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Men were dressed in their finest blue and white Nicaraguan baseball jerseys, and little girls wore flowers in their hair and carefully embroidered dresses with blue and white ruffles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979930\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-1536x509.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-2048x678.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-1920x636.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Gerardo Rivas is one of the first people waiting outside Las Tinajas restaurant in San Francisco, hoping to meet and have his photo taken with Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios on March 8, 2024. Right: Eliana Felipe (center) wears a traditional Nicaraguan dress while waiting to meet Sheynnis Palacios. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978825\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978825\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eliana Felipe (center) wears a traditional Nicaraguan dress while waiting to meet Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios, the first-ever Nicaraguan to win the pageant. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All were there to catch a glimpse of one person, someone who could easily claim the title of the most famous Nicaraguan in the world: 23-year-old Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palacios, who in November became the first Nicaraguan to win the international beauty pageant in its 72-year history, kicked off her official tour of the United States at Las Tinajas. Wearing her Miss Universe sash, Palacios arrived to the sound of cheers so loud they drowned out the music that usually fills this stretch of Mission Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978834\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978834\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheynnis Palacios greets fans upon her arrival at Las Tinajas restaurant. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978833\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From behind the service counter, Yesss Vega Cardenas (center) and other Las Tinajas staff members celebrate and film Sheynnis Palacios’s arrival at the restaurant in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Palacios did not give any remarks and instead greeted her assembled fans, who entered the restaurant one by one to snatch a few moments — and a photo — with the beaming queen. Among them was Henrry Castro of South San Francisco, who shook with excitement as he waited his turn, holding a poster-sized photo of Palacios he’d had printed that morning. Though he only spoke to her for a brief moment, the experience affirmed his expectations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s an entrepreneurial woman with a humble heart, beautiful both inside and out,” he said in Spanish. “Everything that a Nicaraguan woman represents for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palacios rose to fame as a beauty queen. But for her fans who gathered in San Francisco, she represents much more than the Miss Universe crown she wears — a reputation fueled not just by her life story but also her stance towards \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-united-nations-daniel-ortega-human-rights-822da5ffbb588dfe1deb3aceb9b45ff0\">the regime of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978829\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henrry Castro holds a large framed photo of Sheynnis Palacios, the winner of Miss Universe 2023, at the event with Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>From Managua to the Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Next to Miami, the Bay Area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Managua_North:_San_Francisco%27s_Solidarity_Movement\">one of the oldest and most established Nicaraguan communities in the country\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939747/\">armed conflicts of the ’70s and ’80s\u003c/a>, which saw significant U.S. involvement, brought thousands of Nicaraguans to San Francisco, where families quickly formed networks \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/nicoyas-in-bay-area-strategize-how-best-to-aid-nicaragua-through-political-crisis/\">to financially support each other and deliver clothing and food to folks still in Nicaragua\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over decades, these communities have grown very close-knit, forming groups like Chavalos De Aquí y Allá, which, along with Carnaval San Francisco, helped organize the Miss Universe visit. And Palacios’ own mother, Raquel Cornejo, has lived in San Francisco for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres presents Sheynnis Palacios with a Certificate of Honor signed by Mayor London Breed at Las Tinajas restaurant in San Francisco on March 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/17/nicaragua-unrest-what-you-should-know\">a series of protests erupted in Nicaragua against President Ortega\u003c/a>, a\u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/17/nicaragua-unrest-what-you-should-know\"> former Sandinista rebel fighter who had served three consecutive terms \u003c/a>since 2007. Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets in favor of democratic reforms but were met with brutal — and deadly — repression from the government. In February of this year, during his fourth term, a panel from the international Human Rights Council accused the Ortega regime of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-united-nations-daniel-ortega-human-rights-822da5ffbb588dfe1deb3aceb9b45ff0\">human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Palacios won the Miss Universe contest in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-miss-universe-pageant-director-arrested-ortega-8d9691c3717b67ffd0f6041592f4fe49\">the Nicaraguan government initially celebrated her victory\u003c/a> as a point of national pride — until it emerged that Palacios had posted photos of herself participating in the 2018 protests to a now-deleted Facebook account.\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-miss-universe-pageant-director-arrested-ortega-8d9691c3717b67ffd0f6041592f4fe49\"> Nicaraguan police then accused the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant\u003c/a> of a conspiracy to favor anti-government contestants and arrested her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from that Facebook posting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/03/nicaragua-miss-universe-daniel-ortega-sheynnis-palacios/\">Palacios has not made any public statements about Ortega\u003c/a>. But she swiftly became a symbol of resistance not just to people in Nicaragua but to the Bay Area diaspora, who in 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/nicoyas-in-bay-area-strategize-how-best-to-aid-nicaragua-through-political-crisis/\">organized several rallies and communal efforts\u003c/a> in solidarity with protesters in Nicaragua.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We’ve never seen this before’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I love that she stood up for herself and what she believes is right,” said Susana Sanchez-Young, an East Bay graphic designer who came to Palacios’ appearance in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979923\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susana Sanchez-Young has her photo taken with Sheynnis Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Palacios won the Miss Nicaragua title last summer, more details of her life story emerged. Born in the country’s capital, Managua, and raised by her mother and grandmother on a limited income, Palacios started her own small business when she was in high school: selling buñuelos — sweet balls of fried dough — to pay her school fees and help support her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some commentators in Nicaragua \u003ca href=\"https://observador.cr/miss-bunuelos-el-calificativo-que-le-dio-una-presentadora-de-nicaragua-a-la-nueva-miss-universo/\">have used this to ridicule Palacios\u003c/a>, for Sanchez-Young, it is only one more reason to root for Miss Universe. “The day that she won, I was so inspired,” Sanchez-Young said. “She’s nicaragüense, my culture. We’ve never seen this before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978843\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978843\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans peer through the window of Las Tinajas restaurant to catch a glimpse of Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Sanchez-Young, Palacios’ cultural status is such that she wants to see the new Miss Universe honored by another pop culture icon: Barbie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past few months, Sanchez-Young has collected signatures urging toy manufacturer Mattel to create a Miss Universe Barbie representing Palacios. \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/create-a-miss-universe-barbie-representing-miss-nicaragua\">Her petition has amassed over 6,000 signatures\u003c/a> and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she heard Palacios’s acceptance speech on television, Sanchez-Young said, she began drawing the newly crowned queen, guided by the vision of the first Nicaraguan Barbie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978842\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eliana Felipe, 6, has her photo taken with Sheynnis Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We deserve Nicaraguan and Central American representation in the Barbie world — and they should start with her because she lit a fire under people,” Sanchez-Young said. “She lit up hearts all over Nicaragua, all over Central America, all over the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The strength of a volcano’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>News outlets across Central America\u003ca href=\"https://www.elsalvador.com/entretenimiento/espectaculos/sheynnis-palacios-miss-universo-2023-podria-correr-peligro-nicaragua-dictadura-ortega-destierro/1105083/2023/\"> report that the Ortega regime has now blocked Palacios from returning to Nicaragua\u003c/a>. Despite that pressure, she has not walked back from her involvement in the 2018 protests — one of the reasons Palacios has become a role model for Michelle Fonseca of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ortega is oppressing the people, but the fact that she won, it wasn’t just a beauty pageant,” Fonseca said outside Las Tinajas. “She represented a symbol of freedom for nicaragüenses. She brought joy because the people of Nicaragua are crying for freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fonseca recently completed a master’s degree in social work, and her next goal is to get a job in the field, with a focus on mental health in Latino communities. This objective gained new meaning for her when she saw how Palacios has also used her platform to openly talk about her own mental health struggles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fonseca doesn’t want Palacios to stop speaking about issues close to her. “I’m rooting for her. I want her to continue to do what feels right in her mind and in her heart, and that’s exactly what she’s doing,” she said, adding, “La mujer nicaragüense is the strength of the volcano. That’s what we’re known for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978828\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978828\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Fonseca wears a necklace resembling the Nicaraguan flag while waiting in line to meet Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979928\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979928\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-1536x509.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-2048x678.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-1920x636.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Michelle Fonseca waits in line to meet Sheynnis Palacios. Right: Michelle Fonseca speaks with Sheynnis Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not all of Palacios’s admirers believe that it’s a smart move for the beauty queen to be politically vocal. “I think she should stay out of politics, at least for this year, because she’s representing everyone,” said Javier Solórzano, who has lived in San Francisco for 45 years since emigrating from Nicaragua.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite being far from Nicaragua, Solórzano has followed the actions of the Ortega government and is worried about what the regime could do. “I think for her own good and the sake of the [Miss Universe] organization, it’s best for her to stay out of politics,” he added. “But this is part of her. If she feels that way, that she needs to do that as a nicaragüense, she should.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978830\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosargentina Herrera (left) and Lilian Berríos brought presents for Sheynnis Palacios to the event at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lilliam Berríos left Nicaragua for San Francisco in 1967. In that time, she has seen both places go through radical transformations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berríos said she has felt deep disappointment and heartbreak watching events in Nicaragua under Ortega. But, she said, she felt something different that morning outside of Las Tinajas: optimism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that one day Nicaragua changes,” Berríos said in Spanish. For her, hundreds of Nicaraguans gathering in one place to celebrate one of their own shows her everything that younger generations are capable of despite the repression of the Ortega regime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palacios’ crown is “the best thing that could have happened to Nicaragua,” Berríos said. “Because not only does it ennoble our country, it shows young people that anything is still possible, with effort, humility and hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"For many in the Nicaraguan diaspora, Sheynnis Palacios – who won the Miss Universe crown in November – has become a symbol of resistance against the country's government.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1711589324,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":1790},"headData":{"title":"‘It Wasn’t Just a Beauty Pageant’: Why Miss Universe's Visit Electrified Bay Area Nicaraguans | KQED","description":"For many in the Nicaraguan diaspora, Sheynnis Palacios – who won the Miss Universe crown in November – has become a symbol of resistance against the country's government.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"‘It Wasn’t Just a Beauty Pageant’: Why Miss Universe's Visit Electrified Bay Area Nicaraguans","datePublished":"2024-03-19T22:00:10.000Z","dateModified":"2024-03-28T01:28:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11979976/miss-universes-visit-fires-up-bay-area-nicaraguan-pride","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For a few hours on a sunny March morning, one corner of San Francisco’s Mission District seemingly transformed into a place thousands of miles away — Nicaragua.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of people formed a line outside Nicaraguan restaurant Las Tinajas, many waving national flags. Men were dressed in their finest blue and white Nicaraguan baseball jerseys, and little girls wore flowers in their hair and carefully embroidered dresses with blue and white ruffles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979930\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-1536x509.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-2048x678.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-01-1-1920x636.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Gerardo Rivas is one of the first people waiting outside Las Tinajas restaurant in San Francisco, hoping to meet and have his photo taken with Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios on March 8, 2024. Right: Eliana Felipe (center) wears a traditional Nicaraguan dress while waiting to meet Sheynnis Palacios. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978825\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978825\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eliana Felipe (center) wears a traditional Nicaraguan dress while waiting to meet Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios, the first-ever Nicaraguan to win the pageant. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All were there to catch a glimpse of one person, someone who could easily claim the title of the most famous Nicaraguan in the world: 23-year-old Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palacios, who in November became the first Nicaraguan to win the international beauty pageant in its 72-year history, kicked off her official tour of the United States at Las Tinajas. Wearing her Miss Universe sash, Palacios arrived to the sound of cheers so loud they drowned out the music that usually fills this stretch of Mission Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978834\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978834\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheynnis Palacios greets fans upon her arrival at Las Tinajas restaurant. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978833\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From behind the service counter, Yesss Vega Cardenas (center) and other Las Tinajas staff members celebrate and film Sheynnis Palacios’s arrival at the restaurant in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Palacios did not give any remarks and instead greeted her assembled fans, who entered the restaurant one by one to snatch a few moments — and a photo — with the beaming queen. Among them was Henrry Castro of South San Francisco, who shook with excitement as he waited his turn, holding a poster-sized photo of Palacios he’d had printed that morning. Though he only spoke to her for a brief moment, the experience affirmed his expectations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s an entrepreneurial woman with a humble heart, beautiful both inside and out,” he said in Spanish. “Everything that a Nicaraguan woman represents for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palacios rose to fame as a beauty queen. But for her fans who gathered in San Francisco, she represents much more than the Miss Universe crown she wears — a reputation fueled not just by her life story but also her stance towards \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-united-nations-daniel-ortega-human-rights-822da5ffbb588dfe1deb3aceb9b45ff0\">the regime of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978829\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henrry Castro holds a large framed photo of Sheynnis Palacios, the winner of Miss Universe 2023, at the event with Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>From Managua to the Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Next to Miami, the Bay Area has \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Managua_North:_San_Francisco%27s_Solidarity_Movement\">one of the oldest and most established Nicaraguan communities in the country\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939747/\">armed conflicts of the ’70s and ’80s\u003c/a>, which saw significant U.S. involvement, brought thousands of Nicaraguans to San Francisco, where families quickly formed networks \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/nicoyas-in-bay-area-strategize-how-best-to-aid-nicaragua-through-political-crisis/\">to financially support each other and deliver clothing and food to folks still in Nicaragua\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over decades, these communities have grown very close-knit, forming groups like Chavalos De Aquí y Allá, which, along with Carnaval San Francisco, helped organize the Miss Universe visit. And Palacios’ own mother, Raquel Cornejo, has lived in San Francisco for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres presents Sheynnis Palacios with a Certificate of Honor signed by Mayor London Breed at Las Tinajas restaurant in San Francisco on March 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/17/nicaragua-unrest-what-you-should-know\">a series of protests erupted in Nicaragua against President Ortega\u003c/a>, a\u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/17/nicaragua-unrest-what-you-should-know\"> former Sandinista rebel fighter who had served three consecutive terms \u003c/a>since 2007. Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets in favor of democratic reforms but were met with brutal — and deadly — repression from the government. In February of this year, during his fourth term, a panel from the international Human Rights Council accused the Ortega regime of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-united-nations-daniel-ortega-human-rights-822da5ffbb588dfe1deb3aceb9b45ff0\">human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Palacios won the Miss Universe contest in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-miss-universe-pageant-director-arrested-ortega-8d9691c3717b67ffd0f6041592f4fe49\">the Nicaraguan government initially celebrated her victory\u003c/a> as a point of national pride — until it emerged that Palacios had posted photos of herself participating in the 2018 protests to a now-deleted Facebook account.\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/nicaragua-miss-universe-pageant-director-arrested-ortega-8d9691c3717b67ffd0f6041592f4fe49\"> Nicaraguan police then accused the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant\u003c/a> of a conspiracy to favor anti-government contestants and arrested her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from that Facebook posting, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/03/nicaragua-miss-universe-daniel-ortega-sheynnis-palacios/\">Palacios has not made any public statements about Ortega\u003c/a>. But she swiftly became a symbol of resistance not just to people in Nicaragua but to the Bay Area diaspora, who in 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/nicoyas-in-bay-area-strategize-how-best-to-aid-nicaragua-through-political-crisis/\">organized several rallies and communal efforts\u003c/a> in solidarity with protesters in Nicaragua.