8/17/2023 0 Comments Rain on your parade newsroom![]() Masks will be required for audience members. The play will be performed at Piano Fight, which is set to close permanently on March 18. ![]() The production was developed by unhoused and formerly unhoused disabled youth and elders from Oakland and San Francisco and centers on their struggles living in the streets. This Sunday, the team will debut a new play called Crushing Wheelchairs. POOR Magazine is a grassroots non-profit arts organization dedicated to providing media, art, and education to underresourced communities, including youth, elders, and the unhoused. Credit: POOR Magazine Credit: POOR Magazine to 6 p.m., free to attend, the crosswalk at High Street and I-580 (across from Walgreens)Ĭrushing Wheelchairs at Piano Fight Crushing Wheelchairs performance in San Francisco. According to the group, 37 pedestrians and nine cyclists have been struck on High Street over the past decade.įriday, Feb. This Friday, the group will gather on High Street just below the I-580. When a collision occurs, the group mobilizes to organize a vigil at the intersection where the accident took place, to bring awareness to the need for safe streets. The Traffic Violence Rapid Response Team is part of a wider grassroots campaign that seeks to end traffic violence across the country. Vigil for safe streets A team of Rapid Revolt volunteers holds signs reminding on-coming traffic to slow down. to 11 p.m., free to attend, Agency Oakland, 2150 Livingston St. In partnership with the Black Joy Parade, this Friday’s inaugural night market will have two stages with live music, over 100 BIPOC vendors, food by local Black and brown chefs, and more.įriday, Feb. For now, the Friday markets will take place once a month in the evening, with the Saturday and Sunday markets happening weekly during the day. Now the community hub aims to support local business owners and entrepreneurs by launching a series of markets that will take place on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. (The Youth Beat team has also been working with The Oaklandside by filming our quarterly live-event series, Culture Makers.) One of the short films appearing in this week’s screening is Displaced, a documentary featuring stories about Oakland youth impacted and displaced by the Bay Area housing crisis.Ī post shared by Agency Oakland the year and a half since Agency Oakland opened its doors in Jingletown, the “community-focused” space has hosted all kinds of events-from dance nights with local DJs to a record swap and makers market and even a listening party with local artist G-Eazy. This Thursday, Youth Beat will host a special screening of short films about growing up in Oakland-all produced by young people at the nonprofit organization, which provides free media training and employment opportunities for students attending Oakland public schools. ![]() Visit The Oaklandside's events calendar to see what else is going on! Dear Oakland: A collection of films by Oakland youth Youth Beat participants filming at The New Parkway Theater. ![]() If you have an event that you’d like me to consider for this roundup, email me at If there’s an event that you’d like to promote on our calendar, you can use the self-submission form anytime by clicking on our homepage’s “Events” tab. The forecast calls for high winds and some rain starting Thursday and continuing through next Tuesday, so dress accordingly. February is ending with a bang with the annual Black Joy Parade on Sunday. ![]()
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