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New Rod Serling Story Draws Upon His WWII Service | KQED
In a famous Twilight Zone episode from the early 1960s, a bloodthirsty World War II commander stationed in the Philippines finds himself transported into the body of a Japanese lieutenant and, to his horror, expected to help kill an entrapped and wounded American platoon.
“What you do to those men in the cave, will it shorten the war by a week, by a day, by an hour?” he pleads to a Japanese officer. ”How many must die before (we) are satisfied?”
For the show’s host and writer, Rod Serling, World War II was a trauma he would re-imagine often.
Serling, born 100 years ago this December, served in the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines and received a Bronze Star for bravery and a Purple Heart for being wounded. He left the war with lasting physical and emotional scars and, like such fellow veterans as Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, with a will to find words for what had happened. He wrote war-related scripts for Playhouse 90 and other early television drama series and for at least two other Twilight Zone stories, including one in which an Army lieutenant can predict who will die next by looking into his soldiers’ faces.
Serling’s First Squad, First Platoon, a fictionalized take on the war that he worked on and set aside while attending Antioch College, has now been published for the first time. It appears this week in the new edition of The Strand Magazine, which has unearthed pieces by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and many others. First Squad, First Platoon is broken into five vignettes, each dedicated to a fallen peer.
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“Serling wrote this story in his early twenties, yet it carries a maturity beyond his years,” Strand managing editor Andrew Gulli writes. “It’s a powerful, unvarnished look at war in all its brutality — an unforgettable study of ordinary people in an extraordinarily hellish situation.”
Nicholas Parisi, author of the 2018 biography Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination, helped edit the story. Daughters Jodi Serling and Anne Serling each contributed brief forewords. Jodi Serling wrote that the war “opened up dark horizons of terror” for her father and left him “gut-wrenching memories” that influenced his writing and awakened him at night, “sweating and screaming inconsolably.” Anne Serling told The Associated Press that First Squad, First Platoon reminded her of his innocence when he joined the military.
“My reaction was particularly painful because when I read the story, I was writing a memoir about my dad and reading the letters he wrote from training camp before he was sent to the Pacific,” she said. “He was just barely 18 when he enlisted and sounded like a kid at summer camp in his letters to his parents. He was asking for gum, candy, underwear (because he didn’t like the GI ones). Like all of the kids we send into the horror of war — he didn’t know what was waiting on the other side.”
Amy Boyle Johnston, author of the 2015 book Unknown Serling, found the story while looking through Serling’s papers at the University of Wisconsin. Serling, who died in 1975, had yet to start a family when he wrote First Squad, First Platoon. But he was already thinking about the next generation, including a dedication to his yet-unborn children urging them to remember “a semblance of the feeling of a torn limb, a burnt patch of flesh” and “the hopeless emptiness of fatigue” were as much part of war as “uniforms and flags, honor and patriotism.”
Parasi says that First Squad, First Platoon was an early sign of Serling’s ironic touch. One soldier is shot dead as he admires a wooden statuette of Jesus, and another — a true story — is killed by a food relief package.
In the opening section of First Squad, Cpl. Melvin Levy is introduced as the squad’s resident comedian, whose usual barrage of jokes had been silenced by the ongoing starvation that threatened to kill them all. But as Levy slept weakly in the mud, dreaming of pastrami and other treats back home, he is startled by the sound of motors — airplanes clearly marked as American. Levy shouts with delight as more than 100 heavy boxes of K-rations fall from on high, fatally unaware that one will land right on him.
“The heavy crates were smashing into the earth close to their holes. Men started shouting in alarm,” Serling writes. “Levy just stood where he was, waving his arms and shouting. Sergeant Etherson pulled at him from behind, trying to get him down in a hole. But Levy was oblivious to all around him except the food which poured down.”
“‘It’s raining chow, boys … it’s raining chow,’” his shrill voice pierced the air.”
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Also performing are Town favorites \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934803/1100-himself-oakland-rapper-thizzler\">1100Himself\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925177/the-conscious-daughters-raps-sucka-free-thelma-and-louise-rewrote-the-rules\">Conscious Daughters\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCNlDgSQuLg\">Trunk Boiz\u003c/a> — a formidable lineup in its own right — but Too Short all but guarantees the biggest Town Up Tuesday yet. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927349']Produced by the Oakland nonprofit Urban Peace Movement, Town Up Tuesday was conceived as a way to bring people together after the pandemic while simultaneously engaging young people with civic issues and upcoming elections. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main message is about getting involved and paying attention to local issues that impact the everyday lives of people in Oakland and the Bay Area,” says Urban Peace Movement’s Nicole Lee. “Obviously we have a consequential election coming up in November, and we want people to be informed, and to pay attention to that election, especially at the local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee herself grew up going to Festival By the Lake, and says she wants to help reinvigorate pride in Oakland — especially as San Francisco’s so-called doom-loop narrative migrates across the Bay to the Town. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11690787']As it turns out, Too Short agreed to perform in part because he feels the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s expressed to some of our team that he’s felt disheartened by the narrative about Oakland,” says Lee, “and how there are negative perceptions about Oakland that sometimes overshadow all the culture, creativity, innovation and social activism that comes from Oakland, and has had national and global impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosting Tuesday’s event are Mystic and DNas, and the rest of the lineup includes DJs Daghe & Emelle, plus Michael Sneed, 3Nise, the Animaniakz and Ms. Bria. (There’s two “surprise legendary artists” promised too.) There’s also double dutch sessions with Jump Squad 510, wellness services from Freedom Community Clinic, a kids’ area and more. \u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Town Up Tuesday is free, and takes place Tuesday, May 21, at the Edoff Memorial Bandstand on the northwestern shore of Lake Merritt. \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/urbanpeacemovement/posts/pfbid0WesdcR8QYmzriBXMM3FNZjYRzJzan8fERs7x2vUzJ2mLNWbJFzm1DboC7csW1HCnl\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The free event, 'Town Up Tuesday,' also features 1100Himself, the Conscious Daughters and the Trunk Boiz.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716318248,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":420},"headData":{"title":"Too Short Is Playing a Free Show Tuesday at the Lake | KQED","description":"The free event, 'Town Up Tuesday,' also features 1100Himself, the Conscious Daughters and the Trunk Boiz.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Too Short Is Playing a Free Show Tuesday at the Lake","datePublished":"2024-05-20T12:46:15-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T12:04:08-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-13958149","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13958149/too-short-free-show-town-up-tuesday-lake-merritt","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11690787/when-oakland-was-a-chocolate-city-a-brief-history-of-festival-at-the-lake\">Festival By the Lake\u003c/a> may be gone, but its spirit continues in the many free mini-festivals held around the shores of Lake Merritt. And an annual favorite, \u003ca href=\"https://urbanpeacemovement.org/event/town-up-tuesday-2024/\">Town Up Tuesday\u003c/a>, has booked its biggest headliner yet for Tuesday, May 21: Too Short. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How will a rap legend who routinely plays large arenas adapt to a lakeshore gazebo? It remains to be seen, but it’s completely free, so expect a huge crowd. Also performing are Town favorites \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13934803/1100-himself-oakland-rapper-thizzler\">1100Himself\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925177/the-conscious-daughters-raps-sucka-free-thelma-and-louise-rewrote-the-rules\">Conscious Daughters\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCNlDgSQuLg\">Trunk Boiz\u003c/a> — a formidable lineup in its own right — but Too Short all but guarantees the biggest Town Up Tuesday yet. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13927349","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Produced by the Oakland nonprofit Urban Peace Movement, Town Up Tuesday was conceived as a way to bring people together after the pandemic while simultaneously engaging young people with civic issues and upcoming elections. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main message is about getting involved and paying attention to local issues that impact the everyday lives of people in Oakland and the Bay Area,” says Urban Peace Movement’s Nicole Lee. “Obviously we have a consequential election coming up in November, and we want people to be informed, and to pay attention to that election, especially at the local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee herself grew up going to Festival By the Lake, and says she wants to help reinvigorate pride in Oakland — especially as San Francisco’s so-called doom-loop narrative migrates across the Bay to the Town. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11690787","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As it turns out, Too Short agreed to perform in part because he feels the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s expressed to some of our team that he’s felt disheartened by the narrative about Oakland,” says Lee, “and how there are negative perceptions about Oakland that sometimes overshadow all the culture, creativity, innovation and social activism that comes from Oakland, and has had national and global impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosting Tuesday’s event are Mystic and DNas, and the rest of the lineup includes DJs Daghe & Emelle, plus Michael Sneed, 3Nise, the Animaniakz and Ms. Bria. (There’s two “surprise legendary artists” promised too.) There’s also double dutch sessions with Jump Squad 510, wellness services from Freedom Community Clinic, a kids’ area and more. \u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Town Up Tuesday is free, and takes place Tuesday, May 21, at the Edoff Memorial Bandstand on the northwestern shore of Lake Merritt. \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/urbanpeacemovement/posts/pfbid0WesdcR8QYmzriBXMM3FNZjYRzJzan8fERs7x2vUzJ2mLNWbJFzm1DboC7csW1HCnl\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13958149/too-short-free-show-town-up-tuesday-lake-merritt","authors":["185"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_20453","arts_831","arts_1785","arts_585","arts_3478"],"featImg":"arts_13922549","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13958114":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13958114","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13958114","found":true},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1716228789,"format":"standard","title":"The Return of East Oakland’s Menudo King","headTitle":"The Return of East Oakland’s Menudo King | KQED","content":"\u003cp>In 2019, Nolberto Martinez, Jr. was already an East Oakland legend in the making. His little taqueria, La Casita, was \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/pozole-birria-and-more-homey-cooking-at-la-casita-2-1/\">routinely hailed\u003c/a> as one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GXIfUlr7c4A3MSRv9hBxrXrfiLyyWMCldJos0/?img_index=6\">best restaurants\u003c/a> in Fruitvale — for its fat, hand-pressed tortillas, its habit-forming housemade salsas and, most of all, its homey, Jalisco-style soups, like pozole and menudo, which were some of the best I’d ever tasted. At the center of it all was Martinez himself, the Bay Area’s self-styled “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk5XxFYnDH8Uz6YpKcgAiLNM2tScp6G3P0v3TQ0/\">menudo king\u003c/a>,” a boisterous presence who’d greet each guest with a plate of tortillas and cotija-dusted black beans and a booming, “What can I get for you, bro?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a dream come true for an East Oakland kid who grew up bussing tables at his grandmother’s Mexican restaurant on East 12th, hatching plans to someday open his own spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, a series of calamities: In May of 2019, Martinez’s father passed away from cancer, and before he’d even had a chance to process his grief, the pandemic hit the Bay Area in full force. “Nobody was coming to the Fruitvale,” Martinez recalls. “We were constantly in the news: ‘Don’t come to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/One-Oakland-neighborhood-has-seen-a-surge-in-15651955.php\">Fruitvale district because of COVID\u003c/a>.’ It was a ghost town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Casita’s temporary closure quickly turned permanent, and then Martinez…kind of disappeared for four years. Not literally, of course. He still picked up catering gigs and did occasional pop-ups, slinging quesabirria in the park or at a local brewery. Once in a while he’d cook up a big batch of his excellent, sneakily spicy \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/12/8/22154347/holidays-shopping-gifts-san-francisco-oakland-food-restaurants\">orange salsa\u003c/a> and sell it to his \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeksGLF_kECYCtgJwTQjKxSLjKkpaUmcOsL7E0/?img_index=1\">Instagram\u003c/a> followers. But as far as running a restaurant? It seemed like he was out of the game for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958128\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958128\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A chef uses tongs to turn ears of corn cooking on the grill inside a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After a four-year hiatus, Martinez is back doing what he loves best: running a restaurant in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until a couple of months ago, that is. In March, Martinez started a new job as the general manager of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/todosmexican/?hl=en\">Todos\u003c/a>, a two-year-old Mexican restaurant in downtown Oakland where he does a little bit of everything — works front of house, oversees the kitchen crew, lends a hand at the bar, jumps on the line to grill up some elote. Slowly, too, he’s been tweaking the menu, and in the next couple of weeks, he’ll be rolling out some of the La Casita classics that made him a local legend: the birria, pozole and menudo. It’s an answer to so many soup lovers’ wistful prayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now firmly entrenched in his new gig, Martinez acknowledges that the past four years were a dark and difficult time. Losing his dad, Nolberto Sr. — himself a chef and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVYUeOAKy5vGAE1f33S8ohAtbvf2fYkSvzXwA0/\">longtime fixture in Oakland restaurant kitchens\u003c/a> — was a big blow to the entire family. Losing La Casita on top of that left Martinez feeling even more heartbroken and unmoored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All I ever wanted was to open my own restaurant,” he says. “I was really down, man. For a long time, I was pissed off at myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of those difficult times, Martinez says he turned to his Oakland community for support. He worked for a coffee roaster and a moving company for a while, then found a job as a prep cook for a nonprofit that delivered meals to churches and convalescent homes. He started working on his mental health, too — joined a men’s healing group, stopped drinking, came to terms with his father’s death and just generally tried to take better care of himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957673\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957673\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt='Exterior of of a downtown restaurant. The sign reads, \"Todos Cantina + Cocina.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todos, a two-year-old Mexican restaurant in downtown Oakland, has given Martinez a fresh opportunity. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around this time, one of his coworkers told him that the Todos ownership group — the team that operates \u003ca href=\"https://underdogstoo.com/\">Underdogs\u003c/a> in San Francisco and a handful of \u003ca href=\"https://elrestaurante.com/the-taco-syndicate-web-of-restaurants-keeps-taco-lovers-happ/\">other Mexican restaurants around the Bay\u003c/a> — was looking for someone to run their Oakland location. They wanted someone who loved Oakland and knew the Mexican food business. As it turns out, Martinez fit that description to a T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a trope in the food industry where a talented chef quits his cushy job working for a big, investor-driven restaurant in order to open his own little passion project, allowing him to finally find true fulfillment. On the face of it, anyway, Martinez’s path has had the reverse trajectory. But if anything, he seems humbled and grateful for the opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not too many people want to teach you something, let alone a guy from East Oakland,” Martinez says of his new employers. “I’m happy. I feel a lot better as a person. I feel like I have the weight on my shoulders [lifted].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957677\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957677\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quesabirria cook on the plancha. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, Martinez is learning the ins and outs of running a 90-seat restaurant — much, much larger than his tiny taqueria on Foothill Boulevard. He manages dozens of employees, handles a massive office catering operation and is taking online classes to acquire all of the deeper business knowledge he’d previously just had to pick up on the fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13955802,arts_13954112,arts_13931115']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>For longtime fans of La Casita, the most exciting part is that he’s starting to put his own stamp on the menu. This week he’ll roll out his beef birria, which has already been on the menu in the form of his popular consomé-soaked quesabirria tacos. Now, Todos will serve birria in a variety of new formats — the traditional way, as a soup, with rice and beans on the side; as a street taco; and in the double-wrapped crispy tacos known as diablitos. “You can call Todos an Oakland birrieria now, I’m very proud to say,” Martinez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming weeks he’ll also begin serving pozole and menudo on the weekends. Both are versions of recipes that Martinez inherited when he bought the Foothill Boulevard restaurant from Ana Maria Campos, who ran it under the name Taqueria Campos for more than 10 years before he took over the business. It’s for good reason that old customers still speak about those soups in hushed, reverent tones: In my memory, Martinez’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lacasitaeastoakland/\">red pork pozole\u003c/a> had the kind of heady, invigorating broth that warms you up from the inside, especially when doctored with a drizzle of the chef’s housemade chile de árbol chili oil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957678\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957678\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A sauce-drenched wet burrito on a plate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wet burrito at Todos. