip-hop-photojournalist-who-makes-guests-feel-at-home","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13936457/the-hip-hop-photographer-who-makes-guests-feel-at-home","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003cem>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside of a classic Queen Anne Victorian in West Oakland, photographer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tracibartlow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Traci Bartlow\u003c/a> displays beautifully framed images of the people who shaped hip-hop culture here in the Bay Area, and across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her exhibition, \u003cem>Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of the 90’s Girl\u003c/em>, features photos of Outkast and Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and ODB, alongside images of the Luniz and Shock-G, as well as E-40 and The Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the photos tell a story about what life was like in growing up in Oakland, it’s her house that tells \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CxjCC5Uv62l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">the complex story of multiple generations of Black folks\u003c/a>, land ownership and community appreciation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.b-lovesguesthouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B-Love’s Guesthouse\u003c/a>, which is a photography museum and a boutique hotel. With its picturesque front porch and flourishing garden in the back, the building features seven different rooms that folks can rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the wash house her mother once owned in East Oakland. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the washhouse her mother once owned in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/school\">Ailey School\u003c/a> graduate turned \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBa6yqRau4\">Emmy-winning dancer\u003c/a> and choreographer, Traci fell in love with the arts through what she experienced in her neighborhood as a child. Block parties and family functions introduced her to her love of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in East Oakland, she also saw firsthand the importance of a neighborhood hub by watching the multiple ways people would use her mother’s washhouse. It wasn’t just a laundromat but a corner store, a place to get your prom dress made or pick up your Avon order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acquired her current home from the late Eddie Mae Holmes, a Black woman who once owned multiple properties in West Oakland. And Traci envisioned using the space for the purposes of artistic expression and community gatherings, including showcasing her work. Now B-Love’s Guesthouse stands as a home for hip-hop history and a safe haven for folks to come together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13920342 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow sits on the stairwell of her Queen Ann Victorian home in West Oakland \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC3179587234&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This episode originally aired on October 14, 2022 .\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisol Medina-Cadena, Producer: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hey Rightnowish listeners, it’s Marisol Medina-Cadena. As we continue to honor 50 Years of Hip-Hop, we’re bringing you an episode from our archive featuring dancer and photographer Traci Bartlow.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traci documented Bay Area dancers, rappers, and dj’s in the 90’s and still hasn’t put the camera down. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This summer, the inaugural Bay Area Hip Hop Archives honored Traci Bartlow for her contributions to the region’s Hip Hop scene. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And Pendarvis Harshaw is gonna take it from here, enjoy. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Music\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">] \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw, host:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mic, mic check one, mic check two. Are we here? All right we’re here…Rightnowish. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Street ambience ]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Do you know what type of tree it is?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow, guest:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s called a bottle brush tree.Usually it’s full of these bright red flowers with skinny pistils and the hummingbirds love it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Why start here on your tour? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s in the shade and it’s a moment to get a feel for the house and the neighborhood. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hey y’all, what’s happening? You’re listening to Rightnowish, a podcast about arts and culture in the bay area. I’m your partna Pen…Pendarvis Harshaw. And today, we’re gonna spend some time in West Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The neighborhood looks hella different than it did when I was coming up, but all is not lost. There’s still places and people that have weathered the market forces to maintain the character of the area. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like this Victorian house I’m standing in front of with today’s guest, Traci Bartlow. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is a Queen Anne Victorian house and it was built in 1895. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s painted white with a mix of soft yellow and sky blue accents. Potted roses and succulents line the stairwell.. and it’s got this half arch that extends from the porch and frames the door, almost like a house you’d see in a storybook. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It seems like they wanted to make it look like a castle! You know, like with the high ceilings, this beautiful arc, all of this really unique molding on the house. Everything is really grand. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci’s home is also a boutique hotel called B-Love’s Guesthouse, where you can rent a room for a day or two. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> B-Love’s Guesthouse has served as a healing space and a respite in many different ways. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It’s also a photography museum where you could spend an hour or two just soaking up the rich history. This month, Traci is exhibiting photos she shot of the Town, including images that graced the pages of historic magazines like The Source and Rap Pages.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This image here is the Hobo Junction. And I love this image because they’re selling their tapes out of a box on Telegraph Avenue. In front of the record store! That’s how we did in the nineties.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She had a front row seat to the artists who shaped both the Bay Area hip hop scene and the national hip hop scene. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">These pictures are fun! Busta Rhymes and ODB. This was on the set of Busta’s music video. “Woo-ha! Got You All In Check.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Okay yeah.. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes, so he shot the video in \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Francisco, and so I came out to capture photographs and… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What?\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s tight as hell. I didn’t know that.. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yep! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That’s Isha B doing ODB’s hair?! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes! \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Isha B did ODB’s hair?? What?? That’s crazy!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yep, classic history!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Woah, okay. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, today we’re focused on Traci Bartlow’s dope photo archive and the story behind the place where these photos are housed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So wipe your kicks at the door, hang up your coat, relax your shoulders,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and take a deep breath: we’re posting up at B-Love’s Guesthouse. Right after this…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [Outdoor Ambience]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Just a few blocks from the women of the Black Panther Party mural and west Oakland Bart station is Traci Bartlow’s home and hotel. It’s a residential street with lots of history… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I acquired this house in 2007 and I acquired the house from a team of people that would buy houses, flip them, and then sell them. They bought the house from a woman named Eddie Mae Holmes. And Ms. Holmes was an African-American woman that came to West Oakland when she was 14 years old. And, um, through her family ownership, she acquired this house, the house I now own, this house on the corner. And in 1965, she had that apartment building around the corner built and on the lower level of the apartment building, she had Holmes Barber Shop. So Ms.Holmes is one of those black women in the community that was providing in so many different ways for everyone. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ms. Holmes was my friend! I used to make ginger tea and go sit in the kitchen in her house and we would watch The View in the mornings. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b> \u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Laughs\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>]\u003c/em> Okay! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She was my partna! And she was just really amazed by me like, ‘Oh, this is who bought the house?’ And so she was really encouraging to me as a property owner. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 15 years ago, Traci converted her home into a guesthouse. People can choose from one of seven rooms for an overnight stay. And at the same time, folks can enjoy the framed photos from Traci’s archives. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Okay here is B-Love’s Guesthouse.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci leads me to the kitchenette of the downstairs guest house. Above a small dining room table they’re framed black and white images of kids. I see little girls with barrettes in their hair. In another image, the camera is pointed toward a window sill where a boy with a D.A.R.E. t-shirt is joined by family members, as he looks directly into the camera while eating his cup of noodles. In the background of these images are the streets and structures of the houses in East Oakland– they too are featured characters in the composition of these images. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This photo collection. Ah, this all from the neighborhood? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These are from my neighborhood.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The brick cell phone? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I mean, the hairdo, of course, in the fashion. But the brick cell phone and the leaning like “Talk to me and Imma talk back.” That’s what she looks like. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">laughs\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This one. This one as well with the cross colors and then this Benz and even the Lack behind it\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [Music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The photos are a time machine, instantly transporting me back to the East Oakland that I knew as a youth. Outfits that my sister used to rock. And facial expressions looking like kids I used to kick it with. Squinting, I look for a familiar face or two.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These are people that I grew up with. You know, we went to middle school and high school together. My mother owned the laundromat on 98th and Birch, and so everyone would come and do their laundry at my mom’s laundromat. And her business wasn’t just where you can do your laundry. It was like a community center \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> where my mom had a sewing machine in the corner and she would do alterations and she would make prom dresses and make outfits for people. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She also sold Avon, and um we had a little store in the back where you could buy candy and chips and sandwiches, and I would make homemade cookies and we would have those ghetto Icees, you know, like Kool-Aid in a cup. So people were always coming to the laundromat. They were like, Miss Bartlow, did you? Can you hem the skirt? And is my Avon ready? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taken by the beauty of her community and the joy of capturing it on film, Traci started a photography business, shooting people’s portraits and printing them for $2. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And if I didn’t see people in the neighborhood, when I would bring them, I would be like, ‘Oh, stop by the wash house and pick up your order of photos.’ \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Even before she got into photography, Traci was already into the arts. At age 19, Traci was awarded a scholarship to study dance at New York’s Alvin Ailey Dance Center. A dancer since a kid, she was inspired by both the entertainers she saw on TV and the way folks moved in her community– the family gatherings and community kickbacks–so, this was a dream come true. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is a picture of my mom escorting me to audition for the Alvin Ailey School when I was 19 years old. We’re at the 34th Street Station in New York City. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And she’s beaming. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She’s beaming! Yes! My mom was very supportive of my dance career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> After finishing the two year professional dance training program, she took performing gigs across the globe. One thing led to another and Traci dabbled in modeling before picking up the camera herself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I would also find myself at modeling shoots and just be like, ‘What kind of light is that? Oh, that’s a diffuser? What does that do?’ So I was interested in the hardware of photography. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It was just like this natural progression of me knowing about photography and wanting to learn more and also the way I would study magazine layouts. Then I had this eye for how I wanted to capture a photograph. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci made her way back to Oakland and this time she \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">really\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> picked up the film camera. She saw the beauty and life in her neighbors and wanted to document that with the same eye and artfulness that fashion magazine photographers did. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My neighbors were amused with me. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like, ‘You’ve been living in New York City. Oh you want us to pose?’ Like, so I would always have my camera. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If it was a holiday, a cook, a cookout, kind of holiday. Memorial Day, 4th of July. I would just come outside and take pictures and hang out. So when they saw me, they’re like, ‘Heyyyy! \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Picture time! Yeah, here come the photo lady, l\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">et’s get ready. She’s going to take our picture!’ \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traci’s background in dance soon became the focus of her photography. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I’m self-taught, so I started photographing other dancers. And you’ll see many images from this photo shoot, because this was an assignment I gave myself to practice with high speed film. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> We make our way from guest room to guest room, photos hung everywhere. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s this one black and white image of teenage b-boy dancers in throwback gear: one is rocking a visor, another in a pair of Marvin the martian shorts– just dripping with youthful 90s flavor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In front of a brick wall, one guy is doing a crazy handstand and the other is seen jumping 3 feet off the ground hitting a pose. In spite of all the movement, everything is captured in crisp detail, no blur. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the dancers are two of the members of Housing Authority. And Housing Authority was this bad ass crew of all male dancers from Oakland and Richmond, Black and brown men. And they were running things in the nineties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> One of the dancers in the photo is Fly Styles who went on to be a successful backup dancer and choreographer for musicians like Usher and Missy Elliot. Same goes for other Town folks that Traci has photographed in the 90s. Most are now thriving in the entertainment world or powerhouses in the local arts and culture scene. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is Aisha Bilal, Layla Jenkins, Asha Karima and Ingrid Best. We were at \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">DeFremery Park \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">at an event there. This is 1997. We were having a conversation. And in that moment, I just stepped back from the cipher and leaned down and captured this photograph of them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Black and white, the posture, arms across, you know, like stoic for the most part and angled up. You’re like looking up at them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My tentative title for this one is “Giant” because of how larger than life these women are, not only in the photograph, but in real life. They have all been just very powerful and dynamic in their lives, in their families, in their communities, in business. It’s really amazing just to see who these women are even today. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Look, she really has a house full of anecdotal stories about artists at every turn. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Here we are… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entering the next room. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So this is one of the rooms that I rent out for B-Love’s Guesthouse, and people are just, like, rejuvenated and just excited to have a good night’s rest in this comfortable plush queen bed surrounded by all this art, these high ceilings, chandelier, and just this big picture window that brings so much morning sunlight into the room.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You’ve got some legends in here. Like, that’s a portrait of Shock G, the late. And this is the Luniz it looks like. That’s fresh out of high school Luniz. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [laughs] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That picture was taken backstage as Summer Jam… mhmmm \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is ’97. So this is yeah, post “I Got Five On It.”\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They are still riding that wave. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mm. Mm mm.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> O\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ne of the things I would do as a photographer in starting out and being self-taught is, I would get a great photo of an artist. I would look on the liner notes of their album and find out who the management was, send them the photo with the cover letter and introduce myself. Sometimes I would write with a ballpoint pen on the back of the photo, like “photo by Tracy Barlow. Copyright 1994.” \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To break into the industry, Traci had to put herself out there. And with all those portraits that she shot of her neighbors, dancer friends, and hip hop artists on the rise– that became her portfolio of work that she carried with her in a Walgreens photo album just waiting for that right moment when she’d have to pull it out.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And so I talked my way into Chi Modu’s office! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The late Chi Modu is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">thee\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> late ‘90s hip-hop photographer. He famously photographed Biggie, Eazy-E, Mobb Deep, Nas, members of the Wu Tang Clan, and Tupac. His artwork is culture visualized. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And I said, ‘I’m from Oakland, and if I get pictures of the scene in Oakland, then maybe you could publish them in your magazine?’\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And he looked at this portfolio with all these faces from deep East Oakland, and he was like, ‘You have a good eye.’ He said, ‘Let’s do it. You capture photos of the scene. Maybe we’ll publish them.’ And the first photo that was published was this image of Hiero at Hip Hop on the Green, and this was published in the Source Magazine. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music ] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hip Hop On the Green was this dope outdoor concert that was held in the East Bay throughout the 90s. And Traci was there to document it! Her photos of the event helped spread awareness of Bay Area Hip Hop Culture to the rest of the country. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">From Hip Hop On the Green…look at E-40. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Oh, Mail Man time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mail Man! Okay, Slurricane. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, the Mossie. B-legit.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suga-T\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oooh, look at the finger waves. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes and the Cross Colours. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Nice! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It should be noted that while Traci is fully in community with folks, she’s largely doing this on her own: Her photos. Her home. Her idea. And her actualization. She’s not waiting around for someone to give her a platform or to recognize her contributions to the culture, she’s just doing it herself.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in a place where Black folks have been under-resourced, overpoliced, locked-up and pushed out of the Town for decades, for her to hold space for herself, her work and her community? Cmon, man, we’ve gotta recognize the power in that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m amazed that I survived foreclosure. There was many moments of just the spirit of detachment. This may not work out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I would come home. Those notices were posted on my front door. This house is up for auction on the county courthouse steps at 6 a.m.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> After surviving foreclosure, Traci opened up her space, allowing people to rent out rooms. The guests? It started with her network of artist friends… \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I was like, Well, I think I’m going to start renting out rooms to people that I know that are coming to town for residencies, for conferences, for events, for direct actions. Like these are people that I know come to the Bay Area for these different things. I know all the African dance festivals. I know the B Boys, I know the film festivals, I know the National Poetry Slams. Like, that’s my life! Artists and activism is my life. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s beautiful… to have it come almost naturally, like from your experience is poured into you and also it benefits the larger community. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, there are people in this neighborhood that have been here for a long time, as well as a mix of new people that are coming in. So to honor this history of the black experience in West Oakland is really important to me. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The house itself is preserving history. And then within the house you have history on the walls. And it’s not all historical, it’s forward moving, like you have people coming through in real time\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">…who are \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">culture makers, people, cultural icons, you know. And so I just wanted to get a sense of some of the people who’ve come through here.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Traci Bartlow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes!!! Norma Miller, the queen of swing! The Lindy Hop champion! \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he’ll be like,’ Nope, I don’t want to be at the Marriott.’ She’s like, ‘I want to be at B-Love’s Guesthouse.’\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Because it was like she wanted to be immersed in Black culture.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">B-Girl FaTara from New York. She came out for a breaking event here in Oakland. And she said, ‘I’ve stayed at so many AirBnbs, but this is like a Black house, like the incense you have burning, the beans you got cooking, like it smells and feels like the house of an African American person.’\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So people are coming here and they may be in this gentrified neighborhood, but they’re like, Oh, but this is I, this is the Black lady’s house! \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[laughs] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Pendarvis Harshaw:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ‘Thank you’ doesn’t do justice, man. I want to offer my sincere appreciation to Traci Bartlow. Thank you for your art, your hospitality and for your time. Also, thanks for being a pleasant community member, just a delightful person to see at an event and around the Town. Thank you. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can find more information at b-lovesguesthouse.com or \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/blovesguesthouse/#\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">blovesguesthouse on Instagram. \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traci’s instagram is tracibartlow and we’ll add a link to more information on her photo exhibit to the show notes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time to give credit where it’s due:\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marisol Medina-Cadena came with me and Traci on this tour, and then produced this joint. Thank you Marisol. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suzie Racho and Jen Chien edited this one, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Beal engineered this one. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ryce Stoughtenborough is our engagement intern and Justin Ebramehimi and Ria Garewal are the engagement leads. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethan Toven Lindsey, Jen Chien and Holly Kernan are the KQED execs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m your host Pendarvis Harshaw! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks! Much love and peace to you. 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Then they closed,” he remembers. “The people were happy, but it was real bad poverty back then. You had to go to Alameda or Rockridge for fresh food. It was tough. So when [West Oakland Farmers Market] started, we knew we had to be part of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson and his wife, Shawlaya, operate \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goldisgourmetspices/?hl=en\">Goldi’s\u003c/a>, a small-batch spice business that pops up every Sunday at the quirky \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westoaklandfarmersmarket/?hl=en\">West Oakland Farmers Market\u003c/a>. The new outdoor market — located in the Prescott neighborhood on Peralta Street, between 18th and 20th Streets — offers a mosaic of goods provided by a diverse spectrum of local vendors and artisans. The hope is to reflect the neighborhood’s robust past and evolving future in order to serve the community’s present needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On any given Sunday, you can browse the market’s selection of tasty beverages and natural foods while strolling a quiet, two-block road sentineled by nearby Victorian homes. Perhaps more importantly, you’ll notice that the market is helping to open a fresh lane in the community: one that creates a path for aspiring entrepreneurs in the area’s overlooked pocket of healthy foods commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925807\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925807\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands in front of his spice booth at the market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elliot Johnson grew up in West Oakland in the 1980s and now sells his spices at the new farmers market. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Launched in the summer of 2022 with the support of Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife and the \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Neighborhood-Council-Meeting-Schedule-2_2022-09-20-192105_fkcl.xlsx\">Prescott Neighborhood Council\u003c/a>, the market is currently the neighborhood’s only farmers market. Less than a year later, the market has turned into the only intersection in West Oakland where such a collection of organic farmers, florists, breadmakers, honey purveyors, ranchers, meat suppliers and wide-ranging community members like the Johnsons can share their homemade offerings to a steady base of market-goers..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring anywhere from 25 to 50 vendors each week — and predominantly representing Black, brown and Asian diasporas — the market spotlights a potpourri of creative offerings with an emphasis on providers who aren’t usually the biggest demographic at other farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Working with future generations of diverse organic farmers, it’s harder for them to get into more established markets,” says Harvindar Singh, the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.foragersmarket.org/about\">Foragers Market\u003c/a>, the organization that operates West Oakland Farmers Market along with a handful of similar markets around the Bay Area. “But things are changing. [The idea of] traditional, old, white hippie farmers is beginning to open up to more diverse farmers and vendors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coming on the heels of last year’s sudden closure of \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/02/24/oakland-community-foods-brahm-ahmadi\">People’s Community Market\u003c/a>, one of West Oakland’s only grocery stores, the farmers market arrives at a time when the neighborhood once again finds itself with limited access to such resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often described as a “food desert,” West Oakland — like many communities shaped by decades of segregation and systemically racist practices — has struggled to maintain a sustainable, concentrated supply of high-quality groceries, particularly in recent years as the Bay Area has only become increasingly unaffordable and inaccessible for working class families. Besides small, community-led sources like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bottomsupcommunitygarden/?hl=en\">Bottoms Up Community Garden\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityslickerfarms.org/about-us/\">City Slicker Farms\u003c/a>, which supply fresh produce directly to the immediate area, the neighborhood doesn’t have many options. \u003ca href=\"https://www.good.is/articles/change-through-food-bringing-an-oasis-to-the-west-oakland-food-desert\">Mandela Foods Cooperative\u003c/a> is a heralded beacon, providing the only walkable source of varietal produce for those who call the area home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within this complex landscape of food injustice, the West Oakland Farmers Market — which partners with Mandela to allow its vendors to distribute at the co-op in order to foster a mutually beneficial relationship — is hoping to shift the narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925810\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"the inside of a commercial building that is planning to be turned into a foodhall\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plans for a food hall near the West Oakland Farmers Market will feature local foodmakers. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the same time, it’s necessary to look at any emerging venture in West Oakland with a certain degree of skepticism — to perhaps wonder if this is another attempt to gain footing in an increasingly gentrifiying sliver of land. After all, the farmers market is funded by a commercial real estate developer, \u003ca href=\"https://srmernst.com/\">srmERNST Development Partners\u003c/a>, which is also in the process of building a new food hall nearby — an impressive space that will host local foodmakers as well. Joe Ernst, srmERNST’s founder, and the folks behind West Oakland Farmers Market all seem to have good intentions. They say they want to deliver a promising, collaborative space for the neighborhood’s residents. But the larger issue of community revitalization is layered and intersectional, and no single effort can resolve more than nearly a half-century of institutional neglect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we know from mounting research over the past four to six years is that geographic access inequalities are actually a pretty poor explanation of dietary inequalities,” said Priya Fielding-Singh, author of \u003ci>How the Other Half Eats\u003c/i>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13907528/how-the-other-half-eats-food-deserts-food-inequality-bay-area\">in a past interview with KQED\u003c/a>. In other words, food deserts are only a small part of the problem, and the addition of a single farmers market can only do so much to improve the way that people in West Oakland eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the West Oakland Farmers Market does represent a tide of change and opportunity, with potential to become a generative outlet for both vendors and market-goers. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/west-oakland-farmers-market-17782486.php\">a recent \u003ci>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/i> interview\u003c/a>, Ernst, the developer, said he wants to “have an impact on the area, not just build and lease.” What better way to make an impact than through good food?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh, who has over 10 years of experience as the “local forager” for Whole Foods and has built relationships with farmers around Northern California, seems to be the right man for the task, with his empathetic outlook and understanding of what’s at stake for small businesses and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Markets like these are incubators,” Singh says. “They’re designed to give people a way to start up, scale, grow and then go to broader markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Singh’s energetic leadership, the new farmers market is taking a community-first approach to ensure that the space will remain accessible — and useful — to local buyers and sellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, 80% of the vendors at the market are BIPOC and representative of the neighborhood, Singh tells me. It’s an intentional effort to provide a space for fledgling micro-businesses around the area. For many of the vendors, it’s one of the only markets they have a chance to sell at, allowing them to supplement their pop-up business while trying to expand sustainably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925808\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925808\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"two local siblings sell smoothies and granola at the market every Sunday\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristian and Grisela Sánalo can be found selling smoothies every Sunday at the new market. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One such vendor is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanalo2022/\">Sánalo\u003c/a>, a smoothie and snack company founded by Cristian and Grisela Sánalo, two Mexican American siblings with roots in Oakland and Hayward. The young venture is a part-time hustle for the Sánalos, who work full-time jobs and side gigs on weekdays, then set up on weekends to serve treats like toast and granola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living in a major city, it can be difficult to find [a feeling of community],” says Cristian Sánalo. “But the culture [at West Oakland Farmers Market] is definitely inclined to feel like a community. They’re good people who want everyone to do their thing and be successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sánalo’s “Green Magic” smoothie is a rich blend of chia, dates, apple, kale, pineapple, celery and spinach. And the “Apapacho” (a hot beverage made from oats, kabocha squash, ginger and cinnamon) — whose Spanish name, derived from indigenous Nahuatl, roughly translates to “tender affection” — allows customers to tap into less commonly available flavors that reflect the Sánalos’ heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If beverages aren’t your thing, there’s amazing sourdough from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rizeupbakery/?hl=en\">Rize Up Bakery\u003c/a>, a Black-owned bakery from San Francisco that, \u003ca href=\"https://rizeupsourdough.com/pages/about\">according to founder Azikiwee Anderson\u003c/a>, was “born as a way to channel energy into something healing during the social unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking for less carbs? Bassline Coffee — whose owner, Brad Katz, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.waveworksav.com/\">involved in the local music industry\u003c/a> as an audio-video engineer and first dipped into coffee-making during the pandemic — is pouring “a roast for every rhythm” and supplements his coffee company with his passion for mixtapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13905374,arts_13915889,arts_13908432']Don’t do caffeine? A few booths away you’ll come across \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/clandestinacocinaberkeley/?hl=en\">Clandestina Cocina\u003c/a>, a Berkeley-based Cuban eatery serving island-style soul food and classic favorites like ropa vieja (shredded steak in tomato sauce with bell peppers and onions) and the eternally-delicious Cubano sandwich. Havana-born chef Lilian Duran is happy to feed others, including Chari Parla, a Cuban American who used to work at the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first day at the market was such an amazing, dreamlike treat to look up from my booth and see Clandestina across the way,” says Parla, originally from Miami. “I’ve been living [in Oakland] for six years, and I can count on one hand how many Cuban people I’ve met. We don’t find each other often. For me to see, smell, taste and hear all of those Cuban elements is really just warming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the sort of feeling that Singh hopes to facilitate, often surveying customers and nearby residents about what else they would like to see. The Sunday market has featured live music and, at one point, curated open mic poetry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to be inclusive, Singh has also lowered, or in some cases removed, the entrance fees for vendors in need, making it easier for non-traditional suppliers to participate. The market also donates products to \u003ca href=\"https://www.acdsal.org/farms\">Dig Deep Farms\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://westoaklandhealth.org/\">West Oakland Health Council\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1028996737152976&paipv=0&eav=AfY-Rcqphpmcxw2XqrXOeF-Er55s2YHMJsNxFrdjBL7sCfKrKHC4zSHr63ISC8UwZEo&_rdr\">Eritrean Task Force-Orthodox Church\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925809\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a group of friends pose for the camera while exploring the new market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of friends pose for the camera while exploring the new market. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In many ways, the West Oakland Farmers Market doesn’t feel like most other farmers markets. Singh’s track record of investing in nascent, grassroots business is a strong focus, and his compassionate compass helps him navigate the market’s larger civic goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fernando [from Catalan Farm] is an organic farmer from Alba,” says Singh. “He teaches immigrant farmers how to grow organically. He’s the perfect example of how this market is about uplifting space to converse and support locally. It’s gonna take time to build, but we’re in it for the long haul. I’m having a blast, I love this community and these customers communing and supporting each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the aforementioned food hall already under construction in partnership with the developer, Ernst — who initially funded the West Oakland Farmers Market during its start-up phase before it became self-sufficient — Singh says Foragers Market hopes to continue to provide enriching economic opportunities for vendors and accessible, affordable and natural foods that meet customers wherever they’re at. It will require care, awareness and precise management — much like a field of crops, I imagine — but if done right, could yield a cornucopia of possibilities. And for many, it’s what they’ve been waiting for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like being back home,” Johnson, the spice vendor who grew up in West Oakland, says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12904247 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>West Oakland Farmers Market is open every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (on Peralta Street between 18th and 20th Streets). WIC/EBT accepted.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Vendors say the West Oakland Farmers Market represents new opportunities for a long-neglected neighborhood.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1713814027,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":2025},"headData":{"title":"The West Oakland Farmers Market Promises Healthy Foods and Community Flavor | KQED","description":"Vendors say the West Oakland Farmers Market represents new opportunities for a long-neglected neighborhood.","ogTitle":"A New Farmers Market in West Oakland Promises Healthy Foods and Community Flavor","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"A New Farmers Market in West Oakland Promises Healthy Foods and Community Flavor","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"The West Oakland Farmers Market Promises Healthy Foods and Community Flavor %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"A New Farmers Market in West Oakland Promises Healthy Foods and Community Flavor","datePublished":"2023-03-03T19:02:39.000Z","dateModified":"2024-04-22T19:27:07.000Z","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,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13925774/new-west-oakland-farmers-market-healthy-foods-harvindar-singh","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The West Oakland neighborhood where Elliot Johnson grew up during the 1980s was filled with community abundance — but hampered, at times, by a lack of fresh, organic foods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On 14th and Center there was a store, but a real grocer wasn’t really around until Acorn Super. Then they closed,” he remembers. “The people were happy, but it was real bad poverty back then. You had to go to Alameda or Rockridge for fresh food. It was tough. So when [West Oakland Farmers Market] started, we knew we had to be part of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson and his wife, Shawlaya, operate \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goldisgourmetspices/?hl=en\">Goldi’s\u003c/a>, a small-batch spice business that pops up every Sunday at the quirky \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westoaklandfarmersmarket/?hl=en\">West Oakland Farmers Market\u003c/a>. The new outdoor market — located in the Prescott neighborhood on Peralta Street, between 18th and 20th Streets — offers a mosaic of goods provided by a diverse spectrum of local vendors and artisans. The hope is to reflect the neighborhood’s robust past and evolving future in order to serve the community’s present needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On any given Sunday, you can browse the market’s selection of tasty beverages and natural foods while strolling a quiet, two-block road sentineled by nearby Victorian homes. Perhaps more importantly, you’ll notice that the market is helping to open a fresh lane in the community: one that creates a path for aspiring entrepreneurs in the area’s overlooked pocket of healthy foods commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925807\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925807\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands in front of his spice booth at the market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/goldis_alanchazaro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elliot Johnson grew up in West Oakland in the 1980s and now sells his spices at the new farmers market. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Launched in the summer of 2022 with the support of Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife and the \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Neighborhood-Council-Meeting-Schedule-2_2022-09-20-192105_fkcl.xlsx\">Prescott Neighborhood Council\u003c/a>, the market is currently the neighborhood’s only farmers market. Less than a year later, the market has turned into the only intersection in West Oakland where such a collection of organic farmers, florists, breadmakers, honey purveyors, ranchers, meat suppliers and wide-ranging community members like the Johnsons can share their homemade offerings to a steady base of market-goers..\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>Featuring anywhere from 25 to 50 vendors each week — and predominantly representing Black, brown and Asian diasporas — the market spotlights a potpourri of creative offerings with an emphasis on providers who aren’t usually the biggest demographic at other farmers markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Working with future generations of diverse organic farmers, it’s harder for them to get into more established markets,” says Harvindar Singh, the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.foragersmarket.org/about\">Foragers Market\u003c/a>, the organization that operates West Oakland Farmers Market along with a handful of similar markets around the Bay Area. “But things are changing. [The idea of] traditional, old, white hippie farmers is beginning to open up to more diverse farmers and vendors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coming on the heels of last year’s sudden closure of \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/02/24/oakland-community-foods-brahm-ahmadi\">People’s Community Market\u003c/a>, one of West Oakland’s only grocery stores, the farmers market arrives at a time when the neighborhood once again finds itself with limited access to such resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often described as a “food desert,” West Oakland — like many communities shaped by decades of segregation and systemically racist practices — has struggled to maintain a sustainable, concentrated supply of high-quality groceries, particularly in recent years as the Bay Area has only become increasingly unaffordable and inaccessible for working class families. Besides small, community-led sources like \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bottomsupcommunitygarden/?hl=en\">Bottoms Up Community Garden\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityslickerfarms.org/about-us/\">City Slicker Farms\u003c/a>, which supply fresh produce directly to the immediate area, the neighborhood doesn’t have many options. \u003ca href=\"https://www.good.is/articles/change-through-food-bringing-an-oasis-to-the-west-oakland-food-desert\">Mandela Foods Cooperative\u003c/a> is a heralded beacon, providing the only walkable source of varietal produce for those who call the area home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within this complex landscape of food injustice, the West Oakland Farmers Market — which partners with Mandela to allow its vendors to distribute at the co-op in order to foster a mutually beneficial relationship — is hoping to shift the narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925810\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925810\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"the inside of a commercial building that is planning to be turned into a foodhall\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_foodhall_alanchazaro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plans for a food hall near the West Oakland Farmers Market will feature local foodmakers. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the same time, it’s necessary to look at any emerging venture in West Oakland with a certain degree of skepticism — to perhaps wonder if this is another attempt to gain footing in an increasingly gentrifiying sliver of land. After all, the farmers market is funded by a commercial real estate developer, \u003ca href=\"https://srmernst.com/\">srmERNST Development Partners\u003c/a>, which is also in the process of building a new food hall nearby — an impressive space that will host local foodmakers as well. Joe Ernst, srmERNST’s founder, and the folks behind West Oakland Farmers Market all seem to have good intentions. They say they want to deliver a promising, collaborative space for the neighborhood’s residents. But the larger issue of community revitalization is layered and intersectional, and no single effort can resolve more than nearly a half-century of institutional neglect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we know from mounting research over the past four to six years is that geographic access inequalities are actually a pretty poor explanation of dietary inequalities,” said Priya Fielding-Singh, author of \u003ci>How the Other Half Eats\u003c/i>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13907528/how-the-other-half-eats-food-deserts-food-inequality-bay-area\">in a past interview with KQED\u003c/a>. In other words, food deserts are only a small part of the problem, and the addition of a single farmers market can only do so much to improve the way that people in West Oakland eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the West Oakland Farmers Market does represent a tide of change and opportunity, with potential to become a generative outlet for both vendors and market-goers. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/west-oakland-farmers-market-17782486.php\">a recent \u003ci>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/i> interview\u003c/a>, Ernst, the developer, said he wants to “have an impact on the area, not just build and lease.” What better way to make an impact than through good food?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh, who has over 10 years of experience as the “local forager” for Whole Foods and has built relationships with farmers around Northern California, seems to be the right man for the task, with his empathetic outlook and understanding of what’s at stake for small businesses and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Markets like these are incubators,” Singh says. “They’re designed to give people a way to start up, scale, grow and then go to broader markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Singh’s energetic leadership, the new farmers market is taking a community-first approach to ensure that the space will remain accessible — and useful — to local buyers and sellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, 80% of the vendors at the market are BIPOC and representative of the neighborhood, Singh tells me. It’s an intentional effort to provide a space for fledgling micro-businesses around the area. For many of the vendors, it’s one of the only markets they have a chance to sell at, allowing them to supplement their pop-up business while trying to expand sustainably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925808\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925808\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"two local siblings sell smoothies and granola at the market every Sunday\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/sanalo_alanchazaro-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristian and Grisela Sánalo can be found selling smoothies every Sunday at the new market. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One such vendor is \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanalo2022/\">Sánalo\u003c/a>, a smoothie and snack company founded by Cristian and Grisela Sánalo, two Mexican American siblings with roots in Oakland and Hayward. The young venture is a part-time hustle for the Sánalos, who work full-time jobs and side gigs on weekdays, then set up on weekends to serve treats like toast and granola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living in a major city, it can be difficult to find [a feeling of community],” says Cristian Sánalo. “But the culture [at West Oakland Farmers Market] is definitely inclined to feel like a community. They’re good people who want everyone to do their thing and be successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sánalo’s “Green Magic” smoothie is a rich blend of chia, dates, apple, kale, pineapple, celery and spinach. And the “Apapacho” (a hot beverage made from oats, kabocha squash, ginger and cinnamon) — whose Spanish name, derived from indigenous Nahuatl, roughly translates to “tender affection” — allows customers to tap into less commonly available flavors that reflect the Sánalos’ heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If beverages aren’t your thing, there’s amazing sourdough from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rizeupbakery/?hl=en\">Rize Up Bakery\u003c/a>, a Black-owned bakery from San Francisco that, \u003ca href=\"https://rizeupsourdough.com/pages/about\">according to founder Azikiwee Anderson\u003c/a>, was “born as a way to channel energy into something healing during the social unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking for less carbs? Bassline Coffee — whose owner, Brad Katz, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.waveworksav.com/\">involved in the local music industry\u003c/a> as an audio-video engineer and first dipped into coffee-making during the pandemic — is pouring “a roast for every rhythm” and supplements his coffee company with his passion for mixtapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13905374,arts_13915889,arts_13908432","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Don’t do caffeine? A few booths away you’ll come across \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/clandestinacocinaberkeley/?hl=en\">Clandestina Cocina\u003c/a>, a Berkeley-based Cuban eatery serving island-style soul food and classic favorites like ropa vieja (shredded steak in tomato sauce with bell peppers and onions) and the eternally-delicious Cubano sandwich. Havana-born chef Lilian Duran is happy to feed others, including Chari Parla, a Cuban American who used to work at the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first day at the market was such an amazing, dreamlike treat to look up from my booth and see Clandestina across the way,” says Parla, originally from Miami. “I’ve been living [in Oakland] for six years, and I can count on one hand how many Cuban people I’ve met. We don’t find each other often. For me to see, smell, taste and hear all of those Cuban elements is really just warming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the sort of feeling that Singh hopes to facilitate, often surveying customers and nearby residents about what else they would like to see. The Sunday market has featured live music and, at one point, curated open mic poetry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to be inclusive, Singh has also lowered, or in some cases removed, the entrance fees for vendors in need, making it easier for non-traditional suppliers to participate. The market also donates products to \u003ca href=\"https://www.acdsal.org/farms\">Dig Deep Farms\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://westoaklandhealth.org/\">West Oakland Health Council\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1028996737152976&paipv=0&eav=AfY-Rcqphpmcxw2XqrXOeF-Er55s2YHMJsNxFrdjBL7sCfKrKHC4zSHr63ISC8UwZEo&_rdr\">Eritrean Task Force-Orthodox Church\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13925809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13925809\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a group of friends pose for the camera while exploring the new market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/03/westoakfarmersmarket_shoppers_alanchazaro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of friends pose for the camera while exploring the new market. \u003ccite>(Alan Chazaro)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In many ways, the West Oakland Farmers Market doesn’t feel like most other farmers markets. Singh’s track record of investing in nascent, grassroots business is a strong focus, and his compassionate compass helps him navigate the market’s larger civic goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fernando [from Catalan Farm] is an organic farmer from Alba,” says Singh. “He teaches immigrant farmers how to grow organically. He’s the perfect example of how this market is about uplifting space to converse and support locally. It’s gonna take time to build, but we’re in it for the long haul. I’m having a blast, I love this community and these customers communing and supporting each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the aforementioned food hall already under construction in partnership with the developer, Ernst — who initially funded the West Oakland Farmers Market during its start-up phase before it became self-sufficient — Singh says Foragers Market hopes to continue to provide enriching economic opportunities for vendors and accessible, affordable and natural foods that meet customers wherever they’re at. It will require care, awareness and precise management — much like a field of crops, I imagine — but if done right, could yield a cornucopia of possibilities. And for many, it’s what they’ve been waiting for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like being back home,” Johnson, the spice vendor who grew up in West Oakland, says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12904247 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\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>West Oakland Farmers Market is open every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (on Peralta Street between 18th and 20th Streets). WIC/EBT accepted.