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We’ve never seen this before’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I love that she stood up for herself and what she believes is right,” said Susana Sanchez-Young, an East Bay graphic designer who came to Palacios’ appearance in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979923\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susana Sanchez-Young has her photo taken with Sheynnis Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Palacios won the Miss Nicaragua title last summer, more details of her life story emerged. Born in the country’s capital, Managua, and raised by her mother and grandmother on a limited income, Palacios started her own small business when she was in high school: selling buñuelos — sweet balls of fried dough — to pay her school fees and help support her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some commentators in Nicaragua \u003ca href=\"https://observador.cr/miss-bunuelos-el-calificativo-que-le-dio-una-presentadora-de-nicaragua-a-la-nueva-miss-universo/\">have used this to ridicule Palacios\u003c/a>, for Sanchez-Young, it is only one more reason to root for Miss Universe. “The day that she won, I was so inspired,” Sanchez-Young said. “She’s nicaragüense, my culture. We’ve never seen this before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978843\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978843\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-16-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans peer through the window of Las Tinajas restaurant to catch a glimpse of Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Sanchez-Young, Palacios’ cultural status is such that she wants to see the new Miss Universe honored by another pop culture icon: Barbie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past few months, Sanchez-Young has collected signatures urging toy manufacturer Mattel to create a Miss Universe Barbie representing Palacios. \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/create-a-miss-universe-barbie-representing-miss-nicaragua\">Her petition has amassed over 6,000 signatures\u003c/a> and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she heard Palacios’s acceptance speech on television, Sanchez-Young said, she began drawing the newly crowned queen, guided by the vision of the first Nicaraguan Barbie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978842\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-15-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eliana Felipe, 6, has her photo taken with Sheynnis Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We deserve Nicaraguan and Central American representation in the Barbie world — and they should start with her because she lit a fire under people,” Sanchez-Young said. “She lit up hearts all over Nicaragua, all over Central America, all over the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The strength of a volcano’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>News outlets across Central America\u003ca href=\"https://www.elsalvador.com/entretenimiento/espectaculos/sheynnis-palacios-miss-universo-2023-podria-correr-peligro-nicaragua-dictadura-ortega-destierro/1105083/2023/\"> report that the Ortega regime has now blocked Palacios from returning to Nicaragua\u003c/a>. Despite that pressure, she has not walked back from her involvement in the 2018 protests — one of the reasons Palacios has become a role model for Michelle Fonseca of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ortega is oppressing the people, but the fact that she won, it wasn’t just a beauty pageant,” Fonseca said outside Las Tinajas. “She represented a symbol of freedom for nicaragüenses. She brought joy because the people of Nicaragua are crying for freedom.”\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>Fonseca recently completed a master’s degree in social work, and her next goal is to get a job in the field, with a focus on mental health in Latino communities. This objective gained new meaning for her when she saw how Palacios has also used her platform to openly talk about her own mental health struggles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fonseca doesn’t want Palacios to stop speaking about issues close to her. “I’m rooting for her. I want her to continue to do what feels right in her mind and in her heart, and that’s exactly what she’s doing,” she said, adding, “La mujer nicaragüense is the strength of the volcano. That’s what we’re known for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978828\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978828\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Fonseca wears a necklace resembling the Nicaraguan flag while waiting in line to meet Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979928\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979928\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-1536x509.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-2048x678.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-DIPTYCH-02-1920x636.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Michelle Fonseca waits in line to meet Sheynnis Palacios. Right: Michelle Fonseca speaks with Sheynnis Palacios at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not all of Palacios’s admirers believe that it’s a smart move for the beauty queen to be politically vocal. “I think she should stay out of politics, at least for this year, because she’s representing everyone,” said Javier Solórzano, who has lived in San Francisco for 45 years since emigrating from Nicaragua.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite being far from Nicaragua, Solórzano has followed the actions of the Ortega government and is worried about what the regime could do. “I think for her own good and the sake of the [Miss Universe] organization, it’s best for her to stay out of politics,” he added. “But this is part of her. If she feels that way, that she needs to do that as a nicaragüense, she should.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978830\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978830\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240308-MISS-UNIVERSE-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosargentina Herrera (left) and Lilian Berríos brought presents for Sheynnis Palacios to the event at Las Tinajas. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lilliam Berríos left Nicaragua for San Francisco in 1967. In that time, she has seen both places go through radical transformations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berríos said she has felt deep disappointment and heartbreak watching events in Nicaragua under Ortega. But, she said, she felt something different that morning outside of Las Tinajas: optimism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that one day Nicaragua changes,” Berríos said in Spanish. For her, hundreds of Nicaraguans gathering in one place to celebrate one of their own shows her everything that younger generations are capable of despite the repression of the Ortega regime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palacios’ crown is “the best thing that could have happened to Nicaragua,” Berríos said. “Because not only does it ennoble our country, it shows young people that anything is still possible, with effort, humility and hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11979976/miss-universes-visit-fires-up-bay-area-nicaraguan-pride","authors":["11708"],"categories":["news_29992","news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_32662","news_30924","news_27626","news_33916","news_21920"],"featImg":"news_11978823","label":"news"},"news_11977685":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11977685","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11977685","score":null,"sort":[1709307027000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"madonna-fans-chase-center","title":"‘Be in My World’: For Many Madonna Fans, Her Art and Advocacy Go Hand in Hand","publishDate":1709307027,"format":"standard","headTitle":"‘Be in My World’: For Many Madonna Fans, Her Art and Advocacy Go Hand in Hand | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Chad Belicena vividly remembers the first time he heard Madonna’s music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year was 1983. As an 11-year-old boy in the Philippines, “I remember going inside a shopping mall, and I heard ‘Borderline.’ And it stopped me in my tracks,” Belicena said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘This voice is very different. This song is very different,” he recalls thinking. “‘Somehow, I need to know who this woman is.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40 years later, Belicena — now a Daly City resident — donned a fabulous white fur coat, a black tank top with “Mother” emblazoned across it and a crimson fedora to see Madonna herself perform at San Francisco’s Chase Center this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chad Belicena wears a shirt that says, ‘Mother’ while attending the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Queen of Pop \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953137/live-review-madonna-gives-a-master-class-in-eras-in-san-francisco\">brought her Celebration Tour to the Bay Area for two consecutive nights\u003c/a>, and her fans came through in droves — embodying Madonna’s four decades of music through their outfits, merch and energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what became clear from talking with fans was not just their passion for the music but for the impact Madonna has had on their lives and the role she has played in shaping their personal and political opinions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Falcioni (left) and Christopher Manning wait in line for the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aside from her creative and theatrical prowess, the Material Girl personifies long-standing advocacy for gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights and HIV/AIDS education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when she’s not being explicitly “political,” Madonna’s music and performances are frequently politicized by others. Just think of the criticism from religious and conservative groups after the release of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/madonna-vmas-biography-excerpt-1234829918/\">1984 performance of “Like a Virgin” at the MTV Video Music Awards\u003c/a>, her \u003ca href=\"https://www.etonline.com/like-a-prayer-30-years-later-how-the-controversial-music-video-barely-made-it-to-air-121023\">1989 music video for “Like a Prayer”\u003c/a> or her \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-erotica-album-sex-book-oral-history-8006663/\">1995 album \u003cem>Erotica\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Breiling wears Madonna pants while attending the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘She has always loved and supported our community’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“[Madonna] doesn’t give a shit about what anyone thinks about her,” said Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who was in attendance at Tuesday’s show, wearing a glittering black dress with a tiara adorned with purple feathers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People always say, ‘If you have a platform, you should use it.’ Madonna has always used her platform,” Roma said. “She is one of the biggest LGBTQ and AIDS activists the world has ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977697\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sister Roma and Honey Mahogany pose for a photo before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She has always loved and supported our community … and she really put her career at risk quite often, taking these positions,” Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the show, as Madonna sang her 1986 song “Live to Tell,” images of friends who died of AIDS — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/madonna/photos/in-my-apartment-on-the-les-where-i-lived-with-my-best-friend-martin-burgoyne-who/10156798913734402/?paipv=0&eav=AfbsIYtD47iRN09is_tMlCTgG6QQDHJ19o3YZe27I3_4uUGGwsf0BI19bXClhn7CCMg&_rdr\">Martin Burgoyne\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://michiganlgbtqremember.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christopher-flynn-obit-cruise-19901107.pdf\">Christopher Flynn\u003c/a> — were projected on giant screens. As the song progressed, more faces appeared until the screens were flooded with thousands of portraits, eventually fading to black with the message: “In loving memory to all those we lost to AIDS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Be in my world’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In conversations with fans at the Chase Center, one thing kept coming up: For her fans, Madonna is not just her music. For many, she is also the confidence and safety that fans feel when listening to her music, watching her perform and hearing her speak out politically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Moreno and her daughter Amaya, 16, wait in line for a photo with a Madonna sign before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Madonna brings me strength as a woman,” said Amaya Moreno, 16, from the East Bay. “She helps me bring out my feminine energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing next to Moreno was her mom, Kathy, a longtime Madonna fan. Madonna’s art is “all about expression, being yourself, being outspoken,” Kathy said. “Being a woman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the mother-daughter duo, the inclusivity expressed in both Madonna’s music and politics was a particular draw — or, as Amaya put it, “She’s standing up for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love that she brings people together from all walks of life, all sides of life,” Kathy said. “We want to hear messages that we believe in, that bring love into our lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977393\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie DeClaire and Mandy Waite dance before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Belicena of Daly City, Madonna was who he looked to when navigating his identity as a young gay man in the Philippines. “She said, ‘Come near me, be in my world; I can make you feel safe,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Our voices could be heard’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When he moved to California in the 1990s, Belicena became involved in the community response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, which was taking the lives of thousands of gay men. One of these efforts was the annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/the-dance-a-thon-as-aids-fund-raiser-3150037.php\">AIDS Dance-A-Thon held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center\u003c/a>, which raised millions of dollars for AIDS organizations. No matter the year, Belicena says, Madonna’s music was played at these events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joey Martinez wears a leather jacket filled with Madonna pins, collected over 20 years, before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Madonna became more active in HIV/AIDS fundraising efforts throughout the ’90s, it further deepened Belicena’s bond with the singer and her music. “Of course, it matters that artists take a political stance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Belicena, who now works in the Bay Area as a psychiatric nurse, public and mental health are issues of special importance in 2024 — an election year. And “artists have a platform to talk about these things much louder than us,” Belicena said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if we vote and go to the polls,” he said, “I think our voices could be heard as loud as these artists.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"At Madonna's San Francisco shows this week, fans dressed to honor their idol — and spoke of their decades-long bond. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1709330077,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1123},"headData":{"title":"‘Be in My World’: For Many Madonna Fans, Her Art and Advocacy Go Hand in Hand | KQED","description":"At Madonna's San Francisco shows this week, fans dressed to honor their idol — and spoke of their decades-long bond. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"‘Be in My World’: For Many Madonna Fans, Her Art and Advocacy Go Hand in Hand","datePublished":"2024-03-01T15:30:27.000Z","dateModified":"2024-03-01T21:54:37.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11977685/madonna-fans-chase-center","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Chad Belicena vividly remembers the first time he heard Madonna’s music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year was 1983. As an 11-year-old boy in the Philippines, “I remember going inside a shopping mall, and I heard ‘Borderline.’ And it stopped me in my tracks,” Belicena said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘This voice is very different. This song is very different,” he recalls thinking. “‘Somehow, I need to know who this woman is.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40 years later, Belicena — now a Daly City resident — donned a fabulous white fur coat, a black tank top with “Mother” emblazoned across it and a crimson fedora to see Madonna herself perform at San Francisco’s Chase Center this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-18-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chad Belicena wears a shirt that says, ‘Mother’ while attending the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Queen of Pop \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953137/live-review-madonna-gives-a-master-class-in-eras-in-san-francisco\">brought her Celebration Tour to the Bay Area for two consecutive nights\u003c/a>, and her fans came through in droves — embodying Madonna’s four decades of music through their outfits, merch and energy.\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>And what became clear from talking with fans was not just their passion for the music but for the impact Madonna has had on their lives and the role she has played in shaping their personal and political opinions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977700\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977700\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-19-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Falcioni (left) and Christopher Manning wait in line for the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aside from her creative and theatrical prowess, the Material Girl personifies long-standing advocacy for gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights and HIV/AIDS education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when she’s not being explicitly “political,” Madonna’s music and performances are frequently politicized by others. Just think of the criticism from religious and conservative groups after the release of her \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/madonna-vmas-biography-excerpt-1234829918/\">1984 performance of “Like a Virgin” at the MTV Video Music Awards\u003c/a>, her \u003ca href=\"https://www.etonline.com/like-a-prayer-30-years-later-how-the-controversial-music-video-barely-made-it-to-air-121023\">1989 music video for “Like a Prayer”\u003c/a> or her \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-erotica-album-sex-book-oral-history-8006663/\">1995 album \u003cem>Erotica\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977696\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-28-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Breiling wears Madonna pants while attending the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘She has always loved and supported our community’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“[Madonna] doesn’t give a shit about what anyone thinks about her,” said Sister Roma of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who was in attendance at Tuesday’s show, wearing a glittering black dress with a tiara adorned with purple feathers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People always say, ‘If you have a platform, you should use it.’ Madonna has always used her platform,” Roma said. “She is one of the biggest LGBTQ and AIDS activists the world has ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977697\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977697\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-29-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sister Roma and Honey Mahogany pose for a photo before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She has always loved and supported our community … and she really put her career at risk quite often, taking these positions,” Roma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the show, as Madonna sang her 1986 song “Live to Tell,” images of friends who died of AIDS — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/madonna/photos/in-my-apartment-on-the-les-where-i-lived-with-my-best-friend-martin-burgoyne-who/10156798913734402/?paipv=0&eav=AfbsIYtD47iRN09is_tMlCTgG6QQDHJ19o3YZe27I3_4uUGGwsf0BI19bXClhn7CCMg&_rdr\">Martin Burgoyne\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://michiganlgbtqremember.