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And his menudo, that famous hangover cure, may have been the best I’ve ever tasted — the tripe and the jiggly beef trotter slow-simmered until they’re slurpably soft, the broth as clean and clarifying as you can imagine. During La Casita’s glory years, the restaurant was “like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BksX-98HDv8HkCi5N3oYRFh-A0j-YL-HWb7rE80/\">hangover headquarters\u003c/a>,” Martinez recalls, as customers lined up for their morning menudo fix on Saturdays and Sundays — and even Mondays, when the really serious drinkers would call in sick. “I call it food for the soul, man,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his long hiatus, Martinez says it means the world to him to bring these dishes back to Oakland now, at a restaurant with an even wider reach. He thinks about how important it is for him to carry on his family’s legacy — about how much he loved watching his dad cook and how his grandmother opened La Estrellita, one of Fruitvale’s first Mexican restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958129\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A chef puts plates of food that are ready to be served onto the pass inside a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Martinez, operating a restaurant in Oakland is a matter of family pride — and Town pride. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There is the matter, too, of repping his neighborhood and hometown. In the old La Casita days, in almost every photo of the restaurant that Martinez posted on social media, he’s posing next to the mural on the outside. It reads, in boldface lowrider-style lettering, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Wqnj_laPncUFgduyw_OWl0eoCNWkrXbwZVZk0/\">Oakland Over Everything\u003c/a>” — an encapsulation of the chef’s Town pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me being from the Fruitvale district here in East Oakland, it was rough growing up. A lot of us didn’t make it; a lot of us are not doing good,” Martinez says. “For me to be blessed like this, it means a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/todosmexican/\">\u003ci>Todos\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is located at 2315 Valdez St. in Oakland.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1449,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":21},"modified":1716230784,"excerpt":"A beloved taquero reemerges at Oakland’s Todos after a four-year hiatus. ","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"The Return of East Oakland’s Menudo King","socialTitle":"Fruitvale's Best Menudo Makes a Comeback in Downtown Oakland %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","ogTitle":"The Return of East Oakland’s Menudo King","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"A beloved taquero reemerges at Oakland’s Todos after a four-year hiatus. ","title":"Fruitvale's Best Menudo Makes a Comeback in Downtown Oakland | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"The Return of East Oakland’s Menudo King","datePublished":"2024-05-20T11:13:09-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-20T11:46:24-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"todos-oakland-la-casita-comeback-menudo-pozole","status":"publish","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/food","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","sticky":false,"source":"Food","articleAge":"0","nprStoryId":"kqed-13958114","path":"/arts/13958114/todos-oakland-la-casita-comeback-menudo-pozole","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In 2019, Nolberto Martinez, Jr. was already an East Oakland legend in the making. His little taqueria, La Casita, was \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/pozole-birria-and-more-homey-cooking-at-la-casita-2-1/\">routinely hailed\u003c/a> as one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GXIfUlr7c4A3MSRv9hBxrXrfiLyyWMCldJos0/?img_index=6\">best restaurants\u003c/a> in Fruitvale — for its fat, hand-pressed tortillas, its habit-forming housemade salsas and, most of all, its homey, Jalisco-style soups, like pozole and menudo, which were some of the best I’d ever tasted. At the center of it all was Martinez himself, the Bay Area’s self-styled “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Bk5XxFYnDH8Uz6YpKcgAiLNM2tScp6G3P0v3TQ0/\">menudo king\u003c/a>,” a boisterous presence who’d greet each guest with a plate of tortillas and cotija-dusted black beans and a booming, “What can I get for you, bro?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a dream come true for an East Oakland kid who grew up bussing tables at his grandmother’s Mexican restaurant on East 12th, hatching plans to someday open his own spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, a series of calamities: In May of 2019, Martinez’s father passed away from cancer, and before he’d even had a chance to process his grief, the pandemic hit the Bay Area in full force. “Nobody was coming to the Fruitvale,” Martinez recalls. “We were constantly in the news: ‘Don’t come to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/One-Oakland-neighborhood-has-seen-a-surge-in-15651955.php\">Fruitvale district because of COVID\u003c/a>.’ It was a ghost town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Casita’s temporary closure quickly turned permanent, and then Martinez…kind of disappeared for four years. Not literally, of course. He still picked up catering gigs and did occasional pop-ups, slinging quesabirria in the park or at a local brewery. Once in a while he’d cook up a big batch of his excellent, sneakily spicy \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2020/12/8/22154347/holidays-shopping-gifts-san-francisco-oakland-food-restaurants\">orange salsa\u003c/a> and sell it to his \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeksGLF_kECYCtgJwTQjKxSLjKkpaUmcOsL7E0/?img_index=1\">Instagram\u003c/a> followers. But as far as running a restaurant? It seemed like he was out of the game for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958128\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958128\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A chef uses tongs to turn ears of corn cooking on the grill inside a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-03_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After a four-year hiatus, Martinez is back doing what he loves best: running a restaurant in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until a couple of months ago, that is. In March, Martinez started a new job as the general manager of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/todosmexican/?hl=en\">Todos\u003c/a>, a two-year-old Mexican restaurant in downtown Oakland where he does a little bit of everything — works front of house, oversees the kitchen crew, lends a hand at the bar, jumps on the line to grill up some elote. Slowly, too, he’s been tweaking the menu, and in the next couple of weeks, he’ll be rolling out some of the La Casita classics that made him a local legend: the birria, pozole and menudo. It’s an answer to so many soup lovers’ wistful prayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now firmly entrenched in his new gig, Martinez acknowledges that the past four years were a dark and difficult time. Losing his dad, Nolberto Sr. — himself a chef and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVYUeOAKy5vGAE1f33S8ohAtbvf2fYkSvzXwA0/\">longtime fixture in Oakland restaurant kitchens\u003c/a> — was a big blow to the entire family. Losing La Casita on top of that left Martinez feeling even more heartbroken and unmoored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All I ever wanted was to open my own restaurant,” he says. “I was really down, man. For a long time, I was pissed off at myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of those difficult times, Martinez says he turned to his Oakland community for support. He worked for a coffee roaster and a moving company for a while, then found a job as a prep cook for a nonprofit that delivered meals to churches and convalescent homes. He started working on his mental health, too — joined a men’s healing group, stopped drinking, came to terms with his father’s death and just generally tried to take better care of himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957673\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957673\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt='Exterior of of a downtown restaurant. The sign reads, \"Todos Cantina + Cocina.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todos, a two-year-old Mexican restaurant in downtown Oakland, has given Martinez a fresh opportunity. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around this time, one of his coworkers told him that the Todos ownership group — the team that operates \u003ca href=\"https://underdogstoo.com/\">Underdogs\u003c/a> in San Francisco and a handful of \u003ca href=\"https://elrestaurante.com/the-taco-syndicate-web-of-restaurants-keeps-taco-lovers-happ/\">other Mexican restaurants around the Bay\u003c/a> — was looking for someone to run their Oakland location. They wanted someone who loved Oakland and knew the Mexican food business. As it turns out, Martinez fit that description to a T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a trope in the food industry where a talented chef quits his cushy job working for a big, investor-driven restaurant in order to open his own little passion project, allowing him to finally find true fulfillment. On the face of it, anyway, Martinez’s path has had the reverse trajectory. But if anything, he seems humbled and grateful for the opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not too many people want to teach you something, let alone a guy from East Oakland,” Martinez says of his new employers. “I’m happy. I feel a lot better as a person. I feel like I have the weight on my shoulders [lifted].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957677\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957677\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quesabirria cook on the plancha. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, Martinez is learning the ins and outs of running a 90-seat restaurant — much, much larger than his tiny taqueria on Foothill Boulevard. He manages dozens of employees, handles a massive office catering operation and is taking online classes to acquire all of the deeper business knowledge he’d previously just had to pick up on the fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13955802,arts_13954112,arts_13931115","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>For longtime fans of La Casita, the most exciting part is that he’s starting to put his own stamp on the menu. This week he’ll roll out his beef birria, which has already been on the menu in the form of his popular consomé-soaked quesabirria tacos. Now, Todos will serve birria in a variety of new formats — the traditional way, as a soup, with rice and beans on the side; as a street taco; and in the double-wrapped crispy tacos known as diablitos. “You can call Todos an Oakland birrieria now, I’m very proud to say,” Martinez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming weeks he’ll also begin serving pozole and menudo on the weekends. Both are versions of recipes that Martinez inherited when he bought the Foothill Boulevard restaurant from Ana Maria Campos, who ran it under the name Taqueria Campos for more than 10 years before he took over the business. It’s for good reason that old customers still speak about those soups in hushed, reverent tones: In my memory, Martinez’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lacasitaeastoakland/\">red pork pozole\u003c/a> had the kind of heady, invigorating broth that warms you up from the inside, especially when doctored with a drizzle of the chef’s housemade chile de árbol chili oil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957678\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957678\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A sauce-drenched wet burrito on a plate.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wet burrito at Todos. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And his menudo, that famous hangover cure, may have been the best I’ve ever tasted — the tripe and the jiggly beef trotter slow-simmered until they’re slurpably soft, the broth as clean and clarifying as you can imagine. During La Casita’s glory years, the restaurant was “like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BksX-98HDv8HkCi5N3oYRFh-A0j-YL-HWb7rE80/\">hangover headquarters\u003c/a>,” Martinez recalls, as customers lined up for their morning menudo fix on Saturdays and Sundays — and even Mondays, when the really serious drinkers would call in sick. “I call it food for the soul, man,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his long hiatus, Martinez says it means the world to him to bring these dishes back to Oakland now, at a restaurant with an even wider reach. He thinks about how important it is for him to carry on his family’s legacy — about how much he loved watching his dad cook and how his grandmother opened La Estrellita, one of Fruitvale’s first Mexican restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958129\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A chef puts plates of food that are ready to be served onto the pass inside a restaurant kitchen.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-MENUDO-KING-MD-04_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Martinez, operating a restaurant in Oakland is a matter of family pride — and Town pride. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There is the matter, too, of repping his neighborhood and hometown. In the old La Casita days, in almost every photo of the restaurant that Martinez posted on social media, he’s posing next to the mural on the outside. It reads, in boldface lowrider-style lettering, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Wqnj_laPncUFgduyw_OWl0eoCNWkrXbwZVZk0/\">Oakland Over Everything\u003c/a>” — an encapsulation of the chef’s Town pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me being from the Fruitvale district here in East Oakland, it was rough growing up. A lot of us didn’t make it; a lot of us are not doing good,” Martinez says. “For me to be blessed like this, it means a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/todosmexican/\">\u003ci>Todos\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is located at 2315 Valdez St. in Oakland.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13958114/todos-oakland-la-casita-comeback-menudo-pozole","authors":["11743"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_5016","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_7944","arts_14985","arts_1143","arts_14062","arts_14984"],"featImg":"arts_13957679","label":"source_arts_13958114"},"arts_13958172":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13958172","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13958172","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"paleta-planeta-san-jose-mexican-popsicles","title":"San Jose’s Most Creative Paleta Cart Is Leveling Up the Mexican Ice Pop","publishDate":1716317353,"format":"standard","headTitle":"San Jose’s Most Creative Paleta Cart Is Leveling Up the Mexican Ice Pop | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>On a hot summer day, the sound of a paleta cart’s bells usually signals the arrival of bright red paletas de fresa, ice cream sandwiches and gumball-eyed Spider-Man popsicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ice pops inside \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paletaplaneta/\">Paleta Planeta’s\u003c/a> galaxy-wrapped cart in San Jose are different. While the cart does sell some traditional Mexican fruit paletas, it also offers an ever-rotating selection of hybrid flavors like taro Oreo and avocado chocolate. Other flavors aren’t particularly Mexican, or what you’d think to put in a popsicle, at all — pumpkin pie, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experimental approach has earned Paleta Planeta a cult following across the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our paletas have traditional Mexican roots,” co-founder Mauricio Salazar says. “But we blend them with flavors from other cultures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mauricio and his brother Luis Salazar started selling paletas from their parents’ garage in October 2021. They wanted to start their own business due to the uncertainty of the pandemic’s layoffs, and their cousins — third-generation paleteros in Texas — offered to teach them the basics. Now, the Salazars manufacture and sell their ice pops from a kitchen in the back of Zuñigas Restaurant in San Jose. While recipe development is a joint effort, Luis is the one who makes the paletas. Mauricio primarily handles events and social media. And Gabriel, their younger brother, helps with bookkeeping and invoicing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grew up playing competitive soccer,” Mauricio says. “We understand the importance of having a team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958233\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg\" alt=\"Two men in rubber gloves hold up popsicles.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Mauricio (left) and Luis Salazar started their paleta business in 2021. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a team of two, Mauricio and Luis are able to produce and package a few hundred paletas per day with the use of a flash freezer. They fill metal paleta molds with fresh fruit purées and dunk them into a water-glycol bath, which freezes a batch within minutes. This is faster than waiting for paletas to solidify in a traditional freezer, and more importantly, it produces paletas that are light and airy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brothers take their craft seriously and have even traveled to the \u003ca href=\"https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/reposteros-espa%C3%B1oles-mexicanos-innovan-ser-223100688.html\">international paleta convention\u003c/a> in Mexico City to learn the flavors and techniques being used by new-wave paleteros. Indeed, what sets Planeta Paletas apart is the brothers’ creativity and dedication to offering unique flavor combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958230\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958230\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"Three colorful Mexican popsicles on top of a tray of ice.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trio of colorful paletas. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I go to the bar for inspiration,” says Luis. “If flavors work in a drink, they work in a paleta.” (A mojito inspired him to pair mint with fruit flavors like strawberry, pineapple and mango.) Mauricio keeps an eye out for potential ideas by keeping track of what fruits are in season and perusing boba shop menus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13958114,arts_13953266,arts_13957666']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>Their flavor combinations aren’t thoughtless mishmashes of trendy ingredients. The matcha horchata, for example, pairs a drink popular in Japan with one popular in Mexico highlighting the subtle nuttiness of each. It’s herbal, sweet, and, for anyone that’s a fan of both drinks, provides simultaneous flashes of the sophistication of sitting down for a cup of hot tea and the cooling-off effect of a refreshing agua fresca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salazar brothers use mostly seasonal fruits for two reasons: Because they’re more flavorful, they require less additional sugar, and they present the opportunity to experiment with ingredients the Salazars wouldn’t typically consider. Luis is especially proud of a creation he made by pairing mamey sapote, a Mexican fruit that has notes of pumpkin and apricot, with mango, which brightens the earthiness of the sapote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg\" alt=\"Ube brownie, mango maracuya lechera, mazapán paletas in a cooler.