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13925774/new-west-oakland-farmers-market-healthy-foods-harvindar-singh","authors":["11748"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_22099","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1143","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13925806","label":"source_arts_13925774"},"arts_13920320":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13920320","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13920320","score":null,"sort":[1665741657000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"preserving-oakland-arts-and-culture-at-b-loves-guesthouse","title":"Preserving Oakland Arts and Culture at B-Love’s Guesthouse","publishDate":1665741657,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Preserving Oakland Arts and Culture at B-Love’s Guesthouse | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Inside of a classic Queen Anne Victorian in West Oakland, photographer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tracibartlow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Traci Bartlow\u003c/a> displays beautifully framed images of the people who shaped hip-hop culture here in the Bay Area, and across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her exhibition, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of the 90’s Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, features photos of Outkast and Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and ODB, alongside images of the Luniz and Shock-G, as well as E-40 and The Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the photos tell a story about what life was like in growing up in Oakland, it’s her house that tells the complex story of multiple generations of Black folks, land ownership and community appreciation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.b-lovesguesthouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B-Love’s Guesthouse\u003c/a>, which is a photography museum \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a boutique hotel. With its picturesque front porch and flourishing garden in the back, the building features seven different rooms that folks can rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the wash house her mother once owned in East Oakland. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the washhouse her mother once owned in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/school\">Ailey School\u003c/a> graduate turned \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBa6yqRau4\">Emmy-winning dancer\u003c/a> and choreographer, Traci fell in love with the arts through what she experienced in her neighborhood as a child. Block parties and family functions introduced her to her love of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in East Oakland, she also saw firsthand the importance of a neighborhood hub by watching the multiple ways people would use her mother’s washhouse. It wasn’t just a laundromat but a corner store, a place to get your prom dress made or pick up your Avon order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acquired her current home from the late Eddie Mae Holmes, a Black woman who once owned multiple properties in West Oakland. And Traci envisioned using the space for the purposes of artistic expression and community gatherings, including showcasing her work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13920342 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow sits on the stairwell of her Queen Ann Victorian home in West Oakland \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now B-Love’s Guesthouse stands as a home for hip-hop history and a safe haven for folks to come together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week we take a tour of the property and walk down memory lane through her photos. If you’re interested after listening to this episode, you can take a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\">tour\u003c/a> too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5621038255&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3TiAwgf\">Read the transcript\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Traci Bartlow.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>Just a few blocks from the women of the Black Panther Party mural and West Oakland BART station is Traci Bartlow’s home and hotel, B-Love’s Guesthouse. It’s on a residential street with lots of history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I acquired the house in 2007 from a team of people that would buy houses, flip them, and then sell them. They bought the house from a woman named Eddie Mae Holmes. And Ms. Holmes was an African-American woman that came to West Oakland when she was 14 years old. And, through her family ownership, she acquired this house, this house on the corner. And in 1965, she had that apartment building around the corner built. On the lower level of the apartment building, she had Holmes Barber Shop. So Ms. Holmes is one of those black women in the community that was providing in so many different ways for everyone. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span> About 15 years ago, Traci converted her home into a guesthouse. People can choose from one of seven rooms for an overnight stay. And at the same time, folks can enjoy the framed photos from Traci’s archives. Her photos are a time machine, instantly transporting me back to the East Oakland that I knew as a youth. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postid='arts_13891300']Traci: These are people that I grew up with. You know, we went to middle school and high school together. My mother owned the laundromat on 98th and Birch, and so everyone would come and do their laundry at my mom’s laundromat. And her business wasn’t just where you can do your laundry. It was like a community center where my mom had a sewing machine in the corner and she would do alterations and she would make prom dresses and make outfits for people. She also sold Avon, and we had a little store in the back where you could buy candy and chips and sandwiches. I would make homemade cookies and we would have those ghetto Icees, you know, like Kool-Aid in a cup. So people were always coming to the laundromat. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span> Even before she got into photography, Traci was already into the arts. At age 19, she was awarded a scholarship to study dance at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/school\">Ailey School\u003c/a> in New York. After finishing the two-year professional dance training program, she took performing gigs across the globe. One thing led to another and Traci dabbled in modeling before picking up the camera herself. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traci: I would also find myself at modeling shoots and just be like, ‘What kind of light is that? Oh, that’s a diffuser? What does that do?’ \u003c/span>It was just like this natural progression of me knowing about photography and wanting to learn more. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m self-taught, so I started photographing other dancers. And you’ll see many images from this photo shoot, because this was an assignment I gave myself to practice with high speed film. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Traci Bartlow's home is a showcase for her work and holds the history of her West Oakland neighborhood.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006271,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":956},"headData":{"title":"Preserving Oakland Arts and Culture at B-Love’s Guesthouse | KQED","description":"Traci Bartlow's home is a showcase for her work and holds the history of her West Oakland neighborhood.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Preserving Oakland Arts and Culture at B-Love’s Guesthouse","datePublished":"2022-10-14T10:00:57.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:51:11.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Rightnowish ","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/rightnowish","audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC5621038255.mp3?updated=1665703768","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13920320/preserving-oakland-arts-and-culture-at-b-loves-guesthouse","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Inside of a classic Queen Anne Victorian in West Oakland, photographer \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tracibartlow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Traci Bartlow\u003c/a> displays beautifully framed images of the people who shaped hip-hop culture here in the Bay Area, and across the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her exhibition, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Picture Lady: Tales of the 90’s Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, features photos of Outkast and Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes and ODB, alongside images of the Luniz and Shock-G, as well as E-40 and The Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the photos tell a story about what life was like in growing up in Oakland, it’s her house that tells the complex story of multiple generations of Black folks, land ownership and community appreciation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.b-lovesguesthouse.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">B-Love’s Guesthouse\u003c/a>, which is a photography museum \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a boutique hotel. With its picturesque front porch and flourishing garden in the back, the building features seven different rooms that folks can rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13920339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the wash house her mother once owned in East Oakland. \" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04426.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow holds up an image of the washhouse her mother once owned in East Oakland. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/school\">Ailey School\u003c/a> graduate turned \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBa6yqRau4\">Emmy-winning dancer\u003c/a> and choreographer, Traci fell in love with the arts through what she experienced in her neighborhood as a child. Block parties and family functions introduced her to her love of dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in East Oakland, she also saw firsthand the importance of a neighborhood hub by watching the multiple ways people would use her mother’s washhouse. It wasn’t just a laundromat but a corner store, a place to get your prom dress made or pick up your Avon order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She acquired her current home from the late Eddie Mae Holmes, a Black woman who once owned multiple properties in West Oakland. And Traci envisioned using the space for the purposes of artistic expression and community gatherings, including showcasing her work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13920342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13920342 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Bartlow.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/DSC04446.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Bartlow sits on the stairwell of her Queen Ann Victorian home in West Oakland \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now B-Love’s Guesthouse stands as a home for hip-hop history and a safe haven for folks to come together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week we take a tour of the property and walk down memory lane through her photos. If you’re interested after listening to this episode, you can take a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-experience-at-b-loves-guest-house-tickets-403783887477\">tour\u003c/a> too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5621038255&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3TiAwgf\">Read the transcript\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Traci Bartlow.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>Just a few blocks from the women of the Black Panther Party mural and West Oakland BART station is Traci Bartlow’s home and hotel, B-Love’s Guesthouse. It’s on a residential street with lots of history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traci:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I acquired the house in 2007 from a team of people that would buy houses, flip them, and then sell them. They bought the house from a woman named Eddie Mae Holmes. And Ms. Holmes was an African-American woman that came to West Oakland when she was 14 years old. And, through her family ownership, she acquired this house, this house on the corner. And in 1965, she had that apartment building around the corner built. On the lower level of the apartment building, she had Holmes Barber Shop. So Ms. Holmes is one of those black women in the community that was providing in so many different ways for everyone. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span> About 15 years ago, Traci converted her home into a guesthouse. People can choose from one of seven rooms for an overnight stay. And at the same time, folks can enjoy the framed photos from Traci’s archives. Her photos are a time machine, instantly transporting me back to the East Oakland that I knew as a youth. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13891300","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Traci: These are people that I grew up with. You know, we went to middle school and high school together. My mother owned the laundromat on 98th and Birch, and so everyone would come and do their laundry at my mom’s laundromat. And her business wasn’t just where you can do your laundry. It was like a community center where my mom had a sewing machine in the corner and she would do alterations and she would make prom dresses and make outfits for people. She also sold Avon, and we had a little store in the back where you could buy candy and chips and sandwiches. I would make homemade cookies and we would have those ghetto Icees, you know, like Kool-Aid in a cup. So people were always coming to the laundromat. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span> Even before she got into photography, Traci was already into the arts. At age 19, she was awarded a scholarship to study dance at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alvinailey.org/school\">Ailey School\u003c/a> in New York. After finishing the two-year professional dance training program, she took performing gigs across the globe. One thing led to another and Traci dabbled in modeling before picking up the camera herself. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traci: I would also find myself at modeling shoots and just be like, ‘What kind of light is that? Oh, that’s a diffuser? What does that do?’ \u003c/span>It was just like this natural progression of me knowing about photography and wanting to learn more. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m self-taught, so I started photographing other dancers. And you’ll see many images from this photo shoot, because this was an assignment I gave myself to practice with high speed film. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13920320/preserving-oakland-arts-and-culture-at-b-loves-guesthouse","authors":["11491","11528"],"programs":["arts_8720"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_7862","arts_21759","arts_70"],"tags":["arts_18829","arts_4097","arts_831","arts_2640","arts_1143","arts_822","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13920337","label":"source_arts_13920320"},"arts_13917938":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13917938","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13917938","score":null,"sort":[1661286020000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"pass-the-aux-pooie-words-dont-hurt","title":"Pass The Aux: Poo$ie, 'Words Don't Hurt'","publishDate":1661286020,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Pass The Aux: Poo$ie, ‘Words Don’t Hurt’ | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Welcome to Pass the Aux, where KQED Arts & Culture brings you our favorite new tracks by Bay Area artists. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/pass-the-aux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out past entries and submit a song for future coverage\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Give me a simple kick drum, a snare, and some uplifting words and you’ve got my ear. End the song with cute kids clapping and singing about love and I’m sold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poo$ie’s 17-track album \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/4CBNoUjrSd1DuOXYgiwhc4?autoplay=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Still Ain’t Easy\u003c/em>\u003c/a> contains notable features, uptempo bangers and joints to ride to. But he chose “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOGYyK9r-rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Words Don’t Hurt\u003c/a>” (featuring Pimping P & D. Marie, and produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ogjarin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Jarin\u003c/a>) as his lead single because it represents where he is as an artist at this point in life, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This song meant the most to me,” Poo$ie tells me of the a catchy, uplifting track. “It’s my favorite song off the album.