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I had such a great time reporting this story for @48hills. And, as he always does, @LanceMackWilson made it easy and fun with his professionalism and responsiveness.
Great headline, @48hills
“That green and gold and that scrappy attitude and a different look is really historically Oakland to me. It’s honoring that legacy but creating something new for a new team.” - Ballers fan, James Manion
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This beautiful show, she walked in reverse and found their songs is at the ICASF through September 15.
Thanks to @noah_arroyo for the thoughtful, careful edits.
Fabric “paintings,” a childhood home recreated entirely from saris — artist @SuchitraMattai’s exhibition at #SF Institute of Contemporary Art uses textiles to explore her family’s immigration story.
📝 Story by @ehw415
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This is such a good book. Compelling. Not like anything I’ve ever read. It was a joy to get to talk to Chin soon as well as her editor and an editor @poetswritersinc
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Hayv Kahraman is the most recent guest on Art is Awesome, talking about her stunning and disturbing show at the ICA SF that deals with colonialism, botany, surveillance and refugees. And palm trees. It was a real pleasure to talk to her. art-is-awesome-with-emily-wi…
So many great artists in this show. And
@ingrid_rojas_c will be there on March 7 at 7 reading from her book, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, wisdom, artists from the show
Necromancy at @SoEx_SF ? Curator Cathy Lu's ‘Moving Clouds’ summons show's "ancestor callers," whose works range from crematorium to live events in Gaza.
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It was great to get to talk with some of the leaders of @YouthTogether about not just the programs they offer, but how they genuinely listen to students and want the best for them. Thanks to everyone who talked with me and to @LanceMackWilson for his help and patience.
In the understanding that young people need much more than traditional educational systems can provide, @youthtogether runs clothing closets, food banks, and on occasion, Tupac discussion groups. We went to Skyline HS to learn more:
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I can never say enough about Patrick Martinez’s work and how talented and original he is.
Martinez’s soon-to-close solo show at San Francisco’s Institute of Contemporary Art showcases the artist’s take on urban landscapes lost and destroyed. trib.al/saVN7xp
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The American Anthology of Folk Music, which has fascinated @GreilMarcusNET for years was one of MANY of Harry Smith's accomplishments. In this show @whitneymuseum, you can listen to the anthology while looking at the Hudson as well as see Smith's movies.
Artist David Huffman's talks about his work, Waterfall, at the @deyoungmuseum, how a Raymond Saunders painting "stunned" him, meeting Basquiat and Andy Warhol in New York in 1985, and his Traumanaut series. art-is-awesome-with-emily-wi…
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Photographer Javiera Estrada talking about how as a kid, she would do things like break plates, because she like the sound. Her hyper saturated photos, many taken in national parks, are at Jonathan Carver Moore through Jan. 6
Jiab Prachakul saw a David Hockney exhibit and decided to become a portrait painter. And she did, teaching herself. Her work is beautiful, insightful, and empathetic. On view till November 22 at Micki Meng
From casting director to portraitist, Jiab Prachakul finds spirit beneath surface. Scenes of family ties and bar flies populate walls in new show 'Simplicity/Complexity' at the gallery Micki Meng.
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Patrick Martinez talking about using materials from LA in his landscapes, his time @artcenteredu and starting his Pee Chee folder series, and making a painting you could walk around for his show Ghost Land at the ICA SF
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Arleene's work @CClarkGallery is beautiful @48hills
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Arleene Correa Valencia’s luminous art reflects family strains of Mexican migration 48hills.org/2023/10/arleene-…
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Arleene Correa Valencia is the latest guest on Art is Awesome. Her work, which deals with family separartionand migration is at @CClarkGallery and @ybca's Bay Area Now show
"The reason why I came up with characters is because I was always interested in narrative work. . . I realized that this makes a lot of sense, this format of having repeating characters, because there’s a sense of kind of familiarity that everybody relates to." Justin Yoon
In Justin Yoon’s art, melancholy queer nostalgia sports gleaming blue pecs. We spoke to the painter in celebration of his current solo show "Midnight Movie" at Jonathan Carver Moore. Find out which classic Hollywood films inspired Yoon's universe.
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The latest Art is Awesome podcast features Trina Robinson. I first saw her work @MoADsf. It’s so thoughtful and evocative. She uses her fils to tell stories about her ancestors and to connect with people. art-is-awesome-with-emily-wi…
The latest Art is Awesome podcast features @juanaaliciaa on seeing Diego Rivera's murals, coming out to Salinas to work with the @UFWupdates at 19, and painting the mural at the @thewomensbldgSF. Her show is @SFAC through Sept. 23
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"There are some amazing musical moments that you find in Rigoletto like “Bella figlia dell’amore,” and Il trovatore has some [famous] musical parts like “Di quella pira.” . . . you go to the opera, and you want to sing it after."
George Patean on the catchiness of Verdi
Making his @sfopera debut, George Petean, stars as Count di Luna in "Il trovatore," opening Tuesday. Petean speaks about Verdian voices, why "Trovatore" is a beloved #opera, and why, for this baritone, singing #Verdi keeps things all in the family.
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Latest Art is Aweson features artist Esteban Raheem Abdul Raheem Samoyoa. He has a solo show at @pt2gallery
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“I think stories that we've been listening to for a long time can become inaudible." @EmilyRCWilson Such a joy to talk to Emily Wilson and @lpete88888 about an adaptation of The Odyssey for @MarinTheatreCo which just opened in Mill Valley before a nationwide tour.
Wilson’s first line of her translation reads “Tell me of a complicated man,” as compared to Robert Fagles’ “Sing to me of the man. Muse, the man of twists and turns.” It wakes you up, and that’s Wilson’s intention. buff.ly/3EkeqED