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planeta Paleta is known for its creative, non-traditional flavors, and its use of seasonal ingredients. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My favorite is Planeta’s take on an orange cream pop. The paleta’s shattering exterior is made with mango and passionfruit which maintains the original creation’s tropical flavor while introducing a musky complexity. The interior swaps cream for lechera (i.e., Latin American condensed milk), which is sweeter and denser, balancing out the acidity of the fruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Paleta Planeta flavors are fun reinventions of Mexican classics. Candies like gansito and mazapan are suspended in ice to create a refreshing version of the treats. Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate is typically reserved for winter nights, but in ice pop form, you can bring it along for a beach day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg\" alt='A purple, galaxy-themed paleta cart with the name of the business, \"Paleta Planeta,\" in a space-age font. ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cart makes frequent appearances at a variety of South Bay events. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After years of hard work, the brothers are ready to take their business to the next step: a brick-and-mortar location in downtown San Jose, in the former 4th Street Pizza building across from City Hall. New additions include a system that will allow customers to customize their paletas with a variety of toppings. The Salazars expect to open their doors by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re born and raised in Eastside San Jose,” Mauricio says, “so we’re excited to be a part of the city’s new wave of flourishing businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.paletaplaneta.com/\">\u003ci>Paleta Planeta\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is currently located inside of Zuñiga’s Restaurant at 1783 Alum Rock Ave. Unit 20 in San Jose. When it opens, the new brick-and-mortar shop will be located at 150 E. Santa Clara St. For weekly hours and events, check their \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paletaplaneta/\">\u003ci>Instagram account.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Planeta Paletas will open a brick-and-mortar shop in San Jose later this summer.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716317353,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":924},"headData":{"title":"Paleta Planeta Is San Jose’s Most Creative Mexican Popsicle Cart | KQED","description":"Planeta Paletas will open a brick-and-mortar shop in San Jose later this summer.","ogTitle":"San Jose’s Most Creative Paleta Cart Is Leveling Up the Mexican Ice Pop","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"San Jose’s Most Creative Paleta Cart Is Leveling Up the Mexican Ice Pop","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Paleta Planeta Is San Jose’s Most Creative Mexican Popsicle Cart %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"San Jose’s Most Creative Paleta Cart Is Leveling Up the Mexican Ice Pop","datePublished":"2024-05-21T11:49:13-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T11:49:13-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Food","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/food","sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-13958172","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13958172/paleta-planeta-san-jose-mexican-popsicles","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a hot summer day, the sound of a paleta cart’s bells usually signals the arrival of bright red paletas de fresa, ice cream sandwiches and gumball-eyed Spider-Man popsicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ice pops inside \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paletaplaneta/\">Paleta Planeta’s\u003c/a> galaxy-wrapped cart in San Jose are different. While the cart does sell some traditional Mexican fruit paletas, it also offers an ever-rotating selection of hybrid flavors like taro Oreo and avocado chocolate. Other flavors aren’t particularly Mexican, or what you’d think to put in a popsicle, at all — pumpkin pie, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experimental approach has earned Paleta Planeta a cult following across the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our paletas have traditional Mexican roots,” co-founder Mauricio Salazar says. “But we blend them with flavors from other cultures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mauricio and his brother Luis Salazar started selling paletas from their parents’ garage in October 2021. They wanted to start their own business due to the uncertainty of the pandemic’s layoffs, and their cousins — third-generation paleteros in Texas — offered to teach them the basics. Now, the Salazars manufacture and sell their ice pops from a kitchen in the back of Zuñigas Restaurant in San Jose. While recipe development is a joint effort, Luis is the one who makes the paletas. Mauricio primarily handles events and social media. And Gabriel, their younger brother, helps with bookkeeping and invoicing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grew up playing competitive soccer,” Mauricio says. “We understand the importance of having a team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958233\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg\" alt=\"Two men in rubber gloves hold up popsicles.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Mauricio-Left-and-Luis-Right-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brothers Mauricio (left) and Luis Salazar started their paleta business in 2021. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a team of two, Mauricio and Luis are able to produce and package a few hundred paletas per day with the use of a flash freezer. They fill metal paleta molds with fresh fruit purées and dunk them into a water-glycol bath, which freezes a batch within minutes. This is faster than waiting for paletas to solidify in a traditional freezer, and more importantly, it produces paletas that are light and airy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brothers take their craft seriously and have even traveled to the \u003ca href=\"https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/reposteros-espa%C3%B1oles-mexicanos-innovan-ser-223100688.html\">international paleta convention\u003c/a> in Mexico City to learn the flavors and techniques being used by new-wave paleteros. Indeed, what sets Planeta Paletas apart is the brothers’ creativity and dedication to offering unique flavor combinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958230\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958230\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"Three colorful Mexican popsicles on top of a tray of ice.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Vibras-Mix-Chile-Cucumber-Strawberry-Cheesecake-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trio of colorful paletas. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes I go to the bar for inspiration,” says Luis. “If flavors work in a drink, they work in a paleta.” (A mojito inspired him to pair mint with fruit flavors like strawberry, pineapple and mango.) Mauricio keeps an eye out for potential ideas by keeping track of what fruits are in season and perusing boba shop menus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13958114,arts_13953266,arts_13957666","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>Their flavor combinations aren’t thoughtless mishmashes of trendy ingredients. The matcha horchata, for example, pairs a drink popular in Japan with one popular in Mexico highlighting the subtle nuttiness of each. It’s herbal, sweet, and, for anyone that’s a fan of both drinks, provides simultaneous flashes of the sophistication of sitting down for a cup of hot tea and the cooling-off effect of a refreshing agua fresca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salazar brothers use mostly seasonal fruits for two reasons: Because they’re more flavorful, they require less additional sugar, and they present the opportunity to experiment with ingredients the Salazars wouldn’t typically consider. Luis is especially proud of a creation he made by pairing mamey sapote, a Mexican fruit that has notes of pumpkin and apricot, with mango, which brightens the earthiness of the sapote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg\" alt=\"Ube brownie, mango maracuya lechera, mazapán paletas in a cooler.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cooler-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planeta Paleta is known for its creative, non-traditional flavors, and its use of seasonal ingredients. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My favorite is Planeta’s take on an orange cream pop. The paleta’s shattering exterior is made with mango and passionfruit which maintains the original creation’s tropical flavor while introducing a musky complexity. The interior swaps cream for lechera (i.e., Latin American condensed milk), which is sweeter and denser, balancing out the acidity of the fruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Paleta Planeta flavors are fun reinventions of Mexican classics. Candies like gansito and mazapan are suspended in ice to create a refreshing version of the treats. Abuelita brand Mexican hot chocolate is typically reserved for winter nights, but in ice pop form, you can bring it along for a beach day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg\" alt='A purple, galaxy-themed paleta cart with the name of the business, \"Paleta Planeta,\" in a space-age font. ' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Cart-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cart makes frequent appearances at a variety of South Bay events. \u003ccite>(Octavio Peña)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After years of hard work, the brothers are ready to take their business to the next step: a brick-and-mortar location in downtown San Jose, in the former 4th Street Pizza building across from City Hall. New additions include a system that will allow customers to customize their paletas with a variety of toppings. The Salazars expect to open their doors by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re born and raised in Eastside San Jose,” Mauricio says, “so we’re excited to be a part of the city’s new wave of flourishing businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.paletaplaneta.com/\">\u003ci>Paleta Planeta\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> is currently located inside of Zuñiga’s Restaurant at 1783 Alum Rock Ave. Unit 20 in San Jose. When it opens, the new brick-and-mortar shop will be located at 150 E. Santa Clara St. For weekly hours and events, check their \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paletaplaneta/\">\u003ci>Instagram account.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13958172/paleta-planeta-san-jose-mexican-popsicles","authors":["11903"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_22144","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_22078","arts_14985","arts_14089","arts_1084"],"featImg":"arts_13958232","label":"source_arts_13958172"},"arts_13958169":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13958169","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13958169","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mill-valleys-sequoia-theatre-reopens-with-a-week-of-1-movies","title":"Mill Valley’s Sequoia Theatre Reopens With a Week of $1 Movies","publishDate":1716249776,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Mill Valley’s Sequoia Theatre Reopens With a Week of $1 Movies | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>The 95-year-old Sequoia Theatre in downtown Mill Valley reopened on Monday, May 20, marking a rare movie theater reopening amid a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893696/the-pandemic-took-a-number-of-bay-area-movie-theaters-whats-working-for-the-theaters-that-survived\">spate of closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The theater, built in 1929, has been dark since last October, when the lease held by the movie theater chain Cinemark ran out. Over the past six months, its owner and new operator, the California Film Institute, upgraded the projectors and sound equipment and refurbished the lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting May 20, the theater — newly christened as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sequoiafilm.org/\">Sequoia Cinema\u003c/a> — will celebrate by screening four days of classic films like \u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Wizard of Oz\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Back to the Future\u003c/em>, charging just $1 admission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='forum_2010101893696']The California Film Institute also runs the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, as well as the Mill Valley Film Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An increasing number of Bay Area movie theaters have closed, including but not limited to the Century Cinema in Corte Madera, the Regency 6 in San Rafael, the Century Regency in San Rafael, the Albany Twin in Albany, Century Cinema in San Francisco, Embarcadero Cinema in San Francisco and the West Portal Theater in San Francisco. The Sequoia’s reopening, meanwhile, is a welcome outlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we do really great, unique programing, especially if there’s a local filmmaker or a local community partnership involved, people support it,” said Dan Zastrow, general manager of the Smith Rafael Film Center and Sequoia Cinema. “Every time I walk in the building, someone stops me to ask me about when we’re reopening. People are just excited about the cinema coming back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958182\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-800x659.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-1020x840.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-768x633.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-1536x1266.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sequoia Theater pictured in 1967. Eight years later, its main auditorium would be “twinned,” or split into two, as it is today. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Lucritia Little History Room, Mill Valley Public Library )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the local movie theaters that have closed in the past few years, Zastrow observed, had been operated by large chains like Regency, AMC, Landmark, Century and Cinemark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And nothing against the big chain theaters, which I love,” Zastrow said, adding that the Sequoia will inevitably show some mainstream films often seen at the region’s megaplexes. “But it’s a different kind of exhibition animal; it’s the next-big-film in, and low-grosser out. What we do is more community-focused and filmmaker-focused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Film booking at the Sequoia will be handled by Jan Klingelhofer, who also books the Smith Rafael Film Center. On May 31, the theater opens \u003cem>Edge of Everything\u003c/em>, by filmmakers Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman. The film was inspired by the writer and directors’ teenage years growing up in Mill Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11952358']The Sequoia Theater may eventually get a significant remodel. In 2022, the California Film Institute \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofmillvalley.org/966/Sequoia-Theater-Renovation-Plan\">filed plans with the city of Mill Valley\u003c/a> to dig out a lower ground floor and add a second story, increasing the number of auditoriums from two to four.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zastrow could not comment on the exact details of the plans, or where they stand. “We’ll see where we are in a couple of years,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But, as we raise funds and plan for a renovation, we couldn’t leave the building dark. We had to operate it, keep it open and run film,” he said. “It’s just this incredibly beloved community cinema.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The 95-year-old movie theater reopened Monday, marking a rare success story amid a spate of closures.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716421452,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":577},"headData":{"title":"Mill Valley’s Sequoia Theatre Reopens With a Week of $1 Movies | KQED","description":"The 95-year-old movie theater reopened Monday, marking a rare success story amid a spate of closures.","ogTitle":"Mill Valley’s Sequoia Theatre Reopens With a Week of $1 Movies","ogDescription":"The 95-year-old movie theater reopened Monday, marking a rare success story amid a spate of closures.","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"Mill Valley’s Sequoia Theatre Reopens With a Week of $1 Movies","twDescription":"The 95-year-old movie theater reopened Monday, marking a rare success story amid a spate of closures.","twImgId":"","socialDescription":"The 95-year-old movie theater reopened Monday, marking a rare success story amid a spate of closures.","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Mill Valley’s Sequoia Theatre Reopens With a Week of $1 Movies","datePublished":"2024-05-20T17:02:56-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-22T16:44:12-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/dbd25acb-df5f-4cb3-99eb-b17801557300/audio.mp3","sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-13958169","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13958169/mill-valleys-sequoia-theatre-reopens-with-a-week-of-1-movies","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The 95-year-old Sequoia Theatre in downtown Mill Valley reopened on Monday, May 20, marking a rare movie theater reopening amid a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893696/the-pandemic-took-a-number-of-bay-area-movie-theaters-whats-working-for-the-theaters-that-survived\">spate of closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The theater, built in 1929, has been dark since last October, when the lease held by the movie theater chain Cinemark ran out. Over the past six months, its owner and new operator, the California Film Institute, upgraded the projectors and sound equipment and refurbished the lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting May 20, the theater — newly christened as \u003ca href=\"https://www.sequoiafilm.org/\">Sequoia Cinema\u003c/a> — will celebrate by screening four days of classic films like \u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Wizard of Oz\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Back to the Future\u003c/em>, charging just $1 admission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"forum_2010101893696","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The California Film Institute also runs the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, as well as the Mill Valley Film Festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An increasing number of Bay Area movie theaters have closed, including but not limited to the Century Cinema in Corte Madera, the Regency 6 in San Rafael, the Century Regency in San Rafael, the Albany Twin in Albany, Century Cinema in San Francisco, Embarcadero Cinema in San Francisco and the West Portal Theater in San Francisco. The Sequoia’s reopening, meanwhile, is a welcome outlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we do really great, unique programing, especially if there’s a local filmmaker or a local community partnership involved, people support it,” said Dan Zastrow, general manager of the Smith Rafael Film Center and Sequoia Cinema. “Every time I walk in the building, someone stops me to ask me about when we’re reopening. People are just excited about the cinema coming back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958182\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-800x659.