Joyce Gordon Foundation Gala: A Powerful Evening for the Oakland Arts Community
A night celebrating Joyce Gordon's legacy and the visionaries reshaping Oakland's cultural landscape.
A night celebrating Joyce Gordon's legacy and the visionaries reshaping Oakland's cultural landscape.
Oakland doesn’t just raise artists — it forges them. The city’s pressure, rhythm, and contradictions have a way of sharpening voices, and East Oakland’s Paidro Classic is one of those names that’s been building in plain sight for a minute. Part rapper, part walking style reference, part
Bay Area artist and Zambian native @ArtByBlack just dropped an introspective, alternative rap visual for his track “Private Hours.” The video opens on a cryptic phone call: a woman’s whisper slowly sharpens into a question — “So take me to the beginning. What type of love did you receive as
The pieces are moving. For those who know, you know. You've heard it. And you're seeing it. When you're out with friends. On the interwebs. The quiet whispers in Oakland's underground. The late-night conversations in San Francisco's creative circles. The
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