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The organising effort at the Creative Growth Art Center coincides with the organisation’s 50th anniversary and follows the launch of a high-profile partnership with SFMoMA
Staff at Creative Growth in Oakland seek standardized pay, board participation, and a commitment to the campaign for the cultural boycott of Israel.
COVID Has Catalyzed a Wave of Tenant Organizing That Was Long Overdue Members of the community attend a rally for tenants rights at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall in Oakland, California, on September 26, 2017. Anda Chu/MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images By Fifty billion dollars. Thatâs the amount of past-due rent accumulated during the first year of the pandemic, according to some estimates. And with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs (CDC) eviction moratorium now facing trouble in court and set to expire at the end of June, the situation for rent...
April 20, 2021 • Sean J Patrick Carney on the ground in Oakland 5733 San Leandro Street, Oakland, CA. Photo: Kirk Crippens and Torre McQueen. Courtesy of the Oakland Cannery Collective. WITH FEWER THAN HALF A MILLION RESIDENTS, Oakland’s complex art ecosystem rivals those of cities twice its size. Muralists, art-school grads, experimental musicians, artist-activists, graffiti writers, and Burning M...
... 2021's Hearts in San Francisco are on display in Union Square this week. (Courtesy of @sfghfoundation) 25 Fun Things to Do This Week (2.8.21) By Feb 07, 2021 There's Valentine's programming galore this week with wine and cookie tastings, cooking class for two with Brandon Jew, and this year's crop of Hearts in San Francisco making their Union Square debut. Plus, get takeout from a couple of cool new spots, watch SF Ballet's latest digital performances, or head to Healdsburg for an epic outdoor meal at SingleThread in a Ken Fulkâdesign setting. Nosh on wood-fire...