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-1020x840.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-768x633.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/seq_history_04-1536x1266.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sequoia Theater pictured in 1967. Eight years later, its main auditorium would be “twinned,” or split into two, as it is today. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Lucritia Little History Room, Mill Valley Public Library )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the local movie theaters that have closed in the past few years, Zastrow observed, had been operated by large chains like Regency, AMC, Landmark, Century and Cinemark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And nothing against the big chain theaters, which I love,” Zastrow said, adding that the Sequoia will inevitably show some mainstream films often seen at the region’s megaplexes. “But it’s a different kind of exhibition animal; it’s the next-big-film in, and low-grosser out. What we do is more community-focused and filmmaker-focused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Film booking at the Sequoia will be handled by Jan Klingelhofer, who also books the Smith Rafael Film Center. On May 31, the theater opens \u003cem>Edge of Everything\u003c/em>, by filmmakers Sophia Sabella and Pablo Feldman. The film was inspired by the writer and directors’ teenage years growing up in Mill Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11952358","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The Sequoia Theater may eventually get a significant remodel. In 2022, the California Film Institute \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofmillvalley.org/966/Sequoia-Theater-Renovation-Plan\">filed plans with the city of Mill Valley\u003c/a> to dig out a lower ground floor and add a second story, increasing the number of auditoriums from two to four.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zastrow could not comment on the exact details of the plans, or where they stand. “We’ll see where we are in a couple of years,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But, as we raise funds and plan for a renovation, we couldn’t leave the building dark. We had to operate it, keep it open and run film,” he said. “It’s just this incredibly beloved community cinema.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13958169/mill-valleys-sequoia-theatre-reopens-with-a-week-of-1-movies","authors":["185"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_74"],"tags":["arts_10331","arts_10278","arts_11661","arts_13077","arts_5544","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13958183","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13958311":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13958311","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13958311","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"best-new-books-summer-2024-npr-critics-picks","title":"20 New Books Hitting Shelves This Summer That NPR Critics Can’t Wait to Read","publishDate":1716400569,"format":"standard","headTitle":"20 New Books Hitting Shelves This Summer That NPR Critics Can’t Wait to Read | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13957998']June is around the corner, meaning summer is almost here! As we look forward to travel and staycations, plane rides and trips to the beach, we’ve asked our book critics for some advice: What upcoming fiction and nonfiction are they most looking forward to reading?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between. Here’s a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>June\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/daughter_custom-b786e59ae645b23b705710ab415dc3a27f150a5f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Redhook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Daughter of the Merciful Deep’ by Leslye Penelope\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was hooked when I first saw the gorgeous cover for \u003cem>Daughter of the Merciful Deep\u003c/em> by Leslye Penelope. But the novel’s premise put it at the top of my summer reading list. Penelope is known for unforgettable characters, world-building, beautiful writing and robust storytelling. Her latest work, inspired by actual events — the drowned Black towns of the American South — promises a magical, mythical and powerful tale of a young woman’s quest to save her town. A historical fantasy must-read. (June 4) — \u003cem>Denny Bryce\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/futurewascolor_custom-8cf072dcb45a69feb8bf38d30adb3a03422fce58.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Counterpoint LLC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Future Was Color’ by Patrick Nathan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Future Was Color\u003c/em> by Patrick Nathan has everything I look for in a book: a unique and startling voice, a queer protagonist and a deep understanding of a particular time and place. George — once György — is a gay Hungarian immigrant working as a screenwriter in McCarthy-era Hollywood, occasionally fantasizing about his officemate, Jack. When a once-famous actress named Madeline invites George to stay and write at her spacious Malibu house, she won’t take no for an answer — and so George finds himself in a hedonistic milieu where pleasure, politics and strong personalities intermingle. (June 4) — \u003cem>Ilana Masad\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/mirrored_custom-278fb8c0571ce760702cf2f0b0e763480f39862b.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (S&S/Saga Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Mirrored Heavens: Between Earth & Sky, Book 3’ by Rebecca Roanhorse\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Roanhorse is one of my auto-read authors — and one major reason is because of her fire \u003cem>Between Earth and Sky\u003c/em> series. That trilogy comes to a stunning, fevered conclusion with \u003cem>Mirrored Heavens\u003c/em>. All of the characters you love, hate and love to hate will converge on the city of Tova. Get ready for an epic battle between ancient gods, their human avatars and the mortals caught in between. (June 4) \u003cem>— Alex Brown\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/singlikefish_custom-08ec44af144d163477bad03e23664864c096488f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water’ by Amorina Kingdon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/13/loneliest-whale-in-the-world-search\">52 Blue\u003c/a>, whose vocalizations likely go unheard by some other whales; it captured worldwide sympathy and became a pop-culture metaphor. But did you know \u003cem>all\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68358414\">whale song is critically disrupted by ships\u003c/a>? If that gets you wondering, keep an eye out for \u003cem>Sing Like Fish\u003c/em>, which promises to illuminate the fragile symphony of the deep. (June 4) —\u003cem> Genevieve Valentine\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/consent_custom-08d1ad496975300988db3f69077a2990ae9a4073.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Consent: A Memoir’ by Jill Ciment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I look forward to reading Jill Ciment’s \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>and to the discussions it’s sure to provoke. In this follow-up memoir to \u003cem>Half a Life,\u003c/em> Ciment reconsiders what she wrote 25 years ago about her teenage affair and marriage to her art teacher, 30 years her senior. \u003cem>Half a Life \u003c/em>was written before the #MeToo movement, and before her husband died at the age of 93 after 45 years of marriage. \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>promises a fuller picture. (June 11) — \u003cem>Heller McAlpin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/godmother_custom-ff8270a1d4a20fda0c303d080ef095532b512f9d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Publisher Union Square & Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Do What Godmother Says’ by L.S. Stratton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we continue to experience the frenzy of Harlem Renaissance celebrations, commemorations and historical resonance, \u003cem>Do What Godmother Says\u003c/em> by L.S. Stratton is the perfect addition to the litany of works set in this artistic period this year. It examines the intense and frequently degenerating relationship between patrons and artists during this intellectual and cultural movement. In this dual-timeline gothic thriller, a modern writer discovers a family heirloom painting by a Harlem Renaissance artist, which connects her family to a mysterious past. This historical novel is one I’m eager to read because it deftly exposes the layers of creative ownership, especially when race and wealth are involved. (June 11) — \u003cem>Keishel Williams\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horrormovie_custom-585da57f9b35c75005e2591f96db69eb8900038d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (William Morrow)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Horror Movie: A Novel’ by Paul Tremblay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Tremblay is one of the most entertaining and innovative voices in contemporary fiction regardless of genre. \u003cem>Horror Movie\u003c/em>, a story about a cursed movie that never came out and is about to get a remake, is a love letter to horror novels and horror movies, as well as a tense narrative that will redefine the cursed film subgenre. Tremblay is one of the modern masters of horror, and this new novel promises to be packed with the author’s distinctive voice, knack for ambiguity and intrigue, and superb atmosphere. (June 11) —\u003cem> Gabino Iglesias\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/cuethesun_custom-d017b905e1f57c346bd155e2b1e00b7e8a5018b3.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Random House)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Cue The Sun! The Invention of Reality TV’ by Emily Nussbaum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every so often there’s a nonfiction title I covet like it’s the next installment in my favorite mystery series. This summer it’s \u003cem>Cue the Sun! \u003c/em>Based on in-depth interviews with more than 300 sources from every aspect of the production process, this book is a cultural history of the genre that ate American entertainment, from \u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em> critic Emily Nussbaum. It combines the appeal of a page-turning thriller and the heft of serious scholarship. Juicy and thoughtful, it’s a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture. (June 25) — \u003cem>Carole V. Bell\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>July\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/undermining_custom-0ab0ee15894c33905bc361a0c1dd2073df28cf79.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Orbit)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Undermining of Twyla and Frank’ by Megan Bannen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this return to the delightfully wacky world established in one of my personal top-five romance novels of all time, \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Undertaking of Hart and Mercy\u003c/em>, Megan Bannen takes on the friends to lovers trope with a combination of madcap \u003cem>joie de vivre\u003c/em> and the exhausted practicality of a mom who’s had enough. Also, there are dragons! (July 2) \u003cem>— Caitlyn Paxson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/anthropologists_custom-fafa91131dbe50c4d7e17dad7a6d5e8262282d1f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Anthropologists’ by Ayşegül Savaş\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am eagerly awaiting Ayşegül Savaş’ \u003cem>The Anthropologists\u003c/em>. Born in Istanbul, Savaş has lived in England, Denmark and the U.S. also and now resides in France; in this novel she takes up themes of cultural migration through focus on a young couple seeking an apartment in a foreign city. I’m intrigued to discover how Savaş gifts her characters with an anthropological lens of exploration. (July 9) — \u003cem>Barbara J. King \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/elevator_custom-dcdd9705bb7ed0ee4d0cd6c1044b7affb5f454c9.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (New Directions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Elevator in Saigon by Thuân’ translated by Nguyen An Lý\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elevator in Saigon\u003c/em> is a literal and structural \u003cem>exquisite corpse\u003c/em>, capturing Vietnam’s eventful period from 1954 to 2004. Mimicking an elevator’s movement, the novel heightens our yearning for romance and mystery, while unflinchingly exposing such narrative shaft. Channeling Marguerite Duras and Patrick Modiano, the book also offers a dead-on tour of a society cunningly leaping from one ideological mode to the next. As if challenging Rick’s parting words to Ilsa in \u003cem>Casablanca\u003c/em>, Thuận’s sophomore novel in English implies that geopolitical debacles might have been mitigated if personal relations were held in more elevated regard than “a hill of beans.” (July 9) —\u003cem> Thúy Đinh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/goodnighttokyo_custom-5e0f418add83234a499f5adf8225cb5a1671c022.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Europa Editions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Goodnight Tokyo’ by Atsuhiro Yoshida, translated by Haydn Trowell\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atsuhiro Yoshida’s \u003cem>Goodnight Tokyo\u003c/em> begins with a film company procurer who’s tasked with finding fresh kumquats for a production. From there, interlinked tales of Tokyo residents unspool in unpredictable directions. Characters range from a cabdriver to a star of a detective TV series who might be an actual detective. Readers will be reminded of Jim Jarmusch’s 1991 movie \u003cem>Night on Earth\u003c/em>, which also takes place in the wee hours of the morning and threads together the stories of strangers. (July 9) — \u003cem>Leland Cheuk \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/navola_custom-9ffec1a70800c395d9dfba994a9592218ea4b9ca.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Knopf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Navola: A Novel’ by Paolo Bacigalupi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love when a beloved author — especially one known mostly for a certain type of book — throws us a daring curveball. \u003cem>Navola\u003c/em> is exactly such a pitch. Paolo Bacigalupi, who has won pretty much every major award in the science-fiction field with his climate-conscious dystopianism, is veering hard left with his new novel. It doesn’t take place in the future, and it isn’t a cautionary tale. Instead, it’s a hefty tome of high fantasy set in a dreamed-up world akin to Renaissance Florence. Only with, you guessed it, dragons. But also high finance, political intrigue, and de’ Medici-esque opulence. Bacigalupi is one of today’s most gripping spinners of speculative fiction, and I can’t wait to dive into this surprising magical foray. (July 9) \u003cem>— Jason Heller \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/luckyones_custom-d83a34ee0f3f90aaf4c10d5cf111eea0a9af1313.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Lucky Ones: A Memoir’ by Zara Chowdhary\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2002, two train carriages were set on fire in Gujarat, India. Within three weeks, more than 2,000 Muslims were murdered in response by Hindu mobs. By the end of the year, more than 50,000 Muslims became refugees in their own country. \u003cem>The Lucky Ones \u003c/em>is a unique memoir in English of this largest-ever \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/india.arson.case/index.html\">massacre in independent India\u003c/a>. It is also about a communal crisis bringing a fractured family together. A must-read in our warring world today. (July 16) — \u003cem>Jenny Bhatt\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/16/sharks_custom-b9e1d9ca19799e9b94e3376fd8cb3928daa3b31d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist’ by Jasmin Graham\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author Jasmin Graham is a marine biologist specializing in smalltooth sawfish and hammerhead sharks. Who are the real sharks in this story? Graham had to face the sharp-teethed truths of academia, while creating a world of curiosity and discovery around the complex lives of sharks. To combat the racism she encountered in academia, Graham created an “ocean of her own” to become an independent scientist and a champion of social justice, a journey she unspools in this new memoir. (July 16) —\u003cem> Martha Ann Toll\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/liars1_custom-61788f1e8cc522d62ed49db9f9f6f48b020cd8bd.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Hogarth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Liars’ by Sarah Manguso\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have long been a fan of Sarah Manguso’s crystalline prose, from her fragmented illness memoir\u003cem> The Two Kinds of Decay \u003c/em>to her tightly constrained 2022 novel \u003cem>Very Cold People\u003c/em>. Her second novel\u003cem>,\u003c/em> \u003cem>Liars\u003c/em>, marries restraint with rage — in it, Manguso traces the full arc of a 15-year relationship between Jane, a successful writer, and John, a dilettante artist-cum-techie, in aphoristic vignettes. The result is a furious, propulsive meditation on wifehood, motherhood and artistic ambition. (July 23) —\u003cem> Kristen Martin \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horse_custom-03be9b1d7e9c48e6deeff68af65f228511ae27be.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Harper)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Horse: A Novel’ by Willy Vlautin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musician and \u003cem>Lean on Pete\u003c/em> author Willy Vlautin captures the American West like few other writers. His prose is always excellent, his characters always beautifully drawn, and that promises to be the case with his next novel, about an isolated Nevada man in his 60s who is visited by a blind horse that refuses to leave. (July 30) — \u003cem>Michael Schaub\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>August\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/einstein_custom-e50a08faa4e05056ec6279194d5b40d0db8a1b74.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe’ by Ken Krimstein\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Art and science collide in Ken Krimstein’s new graphic biography\u003cem>.\u003c/em> In this book, the author of the brilliant and whimsical \u003cem>The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt \u003c/em>similarly translates careful research into scenic, emotive comics — in this case tracking the potential effects of an adventitious meeting in Prague between two geniuses on the cusp of world-changing discoveries. (Aug. 20) —\u003cem> Tahneer Oksman \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/survivalisapromise_custom-256957d8e07e0104d0900cb0fc8b729fbf4ae29f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde’ by Alexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’d probably be interested in a new biography of Audre Lorde if it focused on the eating habits of the brilliant thinker, poet, feminist and activist. But biographer Alexis Pauline Gumbs promises to more than exceed that bar. An award-winning poet, writer, feminist and activist in her own right, Gumbs is among the first researchers to delve into Lorde’s manuscript archives. The resulting book highlights the late author’s commitment to interrogating what it means to survive on this planet — and how Lorde’s radical understanding of ecology can guide us today. (Aug. 20)\u003cem> — Ericka Taylor \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/etcetera_custom-bea1fc18ec2ef90d7c5e32a84f79290c07f0168e.