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/christopher-flynn-obit-cruise-19901107.pdf\">Christopher Flynn\u003c/a> — were projected on giant screens. As the song progressed, more faces appeared until the screens were flooded with thousands of portraits, eventually fading to black with the message: “In loving memory to all those we lost to AIDS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Be in my world’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In conversations with fans at the Chase Center, one thing kept coming up: For her fans, Madonna is not just her music. For many, she is also the confidence and safety that fans feel when listening to her music, watching her perform and hearing her speak out politically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977698\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-15-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Moreno and her daughter Amaya, 16, wait in line for a photo with a Madonna sign before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Madonna brings me strength as a woman,” said Amaya Moreno, 16, from the East Bay. “She helps me bring out my feminine energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing next to Moreno was her mom, Kathy, a longtime Madonna fan. Madonna’s art is “all about expression, being yourself, being outspoken,” Kathy said. “Being a woman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the mother-daughter duo, the inclusivity expressed in both Madonna’s music and politics was a particular draw — or, as Amaya put it, “She’s standing up for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love that she brings people together from all walks of life, all sides of life,” Kathy said. “We want to hear messages that we believe in, that bring love into our lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977393\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-12-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie DeClaire and Mandy Waite dance before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Belicena of Daly City, Madonna was who he looked to when navigating his identity as a young gay man in the Philippines. “She said, ‘Come near me, be in my world; I can make you feel safe,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Our voices could be heard’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When he moved to California in the 1990s, Belicena became involved in the community response to the HIV/AIDS crisis, which was taking the lives of thousands of gay men. One of these efforts was the annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/the-dance-a-thon-as-aids-fund-raiser-3150037.php\">AIDS Dance-A-Thon held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center\u003c/a>, which raised millions of dollars for AIDS organizations. No matter the year, Belicena says, Madonna’s music was played at these events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240227-MadonnaFans-21-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joey Martinez wears a leather jacket filled with Madonna pins, collected over 20 years, before the Madonna Celebration Tour concert at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Madonna became more active in HIV/AIDS fundraising efforts throughout the ’90s, it further deepened Belicena’s bond with the singer and her music. “Of course, it matters that artists take a political stance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Belicena, who now works in the Bay Area as a psychiatric nurse, public and mental health are issues of special importance in 2024 — an election year. And “artists have a platform to talk about these things much louder than us,” Belicena said.\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>“But if we vote and go to the polls,” he said, “I think our voices could be heard as loud as these artists.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11977685/madonna-fans-chase-center","authors":["11708"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_27626","news_1425"],"featImg":"news_11977703","label":"news"},"news_11977219":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11977219","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11977219","score":null,"sort":[1709121642000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"seeing-nicki-minaj-at-oakland-arena-everything-to-know-from-parking-to-bag-policies","title":"Seeing Nicki Minaj at Oakland Arena? Everything to Know, From Parking to Bag Policies","publishDate":1709121642,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Seeing Nicki Minaj at Oakland Arena? Everything to Know, From Parking to Bag Policies | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meet-the-barbz-the-nicki-minaj-fandom-fighting-the-nicki-hate-train-705438/\">Barbz\u003c/a> will be convening in Oakland Arena on Friday night, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/nicki-minaj-tour-oakland-area-18550260.php\">Nicki Minaj will be launching her first solo tour in eight years\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/events/detail/nicki-minaj\">Pink Friday 2 World Tour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you prepare for the night when \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLmjgntQsE\">Oakland will become “Gag City”\u003c/a> on March 1, you may be looking for a game plan for parking at the venue or just getting in and out of the crowded, hectic stadium as painlessly as possible. Keep reading for our at-a-glance information on parking options, bag policy, public transit and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if you’re \u003cem>not \u003c/em>attending the Nicki Minaj show on Friday but you live, work or commute in the region? This guide might not be for you, but you should be prepared for I-880 around surrounding routes to potentially be busy on Friday night before or after the show.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#oaklandarenabagpolicy\">What’s the Oakland Arena bag policy?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#oaklandarenaparking\">What should I know about parking at and near Oakland Arena?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#coliseumpublictransit\">How can I take public transit to the Nicki Minaj concert?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What time is the Nicki Minaj show at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The show will start at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/events/detail/nicki-minaj\">The doors at Oakland Area will open at 7 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will the weather be like on Friday night in Oakland?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.8051&lon=-122.2731\">National Weather Service predicts it will be raining Friday night with “possibly a thunderstorm before 10 p.m.\u003c/a>” Even though the Oakland Arena is an indoor venue, it is best for you to plan ahead for transportation (and bring an umbrella or a hooded coat for your entry and exit).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"oaklandarenabagpolicy\">\u003c/a>What’s the Oakland Arena bag policy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bag check is not available at Oakland Arena, so you should plan ahead accordingly. Some things you \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/prohibited-items\">cannot bring\u003c/a> to the Nicki Minaj show on Friday include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Coolers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Any type of backpacks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bags larger than 14″ x 14″ x 6″\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cigarettes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Weapons or sharp objects\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bats and clubs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Outside food or beverage (as well as hard side containers like a thermos)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Selfie sticks and tripods\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers and portable chairs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seat cushions\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Large banners or flags\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977242 aligncenter\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Oakland-Arena-Prohibited-Items-deea1b7735.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"779\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Empty soft plastic bottles are allowed, as well as binoculars and still cameras with lenses shorter than 3 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Be careful if you’re choosing to stash anything in your vehicle\u003c/a> during the show, as break-ins are unfortunately common around the Bay Area. Don’t leave anything on display in your car, especially electronics like laptops — even if you think they’re hidden from view.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland Arena has a guide on its accessibility services, which can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/accessibility\">viewed on its website\u003c/a>. Accessibility highlights include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Assisted Listening Devices are available in the First Aid Section 106. The First Aid section also includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">“(s)ensory bags, equipped with noise canceling headphones, fidget tools, verbal cue cards and weighted lap pads.”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Elevators are available at the west side, near Section 114 and the east side, near Section 101.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You can call 510-383-5743 or email customerservice@coliseum.com for information or requests.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"oaklandarenaparking\">\u003c/a>What should I know about parking at and near Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/prepaid-parking-pass-only-nicki-minaj-oakland-california-03-01-2024/event/1C005F87CAC03309\">Official parking spots at Oakland Arena for the Nicki Minaj show are still available on Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, with general parking tickets for $40 and VIP parking for $80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can check \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/search?kind=event&id=848262&view=dl\">websites like SpotHero\u003c/a> for non-stadium parking spots nearby. If you’re doing this, be sure to map the route using a tool like Google Maps, to make sure you know how long you have to walk and the shortest route to do so — and wear comfy footwear.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"coliseumpublictransit\">\u003c/a>How to take public transportation to the Nicki Minaj concert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/assets/img/Email-Maps-4-bd72220145.png\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Arena is located near \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">BART\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.amtrak.com/stations/okj\">Capitol Corridor Amtrak train\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\">AC Transit\u003c/a>. If you are taking the BART or Amtrak, you \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/public-transportation\">would need to get off the Coliseum Station and cross the ramp to the Arena\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are going to take an Uber or Lyft to or from the event, you will need to be picked up at Baldwin Gate. Baldwin Gate \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">opens two hours before the event starts\u003c/a>. Be aware that there will likely be a surge charge around this time due to the crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat at the Nicki Minaj show?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can check it out on Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/seating-charts\">Arena’s website\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Oakland+Arena/\">A View From My Seat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Prepare for a super-crowded stadium experience\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no shame in getting a little antsy in big crowds like this — in a packed stadium, it’s normal to feel a little overwhelmed. Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense\u003c/a>. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd, put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” Moussaïd said to NPR in 2022. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Can I still get a ticket for Nicki Minaj at Oakland Arena?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/nicki-minaj-presents-pink-friday-2-oakland-california-03-01-2024/event/1C005F86B2692B5B\">Tickets are still being offered on Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, which is the most official way to secure your seat at the Nicki Minaj show for $88 and up. (If you need accessible tickets, be sure to filter for them on Ticketmaster’s website.) You can also find \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/nicki-minaj-oakland-tickets-3-1-2024/event/152728261/\">resales on sites like StubHub\u003c/a> or look for better deals and seats on Facebook marketplace resales and Eventbrite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re buying a resale ticket, a note: \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">The Better Businesses Bureau issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a> during Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed. Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">if you do choose to buy a resale, use your credit card,\u003c/a> says the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are getting a resale from a friend, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">make sure you call your friend directly\u003c/a> — to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1709073535,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1181},"headData":{"title":"Seeing Nicki Minaj at Oakland Arena? Everything to Know, From Parking to Bag Policies | KQED","description":"The Barbz will be convening in Oakland Arena on Friday night, where Nicki Minaj will be launching her first solo tour in eight years: Pink Friday 2 World Tour. 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Keep reading for our at-a-glance information on parking options, bag policy, public transit and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if you’re \u003cem>not \u003c/em>attending the Nicki Minaj show on Friday but you live, work or commute in the region? This guide might not be for you, but you should be prepared for I-880 around surrounding routes to potentially be busy on Friday night before or after the show.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#oaklandarenabagpolicy\">What’s the Oakland Arena bag policy?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#oaklandarenaparking\">What should I know about parking at and near Oakland Arena?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#coliseumpublictransit\">How can I take public transit to the Nicki Minaj concert?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What time is the Nicki Minaj show at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The show will start at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/events/detail/nicki-minaj\">The doors at Oakland Area will open at 7 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What will the weather be like on Friday night in Oakland?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.8051&lon=-122.2731\">National Weather Service predicts it will be raining Friday night with “possibly a thunderstorm before 10 p.m.\u003c/a>” Even though the Oakland Arena is an indoor venue, it is best for you to plan ahead for transportation (and bring an umbrella or a hooded coat for your entry and exit).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"oaklandarenabagpolicy\">\u003c/a>What’s the Oakland Arena bag policy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bag check is not available at Oakland Arena, so you should plan ahead accordingly. Some things you \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/prohibited-items\">cannot bring\u003c/a> to the Nicki Minaj show on Friday include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Coolers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Any type of backpacks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bags larger than 14″ x 14″ x 6″\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cigarettes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Weapons or sharp objects\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bats and clubs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Outside food or beverage (as well as hard side containers like a thermos)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Selfie sticks and tripods\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers and portable chairs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seat cushions\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Large banners or flags\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977242 aligncenter\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Oakland-Arena-Prohibited-Items-deea1b7735.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"779\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Empty soft plastic bottles are allowed, as well as binoculars and still cameras with lenses shorter than 3 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Be careful if you’re choosing to stash anything in your vehicle\u003c/a> during the show, as break-ins are unfortunately common around the Bay Area. Don’t leave anything on display in your car, especially electronics like laptops — even if you think they’re hidden from view.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland Arena has a guide on its accessibility services, which can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/accessibility\">viewed on its website\u003c/a>. Accessibility highlights include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Assisted Listening Devices are available in the First Aid Section 106. The First Aid section also includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">“(s)ensory bags, equipped with noise canceling headphones, fidget tools, verbal cue cards and weighted lap pads.”\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Elevators are available at the west side, near Section 114 and the east side, near Section 101.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You can call 510-383-5743 or email customerservice@coliseum.com for information or requests.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"oaklandarenaparking\">\u003c/a>What should I know about parking at and near Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/prepaid-parking-pass-only-nicki-minaj-oakland-california-03-01-2024/event/1C005F87CAC03309\">Official parking spots at Oakland Arena for the Nicki Minaj show are still available on Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, with general parking tickets for $40 and VIP parking for $80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can check \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/search?kind=event&id=848262&view=dl\">websites like SpotHero\u003c/a> for non-stadium parking spots nearby. If you’re doing this, be sure to map the route using a tool like Google Maps, to make sure you know how long you have to walk and the shortest route to do so — and wear comfy footwear.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"coliseumpublictransit\">\u003c/a>How to take public transportation to the Nicki Minaj concert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/assets/img/Email-Maps-4-bd72220145.png\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Arena is located near \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">BART\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.amtrak.com/stations/okj\">Capitol Corridor Amtrak train\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\">AC Transit\u003c/a>. If you are taking the BART or Amtrak, you \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/public-transportation\">would need to get off the Coliseum Station and cross the ramp to the Arena\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are going to take an Uber or Lyft to or from the event, you will need to be picked up at Baldwin Gate. Baldwin Gate \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">opens two hours before the event starts\u003c/a>. Be aware that there will likely be a surge charge around this time due to the crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat at the Nicki Minaj show?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can check it out on Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/seating-charts\">Arena’s website\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Oakland+Arena/\">A View From My Seat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Prepare for a super-crowded stadium experience\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no shame in getting a little antsy in big crowds like this — in a packed stadium, it’s normal to feel a little overwhelmed. Read \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">NPR’s full guide on what to do if you find yourself caught in a crowd crush.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist in Berlin who studies crowd behavior, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">rely on your instincts and senses if you feel like the crowd is getting too dense\u003c/a>. If you get stuck in a crush, move with the crowd, put your arms out in front of your chest and hold them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this position, you would have some space, just a little bit, to push for half a centimeter or just 1 centimeter — enough for you to keep breathing,” Moussaïd said to NPR in 2022. “It’s not going to be comfortable. You’re going to be feeling really bad, but at least you’ll survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Can I still get a ticket for Nicki Minaj at Oakland Arena?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/nicki-minaj-presents-pink-friday-2-oakland-california-03-01-2024/event/1C005F86B2692B5B\">Tickets are still being offered on Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, which is the most official way to secure your seat at the Nicki Minaj show for $88 and up. (If you need accessible tickets, be sure to filter for them on Ticketmaster’s website.) You can also find \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/nicki-minaj-oakland-tickets-3-1-2024/event/152728261/\">resales on sites like StubHub\u003c/a> or look for better deals and seats on Facebook marketplace resales and Eventbrite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re buying a resale ticket, a note: \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">The Better Businesses Bureau issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a> during Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed. Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">if you do choose to buy a resale, use your credit card,\u003c/a> says the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are getting a resale from a friend, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">make sure you call your friend directly\u003c/a> — to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11977219/seeing-nicki-minaj-at-oakland-arena-everything-to-know-from-parking-to-bag-policies","authors":["11867"],"categories":["news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_32662","news_32707","news_3772","news_27626","news_1425","news_33860"],"featImg":"news_11977259","label":"news"},"news_11977020":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11977020","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11977020","score":null,"sort":[1708911009000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"eileen-sho-ji-genesis","title":"Eileen Sho Ji: 'Genesis'","publishDate":1708911009,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Eileen Sho Ji: ‘Genesis’ | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sundaymusicdrop\">The Sunday Music Drop is a weekly radio series hosted by the KQED weekend news team.\u003c/a> In each segment, we feature a song from a local musician or band with an upcoming show and hear about what inspires their music.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen Sho Ji grew up in Hayward with a family that constantly consumed and created art, including her parents and brother. She began experimenting with music as a teenager by playing the piano and making beats using her iPhone. Part of her experimentation involves different genres of music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some days I’m making folk, some days I’m just playing my guitar and singing, and I’m not recording it, and I’m just enjoying the sound of a voice over an acoustic guitar or like my electric guitar through a bunch of interesting pedals and filters,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While enrolled in UC Berkeley’s Media Studies program, Sho Ji said she struggled to stay on top of her schoolwork and couldn’t focus on making her music the way she’d liked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would go to sessions and make things, but it was from this really stressed-out space that almost felt obligatory, like, in order to maintain that identity as an artist in my own mind and in the mind of my community, I was kind of forcing it, I think,” Sho Ji said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating during the height of the pandemic, she worked as a freelance artist for around two years. However, it became unsustainable when she realized that she didn’t have time to pursue her own music. Now, she is trying a different approach by creating songs in isolation. While making her song “Genesis,” she thought a lot about capitalism and feeling worn down from having to work all the time to pay bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was watching myself commodify my body and mind as somebody who’s constantly posting on the internet trying to get engagement, get the music heard, make artwork that is engaging, and then I was modeling as well, and so I’m literally, like, I am a product,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To hear Eileen Sho Ji live, she will be performing at Gray Area in San Francisco on Feb. 29 — part of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://schedule.noisepopfest.com/events/2024/2/29/actress-live-av-tickets\">Noise Pop Festival\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In this episode of the Sunday Music Drop, musician Eileen Sho Ji shares her song 'Genesis.' 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She began experimenting with music as a teenager by playing the piano and making beats using her iPhone. Part of her experimentation involves different genres of music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some days I’m making folk, some days I’m just playing my guitar and singing, and I’m not recording it, and I’m just enjoying the sound of a voice over an acoustic guitar or like my electric guitar through a bunch of interesting pedals and filters,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While enrolled in UC Berkeley’s Media Studies program, Sho Ji said she struggled to stay on top of her schoolwork and couldn’t focus on making her music the way she’d liked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would go to sessions and make things, but it was from this really stressed-out space that almost felt obligatory, like, in order to maintain that identity as an artist in my own mind and in the mind of my community, I was kind of forcing it, I think,” Sho Ji said.\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>After graduating during the height of the pandemic, she worked as a freelance artist for around two years. However, it became unsustainable when she realized that she didn’t have time to pursue her own music. Now, she is trying a different approach by creating songs in isolation. While making her song “Genesis,” she thought a lot about capitalism and feeling worn down from having to work all the time to pay bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was watching myself commodify my body and mind as somebody who’s constantly posting on the internet trying to get engagement, get the music heard, make artwork that is engaging, and then I was modeling as well, and so I’m literally, like, I am a product,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To hear Eileen Sho Ji live, she will be performing at Gray Area in San Francisco on Feb. 29 — part of San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"http://schedule.noisepopfest.com/events/2024/2/29/actress-live-av-tickets\">Noise Pop Festival\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11977020/eileen-sho-ji-genesis","authors":["11772","11784"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_32662","news_31662","news_31663"],"featImg":"news_11977024","label":"source_news_11977020"},"news_11976698":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11976698","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11976698","score":null,"sort":[1708639213000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"madonna-chase-center-san-francisco-parking-bag-policy","title":"Seeing Madonna at SF's Chase Center? From Parking to Bag Policies and Parties, What to Know","publishDate":1708639213,"format":"image","headTitle":"Seeing Madonna at SF’s Chase Center? From Parking to Bag Policies and Parties, What to Know | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/tag/madonna\">Pop music icon Madonna\u003c/a> is bringing her Celebration Tour — her first since 2019’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/madonna-madame-x-tour-sheffield-887601/\">modest theater affair in support of her album \u003ci>Madame X\u003c/i>\u003c/a> — to San Francisco with two consecutive nights of shows at Chase Center on Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tour was off to a bumpy start: Last June, while rehearsals were underway, the 65-year-old singer was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/arts/music/madonna-hospitalized-celebration-tour-postponed.html\">hospitalized due to a severe bacterial infection\u003c/a>, which postponed the entire North American leg of the tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/news/madonna-announcement-20240227-20240228\">Madonna’s two rescheduled San Francisco shows\u003c/a> were originally intended to take place on Oct. 4 and 5, 2023. \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/news/madonna-announcement-20240227-20240228\">A third San Francisco show, initially set for Jan. 15, was ultimately canceled\u003c/a> due to scheduling conflicts and refunds were issued to ticket holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite setbacks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-tour-opener-london-1235442708/\">The Celebration Tour kicked off in October with an emotional show\u003c/a> in London before making its way to North American cities. The tour, coming off the heels of her remix album \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/5WWD7T6lI2JV1oyABrFq10\">\u003ci>Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, celebrates the artist’s vast catalog of hits over four decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’ve got tickets for one of Madonna’s SF shows — and you want to quit worrying about logistics and enjoy screaming every word to “Like a Prayer” like your life depends on it — keep reading our guide to everything from Chase Center parking, bag policies, Madonna-themed parties and more. (And for the most up-to-date details, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChaseCenter\">follow Chase Center on social media \u003c/a>for any last-minute updates.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bagpolicy\">What’s the Chase Center bag policy?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#accessibility\">What should I know about accessibility at Chase Center?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ticket\">Can I still get a ticket for the Madonna shows?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What time do Madonna’s shows at Chase Center start?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is … a loaded question for those in the know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/madonna-fans-lawsuit-delayed-concert-start-times-1235584585/\">concertgoers in New York City filed a federal class action lawsuit\u003c/a> against the Queen of Pop, claiming that she breached her contract with ticket buyers and violated New York state laws by starting three December shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center past 10:30 p.m. rather than the scheduled 8:30 p.m. (And \u003ca href=\"https://www.vulture.com/2024/01/madonna-concert-lawsuit-explainer.html\">it’s not even the \u003ci>first \u003c/i>time she’s been sued for this\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/events/madonna-20240227\">The Chase Center website similarly notes the same 8:30 p.m. start time\u003c/a> for her two San Francisco shows. However, Madonna has routinely been starting her set around or after 10 p.m., based on reports from her past concerts in \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-12-14/madonna-starts-barclays-brooklyn-late-us-celebration-tour\">New York\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/02/madonna-celebration-tour-chicago-review/\">Chicago\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/madonna-concert-philadelphia-setlist-time-stage-10-pm/\">Philadelphia\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/Madonna/comments/191q8qx/at_what_time_madonna_will_be_on_the_stage_and_how/\">Boston\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superstar usually brings along a DJ to keep the crowd entertained before showtime, with Honey Dijon, Arca and Diplo among the list of names who have opened for her on this tour so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doors open at 7:30 p.m. — so we recommend aiming to get to the venue \u003ci>by \u003c/i>8:30 p.m. if you don’t want to miss any of the fun. And maybe prepare for a late night and know when your last train home is.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bagpolicy\">\u003c/a>What’s the Chase Center bag policy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Backpacks (except for single-compartment drawstring bags) and hard-sided bags of any kind are prohibited from entering Chase Center. Any other bag you bring must be smaller than 14” x 14” x 6” in size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bags that do not meet the requirements can be checked at one of two bag check locations for a fee of $10. Chase Center says that proceeds generated from the bag check counters will be donated to the \u003ca href=\"https://community.warriors.com/foundation/\">Warriors Community Foundation\u003c/a>, which supports education and youth development in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some more \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/a-to-z-guide\">things you cannot bring into the Madonna shows at Chase Center\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bottles and cans.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refillable water bottles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Signs over 11 x 17 inches or attached to any pole or stick.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Masks that cover the whole face. (Face coverings to lower your risks of catching — or spreading — COVID-19, like N95 masks, are allowed.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lights, tripods and professional recording equipment. Flash photography is not allowed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noise-making devices, such as air horns, whistles or cow bells.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weapons and self-defense items of any kind, including mace, knives and tasers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selfie sticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>What else \u003ci>can \u003c/i>you bring to Chase Center? These items include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baby bags, plastic bottles and formula.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diaper bags (with a child).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bags accepted as medical bags.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Umbrellas.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Binoculars.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>While portable phone chargers are not on the prohibited items list (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets\">like they initially were at Levi’s Stadium for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour dates last year\u003c/a>), Chase Center also offers charging stations compatible with most cellphone devices. Guests may rent a portable charger to take back to their seats at a cost of $2 for every 30 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat at the Madonna Chase Center show?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can \u003ca href=\"https://warriors.io-media.com/web/index.html#\">check out the view from your seat using Chase Center’s Virtual Venue map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"accessibility\">\u003c/a>What should I know about accessibility at Chase Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chase Center addresses questions about accessibility in their online \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/a-to-z-guide\">A to Z Guide\u003c/a>, where you can find information about accessible parking, hearing assistance, ADA-compliant restrooms and service animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue says guests can request complimentary wheelchair escorts by visiting the kiosks located at \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612744/2024/02/CC_Portals_Map_Update_3202x2550_2024-.jpg\">Portal 13 and Portal 52\u003c/a> or texting 833-CC4FANS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To schedule an American Sign Language interpreter, guests should contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:guestexperiences@warriors.com\">guestexperiences@warriors.com\u003c/a> ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about parking at and near Chase Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, parking tickets for the official onsite parking facilities at Chase Center are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/chase-center-tickets-san-francisco/venue/230012?tab=addOns&daterange=all&addOnType=all&utm_source=cc-digital&utm_medium=parking-page&utm_campaign=cta&_ga=2.79552919.2026375834.1708029043-1914965787.1708029043\">sold out for both shows\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A limited number of \u003ca href=\"https://chasecenter.com/parking\">accessible parking spaces\u003c/a> are available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis and cost between $60 and $100, depending on the size of your vehicle and the event, a Chase Center representative confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue’s website refers fans to the third-party parking website \u003ca href=\"https://www.parkwhiz.com/chase-center-parking/\">ParkWhiz\u003c/a> for other non-Chase Center parking options nearby. It costs $45 to reserve a spot at the nearest garage, which is about a 10-minute walk from the venue. Cheaper options starting at $12 are available for those willing and able to trek over a mile on foot — or take public transit for your last mile or two. So, if you’re driving to the show but haven’t secured your parking yet, consider wearing comfier shoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about using rideshare services at Chase Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While getting \u003ci>to \u003c/i>the venue using a rideshare service might be fairly smooth, trying to find a car after the show is almost certainly going to be a challenge — speaking from personal experience. Due to surge pricing, it will also be far more expensive to get an Uber or Lyft as you exit the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are multiple \u003ca href=\"https://images.ctfassets.net/0lzgl3qjkmm1/6k8OJ6yu4tTfjV4wHsmKTG/0b4cc696d2b3f2360ad34bbc16ffbffd/uber-map.png\">designated pick-up and drop-off zones\u003c/a> located within one block of Chase Center. Upon arrival, use one of the designated passenger loading zones (white curbs) along Terry A Francois Boulevard for a safe curbside drop-off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you leave the show, the rideshare apps will automatically show you the best places to get picked up \u003ca href=\"https://images.ctfassets.net/0lzgl3qjkmm1/6k8OJ6yu4tTfjV4wHsmKTG/0b4cc696d2b3f2360ad34bbc16ffbffd/uber-map.png\">within a five-minute walk radius\u003c/a>. The Chase Center website recommends walking a few blocks away before requesting a ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessible drop-offs and pick-ups are along the curb of 16th Street and Terry Francois Boulevard, with accessible entry and exit from the East Entrance. For folks with mobility considerations, the venue can provide a wheelchair to transport guests from Thrive City Plaza or the main lobby to their seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the best way to take public transit to the Madonna concert?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home. (Remember, as above, Madonna is known for not starting her shows exactly on time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976704\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing different transportation routes in San Francisco.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing different transportation routes in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the SFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any Chase Center patron who shows their event ticket at Muni turnstiles and boarding platforms can \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/transportation-guide\">ride Muni without charge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a Muni Metro rail stop serving the venue on the T-Third Street line, which connects Chinatown and Sunnydale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/t-third-street\">See the Muni Metro schedule.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several BART stations have convenient connections to get to the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni Route 22 connects to the 16th Street Mission BART station. This stop is located on Third Street and Gene Friend Way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni Route 15 serves as a connection to Montgomery Street BART station. This stop is located on Third Street and Warriors Way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can transfer to the new Union Square Muni Metro rail station from Powell BART station via the underground corridor to take the T-Third Street line or S-Shuttle Mission Bay line to the UCSF/Chase Center stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">find more information and schedules on the BART website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you take Caltrain to San Francisco, you can walk 15–20 minutes along Fourth Street and turn left on Gene Friend Way to Chase Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also transfer from the Caltrain station to the Muni Metro T-Third Street platform located across the street and take Muni to the UCSF/Chase Center stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On weekdays, the last Caltrain from San Francisco departs at 12:03 a.m. \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/\">See the Caltrain schedule here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chase Center offers guests free secure bike storage from 1 hour before doors open until one hour after the end of the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public bike parking is available along 16th Street and Terry Francois Boulevard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also a Lyft/Bay Wheels bike share station at the intersection of Warriors Way and Terry Francois Boulevard. While they’re convenient and easy to use, the limited availability of these bikes means you should have a backup plan — or you might get stranded.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ticket\">\u003c/a>Can I still get a ticket for the Madonna shows?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/madonna-tickets/artist/768011?landing=c&awtrc=true&c=SEM_TMMCONCERTS_ggl_20462663432_151203248534_madonna%20tour&GCID=0&&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80Fmnest6OwH7GTjMdmMGoA3Bi0hwbEpQPtMXOHZYbeT78qqSfXWoRBoCi_8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds\">side-view tickets were made available for both nights\u003c/a>, starting at a steep $167.50. These are the only face-value tickets remaining for the otherwise sold-out shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Ticketmaster is allowing resale on their platform for Madonna’s tour, which is the most secure way to buy second-hand tickets. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/madonna-tickets/artist/768011?landing=c&awtrc=true&c=SEM_TMMCONCERTS_ggl_20462663432_151203248534_madonna%20tour&GCID=0&&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80Fmnest6OwH7GTjMdmMGoA3Bi0hwbEpQPtMXOHZYbeT78qqSfXWoRBoCi_8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds\">Floor seats\u003c/a> are available starting at $1,125 for the Tuesday show and $800 for the Wednesday show. You can also find \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/madonna-tickets/performer/13127?AffiliateID=49&adposition=&PCID=PSUSGOOCONMADONFA34EDF2DF&AdID=690699587673&MetroRegionID=&psc=&psc=&ps=&ps=&ps_p=0&ps_c=20499395943&ps_ag=153156841139&ps_tg=kwd-1994819690067&ps_ad=690699587673&ps_adp=&ps_adp=&ps_fi=&ps_fi=&ps_li=&ps_li=&ps_lp=9061268&ps_n=g&ps_d=c&ps_ex=&gcid=C12289X486&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_sub_medium=prospecting&utm_term=nb&utm_campaign=20499395943%3adefault&utm_content=default&keyword=153156841139_kwd-1994819690067_c&creative=690699587673&utm_kxconfid=s2rshsbmv&kwt=nb&mt=b&kw=madonna+celebration+tour+tickets&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80G6SEPjE2xB4ltF_QooQwGLPRXsqvZ_Aod2X8qBjIfF-lFV8EyM9SBoCEcAQAvD_BwE\">resale tickets on sites like StubHub\u003c/a>, but make sure you’re not purchasing fake tickets. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets#taylorswifttickets\">Read more tips about avoiding ticket resale scams\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there Madonna-themed after-parties?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For those attending the Wednesday show, Castro nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pan-dulce-madonna-tribute-concert-hump-day-after-party-beaux-sf-tickets-828207279267\">Beaux SF is turning their weekly Wednesday event, Pan Dulce, into an after-party\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to keep the Madonna energy going through the weekend, Cat Club is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/madonnapocalypse-bootie-mashup-tickets-821046741907\">Madonnapocalypse\u003c/a> event on Saturday, March 2, with drag and burlesque tributes to the musician and project her iconic music videos all night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Madonna is making a return to the stage this month. Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for her concerts at Chase Center in San Francisco.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1708656118,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":51,"wordCount":1862},"headData":{"title":"Seeing Madonna at SF's Chase Center? From Parking to Bag Policies and Parties, What to Know | KQED","description":"Madonna is making a return to the stage this month. Here’s everything you need to know to prepare for her concerts at Chase Center in San Francisco.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Seeing Madonna at SF's Chase Center? From Parking to Bag Policies and Parties, What to Know","datePublished":"2024-02-22T22:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2024-02-23T02:41:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11976698/madonna-chase-center-san-francisco-parking-bag-policy","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/tag/madonna\">Pop music icon Madonna\u003c/a> is bringing her Celebration Tour — her first since 2019’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/madonna-madame-x-tour-sheffield-887601/\">modest theater affair in support of her album \u003ci>Madame X\u003c/i>\u003c/a> — to San Francisco with two consecutive nights of shows at Chase Center on Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tour was off to a bumpy start: Last June, while rehearsals were underway, the 65-year-old singer was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/arts/music/madonna-hospitalized-celebration-tour-postponed.html\">hospitalized due to a severe bacterial infection\u003c/a>, which postponed the entire North American leg of the tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/news/madonna-announcement-20240227-20240228\">Madonna’s two rescheduled San Francisco shows\u003c/a> were originally intended to take place on Oct. 4 and 5, 2023. \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/news/madonna-announcement-20240227-20240228\">A third San Francisco show, initially set for Jan. 15, was ultimately canceled\u003c/a> due to scheduling conflicts and refunds were issued to ticket holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite setbacks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-tour-opener-london-1235442708/\">The Celebration Tour kicked off in October with an emotional show\u003c/a> in London before making its way to North American cities. The tour, coming off the heels of her remix album \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/5WWD7T6lI2JV1oyABrFq10\">\u003ci>Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, celebrates the artist’s vast catalog of hits over four decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’ve got tickets for one of Madonna’s SF shows — and you want to quit worrying about logistics and enjoy screaming every word to “Like a Prayer” like your life depends on it — keep reading our guide to everything from Chase Center parking, bag policies, Madonna-themed parties and more. (And for the most up-to-date details, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChaseCenter\">follow Chase Center on social media \u003c/a>for any last-minute updates.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bagpolicy\">What’s the Chase Center bag policy?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#accessibility\">What should I know about accessibility at Chase Center?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ticket\">Can I still get a ticket for the Madonna shows?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What time do Madonna’s shows at Chase Center start?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is … a loaded question for those in the know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/madonna-fans-lawsuit-delayed-concert-start-times-1235584585/\">concertgoers in New York City filed a federal class action lawsuit\u003c/a> against the Queen of Pop, claiming that she breached her contract with ticket buyers and violated New York state laws by starting three December shows at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center past 10:30 p.m. rather than the scheduled 8:30 p.m. (And \u003ca href=\"https://www.vulture.com/2024/01/madonna-concert-lawsuit-explainer.html\">it’s not even the \u003ci>first \u003c/i>time she’s been sued for this\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/events/madonna-20240227\">The Chase Center website similarly notes the same 8:30 p.m. start time\u003c/a> for her two San Francisco shows. However, Madonna has routinely been starting her set around or after 10 p.m., based on reports from her past concerts in \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-12-14/madonna-starts-barclays-brooklyn-late-us-celebration-tour\">New York\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/02/02/madonna-celebration-tour-chicago-review/\">Chicago\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/madonna-concert-philadelphia-setlist-time-stage-10-pm/\">Philadelphia\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/Madonna/comments/191q8qx/at_what_time_madonna_will_be_on_the_stage_and_how/\">Boston\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superstar usually brings along a DJ to keep the crowd entertained before showtime, with Honey Dijon, Arca and Diplo among the list of names who have opened for her on this tour so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doors open at 7:30 p.m. — so we recommend aiming to get to the venue \u003ci>by \u003c/i>8:30 p.m. if you don’t want to miss any of the fun. And maybe prepare for a late night and know when your last train home is.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bagpolicy\">\u003c/a>What’s the Chase Center bag policy?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Backpacks (except for single-compartment drawstring bags) and hard-sided bags of any kind are prohibited from entering Chase Center. Any other bag you bring must be smaller than 14” x 14” x 6” in size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bags that do not meet the requirements can be checked at one of two bag check locations for a fee of $10. Chase Center says that proceeds generated from the bag check counters will be donated to the \u003ca href=\"https://community.warriors.com/foundation/\">Warriors Community Foundation\u003c/a>, which supports education and youth development in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some more \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/a-to-z-guide\">things you cannot bring into the Madonna shows at Chase Center\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bottles and cans.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refillable water bottles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Signs over 11 x 17 inches or attached to any pole or stick.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Masks that cover the whole face. (Face coverings to lower your risks of catching — or spreading — COVID-19, like N95 masks, are allowed.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lights, tripods and professional recording equipment. Flash photography is not allowed.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noise-making devices, such as air horns, whistles or cow bells.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weapons and self-defense items of any kind, including mace, knives and tasers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selfie sticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>What else \u003ci>can \u003c/i>you bring to Chase Center? These items include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baby bags, plastic bottles and formula.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diaper bags (with a child).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bags accepted as medical bags.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Umbrellas.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">Binoculars.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>While portable phone chargers are not on the prohibited items list (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets\">like they initially were at Levi’s Stadium for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour dates last year\u003c/a>), Chase Center also offers charging stations compatible with most cellphone devices. Guests may rent a portable charger to take back to their seats at a cost of $2 for every 30 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat at the Madonna Chase Center show?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can \u003ca href=\"https://warriors.io-media.com/web/index.html#\">check out the view from your seat using Chase Center’s Virtual Venue map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"accessibility\">\u003c/a>What should I know about accessibility at Chase Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chase Center addresses questions about accessibility in their online \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/a-to-z-guide\">A to Z Guide\u003c/a>, where you can find information about accessible parking, hearing assistance, ADA-compliant restrooms and service animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue says guests can request complimentary wheelchair escorts by visiting the kiosks located at \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.nba.com/teams/uploads/sites/1610612744/2024/02/CC_Portals_Map_Update_3202x2550_2024-.jpg\">Portal 13 and Portal 52\u003c/a> or texting 833-CC4FANS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To schedule an American Sign Language interpreter, guests should contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:guestexperiences@warriors.com\">guestexperiences@warriors.com\u003c/a> ahead of time.\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\u003ch2>What should I know about parking at and near Chase Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the time of publication, parking tickets for the official onsite parking facilities at Chase Center are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/chase-center-tickets-san-francisco/venue/230012?tab=addOns&daterange=all&addOnType=all&utm_source=cc-digital&utm_medium=parking-page&utm_campaign=cta&_ga=2.79552919.2026375834.1708029043-1914965787.1708029043\">sold out for both shows\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A limited number of \u003ca href=\"https://chasecenter.com/parking\">accessible parking spaces\u003c/a> are available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis and cost between $60 and $100, depending on the size of your vehicle and the event, a Chase Center representative confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The venue’s website refers fans to the third-party parking website \u003ca href=\"https://www.parkwhiz.com/chase-center-parking/\">ParkWhiz\u003c/a> for other non-Chase Center parking options nearby. It costs $45 to reserve a spot at the nearest garage, which is about a 10-minute walk from the venue. Cheaper options starting at $12 are available for those willing and able to trek over a mile on foot — or take public transit for your last mile or two. So, if you’re driving to the show but haven’t secured your parking yet, consider wearing comfier shoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about using rideshare services at Chase Center?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While getting \u003ci>to \u003c/i>the venue using a rideshare service might be fairly smooth, trying to find a car after the show is almost certainly going to be a challenge — speaking from personal experience. Due to surge pricing, it will also be far more expensive to get an Uber or Lyft as you exit the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are multiple \u003ca href=\"https://images.ctfassets.net/0lzgl3qjkmm1/6k8OJ6yu4tTfjV4wHsmKTG/0b4cc696d2b3f2360ad34bbc16ffbffd/uber-map.png\">designated pick-up and drop-off zones\u003c/a> located within one block of Chase Center. Upon arrival, use one of the designated passenger loading zones (white curbs) along Terry A Francois Boulevard for a safe curbside drop-off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you leave the show, the rideshare apps will automatically show you the best places to get picked up \u003ca href=\"https://images.ctfassets.net/0lzgl3qjkmm1/6k8OJ6yu4tTfjV4wHsmKTG/0b4cc696d2b3f2360ad34bbc16ffbffd/uber-map.png\">within a five-minute walk radius\u003c/a>. The Chase Center website recommends walking a few blocks away before requesting a ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessible drop-offs and pick-ups are along the curb of 16th Street and Terry Francois Boulevard, with accessible entry and exit from the East Entrance. For folks with mobility considerations, the venue can provide a wheelchair to transport guests from Thrive City Plaza or the main lobby to their seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the best way to take public transit to the Madonna concert?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home. (Remember, as above, Madonna is known for not starting her shows exactly on time.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976704\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing different transportation routes in San Francisco.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/CC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_MapCC_BM_20231005_CC_Transportation_Map_1080x1080-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing different transportation routes in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the SFMTA)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any Chase Center patron who shows their event ticket at Muni turnstiles and boarding platforms can \u003ca href=\"https://www.chasecenter.com/transportation-guide\">ride Muni without charge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a Muni Metro rail stop serving the venue on the T-Third Street line, which connects Chinatown and Sunnydale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/t-third-street\">See the Muni Metro schedule.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several BART stations have convenient connections to get to the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni Route 22 connects to the 16th Street Mission BART station. This stop is located on Third Street and Gene Friend Way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni Route 15 serves as a connection to Montgomery Street BART station. This stop is located on Third Street and Warriors Way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can transfer to the new Union Square Muni Metro rail station from Powell BART station via the underground corridor to take the T-Third Street line or S-Shuttle Mission Bay line to the UCSF/Chase Center stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">find more information and schedules on the BART website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you take Caltrain to San Francisco, you can walk 15–20 minutes along Fourth Street and turn left on Gene Friend Way to Chase Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also transfer from the Caltrain station to the Muni Metro T-Third Street platform located across the street and take Muni to the UCSF/Chase Center stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On weekdays, the last Caltrain from San Francisco departs at 12:03 a.m. \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/\">See the Caltrain schedule here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Biking\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chase Center offers guests free secure bike storage from 1 hour before doors open until one hour after the end of the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public bike parking is available along 16th Street and Terry Francois Boulevard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also a Lyft/Bay Wheels bike share station at the intersection of Warriors Way and Terry Francois Boulevard. While they’re convenient and easy to use, the limited availability of these bikes means you should have a backup plan — or you might get stranded.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ticket\">\u003c/a>Can I still get a ticket for the Madonna shows?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/madonna-tickets/artist/768011?landing=c&awtrc=true&c=SEM_TMMCONCERTS_ggl_20462663432_151203248534_madonna%20tour&GCID=0&&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80Fmnest6OwH7GTjMdmMGoA3Bi0hwbEpQPtMXOHZYbeT78qqSfXWoRBoCi_8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds\">side-view tickets were made available for both nights\u003c/a>, starting at a steep $167.50. These are the only face-value tickets remaining for the otherwise sold-out shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Ticketmaster is allowing resale on their platform for Madonna’s tour, which is the most secure way to buy second-hand tickets. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/madonna-tickets/artist/768011?landing=c&awtrc=true&c=SEM_TMMCONCERTS_ggl_20462663432_151203248534_madonna%20tour&GCID=0&&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80Fmnest6OwH7GTjMdmMGoA3Bi0hwbEpQPtMXOHZYbeT78qqSfXWoRBoCi_8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds\">Floor seats\u003c/a> are available starting at $1,125 for the Tuesday show and $800 for the Wednesday show. You can also find \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/madonna-tickets/performer/13127?AffiliateID=49&adposition=&PCID=PSUSGOOCONMADONFA34EDF2DF&AdID=690699587673&MetroRegionID=&psc=&psc=&ps=&ps=&ps_p=0&ps_c=20499395943&ps_ag=153156841139&ps_tg=kwd-1994819690067&ps_ad=690699587673&ps_adp=&ps_adp=&ps_fi=&ps_fi=&ps_li=&ps_li=&ps_lp=9061268&ps_n=g&ps_d=c&ps_ex=&gcid=C12289X486&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_sub_medium=prospecting&utm_term=nb&utm_campaign=20499395943%3adefault&utm_content=default&keyword=153156841139_kwd-1994819690067_c&creative=690699587673&utm_kxconfid=s2rshsbmv&kwt=nb&mt=b&kw=madonna+celebration+tour+tickets&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiArLyuBhA7EiwA-qo80G6SEPjE2xB4ltF_QooQwGLPRXsqvZ_Aod2X8qBjIfF-lFV8EyM9SBoCEcAQAvD_BwE\">resale tickets on sites like StubHub\u003c/a>, but make sure you’re not purchasing fake tickets. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets#taylorswifttickets\">Read more tips about avoiding ticket resale scams\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there Madonna-themed after-parties?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For those attending the Wednesday show, Castro nightclub \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pan-dulce-madonna-tribute-concert-hump-day-after-party-beaux-sf-tickets-828207279267\">Beaux SF is turning their weekly Wednesday event, Pan Dulce, into an after-party\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to keep the Madonna energy going through the weekend, Cat Club is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/madonnapocalypse-bootie-mashup-tickets-821046741907\">Madonnapocalypse\u003c/a> event on Saturday, March 2, with drag and burlesque tributes to the musician and project her iconic music videos all night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11976698/madonna-chase-center-san-francisco-parking-bag-policy","authors":["11883"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_32707","news_26589","news_3772","news_30924","news_27626","news_1425","news_4086"],"featImg":"news_11976721","label":"news"},"news_11974086":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11974086","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11974086","score":null,"sort":[1706565782000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"newsoms-budget-proposal-could-provide-new-pathway-for-arts-education-teachers","title":"Newsom's Budget Proposal Could Provide New Pathway for Arts Education Teachers","publishDate":1706565782,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Newsom’s Budget Proposal Could Provide New Pathway for Arts Education Teachers | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Faced with an ongoing teacher shortage, many California arts education advocates have been \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/career-technical-education-a-pathway-for-arts-educators/702962\">championing the use of career technical education (CTE)\u003c/a> to attract new arts teachers to help fulfill the \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/behind-the-scenes-californias-new-arts-education-plans/694383\">state’s historic arts mandate\u003c/a>. The sticking point has been that the credential has only been applied to secondary classrooms, leaving elementary students out. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Abe Flores, deputy director of policy and programs at Create CA\"]‘I am concerned about having CTE teachers teaching a core subject like arts, math and science — mastering a subject doesn’t mean you can teach it.