EcoArt Matters student exhibition at Laney College Library RECEPTION 5/10 1-4pm
Check out the EcoArt Matters student exhibition at Laney College Library in downtown Oakland, California tomorrow through September. There’s a RECEPTION 5/10, 1-4pm!
Get this beautiful jazz history infographic for Jazz Appreciation Month!
Happy Jazz Appreciation Month! Jazz is America’s classical music, a mixture of Afro-Cuban and African rhythms, blues, ragtime, spirituals and European polyphony and instrumentation, springing up from the former French port city of New Orleans. If you have trouble remembering when the Kansas City blues were big or who was part of the West Coast Cool Jazz scene,...
How do you start a truly diverse jazz/improvised music performance collective in Oakland?
How would we start a jazz/improvised music performance collective that was truly inclusive and diverse* for performing musicians in Oakland? This is a serious question. I realize that some of these already exist (Oakland Public Conservatory, La Peña, The Sound Room), and there are jams as well, such as the one started by tenor saxophonist...
DIY hand-painted wedge heels: The Great Wave design
So it’s Spring and you want something new to wear! Well, look no further than your own closet, where you’re sure to find something that can become not only new to you, but absolutely fabulous with a few brush strokes. This DIY fashion video shows how I made a pair of favorite wedge sandals into...
Come to the vocal JAM Sunday 5 pm @ Oakland Public Conservatory
Sunday afternoon, I’ve been invited to host the vocal jazz jam at 5 pm at the Oakland Public Conservatory, 1616 Franklin Street! This is where the lovely miss Valerie Troutt hosts 1st Fridays jams and where the amazing James Gayles’ series of paintings of Bay Area jazz musicians is hosted (and yes I’m one of...
Murals in the San Francisco Mission
On my way to rehearsal last Sunday at the Red Poppy Art House in the Mission, I snapped pictures of a bunch of murals. I’m always looking for inspiration to paint — I’ve always painted the walls in my house. Enjoy!