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Andrews McMeel Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases’ by Maia Lee-Chin, illustrated by Marta Bertello\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To those claiming Latin is dead, I say \u003cem>res ipsa loquitur — \u003c/em>the thing speaks for itself — in \u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_LPYFFvl0__;!!Iwwt!S7fnrtv-9xP8yJIcvz_iIknkh59ohTNRYWNdqCxOk8CoFzscVIHtud8YlvSylNTgXvfFeFbNxVUQUDkPow%24\">children’s cartoons\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Q_DCgbEz0__;!!Iwwt!S7fnrtv-9xP8yJIcvz_iIknkh59ohTNRYWNdqCxOk8CoFzscVIHtud8YlvSylNTgXvfFeFbNxVV4VxiN2Q%24\">Hollywood cartoons\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html__;!!Iwwt!S7fnrtv-9xP8yJIcvz_iIknkh59ohTNRYWNdqCxOk8CoFzscVIHtud8YlvSylNTgXvfFeFbNxVV5MbcrQA%24\">enduring epics\u003c/a>. As a fan of both Mr. Peabody and the Muses, the idea of combining Maia Lee-Chin’s thoughtful scholarship and Marta Bertello’s dynamic artistry is captivating. Their new book reimagines the world of Latin’s invention and tops my summer reading list. (Aug. 27) — \u003cem>Marcela Davison Avilés\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"NPR asked book critics what titles they’re most coveting this summer. Their picks cover a plethora of topics and tastes.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716402856,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":44,"wordCount":2176},"headData":{"title":"Best Reads for Summer 2024, as Chosen By NPR Critics | KQED","description":"NPR asked book critics what titles they’re most coveting this summer. 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As we look forward to travel and staycations, plane rides and trips to the beach, we’ve asked our book critics for some advice: What upcoming fiction and nonfiction are they most looking forward to reading?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their picks range from memoirs to sci-fi and fantasy to translations, love stories and everything in between. Here’s a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>June\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/daughter_custom-b786e59ae645b23b705710ab415dc3a27f150a5f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Redhook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Daughter of the Merciful Deep’ by Leslye Penelope\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was hooked when I first saw the gorgeous cover for \u003cem>Daughter of the Merciful Deep\u003c/em> by Leslye Penelope. But the novel’s premise put it at the top of my summer reading list. Penelope is known for unforgettable characters, world-building, beautiful writing and robust storytelling. Her latest work, inspired by actual events — the drowned Black towns of the American South — promises a magical, mythical and powerful tale of a young woman’s quest to save her town. A historical fantasy must-read. (June 4) — \u003cem>Denny Bryce\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/futurewascolor_custom-8cf072dcb45a69feb8bf38d30adb3a03422fce58.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Counterpoint LLC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Future Was Color’ by Patrick Nathan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Future Was Color\u003c/em> by Patrick Nathan has everything I look for in a book: a unique and startling voice, a queer protagonist and a deep understanding of a particular time and place. George — once György — is a gay Hungarian immigrant working as a screenwriter in McCarthy-era Hollywood, occasionally fantasizing about his officemate, Jack. When a once-famous actress named Madeline invites George to stay and write at her spacious Malibu house, she won’t take no for an answer — and so George finds himself in a hedonistic milieu where pleasure, politics and strong personalities intermingle. (June 4) — \u003cem>Ilana Masad\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/mirrored_custom-278fb8c0571ce760702cf2f0b0e763480f39862b.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (S&S/Saga Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Mirrored Heavens: Between Earth & Sky, Book 3’ by Rebecca Roanhorse\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Roanhorse is one of my auto-read authors — and one major reason is because of her fire \u003cem>Between Earth and Sky\u003c/em> series. That trilogy comes to a stunning, fevered conclusion with \u003cem>Mirrored Heavens\u003c/em>. All of the characters you love, hate and love to hate will converge on the city of Tova. Get ready for an epic battle between ancient gods, their human avatars and the mortals caught in between. (June 4) \u003cem>— Alex Brown\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/singlikefish_custom-08ec44af144d163477bad03e23664864c096488f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water’ by Amorina Kingdon\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/13/loneliest-whale-in-the-world-search\">52 Blue\u003c/a>, whose vocalizations likely go unheard by some other whales; it captured worldwide sympathy and became a pop-culture metaphor. But did you know \u003cem>all\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68358414\">whale song is critically disrupted by ships\u003c/a>? If that gets you wondering, keep an eye out for \u003cem>Sing Like Fish\u003c/em>, which promises to illuminate the fragile symphony of the deep. (June 4) —\u003cem> Genevieve Valentine\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/consent_custom-08d1ad496975300988db3f69077a2990ae9a4073.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Consent: A Memoir’ by Jill Ciment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I look forward to reading Jill Ciment’s \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>and to the discussions it’s sure to provoke. In this follow-up memoir to \u003cem>Half a Life,\u003c/em> Ciment reconsiders what she wrote 25 years ago about her teenage affair and marriage to her art teacher, 30 years her senior. \u003cem>Half a Life \u003c/em>was written before the #MeToo movement, and before her husband died at the age of 93 after 45 years of marriage. \u003cem>Consent \u003c/em>promises a fuller picture. (June 11) — \u003cem>Heller McAlpin\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/godmother_custom-ff8270a1d4a20fda0c303d080ef095532b512f9d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Publisher Union Square & Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Do What Godmother Says’ by L.S. Stratton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we continue to experience the frenzy of Harlem Renaissance celebrations, commemorations and historical resonance, \u003cem>Do What Godmother Says\u003c/em> by L.S. Stratton is the perfect addition to the litany of works set in this artistic period this year. It examines the intense and frequently degenerating relationship between patrons and artists during this intellectual and cultural movement. In this dual-timeline gothic thriller, a modern writer discovers a family heirloom painting by a Harlem Renaissance artist, which connects her family to a mysterious past. This historical novel is one I’m eager to read because it deftly exposes the layers of creative ownership, especially when race and wealth are involved. (June 11) — \u003cem>Keishel Williams\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horrormovie_custom-585da57f9b35c75005e2591f96db69eb8900038d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (William Morrow)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Horror Movie: A Novel’ by Paul Tremblay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Tremblay is one of the most entertaining and innovative voices in contemporary fiction regardless of genre. \u003cem>Horror Movie\u003c/em>, a story about a cursed movie that never came out and is about to get a remake, is a love letter to horror novels and horror movies, as well as a tense narrative that will redefine the cursed film subgenre. Tremblay is one of the modern masters of horror, and this new novel promises to be packed with the author’s distinctive voice, knack for ambiguity and intrigue, and superb atmosphere. (June 11) —\u003cem> Gabino Iglesias\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/cuethesun_custom-d017b905e1f57c346bd155e2b1e00b7e8a5018b3.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Random House)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Cue The Sun! The Invention of Reality TV’ by Emily Nussbaum\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every so often there’s a nonfiction title I covet like it’s the next installment in my favorite mystery series. This summer it’s \u003cem>Cue the Sun! \u003c/em>Based on in-depth interviews with more than 300 sources from every aspect of the production process, this book is a cultural history of the genre that ate American entertainment, from \u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em> critic Emily Nussbaum. It combines the appeal of a page-turning thriller and the heft of serious scholarship. Juicy and thoughtful, it’s a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture. (June 25) — \u003cem>Carole V. Bell\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>July\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/undermining_custom-0ab0ee15894c33905bc361a0c1dd2073df28cf79.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Orbit)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Undermining of Twyla and Frank’ by Megan Bannen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this return to the delightfully wacky world established in one of my personal top-five romance novels of all time, \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Undertaking of Hart and Mercy\u003c/em>, Megan Bannen takes on the friends to lovers trope with a combination of madcap \u003cem>joie de vivre\u003c/em> and the exhausted practicality of a mom who’s had enough. Also, there are dragons! (July 2) \u003cem>— Caitlyn Paxson\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/anthropologists_custom-fafa91131dbe50c4d7e17dad7a6d5e8262282d1f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Anthropologists’ by Ayşegül Savaş\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I am eagerly awaiting Ayşegül Savaş’ \u003cem>The Anthropologists\u003c/em>. Born in Istanbul, Savaş has lived in England, Denmark and the U.S. also and now resides in France; in this novel she takes up themes of cultural migration through focus on a young couple seeking an apartment in a foreign city. I’m intrigued to discover how Savaş gifts her characters with an anthropological lens of exploration. (July 9) — \u003cem>Barbara J. King \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/elevator_custom-dcdd9705bb7ed0ee4d0cd6c1044b7affb5f454c9.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (New Directions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Elevator in Saigon by Thuân’ translated by Nguyen An Lý\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elevator in Saigon\u003c/em> is a literal and structural \u003cem>exquisite corpse\u003c/em>, capturing Vietnam’s eventful period from 1954 to 2004. Mimicking an elevator’s movement, the novel heightens our yearning for romance and mystery, while unflinchingly exposing such narrative shaft. Channeling Marguerite Duras and Patrick Modiano, the book also offers a dead-on tour of a society cunningly leaping from one ideological mode to the next. As if challenging Rick’s parting words to Ilsa in \u003cem>Casablanca\u003c/em>, Thuận’s sophomore novel in English implies that geopolitical debacles might have been mitigated if personal relations were held in more elevated regard than “a hill of beans.” (July 9) —\u003cem> Thúy Đinh\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/goodnighttokyo_custom-5e0f418add83234a499f5adf8225cb5a1671c022.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Europa Editions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Goodnight Tokyo’ by Atsuhiro Yoshida, translated by Haydn Trowell\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atsuhiro Yoshida’s \u003cem>Goodnight Tokyo\u003c/em> begins with a film company procurer who’s tasked with finding fresh kumquats for a production. From there, interlinked tales of Tokyo residents unspool in unpredictable directions. Characters range from a cabdriver to a star of a detective TV series who might be an actual detective. Readers will be reminded of Jim Jarmusch’s 1991 movie \u003cem>Night on Earth\u003c/em>, which also takes place in the wee hours of the morning and threads together the stories of strangers. (July 9) — \u003cem>Leland Cheuk \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/navola_custom-9ffec1a70800c395d9dfba994a9592218ea4b9ca.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Knopf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Navola: A Novel’ by Paolo Bacigalupi\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love when a beloved author — especially one known mostly for a certain type of book — throws us a daring curveball. \u003cem>Navola\u003c/em> is exactly such a pitch. Paolo Bacigalupi, who has won pretty much every major award in the science-fiction field with his climate-conscious dystopianism, is veering hard left with his new novel. It doesn’t take place in the future, and it isn’t a cautionary tale. Instead, it’s a hefty tome of high fantasy set in a dreamed-up world akin to Renaissance Florence. Only with, you guessed it, dragons. But also high finance, political intrigue, and de’ Medici-esque opulence. Bacigalupi is one of today’s most gripping spinners of speculative fiction, and I can’t wait to dive into this surprising magical foray. (July 9) \u003cem>— Jason Heller \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/luckyones_custom-d83a34ee0f3f90aaf4c10d5cf111eea0a9af1313.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Crown)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Lucky Ones: A Memoir’ by Zara Chowdhary\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2002, two train carriages were set on fire in Gujarat, India. Within three weeks, more than 2,000 Muslims were murdered in response by Hindu mobs. By the end of the year, more than 50,000 Muslims became refugees in their own country. \u003cem>The Lucky Ones \u003c/em>is a unique memoir in English of this largest-ever \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/india.arson.case/index.html\">massacre in independent India\u003c/a>. It is also about a communal crisis bringing a fractured family together. A must-read in our warring world today. (July 16) — \u003cem>Jenny Bhatt\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/16/sharks_custom-b9e1d9ca19799e9b94e3376fd8cb3928daa3b31d.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Pantheon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist’ by Jasmin Graham\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author Jasmin Graham is a marine biologist specializing in smalltooth sawfish and hammerhead sharks. Who are the real sharks in this story? Graham had to face the sharp-teethed truths of academia, while creating a world of curiosity and discovery around the complex lives of sharks. To combat the racism she encountered in academia, Graham created an “ocean of her own” to become an independent scientist and a champion of social justice, a journey she unspools in this new memoir. (July 16) —\u003cem> Martha Ann Toll\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/liars1_custom-61788f1e8cc522d62ed49db9f9f6f48b020cd8bd.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Hogarth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Liars’ by Sarah Manguso\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have long been a fan of Sarah Manguso’s crystalline prose, from her fragmented illness memoir\u003cem> The Two Kinds of Decay \u003c/em>to her tightly constrained 2022 novel \u003cem>Very Cold People\u003c/em>. Her second novel\u003cem>,\u003c/em> \u003cem>Liars\u003c/em>, marries restraint with rage — in it, Manguso traces the full arc of a 15-year relationship between Jane, a successful writer, and John, a dilettante artist-cum-techie, in aphoristic vignettes. The result is a furious, propulsive meditation on wifehood, motherhood and artistic ambition. (July 23) —\u003cem> Kristen Martin \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/horse_custom-03be9b1d7e9c48e6deeff68af65f228511ae27be.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Harper)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘The Horse: A Novel’ by Willy Vlautin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musician and \u003cem>Lean on Pete\u003c/em> author Willy Vlautin captures the American West like few other writers. His prose is always excellent, his characters always beautifully drawn, and that promises to be the case with his next novel, about an isolated Nevada man in his 60s who is visited by a blind horse that refuses to leave. (July 30) — \u003cem>Michael Schaub\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>August\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/einstein_custom-e50a08faa4e05056ec6279194d5b40d0db8a1b74.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Bloomsbury Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up With the Universe’ by Ken Krimstein\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Art and science collide in Ken Krimstein’s new graphic biography\u003cem>.\u003c/em> In this book, the author of the brilliant and whimsical \u003cem>The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt \u003c/em>similarly translates careful research into scenic, emotive comics — in this case tracking the potential effects of an adventitious meeting in Prague between two geniuses on the cusp of world-changing discoveries. (Aug. 20) —\u003cem> Tahneer Oksman \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/survivalisapromise_custom-256957d8e07e0104d0900cb0fc8b729fbf4ae29f.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde’ by Alexis Pauline Gumbs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’d probably be interested in a new biography of Audre Lorde if it focused on the eating habits of the brilliant thinker, poet, feminist and activist. But biographer Alexis Pauline Gumbs promises to more than exceed that bar. An award-winning poet, writer, feminist and activist in her own right, Gumbs is among the first researchers to delve into Lorde’s manuscript archives. The resulting book highlights the late author’s commitment to interrogating what it means to survive on this planet — and how Lorde’s radical understanding of ecology can guide us today. (Aug. 20)\u003cem> — Ericka Taylor \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/05/13/etcetera_custom-bea1fc18ec2ef90d7c5e32a84f79290c07f0168e.jpg?s=1200&c=75&f=jpeg\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003ccite> (Andrews McMeel Publishing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases’ by Maia Lee-Chin, illustrated by Marta Bertello\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To those claiming Latin is dead, I say \u003cem>res ipsa loquitur — \u003c/em>the thing speaks for itself — in \u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_LPYFFvl0__;!!Iwwt!S7fnrtv-9xP8yJIcvz_iIknkh59ohTNRYWNdqCxOk8CoFzscVIHtud8YlvSylNTgXvfFeFbNxVUQUDkPow%24\">children’s cartoons\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Q_DCgbEz0__;!!Iwwt!S7fnrtv-9xP8yJIcvz_iIknkh59ohTNRYWNdqCxOk8CoFzscVIHtud8YlvSylNTgXvfFeFbNxVV4VxiN2Q%24\">Hollywood cartoons\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html__;!!Iwwt!S7fnrtv-9xP8yJIcvz_iIknkh59ohTNRYWNdqCxOk8CoFzscVIHtud8YlvSylNTgXvfFeFbNxVV5MbcrQA%24\">enduring epics\u003c/a>. As a fan of both Mr. Peabody and the Muses, the idea of combining Maia Lee-Chin’s thoughtful scholarship and Marta Bertello’s dynamic artistry is captivating. Their new book reimagines the world of Latin’s invention and tops my summer reading list. (Aug. 27) — \u003cem>Marcela Davison Avilés\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13958311/best-new-books-summer-2024-npr-critics-picks","authors":["byline_arts_13958311"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_73","arts_835","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_5221","arts_21679","arts_769","arts_22140","arts_585"],"affiliates":["arts_137"],"featImg":"arts_13958312","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13957833":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13957833","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13957833","found":true},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1715729282,"format":"standard","title":"Kehlani, E-40, P-Lo to Celebrate Golden State Valkyries at SF Block Party","headTitle":"Kehlani, E-40, P-Lo to Celebrate Golden State Valkyries at SF Block Party | KQED","content":"\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the WNBA announced that the Bay Area would receive an expansion team last October, fans have clamored with excitement and speculation around what the team’s name would be. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Tuesday, May 14, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the franchise’s identity was finally revealed\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: the Golden State Valkyries. One team representative described it as being “Warriors-inspired… \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790392163722772790\">a host of women warriors\u003c/a>.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fittingly, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/itszenakeita/status/1790439492991529276\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the team will be hosting a block party in front of Chase Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Saturday, May 18, from 2-6 p.m. with appearances from Kehlani, P-Lo and E-40. Team merchandise will already be available for the earliest diehard fans, as the Valkyries aren’t slated to play their first game until the 2025 season.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790376816840146993\">The Valkyries logo is minimalistic and clean\u003c/a>, with a violet crest anchored by the central tower of the Bay Bridge that flows into a winged V-shaped symbol. The bridge’s cables double as reinforced wings spreading outwards, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/news/gs-valkyries-2025-identity\">the five spaces on each side represent a total of ten players facing off\u003c/a> against each other.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790376816840146993\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The announcement was made at 5:30 a.m., later accompanied by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790360287725674855\">a Kehlani-narrated video\u003c/a> — in which a camera flies over the Bay and into San Francisco’s streets with the sound of wings flapping in the background, alluding to the flying Nordic warrior that is the Valkyries’ namesake.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This is where legends take flight,” says Kehlani, the Oakland singer whose early mixtapes \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cloud 19 \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You Should Be Here\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> evoke a similar vibe of high-flying, pink-clouded views overlooking San Francisco’s mighty skyline. “Our story has yet to be written,” she tells fans.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite its recent growth in popularity, the WNBA hasn’t added a team since 2008, so anticipation has been high. (Team owner Joe Lacob previously invested in women’s basketball with the short-lived San Jose Lasers in 1996, as part of the now-defunct American Basketball League.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responses to the Valkyries’ name and logo seem to be overwhelmingly positive up to this point. Warriors players \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/warriors/status/1790426521858937324\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kevon Looney and Trayce Jackson-Davis were shown repping their counterparts’ shirts\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Chase Center, where the Valkyries will also play. Warriors head coach \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/warriors/status/1790472288066011379\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steve Kerr has also been spotted in the Dub’s practice facility rocking a Vs crewneck\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790360287725674855\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790402511368769841\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Francisco-born Olympian and freestyle skier Eileen Gu\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared a message for fans. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1790396659945587148\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caltrain tweeted\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about going to Chase Center to watch the new team. Robin Roberts, who covered \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RobinRoberts/status/1790350094463803854\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the WNBA’s inaugural season in 1997\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, held up a\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790382211965075680\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a Valkyries sweatshirt\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em> after interviewing team president Jess Smith. And \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://wnbastore.nba.com/golden-state-valkyries/unisex-golden-state-valkyries-playa-society-eclipse-black-premium-t-shirt/t-24961574+p-574467284513361+z-9-1951373147\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Playa Society, a niche, independent clothing brand focused on the WNBA\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that has earned respect within the women’s basketball community, has already released their debut Valkyries merch. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The few criticisms have come from a handful of fans who’ve pointed out that the Valkyries’ purple and black color scheme is weirdly reminiscent of the nearby Sacramento Kings, rather than the blue and yellow of the Golden State Warriors. Another commenter also made a reference to the Dallas Wings, an WNBA team that features a mythological winged logo that appears to be Pegasus. But the detractors are far and few between.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only remaining element is to add worthy players to their roster and watch them ball out on the hardwood. With one of the highest picks in the upcoming draft to be awarded to Golden State, many fans are hoping that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paigebueckers/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Connecticut star Paige Bueckers\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will land in the Bay Area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As soon the Valkyries announced their name and logo, the young WNBA prospect declared that Golden State has \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/paigebueckers1/status/1790410960886227152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1790410960886227152%7Ctwgr%5E627c58dfb108a876f19909da1dc59f6ae19728c0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcsportsbayarea.com%2Fwnba%2Fpaige-bueckers-valkyries-design-color%2F1734864%2F\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the “prettiest colorway ever.”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/itszenakeita/status/1790439492991529276\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Golden State Valkyries will host a block party at Chase Center’s Thrive City\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Saturday, May 18, from 2-6 p.m. Free admission.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":679,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":15},"modified":1715729282,"excerpt":"The Bay Area’s newest sports franchise will host a free community event in front of Chase Center this weekend.","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"The Bay Area’s newest sports franchise will host a free community event in front of Chase Center this weekend.","title":"Kehlani, E-40, P-Lo to Celebrate Golden State Valkyries at SF Block Party | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Kehlani, E-40, P-Lo to Celebrate Golden State Valkyries at SF Block Party","datePublished":"2024-05-14T16:28:02-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-14T16:28:02-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo","status":"publish","templateType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","featuredImageType":"standard","sticky":false,"articleAge":"0","nprStoryId":"kqed-13957833","path":"/arts/13957833/golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the WNBA announced that the Bay Area would receive an expansion team last October, fans have clamored with excitement and speculation around what the team’s name would be. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Tuesday, May 14, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the franchise’s identity was finally revealed\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">: the Golden State Valkyries. One team representative described it as being “Warriors-inspired… \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790392163722772790\">a host of women warriors\u003c/a>.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fittingly, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/itszenakeita/status/1790439492991529276\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the team will be hosting a block party in front of Chase Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Saturday, May 18, from 2-6 p.m. with appearances from Kehlani, P-Lo and E-40. Team merchandise will already be available for the earliest diehard fans, as the Valkyries aren’t slated to play their first game until the 2025 season.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790376816840146993\">The Valkyries logo is minimalistic and clean\u003c/a>, with a violet crest anchored by the central tower of the Bay Bridge that flows into a winged V-shaped symbol. The bridge’s cables double as reinforced wings spreading outwards, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/news/gs-valkyries-2025-identity\">the five spaces on each side represent a total of ten players facing off\u003c/a> against each other.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1790376816840146993"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The announcement was made at 5:30 a.m., later accompanied by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790360287725674855\">a Kehlani-narrated video\u003c/a> — in which a camera flies over the Bay and into San Francisco’s streets with the sound of wings flapping in the background, alluding to the flying Nordic warrior that is the Valkyries’ namesake.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This is where legends take flight,” says Kehlani, the Oakland singer whose early mixtapes \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cloud 19 \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You Should Be Here\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> evoke a similar vibe of high-flying, pink-clouded views overlooking San Francisco’s mighty skyline. “Our story has yet to be written,” she tells fans.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite its recent growth in popularity, the WNBA hasn’t added a team since 2008, so anticipation has been high. (Team owner Joe Lacob previously invested in women’s basketball with the short-lived San Jose Lasers in 1996, as part of the now-defunct American Basketball League.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responses to the Valkyries’ name and logo seem to be overwhelmingly positive up to this point. Warriors players \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/warriors/status/1790426521858937324\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kevon Looney and Trayce Jackson-Davis were shown repping their counterparts’ shirts\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Chase Center, where the Valkyries will also play. Warriors head coach \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/warriors/status/1790472288066011379\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steve Kerr has also been spotted in the Dub’s practice facility rocking a Vs crewneck\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1790360287725674855"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790402511368769841\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Francisco-born Olympian and freestyle skier Eileen Gu\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared a message for fans. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1790396659945587148\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caltrain tweeted\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about going to Chase Center to watch the new team. Robin Roberts, who covered \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RobinRoberts/status/1790350094463803854\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the WNBA’s inaugural season in 1997\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, held up a\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/wnbagoldenstate/status/1790382211965075680\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a Valkyries sweatshirt\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em> after interviewing team president Jess Smith. And \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://wnbastore.nba.com/golden-state-valkyries/unisex-golden-state-valkyries-playa-society-eclipse-black-premium-t-shirt/t-24961574+p-574467284513361+z-9-1951373147\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Playa Society, a niche, independent clothing brand focused on the WNBA\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that has earned respect within the women’s basketball community, has already released their debut Valkyries merch. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The few criticisms have come from a handful of fans who’ve pointed out that the Valkyries’ purple and black color scheme is weirdly reminiscent of the nearby Sacramento Kings, rather than the blue and yellow of the Golden State Warriors. Another commenter also made a reference to the Dallas Wings, an WNBA team that features a mythological winged logo that appears to be Pegasus. But the detractors are far and few between.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only remaining element is to add worthy players to their roster and watch them ball out on the hardwood. With one of the highest picks in the upcoming draft to be awarded to Golden State, many fans are hoping that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paigebueckers/?hl=en\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Connecticut star Paige Bueckers\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will land in the Bay Area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As soon the Valkyries announced their name and logo, the young WNBA prospect declared that Golden State has \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/paigebueckers1/status/1790410960886227152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1790410960886227152%7Ctwgr%5E627c58dfb108a876f19909da1dc59f6ae19728c0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcsportsbayarea.com%2Fwnba%2Fpaige-bueckers-valkyries-design-color%2F1734864%2F\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the “prettiest colorway ever.”\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/itszenakeita/status/1790439492991529276\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Golden State Valkyries will host a block party at Chase Center’s Thrive City\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Saturday, May 18, from 2-6 p.m. Free admission.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13957833/golden-state-valkyries-chase-center-wnba-block-party-kehlani-e-40-p-lo","authors":["11748"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_5786","arts_6926","arts_1601","arts_22151","arts_9346","arts_1829","arts_681","arts_1803","arts_1146"],"featImg":"arts_13957856","label":"arts"},"arts_13957666":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13957666","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13957666","found":true},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1715720422,"format":"standard","title":"8 Refreshing Bay Area Boba Shops to Help Beat the Summer Heat","headTitle":"8 Refreshing Bay Area Boba Shops to Help Beat the Summer Heat | KQED","content":"\u003cp>We are living in a golden age of boba in the Bay Area. In certain swaths of Berkeley, San Jose and Cupertino, you can find a boba shop literally on every block, and the sheer variety of drinks — from the cheese foam–topped to the nitro-chilled — has never been more robust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, any true bubble tea connoisseur will tell you that beverage quality varies wildly from boba shop to boba shop — and, if I can say the quiet part out loud, the vast majority of Bay Area spots are mediocre at best. Unless you \u003ci>like\u003c/i> stale tapioca balls and excruciatingly sweet, watered-down tea made from powder mixes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But listen: Friends don’t let friends drink bad boba. And because I care about you, dear reader, I’ve decided to share my running list of the best the Bay Area has to offer. As the parched, sun-soaked days of summer draw near, these are the spots where I’ll be posting up to quench my thirst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea.jpg\" alt=\"Two boba drinks on a wooden table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-800x618.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-1020x787.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-768x593.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-1536x1186.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TP Tea is a good choice for boba drinkers who want to be able to taste the tea. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>TP Tea\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>2383 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s where I’ll remind you that the boba balls themselves are merely a \u003ci>topping\u003c/i>, and an optional one at that. A boba shop serving tea that doesn’t taste good on its own would never survive in Taiwan (or any serious tea-drinking country). And so the highest praise I can give to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tptea.california/\">TP Tea\u003c/a> is that it’s the kind of boba shop where you can order the most basic-sounding tea (say, the “Signature Black Tea”) with minimal (30%) sugar added and no toppings whatsoever — and the drink will taste good as hell. The tea drinks here actually taste like tea, including the elegantly smooth Tie Guan Yin milk tea, a contender for my favorite milk tea in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s for good reason, then, that TP’s UC Berkeley location is by far the busiest boba shop on a couple-block stretch of Telegraph Avenue packed with six or seven others. (Also, “Taiwan Professional Tea” is the best name for a boba chain, hands down.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Asha Tea House\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>2086 University Ave., Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/two-local-teashops-that-could-make-you-care-about-tea-1/\">As the story goes\u003c/a>, this Berkeley institution opened as a vehicle for evangelizing the pleasures of fine Asian teas, and offered a simple boba menu as just one part of that mission. But the boba drinks were so wildly popular, they quickly overshadowed all of the shop’s higher-end offerings. More than probably any other Bay Area boba shop, the focus at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ashateahouse/?hl=en\">Asha\u003c/a> rests squarely on the quality of the tea itself rather than on any bells and whistles. All of my favorites have been on the menu from day one: the potent, condensed milk–sweetened Hong Kong milk tea, which is delicious hot or cold, with or without boba. Or any of the seasonal fruit teas, which rely on no artificial flavorings. Instead, they’re just pure tea, supplemented with one of Asha’s pulpy housemade fruit purees. When available, the strawberry black tea and the Asian pear oolong are especially elite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango.jpg\" alt=\"A mango smoothie topped with whipped cream.