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may change if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s initial \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/gov-newsom-proposes-to-shield-schools-community-colleges-from-drop-in-state-revenue/703711\">2024–25 state budget\u003c/a> becomes law. This proposal, subject to change in May, when the numbers are revised in response to shifting economic conditions and policy issues, calls for the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to create a new Elementary Arts and Music Education pathway for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/gi/ameindustrysector.asp\">career technical education teachers\u003c/a>. This expansion would allow more working artists to share their expertise with California students, a move many arts advocates praise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Newsom is paving the way for a more vibrant and well-rounded educational experience, fostering creativity and skill development at every stage,” said Allison Gamlen, visual and performing arts coordinator for the San Mateo County Office of Education. “Empowering CTE teachers with the ability to bring their expertise to elementary classrooms is a positive step that will enrich the artistic learning experience for young students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expanding this credential into elementary schools might help recruit working artists, from musicians to animators, who are passionate about their craft into the school system, which is struggling to find staff in the wake of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really exciting,” said Austin Beutner, the former superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, who authored Proposition 28. He said the governor’s direction to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing about expanding the career technical education pathways for arts educators to include elementary schools “will help all 6 million children in public schools across California benefit from the additional funding Prop. 28 provides for arts education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many arts advocates are excited, some also caution patience, given the exhaustive nature of the bureaucratic process. The budget may well undergo significant changes during the May revision, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teaching artists will now have another pathway into employment at schools to meet the needs of Prop. 28,” said Eric Engdahl, professor emeritus at CSU East Bay and past president of the California Council on Teacher Education. But “knowing how state bureaucracies work and the laws that govern their actions, I don’t think this will produce any new teachers for at least two years, quite possibly more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key concern has been whether artists have sufficient knowledge of best practices for younger children. Some are concerned that teaching third graders requires a different skill set than eighth graders, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Elementary has different foundational considerations, including meeting young students’ developmental and reading needs,” said Letty Kraus, director of the California county superintendents’ statewide arts initiative. “The developmental piece is an important one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kraus believes the state should solve the staffing problem by widening the existing arts educator pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather than push CTE down into elementary, I think it is important to look at our existing credentialing system and consider how to increase statewide access to credentialing pathways, including virtual,” she said, “and also how to remove financial barriers and support credential candidates while they complete their student teaching.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some arts education experts warn that teaching a subject is not the same as practicing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned about having CTE teachers teaching a core subject like arts, math and science — mastering a subject doesn’t mean you can teach it,” said Abe Flores, deputy director of policy and programs at Create CA, an advocacy group. “I know how to read, but it doesn’t mean I can adequately teach a student to read.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others say that the new credential should require adequate training in child development as well as pedagogical concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since it is now in the CTC’s court, they will have to create a pathway that ensures preparedness,” Engdahl said. “A CTE credential requires classes in addition to industry experience, and the CTC should be looking at those classes closely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engdahl has confidence that aspiring arts educators will apply due diligence to their professional development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"education, arts\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]“As for teacher preparedness, I am not really too concerned. When I was a teaching artist, and having worked with teaching artists for many years, I have noticed that their classroom preparedness is generally excellent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, classrooms today are not what they were before the pandemic, and many children are coping with mental health issues as well as learning loss. That raises the stakes for all new teachers, Engdahl notes, not just arts educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there is an area of concern, it is in the changes in schools after COVID,” Engdahl said. “Students and schools are different now, and it is more challenging helping students to heal and learn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This urgency to adapt to shifting school needs is one reason Beutner believes change is called for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to meet the students where they are,” Beutner said. “You also have to meet the aspiring teachers where they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/gov-newsoms-budget-proposal-calls-for-expanding-arts-ed-pathway/704819\">\u003cem>This story originally appeared in EdSource.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Many California arts education advocates have been championing the use of career technical education (CTE) to attract new arts teachers to help fulfill the state’s historic arts mandate, but elementary schools are being left out.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1706638120,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":943},"headData":{"title":"Newsom's Budget Proposal Could Provide New Pathway for Arts Education Teachers | KQED","description":"Many California arts education advocates have been championing the use of career technical education (CTE) to attract new arts teachers to help fulfill the state’s historic arts mandate, but elementary schools are being left out.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Newsom's Budget Proposal Could Provide New Pathway for Arts Education Teachers","datePublished":"2024-01-29T22:03:02.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-30T18:08:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"source":"Edsource","sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/author/kdsouza\">Karen D'Souza\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11974086/newsoms-budget-proposal-could-provide-new-pathway-for-arts-education-teachers","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Faced with an ongoing teacher shortage, many California arts education advocates have been \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/career-technical-education-a-pathway-for-arts-educators/702962\">championing the use of career technical education (CTE)\u003c/a> to attract new arts teachers to help fulfill the \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/behind-the-scenes-californias-new-arts-education-plans/694383\">state’s historic arts mandate\u003c/a>. The sticking point has been that the credential has only been applied to secondary classrooms, leaving elementary students out. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘I am concerned about having CTE teachers teaching a core subject like arts, math and science — mastering a subject doesn’t mean you can teach it.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Abe Flores, deputy director of policy and programs at Create CA","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may change if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s initial \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/gov-newsom-proposes-to-shield-schools-community-colleges-from-drop-in-state-revenue/703711\">2024–25 state budget\u003c/a> becomes law. This proposal, subject to change in May, when the numbers are revised in response to shifting economic conditions and policy issues, calls for the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to create a new Elementary Arts and Music Education pathway for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/gi/ameindustrysector.asp\">career technical education teachers\u003c/a>. This expansion would allow more working artists to share their expertise with California students, a move many arts advocates praise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Newsom is paving the way for a more vibrant and well-rounded educational experience, fostering creativity and skill development at every stage,” said Allison Gamlen, visual and performing arts coordinator for the San Mateo County Office of Education. “Empowering CTE teachers with the ability to bring their expertise to elementary classrooms is a positive step that will enrich the artistic learning experience for young students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expanding this credential into elementary schools might help recruit working artists, from musicians to animators, who are passionate about their craft into the school system, which is struggling to find staff in the wake of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really exciting,” said Austin Beutner, the former superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, who authored Proposition 28. He said the governor’s direction to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing about expanding the career technical education pathways for arts educators to include elementary schools “will help all 6 million children in public schools across California benefit from the additional funding Prop. 28 provides for arts education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many arts advocates are excited, some also caution patience, given the exhaustive nature of the bureaucratic process. The budget may well undergo significant changes during the May revision, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teaching artists will now have another pathway into employment at schools to meet the needs of Prop. 28,” said Eric Engdahl, professor emeritus at CSU East Bay and past president of the California Council on Teacher Education. But “knowing how state bureaucracies work and the laws that govern their actions, I don’t think this will produce any new teachers for at least two years, quite possibly more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key concern has been whether artists have sufficient knowledge of best practices for younger children. Some are concerned that teaching third graders requires a different skill set than eighth graders, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Elementary has different foundational considerations, including meeting young students’ developmental and reading needs,” said Letty Kraus, director of the California county superintendents’ statewide arts initiative. “The developmental piece is an important one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kraus believes the state should solve the staffing problem by widening the existing arts educator pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather than push CTE down into elementary, I think it is important to look at our existing credentialing system and consider how to increase statewide access to credentialing pathways, including virtual,” she said, “and also how to remove financial barriers and support credential candidates while they complete their student teaching.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some arts education experts warn that teaching a subject is not the same as practicing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned about having CTE teachers teaching a core subject like arts, math and science — mastering a subject doesn’t mean you can teach it,” said Abe Flores, deputy director of policy and programs at Create CA, an advocacy group. “I know how to read, but it doesn’t mean I can adequately teach a student to read.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others say that the new credential should require adequate training in child development as well as pedagogical concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since it is now in the CTC’s court, they will have to create a pathway that ensures preparedness,” Engdahl said. “A CTE credential requires classes in addition to industry experience, and the CTC should be looking at those classes closely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engdahl has confidence that aspiring arts educators will apply due diligence to their professional development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"education, arts","label":"More Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“As for teacher preparedness, I am not really too concerned. When I was a teaching artist, and having worked with teaching artists for many years, I have noticed that their classroom preparedness is generally excellent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, classrooms today are not what they were before the pandemic, and many children are coping with mental health issues as well as learning loss. That raises the stakes for all new teachers, Engdahl notes, not just arts educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there is an area of concern, it is in the changes in schools after COVID,” Engdahl said. “Students and schools are different now, and it is more challenging helping students to heal and learn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This urgency to adapt to shifting school needs is one reason Beutner believes change is called for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to meet the students where they are,” Beutner said. “You also have to meet the aspiring teachers where they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/gov-newsoms-budget-proposal-calls-for-expanding-arts-ed-pathway/704819\">\u003cem>This story originally appeared in EdSource.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11974086/newsoms-budget-proposal-could-provide-new-pathway-for-arts-education-teachers","authors":["byline_news_11974086"],"categories":["news_29992","news_18540","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_19133","news_20013"],"featImg":"news_11974092","label":"source_news_11974086"},"news_11973939":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11973939","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11973939","score":null,"sort":[1706360404000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"employees-at-san-franciscos-landmark-city-lights-join-union-bookstore-intends-to-recognize-it","title":"San Francisco's City Lights Employees Join Union, Bookstore Recognizes It","publishDate":1706360404,"format":"standard","headTitle":"San Francisco’s City Lights Employees Join Union, Bookstore Recognizes It | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:00 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Lights management has officially recognized its first employee union, confirmed Stacey Lewis, vice president and director of publicity, marketing and sales at the world-famous independent bookstore and publishing house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move paves the way for booksellers and other eligible employees, who formed City Lights Workers Union, to begin collective bargaining with representation from Industrial Workers of the World, Local 660.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel happy that we are now one step closer to bargaining for a better, more equitable workplace,” said Joan Toledo, 35, a worker organizer at City Lights. “I imagine that all my co-workers feel the same way because, who doesn’t want to work in a better workplace?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, City Lights said managers will work with union representatives to create a “more sustainable future” for staffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Story\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at the celebrated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/city-lights\">City Lights Booksellers & Publishers\u003c/a> in San Francisco have chosen to unionize, KQED has learned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the 16 or so eligible employees recently signed union-authorization cards and joined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iww.org/\">Industrial Workers of the World\u003c/a> Local 660. The labor organization, established in 1905, represents nearly 9,000 workers across North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Booksellers at City Lights told KQED that some of the top goals for workers are raising “abysmal” pay, establishing a formal process to address grievances and increasing job security for part-time workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Decca Muldowney, employee, City Lights\"]‘We think that the union is a way to protect City Lights for the future and to help further the original radical vision of the bookstore and the publishing house.’[/pullquote]“What we want more than anything is for City Lights to be a sustainable, thriving community,” said Decca Muldowney, 34, who makes San Francisco’s minimum wage of $18.07 per hour. “We think that the union is a way to protect City Lights for the future and to help further the original radical vision of the bookstore and the publishing house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Lights was \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/our-story/a-short-history-of-city-lights/\">co-founded\u003c/a> in 1953 by acclaimed poet and activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893125/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-and-small-press-publisher-dies-at-101\">Lawrence Ferlinghetti\u003c/a> as a literary meeting place. The cultural institution, perhaps best known for first publishing Allen Ginsburg’s \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/pocket-poets-series/howl-other-poems-pocket-poets-4/\">\u003cem>Howl and Other Poems\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and its ensuing \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/blog/fighting-censorship-victories-1957-2017-aclutimemachine\">battle for freedom of speech\u003c/a> with the state, was named a historic landmark in 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers have the right to\u003ca href=\"https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/your-right-to-form-a-union#:~:text=If%20a%20majority%20of%20workers,NLRB%20will%20conduct%20an%20election.\"> start their own unions or join one\u003c/a>. But if their employer refuses to recognize it as their representative for collective bargaining, workers may turn to the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election and certify the vote results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196712525/the-latest-gallop-poll-finds-two-thirds-of-americans-approve-of-unions\">polls\u003c/a> suggest most Americans approve of unions. But only \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf\">10% (PDF)\u003c/a> of wage and salaried workers in the U.S. were members last year, down from 20% in 1983, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, Noah Ross, a delegate with the IWW said union interest is high among bookstores, nonprofits and businesses in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are at a moment in labor at large where people want more voice in their contracts. They want a seat at the table in negotiating how they are treated at their workplace,” said Ross, who previously worked at Moe’s Books in Berkeley, which also joined the IWW.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Lights bargaining collectively would be “huge for the larger bookstore union wave we’ve seen and also for Labor,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Elaine Katzenberger, executive director, City Lights\"]‘If unionization can provide us with new tools for helping us to better achieve these ideals, we absolutely welcome them.’[/pullquote]Previous efforts to unionize workers at the bookstore fizzled, said Muldowney, a writer and freelance journalist who previously worked at The Daily Beast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this time, a months-long effort to organize has led to workers asking management to voluntarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/your-right-to-form-a-union#:~:text=If%20a%20majority%20of%20workers,NLRB%20will%20conduct%20an%20election.\">recognize\u003c/a> their union, with a decision expected by next Tuesday at noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do intend to recognize this union,” City Lights Executive Director Elaine Katzenberger wrote in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“City Lights has always been actively engaged in the project of creating and evolving a fulfilling, equitable, and humane workplace. This is a key to our institutional philosophy, and it has informed our practice from the beginning,” said Katzenberger. “If unionization can provide us with new tools for helping us to better achieve these ideals, we absolutely welcome them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Most eligible City Lights employees joined Industrial Workers of the World, Local 660 after a months-long organizing campaign. Management at the world-famous independent bookstore agreed to voluntarily recognize the union, in response to a recent employee request.