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poo$ie - Words Don't Hurt feat. Pimping P & D. Marie (prod. OG Jarin)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/mOGYyK9r-rg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poo$ie’s three-year-old son Zavion (or “Yuckaman”) is one of the children featured at the end of the song, as well as the video, shot and edited by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/seanietsunami300/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Muniz\u003c/a>. “The chant at the end, my son came up with that part,” says Poo$ie. “But he didn’t want to be in the video until the other kids came; when his cousins came, it was over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poo$ie, originally from New Orleans’ 8th Ward, is as family-oriented as his son. After Hurricane Katrina, he found a second home and extended family in Oakland, particularly through attending McClymonds High School and within hip-hop circles in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13917945 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Poo$ie performs in front of a live crowd at Cornerstone in Berkeley.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poo$ie performs in front of a live crowd at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Joshua Lee Kennedy / @Sadfiphotoz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of that influence comes through on \u003cem>Still Ain’t Easy\u003c/em>, an album sprinkled with references to family and friends and guest appearances from talented people in Poo$ie’s network. With praise from established artists like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/p_lo/status/1560133114151653378?s=20&t=2AmrFraPAHYDoDxdk3JO_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P-Lo\u003c/a> and recent shows in Oakland and San Francisco, Poo$ie’s profile is on the rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bruh, this is my biggest project,” he tells me while discussing his latest album. “This is a life changing moment for sure… people are resonating with the music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Poo$ie performs on Friday, Sept. 9, at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ca href=\"https://cornerstoneberkeley.com/loe-gino-j-lately-ian-kelly-pooie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"From West Oakland by way of New Orleans, Poo$ie profile is on the rise. 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","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13917938/pass-the-aux-pooie-words-dont-hurt","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Welcome to Pass the Aux, where KQED Arts & Culture brings you our favorite new tracks by Bay Area artists. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/pass-the-aux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out past entries and submit a song for future coverage\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Give me a simple kick drum, a snare, and some uplifting words and you’ve got my ear. End the song with cute kids clapping and singing about love and I’m sold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poo$ie’s 17-track album \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/4CBNoUjrSd1DuOXYgiwhc4?autoplay=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Still Ain’t Easy\u003c/em>\u003c/a> contains notable features, uptempo bangers and joints to ride to. But he chose “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOGYyK9r-rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Words Don’t Hurt\u003c/a>” (featuring Pimping P & D. Marie, and produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ogjarin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OG Jarin\u003c/a>) as his lead single because it represents where he is as an artist at this point in life, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This song meant the most to me,” Poo$ie tells me of the a catchy, uplifting track. “It’s my favorite song off the album.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poo$ie - Words Don't Hurt feat. Pimping P & D. Marie (prod. 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After Hurricane Katrina, he found a second home and extended family in Oakland, particularly through attending McClymonds High School and within hip-hop circles in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13917945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13917945 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Poo$ie performs in front of a live crowd at Cornerstone in Berkeley.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/IMG_0971-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poo$ie performs in front of a live crowd at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Joshua Lee Kennedy / @Sadfiphotoz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of that influence comes through on \u003cem>Still Ain’t Easy\u003c/em>, an album sprinkled with references to family and friends and guest appearances from talented people in Poo$ie’s network. With praise from established artists like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/p_lo/status/1560133114151653378?s=20&t=2AmrFraPAHYDoDxdk3JO_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">P-Lo\u003c/a> and recent shows in Oakland and San Francisco, Poo$ie’s profile is on the rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bruh, this is my biggest project,” he tells me while discussing his latest album. “This is a life changing moment for sure… people are resonating with the music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Poo$ie performs on Friday, Sept. 9, at Cornerstone in Berkeley. \u003ca href=\"https://cornerstoneberkeley.com/loe-gino-j-lately-ian-kelly-pooie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13917938/pass-the-aux-pooie-words-dont-hurt","authors":["11491"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_10278","arts_831","arts_2171","arts_13240","arts_9159","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13917962","label":"arts"},"arts_13913116":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13913116","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13913116","score":null,"sort":[1652223410000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"hip-hop-for-change-boycotts-continental-club-over-alleged-discrimination","title":"Hip-Hop for Change Boycotts Continental Club Over Alleged Discrimination","publishDate":1652223410,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Hip-Hop for Change Boycotts Continental Club Over Alleged Discrimination | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Speaking out against racism isn’t controversial in Oakland, a city known nationwide for its activism. At least that’s what Eric Sasz of Hip-Hop For Change assumed when his nonprofit rented the \u003ca href=\"https://www.continentalcluboakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continental Club\u003c/a> for its free, all ages Women’s Empowerment Summit on March 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally opened in 1961, the Continental Club hosted blues and R&B artists for decades as part of West Oakland’s once-thriving circuit of Black nightclubs. The club reopened in its current form in January, and features a Black Panther Party-themed mural on its rooftop in homage to its history. That’s why Sasz was taken aback when Ron Frydberg, the owner of the venue, asked him to take down T-shirts with the slogan “End White Supremacy” from his merch table, Sasz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, ‘There’s no way.’ I think this is our best-selling T-shirt,” recalled Sasz, who serves as Hip-Hop for Change’s event director. “This is what we do as an organization: fight racism and do social justice work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Sasz pushed back, he said, Frydberg backed down. But the T-shirt incident was the first in a series of discriminatory behaviors Sasz said he and his staff witnessed during the Hip-Hop for Change event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Hip-Hop For Change and other event organizers in Oakland are accusing Frydberg of racism, homophobia and sexism, and calling for a boycott of the Continental Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s contributing to the problem in Oakland right now, which is coming into historically Black places and colonizing them,” Sasz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Frydberg denied several of the allegations. “It’s unfortunate that they had such a negative feeling towards us after doing everything we were supposed to do to host their event,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMO5VePp_q/\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accusations Over the ‘F’-Word\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another Hip-Hop for Change staffer, who spoke to KQED under the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, was working the Women’s Empowerment Summit when a colleague came to her in tears after a conversation with Frydberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She just came up to me and she’s like, ‘He just called me the ‘f’-word,’” said the Hip-Hop for Change staffer, referring to the homophobic slur. “And she is a transgender Black woman. And I was like, ‘Wait, what? Like, he did what?’ And [Ron] was very defensive about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Hip-Hop for Change staffer put it, after being called the slur, the transgender woman became increasingly upset, had too much to drink and had to go home in an Uber. “When we were leaving, Ron’s security team kept calling her ‘him’ and kept saying, ‘Oh, the gay boy over there’ and stuff like that,’” the staffer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasz discussed the situation with his staff, including the person who was allegedly called the slur. Afterwards, Sasz confronted Frydberg, who denied using that language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' citation='Eric Sasz, Hip-Hop for Change']‘We’re just trying to educate our community so folks don’t have the same experience we had.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When reached by KQED, Frydberg denied ever using the slur, and accused Sasz of changing his story. “What he told me is that he heard that somebody in my staff said that, not me specifically,” he said. “In fact, what had happened was I was coming to talk to him about a situation about his staff being drunk and belligerent, and harassing my security guards. … He couldn’t tell me who it was [that used the slur]. I talked to all of my staff. It became a big issue that night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We go above and beyond to make sure that everybody is well respected while they’re at the club,” Frydberg added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasz denies that he changed his story.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Guilty of Being White’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tensions escalated as the Women’s Empowerment Summit continued. According to Sasz and several other witnesses, Frydberg and his security repeatedly asked one of Hip-Hop for Change’s artists, a new mother with two infants, to move from a booth Frydberg wanted to reserve for bottle service. The table hadn’t been sold, and neither had several others in the section that afternoon. (The artist, Gina Madrid, said she sat at the booth to move her babies away from the club’s speakers.) Sasz also said that at the end of the event, Frydberg raised his voice and threatened to throw Hip-Hop for Change’s chairs into the street if they didn’t get them out that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s seeing the demographic of the crowd, I think, that we’re bringing in,” recalled Sasz, noting that most attendees of the Hip-Hop for Change event were Black and brown, while Frydberg is white. “And I think that’s where we started to feel racist behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED, Frydberg denied asking Madrid to move, but also asserted his right to maintain a service offered at his club. He denied getting aggressive about the chairs, and said that he asked politely for Hip-Hop for Change to remove them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Frydberg declined to answer questions about the “End White Supremacy” T-shirts. Shortly after Hip-Hop for Change posted their call for a boycott of Continental Club on Instagram on May 5, the club’s account commented that Hip-Hop for Change is now “bashing us because they didn’t like someone who’s only guilty of being white.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A speaker panel at Hip-Hop for Change’s Women’s Empowerment Summit at Continental Club on March 12, 2022. \u003ccite>(Jane Vick)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in a follow-up conversation, Frydberg’s tone changed from defensive to apologetic, and he clarified that he agrees with the “End White Supremacy” message. He only wanted the T-shirts taken down from the raised display, he said, out of fear of making the club a target for angry white supremacists. (Sasz said he understood Frydberg to be asking him to not sell the T-shirt at all.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can understand how it might have been misconstrued as supporting white supremacy, but like, I’m Jewish,” Frydberg said, adding, “I clearly understand that I made the wrong decision. And it was hurtful in the moment, but it was not in any way with any intention to not support the cause.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He described Hip-Hop for Change’s boycott on Instagram as “a piling-on campaign of white supremacy and racism, when that’s not the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' citation='Ron Frydberg, Continental Club']‘I clearly understand that I made the wrong decision. And it was hurtful in the moment, but it was not in any way with any intention to not support [Hip-Hop for Change’s] cause.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Former Bar Manager Speaks Out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dennise Acio, the former Continental Club bar manager, said Hip-Hop for Change’s Women’s Empowerment Summit wasn’t the first time people felt unsafe or uncomfortable at the venue because of Frydberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Acio, Frydberg regularly made sexualized comments about female staff members. “He has said many times that he wants to hire bartenders that are sexy, and [he would] point certain people out. ‘Oh, like her,’” Acio said. “I had this one guy I hired. He’s great, he’s dependable. He’s always there and doing a good job. And yet [Ron] even pointed him out like, ‘Not like him.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether he had ever made comments sexualizing employees, Frydberg changed the subject and said Acio was the one who was in charge of hiring. (Acio said all hiring decisions had to go through Frydberg.) Frydberg said that his staff represents the community, and includes many queer women of color. “We’re committed to having a diverse staff that represents our community in all shapes and forms and sizes, and so on and so forth,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was “using us as a face,” Acio said. “But really what he represented wasn’t the community at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Continental Club. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘These are Dog-Whistle Words’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, Acio pitched Frydberg on the Continental Club hosting The Sweet Spot, a new party she’d created in collaboration with her partner, DJ and promoter Lady Ryan. Lady Ryan said that Frydberg’s former booking manager, Mark Sandstorm, relayed a flat-rate offer of $400, which she considered insultingly low. (“I’ve never seen a situation where a venue offers a promoter $400 to bring in their entire community,” Lady Ryan said, noting that the Continental Club is in a residential area without much foot traffic.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After negotiations, the two agreed that Lady Ryan and Acio would keep the door proceeds, and the venue would keep bar sales. The first Sweet Spot party on March 6 was a success. Despite the tensions with Frydberg, Acio and Lady Ryan decided to throw another one on April 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the second party ended, one of the bartenders poured the staff a round of after-shift drinks, a common practice in the bar industry. In a follow-up conversation, Frydberg told Acio that the drinks constituted stealing, and demanded she pay him back. Frydberg said he had a strict rule against shift drinks; Acio and Sandstorm, the former booking manager, said there was no clear, consistent policy at the time. “He picked and chose what it was,” Acio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was making comments like, for our community to claim that they’re so woke and … that they support one another, ‘And here you guys are stealing from me,’” Acio said. “I’m like, ‘We weren’t stealing from you.’ We worked our asses off and we had a couple of drinks after work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Using the word ‘thieves,’ using the word ‘woke.’ You know, these are kind of like dog-whistle words,” Lady Ryan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To my understanding, the staff—Dennise included, Lady Ryan—decided to throw themselves a party after the event,” Frydberg said. “I felt very disrespected as, you know, as a business, that the bar manager is allowing people to effectively steal from the company,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acio said there was no afterparty: the staff was still closing the club down and counting tips when the shots were poured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I reprimanded her, and that’s when the attacks started happening with Dennise and Lady Ryan,” said Frydberg, referring to Acio and Lady Ryan’s Instagram story posts detailing their complaints about the club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at The Sweet Spot party at Continental Club on April 3. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of The Sweet Spot and Stephen Flynn Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘That’s Our Labor’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Acio and Frydberg’s working relationship deteriorated, and she quit at the end of April. But even afterward, the Continental Club’s Instagram posted photos from The Sweet Spot to advertise their rooftop bar. “That’s our vibe, that’s our energy, that’s our labor that we put into that. And they’re capitalizing off of it,” Ryan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After KQED interviewed Sasz and Frydberg about the allegations last week, Sasz got a call from DJ Sam Mack, the grandson of Curtis Christy, who co-founded the original Continental Club—first as a restaurant in 1947 and then as an expanded nightclub in 1961. Sasz said that Mack told him he’d “see [him] in the streets” if he continued to speak out about the Continental Club, which Sasz took as a threat. Sasz showed KQED screenshots of text messages from Mack telling him to “shut the fuck up about white supremacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by KQED, Mack denied saying he would “see [Sasz] in the streets,” and insisted he had called to invite Sasz to a restorative justice circle to resolve the conflict. “If he took that as violence, then that’s [on] him,” said Mack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CdZLOdYLy8d/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasz said that despite the perceived threat, Hip-Hop for Change is proceeding with the boycott. “Really we’re just trying to educate our community so folks don’t have the same experience we had,” he said, characterizing the night as “probably the worst venue experience I’ve ever had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frydberg, meanwhile, said he wants to make amends and is open to meeting with Hip-Hop for Change on their terms. On May 10, he posted an apology on Instagram. “I understand that they’re hurt. And however we can rectify this, we are willing to make any commitment,” said Frydberg. “Like, if they want me to take a diversity training, I’m happy to do that. I mean, there’s nothing I won’t do to rectify this.