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dek Doi sells standard boba drinks, but its boba-adjacent Thai beverages — like the “Mango Sunset” — are where the Piedmont Avenue shop really shines. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Dek Doi Cafe\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>4125 Piedmont Ave., Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a testament to the beverage’s mainstream universal appeal these days that this little Thai cafe has a whole section of its menu dedicated to boba, which doesn’t have any traditional roots in Thailand. That said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dekdoicafe/\">Dek Doi’s\u003c/a> boba drink selection is fairly basic, so you’d be better off choosing one of its boba-adjacent Thai drinks — like the “Mango Sunset,” which is just an S-tier exemplar of the kind of slushie mango smoothie that many shops sell. This version comes topped with whipped cream and crispy mung beans. Or try Thailand’s famous “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925310/dek-doi-cafe-pink-milk-thai-bl-oakland\">pink milk\u003c/a>,” or nom chompuu, which is made with red palm fruit syrup and resembles, and vaguely tastes similar to, a retro diner–style strawberry milk with tropical undertones. Note that the drinks here run sweet, but, like at any respectable boba shop, the sweetness level is customizable: For me, 50% was just right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee.jpg\" alt=\"A creamy boba drink sits on a table in front of a pillow.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crème brûlée milk tea is one of Urban Ritual’s many excellent toppings-forward drinks. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Urban Ritual\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>488 Fell St., San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just when I got done saying boba isn’t all about all the toppings, here comes a boba shop that is, to a large extent, \u003ci>all about the toppings\u003c/i>. And yet I love it, unreservedly. Actually, the tea at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/urbanritualcafe/?hl=en\">Urban Ritual\u003c/a> tastes quite good, and the texture of the boba itself is unimpeachable. But what sets the shop apart is its next-generation approach to creative flavor and topping combinations. The most obvious example is its signature crème brûlée milk tea, which combines black tea, cream, tapioca balls and crème brûlée — both the eggy pudding and the crunchy-smoky torched sugar bits. This is Urban Ritual’s greatest innovation: the way it introduces textures other than the classic “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897410/taiwanese-food-texture-q-boba-love-boat\">QQ\u003c/a>” chew of the boba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you want to tell me that some of these drinks are more of a dessert than a beverage? You would be correct — but who is going to complain as long as they know that going in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957748\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two boba drinks — one green and fruity, the other one creamy — on a wooden picnic table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaspoon’s Corte Madera location might be the best boba option in the North Bay. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Teaspoon\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>132 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13915004,arts_13957599']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>Marin County has long been a bit of a boba wasteland, as the big, trendy brands from Taiwan haven’t, to this point, seen the region’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11307601/why-is-marin-county-so-white\">small Asian population\u003c/a> as a worthwhile market. It was a happy day, then, when Teaspoon, one of the more well-regarded local (and now \u003ca href=\"https://order.teaspoonlife.com/\">national\u003c/a>) chains, opened a branch in a Corte Madera shopping plaza. Teaspoon’s offerings tend toward sweet and aesthetically pleasing, with creative flavor combinations that only occasionally veer into stunt beverage territory (there’s a line of Red Bull boba drinks??). They’re also undeniably tasty: The creamy, caramelly Black Sugar Assam is a well-executed take on the black sugar boba trend. And the “Grasshopper,” which combines lychee green tea and fresh cucumber juice, is fun and refreshing — a nod, perhaps, toward the kind of pepino agua fresca you might find at a local taqueria.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>34133 Fremont Blvd., Fremont\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways this may feel like a basic pick: This Taiwanese chain has had a foothold in Northern California for years now, with more than a dozen locations, and it’s been a minute since the brand was super-relevant on the Taipei scene. But what \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yifang.cal/?hl=en\">Yifang\u003c/a> still does better than any other Bay Area chain is its fruit-flavored teas — whether it’s pineapple teas (made with housemade pineapple jam), old-school Taiwanese tastes like winter melon tea or lemon aiyu or, best of all, the shop’s signature Yifang Fruit Tea, which comes loaded fresh apple, orange and passion fruit, like a beverage and fruit salad all in one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is another spot where you’ll want to be careful about the sweetness levels, which vary widely from drink to drink. I’ve ordered the Yifang Fruit Tea at 0% sweetness and still found it to be plenty sweet enough!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957754\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a man holding two boba drinks using boba totes made of twine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicha San Chen’s hallmark is that it brews the tea for each individual boba drink to order. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Chicha San Chen\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>20688 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13904913,arts_13929494']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>This one is for the diehards — or at least for tea lovers who have about an hour to kill. The current title holder in the contest for buzziest Bay Area boba shop, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chichasanchen.norcal/?hl=en\">Chicha San Chen\u003c/a> touts its award-winning tea drinks, which are individually brewed to order using the company’s patented, very Third-Wave-esque “teaspresso” machines. Is it all a little bit precious? Sure. But it does make for tasty tea. Word to the wise: If you’re going to go through all the trouble of waiting in line for half an hour (and then \u003ci>another\u003c/i> half hour for them to make your drink), then you’d better be a person who appreciates the flavor of tea for tea’s sake — and you’d be well-advised to order one of the simpler drinks, so the taste of that tea actually shines through. I love the floral, slightly tannic, minimally sweetened honey osmanthus oolong in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonus points for packaging that’s cute \u003ci>and\u003c/i> convenient: Every cup comes with a disposable \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C13nPlqLXle/?hl=en\">boba tote\u003c/a> made of twine. But if you want to wait another six months for the hype to die down a bit, I wouldn’t blame you in the least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957757\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful.jpg\" alt=\"A soy pudding drink with many colorful toppings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-1536x1151.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The #8 combination at Soyful desserts is a hybrid of boba, soy pudding and chè. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Soyful Desserts\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>999 Story Rd., San Jose\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the joys of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904913/vietnamese-drinks-boba-che-guide-san-jose\">San Jose’s vibrant, colorful drinks scene\u003c/a> is the way that Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese influences have fused together to create their own unique, hybridized thing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/soyfuldesserts/\">Soyful Desserts\u003c/a> is probably the peak example of that synthesis, with its concise menu of Hong Kong-style milk teas, soy pudding drinks and shaved ice–laden Vietnamese chè. As the shop’s name indicates, the star here is the soy pudding (aka tofu pudding), a silky, refreshing treat equally beloved in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam. To experience this fusion in all its glory, try the #8 soy pudding combination, which comes filled to the brim with ginger syrup–soaked tofu pudding, shaved ice, basil seeds, pandan jelly, grass jelly, sweet red beans and probably a handful of other toppings I’m forgetting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m well aware that this is a “drink” that’s more solid than liquid — that it, in fact, constitutes a full meal in itself. But that doesn’t make it any less fun or delicious.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1779,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":26},"modified":1716247299,"excerpt":"Because friends don’t let friends drink bad boba.","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"8 Refreshing Bay Area Boba Shops to Help Beat the Summer Heat","socialTitle":"The 8 Best Boba Shops in the Bay Area%%page%% %%sep%% KQED","ogTitle":"8 Refreshing Bay Area Boba Shops to Help Beat the Summer Heat","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"Because friends don’t let friends drink bad boba.","title":"The 8 Best Boba Shops in the Bay Area | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"8 Refreshing Bay Area Boba Shops to Help Beat the Summer Heat","datePublished":"2024-05-14T14:00:22-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-20T16:21:39-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"best-boba-shops-bay-area-berkeley-cupertino-sf","status":"publish","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/summer-guide-2024","templateType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","featuredImageType":"standard","sticky":false,"source":"Summer Guide 2024","articleAge":"0","nprStoryId":"kqed-13957666","path":"/arts/13957666/best-boba-shops-bay-area-berkeley-cupertino-sf","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We are living in a golden age of boba in the Bay Area. In certain swaths of Berkeley, San Jose and Cupertino, you can find a boba shop literally on every block, and the sheer variety of drinks — from the cheese foam–topped to the nitro-chilled — has never been more robust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, any true bubble tea connoisseur will tell you that beverage quality varies wildly from boba shop to boba shop — and, if I can say the quiet part out loud, the vast majority of Bay Area spots are mediocre at best. Unless you \u003ci>like\u003c/i> stale tapioca balls and excruciatingly sweet, watered-down tea made from powder mixes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But listen: Friends don’t let friends drink bad boba. And because I care about you, dear reader, I’ve decided to share my running list of the best the Bay Area has to offer. As the parched, sun-soaked days of summer draw near, these are the spots where I’ll be posting up to quench my thirst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea.jpg\" alt=\"Two boba drinks on a wooden table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-800x618.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-1020x787.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-768x593.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/tp-tea-1536x1186.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TP Tea is a good choice for boba drinkers who want to be able to taste the tea. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>TP Tea\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>2383 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s where I’ll remind you that the boba balls themselves are merely a \u003ci>topping\u003c/i>, and an optional one at that. A boba shop serving tea that doesn’t taste good on its own would never survive in Taiwan (or any serious tea-drinking country). And so the highest praise I can give to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tptea.california/\">TP Tea\u003c/a> is that it’s the kind of boba shop where you can order the most basic-sounding tea (say, the “Signature Black Tea”) with minimal (30%) sugar added and no toppings whatsoever — and the drink will taste good as hell. The tea drinks here actually taste like tea, including the elegantly smooth Tie Guan Yin milk tea, a contender for my favorite milk tea in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s for good reason, then, that TP’s UC Berkeley location is by far the busiest boba shop on a couple-block stretch of Telegraph Avenue packed with six or seven others. (Also, “Taiwan Professional Tea” is the best name for a boba chain, hands down.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Asha Tea House\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>2086 University Ave., Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eastbayexpress.com/two-local-teashops-that-could-make-you-care-about-tea-1/\">As the story goes\u003c/a>, this Berkeley institution opened as a vehicle for evangelizing the pleasures of fine Asian teas, and offered a simple boba menu as just one part of that mission. But the boba drinks were so wildly popular, they quickly overshadowed all of the shop’s higher-end offerings. More than probably any other Bay Area boba shop, the focus at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ashateahouse/?hl=en\">Asha\u003c/a> rests squarely on the quality of the tea itself rather than on any bells and whistles. All of my favorites have been on the menu from day one: the potent, condensed milk–sweetened Hong Kong milk tea, which is delicious hot or cold, with or without boba. Or any of the seasonal fruit teas, which rely on no artificial flavorings. Instead, they’re just pure tea, supplemented with one of Asha’s pulpy housemade fruit purees. When available, the strawberry black tea and the Asian pear oolong are especially elite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango.jpg\" alt=\"A mango smoothie topped with whipped cream.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/dek-doi-mango-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dek Doi sells standard boba drinks, but its boba-adjacent Thai beverages — like the “Mango Sunset” — are where the Piedmont Avenue shop really shines. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Dek Doi Cafe\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>4125 Piedmont Ave., Oakland\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a testament to the beverage’s mainstream universal appeal these days that this little Thai cafe has a whole section of its menu dedicated to boba, which doesn’t have any traditional roots in Thailand. That said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dekdoicafe/\">Dek Doi’s\u003c/a> boba drink selection is fairly basic, so you’d be better off choosing one of its boba-adjacent Thai drinks — like the “Mango Sunset,” which is just an S-tier exemplar of the kind of slushie mango smoothie that many shops sell. This version comes topped with whipped cream and crispy mung beans. Or try Thailand’s famous “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925310/dek-doi-cafe-pink-milk-thai-bl-oakland\">pink milk\u003c/a>,” or nom chompuu, which is made with red palm fruit syrup and resembles, and vaguely tastes similar to, a retro diner–style strawberry milk with tropical undertones. Note that the drinks here run sweet, but, like at any respectable boba shop, the sweetness level is customizable: For me, 50% was just right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee.jpg\" alt=\"A creamy boba drink sits on a table in front of a pillow.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/urban-ritual-creme-brulee-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crème brûlée milk tea is one of Urban Ritual’s many excellent toppings-forward drinks. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Urban Ritual\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>488 Fell St., San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just when I got done saying boba isn’t all about all the toppings, here comes a boba shop that is, to a large extent, \u003ci>all about the toppings\u003c/i>. And yet I love it, unreservedly. Actually, the tea at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/urbanritualcafe/?hl=en\">Urban Ritual\u003c/a> tastes quite good, and the texture of the boba itself is unimpeachable. But what sets the shop apart is its next-generation approach to creative flavor and topping combinations. The most obvious example is its signature crème brûlée milk tea, which combines black tea, cream, tapioca balls and crème brûlée — both the eggy pudding and the crunchy-smoky torched sugar bits. This is Urban Ritual’s greatest innovation: the way it introduces textures other than the classic “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897410/taiwanese-food-texture-q-boba-love-boat\">QQ\u003c/a>” chew of the boba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you want to tell me that some of these drinks are more of a dessert than a beverage? You would be correct — but who is going to complain as long as they know that going in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957748\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two boba drinks — one green and fruity, the other one creamy — on a wooden picnic table.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/teaspoon-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teaspoon’s Corte Madera location might be the best boba option in the North Bay. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Teaspoon\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>132 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13915004,arts_13957599","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>Marin County has long been a bit of a boba wasteland, as the big, trendy brands from Taiwan haven’t, to this point, seen the region’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11307601/why-is-marin-county-so-white\">small Asian population\u003c/a> as a worthwhile market. It was a happy day, then, when Teaspoon, one of the more well-regarded local (and now \u003ca href=\"https://order.teaspoonlife.com/\">national\u003c/a>) chains, opened a branch in a Corte Madera shopping plaza. Teaspoon’s offerings tend toward sweet and aesthetically pleasing, with creative flavor combinations that only occasionally veer into stunt beverage territory (there’s a line of Red Bull boba drinks??). They’re also undeniably tasty: The creamy, caramelly Black Sugar Assam is a well-executed take on the black sugar boba trend. And the “Grasshopper,” which combines lychee green tea and fresh cucumber juice, is fun and refreshing — a nod, perhaps, toward the kind of pepino agua fresca you might find at a local taqueria.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Yifang Taiwan Fruit Tea \u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>34133 Fremont Blvd., Fremont\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways this may feel like a basic pick: This Taiwanese chain has had a foothold in Northern California for years now, with more than a dozen locations, and it’s been a minute since the brand was super-relevant on the Taipei scene. But what \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yifang.cal/?hl=en\">Yifang\u003c/a> still does better than any other Bay Area chain is its fruit-flavored teas — whether it’s pineapple teas (made with housemade pineapple jam), old-school Taiwanese tastes like winter melon tea or lemon aiyu or, best of all, the shop’s signature Yifang Fruit Tea, which comes loaded fresh apple, orange and passion fruit, like a beverage and fruit salad all in one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is another spot where you’ll want to be careful about the sweetness levels, which vary widely from drink to drink. I’ve ordered the Yifang Fruit Tea at 0% sweetness and still found it to be plenty sweet enough!