Plus: Paseo Artistico | Bay Area Rappers Write Their Life Stories
| | The hit podcast Spooked comes to life onstage in Oakland as host Glynn Washington and guests celebrate Friday the 13th with a night of Snap Judgment live storytelling magic.
Join us for amazing, true-life supernatural stories from people who can scarcely believe they lived them, including comedian Jen Kober, Dr. Raymond Christian, and CNN’s John Blake. Featuring performances by Coven Dance and music by Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart. | | |
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| Paseo Artistico: Somos Esenciales / We Are Essential | Saturday, October 14 | 6 PM
In Person: Free | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | KQED and Acción Latina present a bilingual, multimedia performance by local theatermaker Paul S. Flores and local researcher Adriana Camarena that celebrates Latino labor and self-determination by sharing stories of Latinx essential workers through poetic monologues, conversation with City health workers and policy makers, dance and music performed by local artists. | | |
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| That's My Word: Bay Area Rappers Write Their Life Stories Co-Presented by Litquake | Thursday, October 19 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | Join legendary Bay Area rappers Black C and Mac Mall as they discuss gripping stories from their recently published memoirs.
In vivid, unflinching detail, Black C’s A Part of Survival and Mac Mall’s My Opinion shed light on the Bay Area’s street life, drug trade and pimp culture of the 1980s and 1990s—and how the resourceful artists turned their setbacks into widespread success during hip-hop’s Golden Age. | | |
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| | | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | Come experience Bay Area Now 9, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ signature exhibition highlighting 30 Northern Californian artists, now on view. Immerse yourself in groundbreaking art, dance, music, film, fashion, poetry and more! Join us at YBCA!
To purchase tickets and for more information, visit ybca.org.
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| ¿Dónde Está Mi Gente? at Lit Crawl | Saturday, October 21 | 7 PM
The Chapel
In Person: Free | | |
| | | Host Baruch Porras Hernandez brings his dynamic cabaret celebrating queer Latinx community, identity and experiences back for another magical night at this year’s Lit Crawl in the Mission, featuring comedian Ashley Monique, musician Dizzy Jenkins, and drag performer SNJV. | | |
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| Living Altars: Remembrance Across Cultures | Sunday, October 22 | 1 PM
In Person: Free | | |
| | Rituals honoring the dead vary across cultures but share sacred significance as rites of passage. Celebrate and learn how the the Bay Area’s Latino and Filipino communities commemorate lost loved ones and share your own tokens of remembrance at this live event.
Held at KQED, this will be a day of collaborative Día de Los Muertos altar-making and poetry created in partnership with Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and the Filipino Service Providers Network. | | |
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| Listening to Next-Generation Leaders | Tuesday, October 24 | 7 PM
In Person: $10 / Free for Students with Valid ID | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | KQED and the Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at the University of San Francisco convene some of the Bay Area’s youngest elected officials — including Assemblymember Alex Lee, Hercules Mayor Alexander Walker-Griffin, and Sunnyvale Councilmember Alysa Cisneros — to share their visions for our region’s future in conversation with politics correspondent Guy Marzorati and USF student fellow Caitlin Kennedy. | | |
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This policy is subject to change. Please visit our Plan Your Visit page for the most up-to-date COVID-19 safety policy. Questions: Email live@kqed.org.
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