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Several event organizers allege racism, sexism and homophobia. Owner Ron Frydberg denies claims of bigotry.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006871,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":42,"wordCount":2294},"headData":{"title":"Hip-Hop for Change Boycotts Continental Club Over Alleged Discrimination | KQED","description":"Several event organizers allege racism, sexism and homophobia. Owner Ron Frydberg denies claims of bigotry.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Hip-Hop for Change Boycotts Continental Club Over Alleged Discrimination","datePublished":"2022-05-10T22:56:50.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:01:11.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13913116/hip-hop-for-change-boycotts-continental-club-over-alleged-discrimination","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Speaking out against racism isn’t controversial in Oakland, a city known nationwide for its activism. At least that’s what Eric Sasz of Hip-Hop For Change assumed when his nonprofit rented the \u003ca href=\"https://www.continentalcluboakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continental Club\u003c/a> for its free, all ages Women’s Empowerment Summit on March 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally opened in 1961, the Continental Club hosted blues and R&B artists for decades as part of West Oakland’s once-thriving circuit of Black nightclubs. The club reopened in its current form in January, and features a Black Panther Party-themed mural on its rooftop in homage to its history. That’s why Sasz was taken aback when Ron Frydberg, the owner of the venue, asked him to take down T-shirts with the slogan “End White Supremacy” from his merch table, Sasz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, ‘There’s no way.’ I think this is our best-selling T-shirt,” recalled Sasz, who serves as Hip-Hop for Change’s event director. “This is what we do as an organization: fight racism and do social justice work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Sasz pushed back, he said, Frydberg backed down. But the T-shirt incident was the first in a series of discriminatory behaviors Sasz said he and his staff witnessed during the Hip-Hop for Change event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Hip-Hop For Change and other event organizers in Oakland are accusing Frydberg of racism, homophobia and sexism, and calling for a boycott of the Continental Club.\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>“He’s contributing to the problem in Oakland right now, which is coming into historically Black places and colonizing them,” Sasz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Frydberg denied several of the allegations. “It’s unfortunate that they had such a negative feeling towards us after doing everything we were supposed to do to host their event,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"CdMO5VePp_q"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>Accusations Over the ‘F’-Word\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another Hip-Hop for Change staffer, who spoke to KQED under the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation, was working the Women’s Empowerment Summit when a colleague came to her in tears after a conversation with Frydberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She just came up to me and she’s like, ‘He just called me the ‘f’-word,’” said the Hip-Hop for Change staffer, referring to the homophobic slur. “And she is a transgender Black woman. And I was like, ‘Wait, what? Like, he did what?’ And [Ron] was very defensive about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Hip-Hop for Change staffer put it, after being called the slur, the transgender woman became increasingly upset, had too much to drink and had to go home in an Uber. “When we were leaving, Ron’s security team kept calling her ‘him’ and kept saying, ‘Oh, the gay boy over there’ and stuff like that,’” the staffer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasz discussed the situation with his staff, including the person who was allegedly called the slur. Afterwards, Sasz confronted Frydberg, who denied using that language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We’re just trying to educate our community so folks don’t have the same experience we had.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"large","citation":"Eric Sasz, Hip-Hop for Change","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When reached by KQED, Frydberg denied ever using the slur, and accused Sasz of changing his story. “What he told me is that he heard that somebody in my staff said that, not me specifically,” he said. “In fact, what had happened was I was coming to talk to him about a situation about his staff being drunk and belligerent, and harassing my security guards. … He couldn’t tell me who it was [that used the slur]. I talked to all of my staff. It became a big issue that night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We go above and beyond to make sure that everybody is well respected while they’re at the club,” Frydberg added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasz denies that he changed his story.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Guilty of Being White’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tensions escalated as the Women’s Empowerment Summit continued. According to Sasz and several other witnesses, Frydberg and his security repeatedly asked one of Hip-Hop for Change’s artists, a new mother with two infants, to move from a booth Frydberg wanted to reserve for bottle service. The table hadn’t been sold, and neither had several others in the section that afternoon. (The artist, Gina Madrid, said she sat at the booth to move her babies away from the club’s speakers.) Sasz also said that at the end of the event, Frydberg raised his voice and threatened to throw Hip-Hop for Change’s chairs into the street if they didn’t get them out that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s seeing the demographic of the crowd, I think, that we’re bringing in,” recalled Sasz, noting that most attendees of the Hip-Hop for Change event were Black and brown, while Frydberg is white. “And I think that’s where we started to feel racist behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED, Frydberg denied asking Madrid to move, but also asserted his right to maintain a service offered at his club. He denied getting aggressive about the chairs, and said that he asked politely for Hip-Hop for Change to remove them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Frydberg declined to answer questions about the “End White Supremacy” T-shirts. Shortly after Hip-Hop for Change posted their call for a boycott of Continental Club on Instagram on May 5, the club’s account commented that Hip-Hop for Change is now “bashing us because they didn’t like someone who’s only guilty of being white.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/MHP_6724.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A speaker panel at Hip-Hop for Change’s Women’s Empowerment Summit at Continental Club on March 12, 2022. \u003ccite>(Jane Vick)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But in a follow-up conversation, Frydberg’s tone changed from defensive to apologetic, and he clarified that he agrees with the “End White Supremacy” message. He only wanted the T-shirts taken down from the raised display, he said, out of fear of making the club a target for angry white supremacists. (Sasz said he understood Frydberg to be asking him to not sell the T-shirt at all.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can understand how it might have been misconstrued as supporting white supremacy, but like, I’m Jewish,” Frydberg said, adding, “I clearly understand that I made the wrong decision. And it was hurtful in the moment, but it was not in any way with any intention to not support the cause.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He described Hip-Hop for Change’s boycott on Instagram as “a piling-on campaign of white supremacy and racism, when that’s not the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘I clearly understand that I made the wrong decision. And it was hurtful in the moment, but it was not in any way with any intention to not support [Hip-Hop for Change’s] cause.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"large","citation":"Ron Frydberg, Continental Club","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Former Bar Manager Speaks Out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dennise Acio, the former Continental Club bar manager, said Hip-Hop for Change’s Women’s Empowerment Summit wasn’t the first time people felt unsafe or uncomfortable at the venue because of Frydberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Acio, Frydberg regularly made sexualized comments about female staff members. “He has said many times that he wants to hire bartenders that are sexy, and [he would] point certain people out. ‘Oh, like her,’” Acio said. “I had this one guy I hired. He’s great, he’s dependable. He’s always there and doing a good job. And yet [Ron] even pointed him out like, ‘Not like him.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether he had ever made comments sexualizing employees, Frydberg changed the subject and said Acio was the one who was in charge of hiring. (Acio said all hiring decisions had to go through Frydberg.) Frydberg said that his staff represents the community, and includes many queer women of color. “We’re committed to having a diverse staff that represents our community in all shapes and forms and sizes, and so on and so forth,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was “using us as a face,” Acio said. “But really what he represented wasn’t the community at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/continental-club-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Continental Club. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘These are Dog-Whistle Words’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, Acio pitched Frydberg on the Continental Club hosting The Sweet Spot, a new party she’d created in collaboration with her partner, DJ and promoter Lady Ryan. Lady Ryan said that Frydberg’s former booking manager, Mark Sandstorm, relayed a flat-rate offer of $400, which she considered insultingly low. (“I’ve never seen a situation where a venue offers a promoter $400 to bring in their entire community,” Lady Ryan said, noting that the Continental Club is in a residential area without much foot traffic.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After negotiations, the two agreed that Lady Ryan and Acio would keep the door proceeds, and the venue would keep bar sales. The first Sweet Spot party on March 6 was a success. Despite the tensions with Frydberg, Acio and Lady Ryan decided to throw another one on April 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the second party ended, one of the bartenders poured the staff a round of after-shift drinks, a common practice in the bar industry. In a follow-up conversation, Frydberg told Acio that the drinks constituted stealing, and demanded she pay him back. Frydberg said he had a strict rule against shift drinks; Acio and Sandstorm, the former booking manager, said there was no clear, consistent policy at the time. “He picked and chose what it was,” Acio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was making comments like, for our community to claim that they’re so woke and … that they support one another, ‘And here you guys are stealing from me,’” Acio said. “I’m like, ‘We weren’t stealing from you.’ We worked our asses off and we had a couple of drinks after work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Using the word ‘thieves,’ using the word ‘woke.’ You know, these are kind of like dog-whistle words,” Lady Ryan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To my understanding, the staff—Dennise included, Lady Ryan—decided to throw themselves a party after the event,” Frydberg said. “I felt very disrespected as, you know, as a business, that the bar manager is allowing people to effectively steal from the company,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acio said there was no afterparty: the staff was still closing the club down and counting tips when the shots were poured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I reprimanded her, and that’s when the attacks started happening with Dennise and Lady Ryan,” said Frydberg, referring to Acio and Lady Ryan’s Instagram story posts detailing their complaints about the club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13913123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13913123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/05/1Y3A0026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at The Sweet Spot party at Continental Club on April 3. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of The Sweet Spot and Stephen Flynn Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘That’s Our Labor’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Acio and Frydberg’s working relationship deteriorated, and she quit at the end of April. But even afterward, the Continental Club’s Instagram posted photos from The Sweet Spot to advertise their rooftop bar. “That’s our vibe, that’s our energy, that’s our labor that we put into that. And they’re capitalizing off of it,” Ryan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After KQED interviewed Sasz and Frydberg about the allegations last week, Sasz got a call from DJ Sam Mack, the grandson of Curtis Christy, who co-founded the original Continental Club—first as a restaurant in 1947 and then as an expanded nightclub in 1961. Sasz said that Mack told him he’d “see [him] in the streets” if he continued to speak out about the Continental Club, which Sasz took as a threat. Sasz showed KQED screenshots of text messages from Mack telling him to “shut the fuck up about white supremacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reached by KQED, Mack denied saying he would “see [Sasz] in the streets,” and insisted he had called to invite Sasz to a restorative justice circle to resolve the conflict. “If he took that as violence, then that’s [on] him,” said Mack.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"CdZLOdYLy8d"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sasz said that despite the perceived threat, Hip-Hop for Change is proceeding with the boycott. “Really we’re just trying to educate our community so folks don’t have the same experience we had,” he said, characterizing the night as “probably the worst venue experience I’ve ever had.”\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>Frydberg, meanwhile, said he wants to make amends and is open to meeting with Hip-Hop for Change on their terms. On May 10, he posted an apology on Instagram. “I understand that they’re hurt. And however we can rectify this, we are willing to make any commitment,” said Frydberg. “Like, if they want me to take a diversity training, I’m happy to do that. I mean, there’s nothing I won’t do to rectify this.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13913116/hip-hop-for-change-boycotts-continental-club-over-alleged-discrimination","authors":["11387"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_235"],"tags":["arts_10342","arts_10278","arts_831","arts_3226","arts_6387","arts_3652","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13913119","label":"arts"},"arts_13911168":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13911168","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13911168","score":null,"sort":[1648240328000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"gay4u-closing-vegan-west-oakland-trans-poc","title":"Gay4U's Closing Is Not a Goodbye: The Trans-Centric Vegan Cafe Hits the Road","publishDate":1648240328,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Gay4U’s Closing Is Not a Goodbye: The Trans-Centric Vegan Cafe Hits the Road | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n the corner of 14th and Peralta Street in West Oakland sits \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gay4u.biz/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a small, unassuming restaurant that sells kimchi chilaquiles, vegan quesabirria and other meatless wonders. But the space has grown to be more than just another vegan restaurant. The trans flag colors (light blue, white and pink) that decorate the restaurant’s facade are just one sign of how \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U has made its mark on the Bay Area’s queer and trans communities of color—and in the hearts, and stomachs, of many. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, after two and a half years in West Oakland, the restaurant is closing. Or, to be more accurate, it’s hitting the road: \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U will have its last day of service as a brick-and-mortar restaurant—at least for now—on Sunday, March 27. Starting in April, the business will morph into a roving pop-up that will move across the country, from city to city, at least through the end of September.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond its menu of vegan dishes that draw on Latinx, Asian and American comfort food flavors, Gay4U became a fixture in West Oakland by building a supportive and safe space for trans people of color. The restaurant instituted a program wherein trans people of color could always eat for free. It set up a bright pink community fridge right outside to provide for those experiencing food and housing insecurity. Every month, it hosts a local market called “GayMart” that holds space for LGBTQ+ artists, live music and more. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">All this has made the restaurant a go-to for queer and trans folks in the area.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13911179\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13911179\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-scaled.jpg\" alt='A display inside Gay4U with blocks that read \"Black Trans Lives Matter.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"2007\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-800x627.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-1020x800.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-768x602.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-2048x1605.