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1706637298,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":758},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco's City Lights Employees Join Union, Bookstore Recognizes It | KQED","description":"Most eligible City Lights employees joined Industrial Workers of the World, Local 660 after a months-long organizing campaign. 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The labor organization, established in 1905, represents nearly 9,000 workers across North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Booksellers at City Lights told KQED that some of the top goals for workers are raising “abysmal” pay, establishing a formal process to address grievances and increasing job security for part-time workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We think that the union is a way to protect City Lights for the future and to help further the original radical vision of the bookstore and the publishing house.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Decca Muldowney, employee, City Lights","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“What we want more than anything is for City Lights to be a sustainable, thriving community,” said Decca Muldowney, 34, who makes San Francisco’s minimum wage of $18.07 per hour. “We think that the union is a way to protect City Lights for the future and to help further the original radical vision of the bookstore and the publishing house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Lights was \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/our-story/a-short-history-of-city-lights/\">co-founded\u003c/a> in 1953 by acclaimed poet and activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13893125/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-and-small-press-publisher-dies-at-101\">Lawrence Ferlinghetti\u003c/a> as a literary meeting place. The cultural institution, perhaps best known for first publishing Allen Ginsburg’s \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/pocket-poets-series/howl-other-poems-pocket-poets-4/\">\u003cem>Howl and Other Poems\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and its ensuing \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/blog/fighting-censorship-victories-1957-2017-aclutimemachine\">battle for freedom of speech\u003c/a> with the state, was named a historic landmark in 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers have the right to\u003ca href=\"https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/your-right-to-form-a-union#:~:text=If%20a%20majority%20of%20workers,NLRB%20will%20conduct%20an%20election.\"> start their own unions or join one\u003c/a>. But if their employer refuses to recognize it as their representative for collective bargaining, workers may turn to the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election and certify the vote results.\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>Recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196712525/the-latest-gallop-poll-finds-two-thirds-of-americans-approve-of-unions\">polls\u003c/a> suggest most Americans approve of unions. But only \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf\">10% (PDF)\u003c/a> of wage and salaried workers in the U.S. were members last year, down from 20% in 1983, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Still, Noah Ross, a delegate with the IWW said union interest is high among bookstores, nonprofits and businesses in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are at a moment in labor at large where people want more voice in their contracts. They want a seat at the table in negotiating how they are treated at their workplace,” said Ross, who previously worked at Moe’s Books in Berkeley, which also joined the IWW.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Lights bargaining collectively would be “huge for the larger bookstore union wave we’ve seen and also for Labor,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘If unionization can provide us with new tools for helping us to better achieve these ideals, we absolutely welcome them.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Elaine Katzenberger, executive director, City Lights","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Previous efforts to unionize workers at the bookstore fizzled, said Muldowney, a writer and freelance journalist who previously worked at The Daily Beast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this time, a months-long effort to organize has led to workers asking management to voluntarily \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/employees/your-right-to-form-a-union#:~:text=If%20a%20majority%20of%20workers,NLRB%20will%20conduct%20an%20election.\">recognize\u003c/a> their union, with a decision expected by next Tuesday at noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do intend to recognize this union,” City Lights Executive Director Elaine Katzenberger wrote in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“City Lights has always been actively engaged in the project of creating and evolving a fulfilling, equitable, and humane workplace. This is a key to our institutional philosophy, and it has informed our practice from the beginning,” said Katzenberger. “If unionization can provide us with new tools for helping us to better achieve these ideals, we absolutely welcome them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11973939/employees-at-san-franciscos-landmark-city-lights-join-union-bookstore-intends-to-recognize-it","authors":["8659"],"categories":["news_223","news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_18880","news_17611","news_22973","news_2659"],"featImg":"news_11973947","label":"news"},"news_11971427":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11971427","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11971427","score":null,"sort":[1704369612000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"this-san-francisco-loving-puppet-spreads-joy-through-music","title":"How a San Francisco-Loving, Singing Puppet Spreads Joy","publishDate":1704369612,"format":"audio","headTitle":"How a San Francisco-Loving, Singing Puppet Spreads Joy | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>This past year, San Francisco had a lot of labels thrown its way. The city was a hellscape, stuck in a doom loop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city by the Bay has seen better times when the gap between the rich and poor wasn’t such a gaping chasm, when the arts flourished, and when defining social movements gave San Francisco a character unlike anywhere else. [aside postID=arts_13938083 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/download-1020x680.jpg']Those of us who call the city home wrestle with how to revive it, to help foster what drew us here in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But San Francisco is still a place of magic. You can see that when you bike through car-free JFK in Golden Gate Park, or when you peer out at the sparkling ocean water off of Lands End or pop into any of the panaderias in the Mission for tasty conchas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also see that in a music video that went viral this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The singer is a puppet version of Vanessa Carlton, who belts the 2002 hit “A Thousand Miles” at her roving piano atop a four-wheeled robot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb5y-kY6nVw&ab_channel=BenHoward\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The puppet wows crowds and pied-pipers children as she croons in front of the painted ladies, the conservatory of flowers, an illuminated nighttime Bay Bridge, and more. Many have called the video a “love letter” to their beloved home, one that came at just the right moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This honestly gave me early 2000s nostalgia of why SF is the best place on earth. Smiles, the city, and an undeniable love for the people and the atmosphere. Thank you. :),” wrote one commenter on the YouTube video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Three puppeteers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The puppeteers behind the project are a trio of friends — Ben Howard, Noah Klugman and Lane Powell — none of whom professionally work in the arts, puppetry or music videos. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Noah Klugman, puppeteer\"]‘We’ve been making projects of increasing degrees of ridiculousness for 20 years now.’[/pullquote]Today, Klugman runs a company that measures electric power infrastructure in other countries with the goal of improving it. But he’s known Howard, now an aerospace engineer, since they were in high school when they began working on quirky projects together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of their earliest collaborations was tricking out Howard’s unassuming compact car. They added a huge spoiler on the back: a wing-like appendage intended to make cars more aerodynamic. They mounted a spotlight on the roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been making projects of increasing degrees of ridiculousness for 20 years now,” Klugman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over time, Powell, who is an attorney and is married to Klugman, entered the mix of creatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971417\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11971417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a purple top hat stands next to a large inflatable character with a Jack-O-Lantern head in an urban setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Howard stands next to the Halloween monster he created, along with Noah Klugman and Lane Powell. The inflatable pumpkin dispenses contact-free candy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Ben Howard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Howard’s friend gifted him a retired food delivery robot a few years ago, he, Klugman and Powell immediately started kicking around ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Halloween, they constructed a 20-foot-tall, inflatable monster with a pumpkin head on top. Picture a tube man from a car dealer on wheels. It roved the city, playing Michael Jackson and dispensing contact-free candy during the pandemic lockdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Howard envisioned a more versatile future for his four-wheeled robot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think someone may have just biked past my apartment playing ‘A Thousand Miles’ by Vanessa Carlton, and it just sort of came to me that, ‘Oh, maybe I could make a piano-playing robot that did the same thing,’” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Constructing Vanessa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Howard worked on the project, off and on, for two years, bringing his engineering precision to his side project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard built Vanessa from scratch. He designed the piano and carved decorative molding to perfectly match what you see in Carlton’s music video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A puppet plays the piano in an outdoor setting overlooking as a crowd of passersby watches.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa the puppet plays Vanessa Carlton’s ‘A Thousand Miles’ to a crowd in Dolores Park. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beneath the soft fabric of the puppet’s “skin” is a skeleton constructed with laser-cut wooden parts. It is attached to several motors that push her to bend forward at the waist move her shoulders, head, and hands that glide across the keyboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard even programmed the puppet’s singing, rigging up Vanessa’s mouth to mimic his own as he sang “A Thousand Miles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa seems to operate on her own. If you encounter her in the wild, it takes a moment to locate the relaxed trio dictating her actions from some feet away with a remote control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971416\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An adult and a child examine a machine atop which sits a puppet playing the piano in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah Klugman shows a curious kid the inner workings of Vanessa, the robot in Dolores Park. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>As for the why?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We like making strange art that people encounter out in the world and don’t expect to see in their day-to-day walking to work,” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the trio took Vanessa out by the Bay Bridge to film their music video, “tons of people were smiling,” Klugman said. “No one was telling us to stop. No one was getting in our way. People just wanted to be a part of it. And that’s been the experience this entire time.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ben Howard, aerospace engineer and puppeteer\"]‘We like making strange art that people encounter out in the world and don’t expect to see in their day-to-day walking to work.’[/pullquote]I accompanied Vanessa on a brief stint to Dolores Park one weekend, and she immediately garnered attention. “It’s the best thing ever!” one crowd member called, “I didn’t know I needed to see this on my walk today, but I did,” said another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only in San Francisco, right?” commented another woman, “that’s why we come to Dolores Park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd beams. They take selfies. And then they gasp as Howard presses a button to open the top of Vanessa’s piano to reveal a shimmering disco ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It brings joy. I appreciate that,” another onlooker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s a message we can get from a singing puppet? Not doom, for one thing. But San Francisco is still a place of beauty, still home to brilliant weirdos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Meet the creators of ‘Vanessa,’ a puppet who became YouTube famous for singing Vanessa Carlton’s 2000s-era song, ‘A Thousand Miles,’ in front of San Francisco’s most beloved landmarks.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704400012,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1110},"headData":{"title":"How a San Francisco-Loving, Singing Puppet Spreads Joy | KQED","description":"Meet the creators of ‘Vanessa,’ a puppet who became YouTube famous for singing Vanessa Carlton’s 2000s-era song, ‘A Thousand Miles,’ in front of San Francisco’s most beloved landmarks.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How a San Francisco-Loving, Singing Puppet Spreads Joy","datePublished":"2024-01-04T12:00:12.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-04T20:26:52.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-4[…]f-aaef00f5a073/e7eca009-0906-40d7-8ba3-b0de01089fef/audio.mp3","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11971427/this-san-francisco-loving-puppet-spreads-joy-through-music","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This past year, San Francisco had a lot of labels thrown its way. The city was a hellscape, stuck in a doom loop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city by the Bay has seen better times when the gap between the rich and poor wasn’t such a gaping chasm, when the arts flourished, and when defining social movements gave San Francisco a character unlike anywhere else. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13938083","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/download-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Those of us who call the city home wrestle with how to revive it, to help foster what drew us here in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But San Francisco is still a place of magic. You can see that when you bike through car-free JFK in Golden Gate Park, or when you peer out at the sparkling ocean water off of Lands End or pop into any of the panaderias in the Mission for tasty conchas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also see that in a music video that went viral this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The singer is a puppet version of Vanessa Carlton, who belts the 2002 hit “A Thousand Miles” at her roving piano atop a four-wheeled robot.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Vb5y-kY6nVw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Vb5y-kY6nVw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The puppet wows crowds and pied-pipers children as she croons in front of the painted ladies, the conservatory of flowers, an illuminated nighttime Bay Bridge, and more. Many have called the video a “love letter” to their beloved home, one that came at just the right moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This honestly gave me early 2000s nostalgia of why SF is the best place on earth. Smiles, the city, and an undeniable love for the people and the atmosphere. Thank you. :),” wrote one commenter on the YouTube video.\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\u003ch2>Three puppeteers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The puppeteers behind the project are a trio of friends — Ben Howard, Noah Klugman and Lane Powell — none of whom professionally work in the arts, puppetry or music videos. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We’ve been making projects of increasing degrees of ridiculousness for 20 years now.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Noah Klugman, puppeteer","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Today, Klugman runs a company that measures electric power infrastructure in other countries with the goal of improving it. But he’s known Howard, now an aerospace engineer, since they were in high school when they began working on quirky projects together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of their earliest collaborations was tricking out Howard’s unassuming compact car. They added a huge spoiler on the back: a wing-like appendage intended to make cars more aerodynamic. They mounted a spotlight on the roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been making projects of increasing degrees of ridiculousness for 20 years now,” Klugman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over time, Powell, who is an attorney and is married to Klugman, entered the mix of creatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971417\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11971417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-1020x1530.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a purple top hat stands next to a large inflatable character with a Jack-O-Lantern head in an urban setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-05-KQED.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Howard stands next to the Halloween monster he created, along with Noah Klugman and Lane Powell. The inflatable pumpkin dispenses contact-free candy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Ben Howard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Howard’s friend gifted him a retired food delivery robot a few years ago, he, Klugman and Powell immediately started kicking around ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Halloween, they constructed a 20-foot-tall, inflatable monster with a pumpkin head on top. Picture a tube man from a car dealer on wheels. It roved the city, playing Michael Jackson and dispensing contact-free candy during the pandemic lockdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Howard envisioned a more versatile future for his four-wheeled robot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think someone may have just biked past my apartment playing ‘A Thousand Miles’ by Vanessa Carlton, and it just sort of came to me that, ‘Oh, maybe I could make a piano-playing robot that did the same thing,’” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Constructing Vanessa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Howard worked on the project, off and on, for two years, bringing his engineering precision to his side project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard built Vanessa from scratch. He designed the piano and carved decorative molding to perfectly match what you see in Carlton’s music video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A puppet plays the piano in an outdoor setting overlooking as a crowd of passersby watches.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa the puppet plays Vanessa Carlton’s ‘A Thousand Miles’ to a crowd in Dolores Park. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beneath the soft fabric of the puppet’s “skin” is a skeleton constructed with laser-cut wooden parts. It is attached to several motors that push her to bend forward at the waist move her shoulders, head, and hands that glide across the keyboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard even programmed the puppet’s singing, rigging up Vanessa’s mouth to mimic his own as he sang “A Thousand Miles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa seems to operate on her own. If you encounter her in the wild, it takes a moment to locate the relaxed trio dictating her actions from some feet away with a remote control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971416\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An adult and a child examine a machine atop which sits a puppet playing the piano in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240102-VANESSA-PUPPET-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noah Klugman shows a curious kid the inner workings of Vanessa, the robot in Dolores Park. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>As for the why?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We like making strange art that people encounter out in the world and don’t expect to see in their day-to-day walking to work,” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the trio took Vanessa out by the Bay Bridge to film their music video, “tons of people were smiling,” Klugman said. “No one was telling us to stop. No one was getting in our way. People just wanted to be a part of it. And that’s been the experience this entire time.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We like making strange art that people encounter out in the world and don’t expect to see in their day-to-day walking to work.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Ben Howard, aerospace engineer and puppeteer","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>I accompanied Vanessa on a brief stint to Dolores Park one weekend, and she immediately garnered attention. “It’s the best thing ever!” one crowd member called, “I didn’t know I needed to see this on my walk today, but I did,” said another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only in San Francisco, right?” commented another woman, “that’s why we come to Dolores Park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd beams. They take selfies. And then they gasp as Howard presses a button to open the top of Vanessa’s piano to reveal a shimmering disco ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It brings joy. I appreciate that,” another onlooker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s a message we can get from a singing puppet? Not doom, for one thing. But San Francisco is still a place of beauty, still home to brilliant weirdos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11971427/this-san-francisco-loving-puppet-spreads-joy-through-music","authors":["8648"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_1386","news_27626","news_38"],"featImg":"news_11971420","label":"news"},"news_11967943":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11967943","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11967943","score":null,"sort":[1700769659000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-one-la-teacher-uses-jazz-to-explore-california-history-race-and-culture","title":"How One LA Teacher Uses Jazz to Explore California History, Race and Culture","publishDate":1700769659,"format":"standard","headTitle":"How One LA Teacher Uses Jazz to Explore California History, Race and Culture | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The first thing Guillermo Tejeda does when he visits a new school is hunt for the piano. At most schools, the teacher finds a dusty old instrument, out of tune, stashed away in a dark closet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cobwebs tell him all he needs to know about how little arts education those students have been getting. His go-to technique to get them more jazzed about learning is to tickle the ivories, make that piano come back to life. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Guillermo Tejeda, teacher, Wadsworth Elementary in South Central Los Angeles\"]‘I’m telling you, when I bring in song, when I bring music and performance into the classroom, the students light up in a way that really creates a meaningful experience for them.’[/pullquote]“I’ll bring it out, dust it off. I’ll bring students into the auditorium and I’ll do lessons there,” said Tejeda, a fourth-grade teacher at Wadsworth Elementary in hardscrabble South Central Los Angeles. “I’m telling you, when I bring in song, when I bring music and performance into the classroom, the students light up in a way that really creates a meaningful experience for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A schoolteacher who is also a jazz musician and a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/EU6steOWfmU?si=FTzUo5SSz51PmlGr\">Neighborhood Orchestra Collective\u003c/a>, Tejeda uses music in general and the narrative of the LA jazz scene, particularly to teach about history, race and culture, and to spark joy in the classroom. A father of three currently on parental leave with his 11-month-old daughter Maya, Tejeda started playing the guitar at the age of 6. His grandfather, a migrant farm worker with a love of mariachi and a hand gnarled from picking in the fields, taught him how to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m from East LA, and I became a teacher because I wanted to be the teacher that I never had,” he said. “We come from a marginalized community where it’s hard to be a teacher. A lot of the adults are stressed out. People are not feeling joy. How do we bring more joy? How do we bring more meaning into our lives? I think music is that vehicle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tejeda takes an expansive view of education that integrates the arts into all the disciplines to bring learning to life for children. He said his teaching feeds his music and his music feeds his teaching. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Guillermo Tejeda, teacher, Wadsworth Elementary in South Central Los Angeles\"]‘I’m from East LA, and I became a teacher because I wanted to be the teacher that I never had.’[/pullquote]“I wish I had a teacher like Guillermo when I was in fourth grade,” said Elmo Lovano, the founder of Jammcard: The Music Professionals Network, who developed \u003ca href=\"https://schoolgig.us/\">School Gig\u003c/a>, an app that connects artists to schools. “He’s a passionate guy. He’s incredibly talented. It’s important for artists to know you can still be doing your art, but being a teacher could be an amazing opportunity for you to make a living, stay at home, support your family, give back to the kids, the next generation, and also still do you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music is the prism through which his students become immersed in the history of their city, its politics and culture. He wants his students to be in tune with their heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I teach on 41st and Central, which is a historic jazz corridor,” he said. “And when I got to that school site, it surprised me that so few teachers talked about that. The first thing I did was write a lesson plan about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tejeda, whose students call him ‘Mister’ as a nickname, makes sure his class learns about the rich legacy of jazz in Los Angeles. For example, the historic Central Avenue jazz corridor was, for decades, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/gallery/looking-back-at-historic-central-avenue-in-los-angeles\">cultural mecca\u003c/a>, the heart of the African-American community in the city. At a time when most of the country was rigidly segregated, it was also something of an oasis, a place where people of all races and classes came together over music. There, a pantheon of jazz luminaries, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Jelly Roll Morton, played to full houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The giants of Central Avenue may have gone, but their footprints still remain on all of American culture,” as basketball great \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-18/central-avenue-los-angeles-jazz\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once put it\u003c/a>. “The jazz musicians and record promoters also gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm and blues, hip-hop and rap.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967956\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967956\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02.jpeg\" alt=\"A man poses in between two women. Everyone is smiling and having a nice time.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guillermo Tejeda and members of the band Steam Down at the Venice Jazz Festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Luis Hernandez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steeping in the often overlooked history of their neighborhood, Tejeda said, can help children sharpen their sense of identity, belonging and pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These kids have no idea how special and beautiful their neighborhoods are because all they see on the news is how messed up it is,” said Tejeda, long a champion of culturally relevant pedagogy. “I want them to know this is the place, right here in your hood, this is where a lot of jazz music was born.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music often resonates with children on a deeper level than other forms of instruction. Tejeda is moved to tears remembering one little boy who had trouble engaging at school because of trauma at home. He only opened up when they began to play the piano together at recess. The piano became his sanctuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m shook when I come home because a lot of these kids are dealing with very hard stuff and they’re so resilient,” said Tejeda, his voice thick with emotion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, math and science is important, but the whole child is important, that’s what drives me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music also enhances both \u003ca href=\"https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1163197.pdf\">math\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/reading/\">reading\u003c/a> performance, experts say, perhaps partly because it enhances the \u003ca href=\"https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/boxtrx/2020-108-4-Kraus-v2.pdf\">neuroplasticity of the brain\u003c/a>. Music amplifies learning across subject areas, experts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music and movement, in addition to the more common modalities of written and verbal instruction, is critical for including all kinds of learners in a well-rounded education,” said Jessica Mele, interim executive director of Create CA, an advocacy group. “It’s particularly beneficial for students whose first language is not English. Using art as a window into culture, race and history can engage students in complex conversations that they might not otherwise engage in.” [aside postID=news_11962024 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230910_Symphony_25-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Music can also be healing, \u003ca href=\"https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/healing-through-music-201511058556\">research suggests\u003c/a>. As a boy, Tejeda suffered from a stutter that only subsided when he sang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I keep it real with the kids because I see myself in them,” he said. “It’s crazy how impactful music has been for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a uniquely social experience that invites children to collaborate with their peers on projects that require and reward focus and discipline, qualities experts say fuel academic success. Children practiced in the arts become accustomed to working collectively toward ambitious long-term goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps most importantly for Tejeda, children often find their voice through music and the arts. They can gain a sense of confidence, social-emotional well-being and a passion for lifelong learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The end goals of music and education aren’t to memorize curriculums or key terms,” Tejeda said. “It’s really to find out who you are. It’s about self-determination and growing the full human being. I’m so excited to see this synergy of music and education because they are inextricable.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Guillermo Tejeda, teacher, Wadsworth Elementary in South Central Los Angeles\"]I feel a deep calling to help effect change across California classrooms. I am never going to stop teaching because teaching and education is so essential to my soul.’[/pullquote]Tejeda’s ambition is to make school so stimulating that children want to go there every day because they are deeply engaged in their studies. At a time of chronic absenteeism and plummeting test scores, he has a transformative vision of arts education as reinvigorating the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel a deep calling to help effect change across California classrooms,” he said. “I am never going to stop teaching because teaching and education is so essential to my soul. It is at the core of who I am,” but this “is a critical time for me to put my work into the next gear and figure out how I’m going to apply my passion and expertise to affect tangible change, more urgently, on a wider scale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, he hopes to pursue arts education advocacy on a broader level. He is also developing a new arts-driven curriculum to “unleash the symphony of learning” as Proposition 28, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/behind-the-scenes-californias-new-arts-education-plans/694383\">the state’s groundbreaking 2022 arts initiative\u003c/a>, ramps up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like out of my dreams and into reality,” he said. “We’re going to create a new world for students. 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At most schools, the teacher finds a dusty old instrument, out of tune, stashed away in a dark closet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cobwebs tell him all he needs to know about how little arts education those students have been getting. His go-to technique to get them more jazzed about learning is to tickle the ivories, make that piano come back to life. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘I’m telling you, when I bring in song, when I bring music and performance into the classroom, the students light up in a way that really creates a meaningful experience for them.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Guillermo Tejeda, teacher, Wadsworth Elementary in South Central Los Angeles","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I’ll bring it out, dust it off. I’ll bring students into the auditorium and I’ll do lessons there,” said Tejeda, a fourth-grade teacher at Wadsworth Elementary in hardscrabble South Central Los Angeles. “I’m telling you, when I bring in song, when I bring music and performance into the classroom, the students light up in a way that really creates a meaningful experience for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A schoolteacher who is also a jazz musician and a member of the \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/EU6steOWfmU?si=FTzUo5SSz51PmlGr\">Neighborhood Orchestra Collective\u003c/a>, Tejeda uses music in general and the narrative of the LA jazz scene, particularly to teach about history, race and culture, and to spark joy in the classroom. A father of three currently on parental leave with his 11-month-old daughter Maya, Tejeda started playing the guitar at the age of 6. His grandfather, a migrant farm worker with a love of mariachi and a hand gnarled from picking in the fields, taught him how to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m from East LA, and I became a teacher because I wanted to be the teacher that I never had,” he said. “We come from a marginalized community where it’s hard to be a teacher. A lot of the adults are stressed out. People are not feeling joy. How do we bring more joy? How do we bring more meaning into our lives? I think music is that vehicle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tejeda takes an expansive view of education that integrates the arts into all the disciplines to bring learning to life for children. He said his teaching feeds his music and his music feeds his teaching. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘I’m from East LA, and I became a teacher because I wanted to be the teacher that I never had.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Guillermo Tejeda, teacher, Wadsworth Elementary in South Central Los Angeles","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I wish I had a teacher like Guillermo when I was in fourth grade,” said Elmo Lovano, the founder of Jammcard: The Music Professionals Network, who developed \u003ca href=\"https://schoolgig.us/\">School Gig\u003c/a>, an app that connects artists to schools. “He’s a passionate guy. He’s incredibly talented. It’s important for artists to know you can still be doing your art, but being a teacher could be an amazing opportunity for you to make a living, stay at home, support your family, give back to the kids, the next generation, and also still do you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music is the prism through which his students become immersed in the history of their city, its politics and culture. He wants his students to be in tune with their heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I teach on 41st and Central, which is a historic jazz corridor,” he said. “And when I got to that school site, it surprised me that so few teachers talked about that. The first thing I did was write a lesson plan about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tejeda, whose students call him ‘Mister’ as a nickname, makes sure his class learns about the rich legacy of jazz in Los Angeles. For example, the historic Central Avenue jazz corridor was, for decades, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/gallery/looking-back-at-historic-central-avenue-in-los-angeles\">cultural mecca\u003c/a>, the heart of the African-American community in the city. At a time when most of the country was rigidly segregated, it was also something of an oasis, a place where people of all races and classes came together over music. There, a pantheon of jazz luminaries, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Jelly Roll Morton, played to full houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The giants of Central Avenue may have gone, but their footprints still remain on all of American culture,” as basketball great \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-18/central-avenue-los-angeles-jazz\">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once put it\u003c/a>. “The jazz musicians and record promoters also gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm and blues, hip-hop and rap.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967956\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967956\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02.jpeg\" alt=\"A man poses in between two women. Everyone is smiling and having a nice time.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-1020x1360.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/EdSource02-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guillermo Tejeda and members of the band Steam Down at the Venice Jazz Festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Luis Hernandez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steeping in the often overlooked history of their neighborhood, Tejeda said, can help children sharpen their sense of identity, belonging and pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These kids have no idea how special and beautiful their neighborhoods are because all they see on the news is how messed up it is,” said Tejeda, long a champion of culturally relevant pedagogy. “I want them to know this is the place, right here in your hood, this is where a lot of jazz music was born.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music often resonates with children on a deeper level than other forms of instruction. Tejeda is moved to tears remembering one little boy who had trouble engaging at school because of trauma at home. He only opened up when they began to play the piano together at recess. The piano became his sanctuary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m shook when I come home because a lot of these kids are dealing with very hard stuff and they’re so resilient,” said Tejeda, his voice thick with emotion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, math and science is important, but the whole child is important, that’s what drives me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music also enhances both \u003ca href=\"https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1163197.pdf\">math\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/reading/\">reading\u003c/a> performance, experts say, perhaps partly because it enhances the \u003ca href=\"https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/boxtrx/2020-108-4-Kraus-v2.pdf\">neuroplasticity of the brain\u003c/a>. Music amplifies learning across subject areas, experts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music and movement, in addition to the more common modalities of written and verbal instruction, is critical for including all kinds of learners in a well-rounded education,” said Jessica Mele, interim executive director of Create CA, an advocacy group. “It’s particularly beneficial for students whose first language is not English. Using art as a window into culture, race and history can engage students in complex conversations that they might not otherwise engage in.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11962024","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230910_Symphony_25-KQED-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Music can also be healing, \u003ca href=\"https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/healing-through-music-201511058556\">research suggests\u003c/a>. As a boy, Tejeda suffered from a stutter that only subsided when he sang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I keep it real with the kids because I see myself in them,” he said. “It’s crazy how impactful music has been for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a uniquely social experience that invites children to collaborate with their peers on projects that require and reward focus and discipline, qualities experts say fuel academic success. Children practiced in the arts become accustomed to working collectively toward ambitious long-term goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps most importantly for Tejeda, children often find their voice through music and the arts. They can gain a sense of confidence, social-emotional well-being and a passion for lifelong learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The end goals of music and education aren’t to memorize curriculums or key terms,” Tejeda said. “It’s really to find out who you are. It’s about self-determination and growing the full human being. I’m so excited to see this synergy of music and education because they are inextricable.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"I feel a deep calling to help effect change across California classrooms. I am never going to stop teaching because teaching and education is so essential to my soul.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Guillermo Tejeda, teacher, Wadsworth Elementary in South Central Los Angeles","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Tejeda’s ambition is to make school so stimulating that children want to go there every day because they are deeply engaged in their studies. 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