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-1920x1505.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Oakland restaurant has been a haven for queer and trans communities of color. \u003ccite>(Paloma Cortes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The nurturer behind all of this is Ginger Espice, a trans femme woman who moved to the Bay Area from San Diego in their early 20s, launching a series of pop-ups to show off their vegan tamales and other vegetable-based goodies. In 2009, Espice (who was known as Sofi Peligras at the time) and their then-partner started Hella Vegan Eats, a food truck in Oakland’s Uptown Arts District. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Once I moved to the Bay Area, I felt really allotted to be myself, and a lot of that had to do with starting Hella Vegan Eats, selling food on the streets, and all the fun vegan foods that people [are] recognizing me for,” Espice says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For its last three years of business, the popular food truck operated out of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ccwbarandrestaurant/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Classic Cars West\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2019/2/7/18215793/hella-vegan-eats-closing-displaced-oakland\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">it was asked to leave\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in early 2019. Espice’s relationship with their partner ended, too, not long after that. So, Espice needed to figure out a new plan.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was like, ‘I’m not coming correct, I’m not being myself as I need to be and that just needs to come out,’ [so] I agreed with myself that it was okay to be myself,” Espice says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The end result of this journey of self-acceptance was Gay4U, which \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135485/hella-vegan-eats-is-reborn-in-oakland-as-gay-4-u\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">opened in its new West Oakland home toward the end of 2019\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with its new trans-POC-eat-free policy in place. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CawytdGAIcG/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The food itself was a big attraction from the very start. “Unusual things are what’s inspiring, just trying different flavors and textures,” says Espice, who wanted the restaurant to reflect California’s rich culture of hole-in-the-wall restaurants—like doughnut shops that also sell amazing cheeseburgers or Chinese food. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U’s vegan quesabirria is a nod to their parents’ roots in Tijuana, with well-spiced snow mushrooms that imitate the chewiness of meat, a crispy blue-corn tortilla, cashew-based cheese, and a cordyceps mushroom consomé on the side for dipping or sipping. The makka birria crunch wrap (think Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme) stuffs two of those crunchy quesabirria tacos into a soft flour tortilla, along with a vegan cheddar mac and cheese, and tops the whole thing off with a sprinkling of cashew-cotija cheese—a vegan take on the much-admired aged Mexican cheese. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Espice, food is a kind of love language: “That’s just what I do. I see people and I’m like, ‘Let me make you dinner!’” But Gay4U was never solely about the food. Espice’s bigger goal was always to make queer and trans people of color feel welcomed, seen, accepted and supported. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think for me [it’s about] having a resource and a place to see the community that I want to see \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">held up and prized,” Espice explains. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toward that end, Gay4U also hosts the aforementioned “GayMart,” which \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Espice figured would be a clever antidote to the big corporate stores like Kmart and Walmart. One Sunday a month, the restaurant converts into an outdoor lounge for the community. Queer and trans artists set up tables and clothing racks outside, selling vintage clothing, crystals, handmade candles and a plethora of other creative things. Local DJs come through with their sound equipment and vinyl collections. Other folks stop by the community fridge to enjoy some free food, or to grab the free clothing that’s available there at times. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Noelle, a local beauty aesthetician and owner of Oakland’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/deladerma/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">De La Derma\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“GayMart feels like a once in a lifetime experience—the people are so lovely and sweet, and it’s one of my favorite places to be.” Rizza, a tooth gem artist in Alameda who runs \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gemsbytsg/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topshelfgold\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, says, “I’ve vended for three years now, and there’s no other space that has been provided to me like Ginger’s space—it feels so much more supportive. There’s no words to express how much I love Ginger and how they support the queer community.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13911181\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13911181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-scaled.jpg\" alt='Artists and other creatives set up booths on the sidewalk for the outdoor market known as \"GayMart.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"1865\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-768x559.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-2048x1492.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-1920x1399.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One Sunday a month, the sidewalk outside Gay4U turns into a sprawling outdoor market known as “GayMart.” \u003ccite>(Paloma Cortes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past year, Espice has joined forces with Oakland-based mutual aid and QTIBIPOC artists collective \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://threadsradio.com/introducing-we-are-the-ones/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We Are The Ones\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/visibilit_/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Visibilit_\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a trans migrant-focused fundraising platform, to host dedicated trans skate parties. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/th3mb0ys/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ThemBoys\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Bay Area skate crew, provides skate rentals, helping attendees prep for an evening dedicated to skating, rolling and bouncing. Of course, Gay4U provides the food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The final West Oakland iteration of the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGXdv3PimU/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">skate party\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, at least for now, will take place at Defremery Skate Park on March 26, in honor of the Transgender Day of Visibility. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='bayareabites_135485,arts_13910410,arts_13910234']Espice hopes to bring the skate parties with them on the road, but the challenges of the pandemic made them realize that they needed to bring this chapter of their business to a close. They spent the last four years working over 100 hours a week to serve the community, build their brand and keep Gay4U afloat. But in the end, it all proved to be too much. After selling most of their belongings to pay the lease and not receiving any PPE grants, Espice decided they needed to take a break. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The stresses of running a business on my own started weighing on me,” Espice says. The pop-up tour would provide a different set of opportunities. Espice plans to be on the road for six months, starting with a two-month stint at the queer, Chinanx taqueria \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mistaconespdx/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mis Tacones\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Portland, Oregon. The other stops have yet to be announced, but Espice plans to end the tour in New York City. And trans people of color will eat for free everywhere Gay4U goes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the restaurant’s current West Oakland location, Espice wanted to be sure that the kitchen went to another vegan POC-owned business. Starting in April, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dontbechickn.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don’t Be Chiki’n\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Black woman-owned food truck serving vegan soul food classics like fried chicken, mac and cheese, beignets and milkshakes, will be moving in.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With many projects in the works dedicated to what they call the “gay agenda,” Espice promises that Gay4U is just getting started. During the next six months, you can also expect Espice to co-host a podcast focused on queer and trans artists, sell hand-designed clothing made in collaboration with their sibling, and much more. They’re currently working on popularizing the idea of “Trans Tuesday”—a day of the week when people are encouraged to be a little different. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, Espice doesn’t believe this is a goodbye to the Bay Area from Gay4U, but a see-you-later.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I am someone who believes this is all a lucid dream, and I want to express that I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Black trans femmes,” Espice says. “I want to always show my love and admiration for the culture that blossomed and inspired me.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U’s last day of business is Sunday, March 27—it will be open from 10am to 5pm at 1327 Peralta St. in Oakland. The Trans Skate Day will take place on Saturday, March 26, 2–6 pm, at the Defremery Town Park Skate Park.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A haven for queer and trans communities of color, the West Oakland restaurant embarks on a nationwide pop-up tour.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705007043,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1601},"headData":{"title":"Gay4U's Closing Is Not a Goodbye: The Trans-Centric Vegan Cafe Hits the Road | KQED","description":"A haven for queer and trans communities of color, the West Oakland restaurant embarks on a nationwide pop-up tour.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Gay4U's Closing Is Not a Goodbye: The Trans-Centric Vegan Cafe Hits the Road","datePublished":"2022-03-25T20:32:08.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:04:03.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/food/","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13911168/gay4u-closing-vegan-west-oakland-trans-poc","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">O\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n the corner of 14th and Peralta Street in West Oakland sits \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gay4u.biz/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a small, unassuming restaurant that sells kimchi chilaquiles, vegan quesabirria and other meatless wonders. But the space has grown to be more than just another vegan restaurant. The trans flag colors (light blue, white and pink) that decorate the restaurant’s facade are just one sign of how \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U has made its mark on the Bay Area’s queer and trans communities of color—and in the hearts, and stomachs, of many. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, after two and a half years in West Oakland, the restaurant is closing. Or, to be more accurate, it’s hitting the road: \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U will have its last day of service as a brick-and-mortar restaurant—at least for now—on Sunday, March 27. Starting in April, the business will morph into a roving pop-up that will move across the country, from city to city, at least through the end of September.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond its menu of vegan dishes that draw on Latinx, Asian and American comfort food flavors, Gay4U became a fixture in West Oakland by building a supportive and safe space for trans people of color. The restaurant instituted a program wherein trans people of color could always eat for free. It set up a bright pink community fridge right outside to provide for those experiencing food and housing insecurity. Every month, it hosts a local market called “GayMart” that holds space for LGBTQ+ artists, live music and more. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">All this has made the restaurant a go-to for queer and trans folks in the area.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13911179\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13911179\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-scaled.jpg\" alt='A display inside Gay4U with blocks that read \"Black Trans Lives Matter.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"2007\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-800x627.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-1020x800.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-768x602.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-2048x1605.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_blacktranslives-1920x1505.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The West Oakland restaurant has been a haven for queer and trans communities of color. \u003ccite>(Paloma Cortes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The nurturer behind all of this is Ginger Espice, a trans femme woman who moved to the Bay Area from San Diego in their early 20s, launching a series of pop-ups to show off their vegan tamales and other vegetable-based goodies. In 2009, Espice (who was known as Sofi Peligras at the time) and their then-partner started Hella Vegan Eats, a food truck in Oakland’s Uptown Arts District. \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\">“Once I moved to the Bay Area, I felt really allotted to be myself, and a lot of that had to do with starting Hella Vegan Eats, selling food on the streets, and all the fun vegan foods that people [are] recognizing me for,” Espice says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For its last three years of business, the popular food truck operated out of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ccwbarandrestaurant/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Classic Cars West\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2019/2/7/18215793/hella-vegan-eats-closing-displaced-oakland\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">it was asked to leave\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in early 2019. Espice’s relationship with their partner ended, too, not long after that. So, Espice needed to figure out a new plan.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was like, ‘I’m not coming correct, I’m not being myself as I need to be and that just needs to come out,’ [so] I agreed with myself that it was okay to be myself,” Espice says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The end result of this journey of self-acceptance was Gay4U, which \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/135485/hella-vegan-eats-is-reborn-in-oakland-as-gay-4-u\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">opened in its new West Oakland home toward the end of 2019\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with its new trans-POC-eat-free policy in place. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"CawytdGAIcG"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The food itself was a big attraction from the very start. “Unusual things are what’s inspiring, just trying different flavors and textures,” says Espice, who wanted the restaurant to reflect California’s rich culture of hole-in-the-wall restaurants—like doughnut shops that also sell amazing cheeseburgers or Chinese food. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gay4U’s vegan quesabirria is a nod to their parents’ roots in Tijuana, with well-spiced snow mushrooms that imitate the chewiness of meat, a crispy blue-corn tortilla, cashew-based cheese, and a cordyceps mushroom consomé on the side for dipping or sipping. The makka birria crunch wrap (think Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme) stuffs two of those crunchy quesabirria tacos into a soft flour tortilla, along with a vegan cheddar mac and cheese, and tops the whole thing off with a sprinkling of cashew-cotija cheese—a vegan take on the much-admired aged Mexican cheese. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Espice, food is a kind of love language: “That’s just what I do. I see people and I’m like, ‘Let me make you dinner!’” But Gay4U was never solely about the food. Espice’s bigger goal was always to make queer and trans people of color feel welcomed, seen, accepted and supported. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I think for me [it’s about] having a resource and a place to see the community that I want to see \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">held up and prized,” Espice explains. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toward that end, Gay4U also hosts the aforementioned “GayMart,” which \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Espice figured would be a clever antidote to the big corporate stores like Kmart and Walmart. One Sunday a month, the restaurant converts into an outdoor lounge for the community. Queer and trans artists set up tables and clothing racks outside, selling vintage clothing, crystals, handmade candles and a plethora of other creative things. Local DJs come through with their sound equipment and vinyl collections. Other folks stop by the community fridge to enjoy some free food, or to grab the free clothing that’s available there at times. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Noelle, a local beauty aesthetician and owner of Oakland’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/deladerma/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">De La Derma\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“GayMart feels like a once in a lifetime experience—the people are so lovely and sweet, and it’s one of my favorite places to be.” Rizza, a tooth gem artist in Alameda who runs \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gemsbytsg/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topshelfgold\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, says, “I’ve vended for three years now, and there’s no other space that has been provided to me like Ginger’s space—it feels so much more supportive. There’s no words to express how much I love Ginger and how they support the queer community.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13911181\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13911181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-scaled.jpg\" alt='Artists and other creatives set up booths on the sidewalk for the outdoor market known as \"GayMart.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"1865\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-800x583.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-1020x743.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-768x559.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-1536x1119.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-2048x1492.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/03/gay4u_gaymart-1920x1399.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One Sunday a month, the sidewalk outside Gay4U turns into a sprawling outdoor market known as “GayMart.” \u003ccite>(Paloma Cortes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past year, Espice has joined forces with Oakland-based mutual aid and QTIBIPOC artists collective \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://threadsradio.com/introducing-we-are-the-ones/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We Are The Ones\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/visibilit_/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Visibilit_\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a trans migrant-focused fundraising platform, to host dedicated trans skate parties. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/th3mb0ys/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ThemBoys\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Bay Area skate crew, provides skate rentals, helping attendees prep for an evening dedicated to skating, rolling and bouncing. Of course, Gay4U provides the food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The final West Oakland iteration of the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGXdv3PimU/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">skate party\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, at least for now, will take place at Defremery Skate Park on March 26, in honor of the Transgender Day of Visibility. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"bayareabites_135485,arts_13910410,arts_13910234","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Espice hopes to bring the skate parties with them on the road, but the challenges of the pandemic made them realize that they needed to bring this chapter of their business to a close. They spent the last four years working over 100 hours a week to serve the community, build their brand and keep Gay4U afloat. But in the end, it all proved to be too much. After selling most of their belongings to pay the lease and not receiving any PPE grants, Espice decided they needed to take a break. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The stresses of running a business on my own started weighing on me,” Espice says. The pop-up tour would provide a different set of opportunities. Espice plans to be on the road for six months, starting with a two-month stint at the queer, Chinanx taqueria \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mistaconespdx/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mis Tacones\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Portland, Oregon. The other stops have yet to be announced, but Espice plans to end the tour in New York City. And trans people of color will eat for free everywhere Gay4U goes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the restaurant’s current West Oakland location, Espice wanted to be sure that the kitchen went to another vegan POC-owned business. Starting in April, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dontbechickn.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don’t Be Chiki’n\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Black woman-owned food truck serving vegan soul food classics like fried chicken, mac and cheese, beignets and milkshakes, will be moving in.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With many projects in the works dedicated to what they call the “gay agenda,” Espice promises that Gay4U is just getting started. During the next six months, you can also expect Espice to co-host a podcast focused on queer and trans artists, sell hand-designed clothing made in collaboration with their sibling, and much more. They’re currently working on popularizing the idea of “Trans Tuesday”—a day of the week when people are encouraged to be a little different. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, Espice doesn’t believe this is a goodbye to the Bay Area from Gay4U, but a see-you-later.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I am someone who believes this is all a lucid dream, and I want to express that I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Black trans femmes,” Espice says. “I want to always show my love and admiration for the culture that blossomed and inspired me.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\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\">Gay4U’s last day of business is Sunday, March 27—it will be open from 10am to 5pm at 1327 Peralta St. in Oakland. The Trans Skate Day will take place on Saturday, March 26, 2–6 pm, at the Defremery Town Park Skate Park.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13911168/gay4u-closing-vegan-west-oakland-trans-poc","authors":["11882"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_10278","arts_14089","arts_14062","arts_14087","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13911178","label":"source_arts_13911168"},"arts_13900429":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13900429","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13900429","score":null,"sort":[1627657201000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"storefront-market-fantastic-negrito-west-oakland-kid-friendly-food","title":"Fantastic Negrito’s Record Label Cooks Up Food-Filled Event to Support Oakland Youth","publishDate":1627657201,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Fantastic Negrito’s Record Label Cooks Up Food-Filled Event to Support Oakland Youth | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10384842/oaklands-own-fantastic-negrito-wins-npr-tiny-desk-concert-contest\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland musician Fantastic Negrito\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a.k.a. Xavier Dphrepaulezz, started his new independent record label \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.storefrontrecords.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Storefront Records\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, he talked about how he wanted its West Oakland home base to be \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.storefrontrecords.com/crowdfunding\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a resource for the local community\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. What better way to kick off that effort than by hosting free outdoor events in the building’s courtyard and parking lot at the corner of 34th Street and San Pablo Avenue?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So was born Storefront Market, a community-minded event series that takes place on the last Saturday afternoon of every month. Each iteration of the market has its own theme (say, a street food fair or a vinyl swap meet) and live music lineup—and, not for nothing, there’s always an abundance of tasty and reasonably priced food available for purchase. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The events are all meant to be family-friendly, but the edition coming up this Saturday, July 31, is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">especially \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">focused on food, music and activities to appeal to kids. Fittingly, it’s called the Fountain of Youth Festival.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13895386']Adu Abraham, the event’s organizer, says it’s important to note that the festival’s immediate vicinity in West Oakland is largely a food desert. And there aren’t many other folks in the neighborhood putting together free events like this that pull in vendors from all over Oakland. “It’s welcoming enough that people feel comfortable to bring their kids or their dogs,” she says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the youth focus of Saturday’s event, it isn’t just a matter of setting up a crafts table or having someone in clown makeup tie animal balloons—not that there’s anything wrong with those things. (Indeed, the Fountain of Youth Festival will have a few hands-on activities like a drum workshop.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 828px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13900456\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums.jpg\" alt=\"A young child tries playing African drums at an outdoor market.\" width=\"828\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums.jpg 828w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums-800x683.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child plays a traditional drum at a previous Storefront Market event. \u003ccite>(Cheryl Alterman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the biggest focus will be on providing opportunities for young people in Oakland to build a better future for themselves. In short, Abraham says, “the goal is to encourage financial literacy among the youth.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toward that end, the majority of the vendors themselves will be teenagers, selling handmade earrings, second-hand clothing, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crownbizoakland.com/about-us\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jean-Michel Basquiat–inspired hats\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and more. Food-wise, the headliners include a handful of talented young bakers from Oakland, including \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yahshibakes.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yahshi Bakes\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, run by a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/for-young-bakers-brick-and-mortars-are-no-longer-necessary-2-1/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">former Food Network \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kids Baking Championship\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> runner-up\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CPhJ4mdhrW0/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Culinary Kids\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which specializes in lemon bars. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No one would fault you for assembling an entire meal of those sweet treats, but for visitors looking for something more savory, the market has also brought in a couple of (grownup-run) ringers with cult followings among East Bay food lovers: Dela Curo will be selling its popular \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/10/7/21504224/dela-curo-japanese-black-curry-b-dama-chikara-ono\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japanese black curry\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/12/2/21754408/sundo-japanese-fruit-sandwiches-milk-bread-choujuku-pan-chikara-ono-b-dama\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">milk bread fruit sandwiches\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And barbecue specialist \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eastoaklandsmoke/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">MexiQ\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will sling its signature Mexican fusion smoked chicken and ribs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s free!” Abraham says of the event. “We’re here for the community to come through.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.storefrontrecords.com/storefront-market\">Storefront Market’s events\u003c/a> are held outside Storefront Records, at 3431 San Pablo Avenue, on the last Saturday of the month from noon–5pm. This month’s kid-focused Fountain of Youth Festival edition takes place on July 31.\u003c/span>\u003c/i> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Masks will be required for unvaccinated guests.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Storefront Market event will feature lemon bars, Japanese curry and a lesson in financial literacy.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705008041,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":576},"headData":{"title":"Fantastic Negrito’s Record Label Cooks Up Food-Filled Event to Support Oakland Youth | KQED","description":"The Storefront Market event will feature lemon bars, Japanese curry and a lesson in financial literacy.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Fantastic Negrito’s Record Label Cooks Up Food-Filled Event to Support Oakland Youth","datePublished":"2021-07-30T15:00:01.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T21:20:41.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"The Do List","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13900429/storefront-market-fantastic-negrito-west-oakland-kid-friendly-food","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10384842/oaklands-own-fantastic-negrito-wins-npr-tiny-desk-concert-contest\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland musician Fantastic Negrito\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a.k.a. Xavier Dphrepaulezz, started his new independent record label \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.storefrontrecords.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Storefront Records\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, he talked about how he wanted its West Oakland home base to be \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.storefrontrecords.com/crowdfunding\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a resource for the local community\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. What better way to kick off that effort than by hosting free outdoor events in the building’s courtyard and parking lot at the corner of 34th Street and San Pablo Avenue?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So was born Storefront Market, a community-minded event series that takes place on the last Saturday afternoon of every month. Each iteration of the market has its own theme (say, a street food fair or a vinyl swap meet) and live music lineup—and, not for nothing, there’s always an abundance of tasty and reasonably priced food available for purchase. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The events are all meant to be family-friendly, but the edition coming up this Saturday, July 31, is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">especially \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">focused on food, music and activities to appeal to kids. Fittingly, it’s called the Fountain of Youth Festival.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13895386","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Adu Abraham, the event’s organizer, says it’s important to note that the festival’s immediate vicinity in West Oakland is largely a food desert. And there aren’t many other folks in the neighborhood putting together free events like this that pull in vendors from all over Oakland. “It’s welcoming enough that people feel comfortable to bring their kids or their dogs,” she says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the youth focus of Saturday’s event, it isn’t just a matter of setting up a crafts table or having someone in clown makeup tie animal balloons—not that there’s anything wrong with those things. (Indeed, the Fountain of Youth Festival will have a few hands-on activities like a drum workshop.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13900456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 828px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13900456\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums.jpg\" alt=\"A young child tries playing African drums at an outdoor market.\" width=\"828\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums.jpg 828w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums-800x683.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/storefront-market_drums-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child plays a traditional drum at a previous Storefront Market event. \u003ccite>(Cheryl Alterman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the biggest focus will be on providing opportunities for young people in Oakland to build a better future for themselves. In short, Abraham says, “the goal is to encourage financial literacy among the youth.” \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\">Toward that end, the majority of the vendors themselves will be teenagers, selling handmade earrings, second-hand clothing, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crownbizoakland.com/about-us\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jean-Michel Basquiat–inspired hats\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and more. Food-wise, the headliners include a handful of talented young bakers from Oakland, including \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yahshibakes.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yahshi Bakes\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, run by a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/for-young-bakers-brick-and-mortars-are-no-longer-necessary-2-1/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">former Food Network \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kids Baking Championship\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> runner-up\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CPhJ4mdhrW0/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Culinary Kids\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which specializes in lemon bars. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">No one would fault you for assembling an entire meal of those sweet treats, but for visitors looking for something more savory, the market has also brought in a couple of (grownup-run) ringers with cult followings among East Bay food lovers: Dela Curo will be selling its popular \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/10/7/21504224/dela-curo-japanese-black-curry-b-dama-chikara-ono\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japanese black curry\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/12/2/21754408/sundo-japanese-fruit-sandwiches-milk-bread-choujuku-pan-chikara-ono-b-dama\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">milk bread fruit sandwiches\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And barbecue specialist \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/eastoaklandsmoke/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">MexiQ\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will sling its signature Mexican fusion smoked chicken and ribs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s free!” Abraham says of the event. “We’re here for the community to come through.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.storefrontrecords.com/storefront-market\">Storefront Market’s events\u003c/a> are held outside Storefront Records, at 3431 San Pablo Avenue, on the last Saturday of the month from noon–5pm. 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