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957754\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a man holding two boba drinks using boba totes made of twine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/chicha-san-chen_totes-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicha San Chen’s hallmark is that it brews the tea for each individual boba drink to order. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Chicha San Chen\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>20688 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13904913,arts_13929494","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>This one is for the diehards — or at least for tea lovers who have about an hour to kill. The current title holder in the contest for buzziest Bay Area boba shop, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chichasanchen.norcal/?hl=en\">Chicha San Chen\u003c/a> touts its award-winning tea drinks, which are individually brewed to order using the company’s patented, very Third-Wave-esque “teaspresso” machines. Is it all a little bit precious? Sure. But it does make for tasty tea. Word to the wise: If you’re going to go through all the trouble of waiting in line for half an hour (and then \u003ci>another\u003c/i> half hour for them to make your drink), then you’d better be a person who appreciates the flavor of tea for tea’s sake — and you’d be well-advised to order one of the simpler drinks, so the taste of that tea actually shines through. I love the floral, slightly tannic, minimally sweetened honey osmanthus oolong in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonus points for packaging that’s cute \u003ci>and\u003c/i> convenient: Every cup comes with a disposable \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C13nPlqLXle/?hl=en\">boba tote\u003c/a> made of twine. But if you want to wait another six months for the hype to die down a bit, I wouldn’t blame you in the least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957757\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful.jpg\" alt=\"A soy pudding drink with many colorful toppings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/soyful-1536x1151.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The #8 combination at Soyful desserts is a hybrid of boba, soy pudding and chè. \u003ccite>(Luke Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Soyful Desserts\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>999 Story Rd., San Jose\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the joys of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904913/vietnamese-drinks-boba-che-guide-san-jose\">San Jose’s vibrant, colorful drinks scene\u003c/a> is the way that Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese influences have fused together to create their own unique, hybridized thing. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/soyfuldesserts/\">Soyful Desserts\u003c/a> is probably the peak example of that synthesis, with its concise menu of Hong Kong-style milk teas, soy pudding drinks and shaved ice–laden Vietnamese chè. As the shop’s name indicates, the star here is the soy pudding (aka tofu pudding), a silky, refreshing treat equally beloved in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam. To experience this fusion in all its glory, try the #8 soy pudding combination, which comes filled to the brim with ginger syrup–soaked tofu pudding, shaved ice, basil seeds, pandan jelly, grass jelly, sweet red beans and probably a handful of other toppings I’m forgetting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m well aware that this is a “drink” that’s more solid than liquid — that it, in fact, constitutes a full meal in itself. But that doesn’t make it any less fun or delicious.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13957666/best-boba-shops-bay-area-berkeley-cupertino-sf","authors":["11743"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_12276"],"tags":["arts_1270","arts_14423","arts_6902","arts_22144","arts_10278","arts_1297","arts_1084","arts_22150","arts_22140"],"featImg":"arts_13957736","label":"source_arts_13957666"},"arts_13957988":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13957988","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13957988","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"mistah-f-a-b-drops-n-e-w-oakland-music-video-nearly-20-years-later","title":"Mistah F.A.B. Drops ‘N.E.W. Oakland’ Music Video, Nearly 20 Years Later","publishDate":1716328907,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Mistah F.A.B. Drops ‘N.E.W. Oakland’ Music Video, Nearly 20 Years Later | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>In 2005, when rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fabbydavisjr1/?hl=en\">Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/a> originally released “N.E.W. Oakland,” he was barely old enough to legally drink. Nearly 20 years later — now a veteran, community fixture and business savant — he’s finally decided to drop the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B. is known for pouring his all into The Town. In addition to running \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dopeeraco/?hl=en\">Dope Era\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908484/mistah-fab-week-dope-era-academy-dezis-oakland\">a clothing shop that also offers a youth arts development component\u003c/a>), he recently began offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbQyGJGWgw\">Thug Therapy\u003c/a> (a free, bimonthly support group for men). But “N.E.W. Oakland” shows how F.A.B. was bringing folks together long before that, with a call for pride and unity in the Oakland hip-hop scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ode recounts each side of Oakland (the North, East and West) with a triumvirate of game-certified, lyrically diverse representatives: F.A.B., \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/trugstack/\">G-Stack\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/billybavgate/?hl=en\">Bavgate\u003c/a>. As a young, rising freestyle rapper, Mistah F.A.B. — the self-proclaimed “Prince of the O” — first got the idea when he ran into the pair of Oakland legends, whom he grew up idolizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was in the studio and was like, there go G-Stack, that’s a super pioneer for the culture with [his group] The Delinquents, and what they done for Oakland. Then Bavgate walked into the studio after that. He used to be with No Limit [Records], selling millions,” F.A.B. recalls. “I’m like, ‘I’m from the North, he’s from the East, he’s from the West.’ Let’s do a record about the whole Town being together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a beat from E-A-Ski and I freestyled the hook,” he continues. “Everyone was like ‘Yeah, that’s cold.’ So we wrote our verses. [But] never would I have thought that ‘N.E.W Oakland’ would be a song that stands as a Bay Area anthem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0FIFuJZ64\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike so many rap songs about warring factions, “N.E.W. Oakland” brings each side of Oakland together on equal footing, with shout-outs to each neighborhood’s markers. There may not be another hook with as much centrifugal gravity for all of Oakland as when F.A.B. shouts, “I got the North, got the East, got the West with me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the song’s release, F.A.B. says that North Oakland wasn’t receiving its proper respect, often being left out of the larger rap conversation, while East and West Oakland rappers got their shine. In the 2005 Keak Da Sneak track “Town Business,” for example, the raspy-voiced linguist rattles off a litany of Oakland locations — but none from the North side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was a big record that summer,” F.A.B. says. “I was like ‘Damn, y’all didn’t say nothing about North Oakland.’ So when I did my verse [on ‘N.E.W. Oakland’], I started it out with the same cadence Keak used but it included areas from North Oakland. It was a friendly response to my big brother about how they forgot about us. It’s not no diss or anything. It’s just letting people know about the North.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the opening verse of “N.E.W. Oakland,” Fabby bombards listeners with references to “the North Pole” — Gaskill, Bushrod, 62nd, Goldenville. He then reminds the Bay Area that Oakland is bigger than its notorious East and West sides: “My side been forgot about and that’s what I’m hot about.” Then he enlists two lyrical giants from each contingent to tell their sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song was instantly a hit on street corners, at house parties, lakeside cookouts, car cruises and more. And its unifying theme is surely part of the reason the new video struck such a deep chord with today’s audience after it premiered on May 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11754468\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1071px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11754468\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB.jpg\" alt=\"Mistah F.A.B. headlines a show honoring the legacy of Oakland's Mac Dre\" width=\"1071\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB.jpg 1071w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-400x235.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-800x471.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-768x452.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-960x565.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mistah F.A.B. made a name for himself during the hyphy movement with his unapologetic representation of North Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mistah F.A.B.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shot and directed by Thee Shooters, the video is a mix of documentary and artistic angling, spanning each rapper’s turf — beginning in the North, then sliding through the Deep East and circling back to Ghost Town in the West. Despite the shift in eras (and technology), the 20-year-old song seems to have even gained a few octaves of trunk-rattling superpowers with each passing year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area fans seem to agree that it slaps. The comment section under \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C6zuz27xWyF/\">the “N.E.W. Oakland” video’s Instagram post\u003c/a> is like a group chat of diehard fans and major Bay Area personalities and institutions, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936865/berkeleys-rexx-life-raj-administers-medicine-for-the-soul-on-california-poppy-3\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a>, DB Tha General, 22nd Jim, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957194/seiji-oda-bay-area-rap-lo-fi-minimalist-hyphy\">Seiji Oda\u003c/a>, The Grouch and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who here been waiting 20 years for this video button [100 emoji; fire emoji; clapping emoji],” one fan on \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0FIFuJZ64\">YouTube\u003c/a> wrote. “I’m 33 now, this slap came out when I was a freshman in high school!,” says another. And perhaps the one that hits the bullseye: “Maaannn, very smart release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it feels rare for a rapper to reach into the archives and shoot original footage for a track that was released nearly a quarter-century ago, that’s because it is. For better or worse, hip-hop has often been presented as a genre of the moment, and the culture is still figuring out how to age gracefully and honor the past — particularly as some of its mainstay figures pass away, and others radically shift gears to stay relevant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, it’s compelling for three well-established rappers to come back in a way that is fresh, dynamic and genuine — not by trying to create a contemporary hit based on today’s TikTok trends, but to honor their past work together in a sincere way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It begs the question: Why isn’t there more of this? If it’s the right song, and it came out at the right time, but there’s no existing video for it, then why not release a video after the fact?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Capturing Oakland, then and now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in the day, music videos were mostly financially out of reach for independent rappers — it could’ve cost $25,000 to $50,000 to film a proper one. Without record label budgets, artists learned how to survive out the trunk rather than aspiring for Hollywood’s recognition. In fact, most of Mistah F.A.B.’s legendary discography — along with many of the alpha rappers of his generation and prior — didn’t have official videos until later in their careers. They made mixtapes, and then there were bootleg mixes of pixelated slideshows created by avid fans on YouTube, long before social media existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13922618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13922618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB.jpg\" alt=\"Two men dressed in black stand on stage, smiling\" width=\"1499\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB.jpg 1499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice Cube and Mistah FAB on stage at Fremont High School to commemorate the unveiling of ‘Too $hort Way’ on Dec. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Kristie Song/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For F.A.B., it only felt right to resuscitate an important moment in Oakland’s rap history by providing a video. The idea first came together organically during F.A.B.’s birthday party earlier this year; G-Stack and Bavgate were in attendance. F.A.B. realized he had a film crew available that could do what he didn’t have the ability to do at 21 years old. So he locked it in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Documentation supersedes conversation,” says Mistah F.A.B., like a professor about to freestyle an entire dissertation. “When it’s locked in, there’s nothing to talk about. We here. You can see it for yourself. We just captured the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video serves as a testament to not only what Oakland is right now, but what it felt like back then — if not in the physical form, then at least in the spiritual realm. Due to relentless waves of gentrification that have dismantled so many community hubs, it’s hard to imagine what this video might’ve looked like if it came out in ‘05 instead of ‘24. That’s not lost on the artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of my friends that were there when we made this [song], they’re no longer living,” says F.A.B. Same for physical landmarks that are no longer here: “When I talk about Goldenville, that was a project building we all grew up in. Know what I’m saying? I would’ve loved to get those kinds of buildings and people in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>F.A.B. even admits that he initially thought the video could’ve worked in black and white. But he’s ultimately glad it’s in color. The energy and liveliness of contemporary Oakland is exactly what he had hoped to convey, without diluting it or hyperbolizing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The directors did a hell of a job of capturing the energy,” F.A.B. says. “If you ever wanted to know what Oakland looks like, here it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Mistah F.A.B. hosts \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0sNjAywbV/\">\u003ci>Thug Therapy\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>, a mental health check-in for men, on first and third Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. at Oakstop California Ballroom (1736 Franklin St., Oakland). The next event will be held on Wednesday, May 29 and feature Rick ‘Freeway Ricky’ Ross. Free entry, includes complimentary food and beverages.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"With fresh visuals, the 2005 anthem — which celebrates different sides of The Town — feels even more poignant today.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716401213,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1661},"headData":{"title":"Mistah F.A.B. Drops ‘N.E.W. Oakland’ Music Video, Nearly 20 Years Later | KQED","description":"With fresh visuals, the 2005 anthem — which celebrates different sides of The Town — feels even more poignant today.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Mistah F.A.B. Drops ‘N.E.W. Oakland’ Music Video, Nearly 20 Years Later","datePublished":"2024-05-21T15:01:47-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-22T11:06:53-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-13957988","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13957988/mistah-f-a-b-drops-n-e-w-oakland-music-video-nearly-20-years-later","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In 2005, when rapper \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fabbydavisjr1/?hl=en\">Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/a> originally released “N.E.W. Oakland,” he was barely old enough to legally drink. Nearly 20 years later — now a veteran, community fixture and business savant — he’s finally decided to drop the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mistah F.A.B. is known for pouring his all into The Town. In addition to running \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dopeeraco/?hl=en\">Dope Era\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13908484/mistah-fab-week-dope-era-academy-dezis-oakland\">a clothing shop that also offers a youth arts development component\u003c/a>), he recently began offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbQyGJGWgw\">Thug Therapy\u003c/a> (a free, bimonthly support group for men). But “N.E.W. Oakland” shows how F.A.B. was bringing folks together long before that, with a call for pride and unity in the Oakland hip-hop scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ode recounts each side of Oakland (the North, East and West) with a triumvirate of game-certified, lyrically diverse representatives: F.A.B., \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/trugstack/\">G-Stack\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/billybavgate/?hl=en\">Bavgate\u003c/a>. As a young, rising freestyle rapper, Mistah F.A.B. — the self-proclaimed “Prince of the O” — first got the idea when he ran into the pair of Oakland legends, whom he grew up idolizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was in the studio and was like, there go G-Stack, that’s a super pioneer for the culture with [his group] The Delinquents, and what they done for Oakland. Then Bavgate walked into the studio after that. He used to be with No Limit [Records], selling millions,” F.A.B. recalls. “I’m like, ‘I’m from the North, he’s from the East, he’s from the West.’ Let’s do a record about the whole Town being together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a beat from E-A-Ski and I freestyled the hook,” he continues. “Everyone was like ‘Yeah, that’s cold.’ So we wrote our verses. [But] never would I have thought that ‘N.E.W Oakland’ would be a song that stands as a Bay Area anthem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_E0FIFuJZ64'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_E0FIFuJZ64'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Unlike so many rap songs about warring factions, “N.E.W. Oakland” brings each side of Oakland together on equal footing, with shout-outs to each neighborhood’s markers. There may not be another hook with as much centrifugal gravity for all of Oakland as when F.A.B. shouts, “I got the North, got the East, got the West with me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the song’s release, F.A.B. says that North Oakland wasn’t receiving its proper respect, often being left out of the larger rap conversation, while East and West Oakland rappers got their shine. In the 2005 Keak Da Sneak track “Town Business,” for example, the raspy-voiced linguist rattles off a litany of Oakland locations — but none from the North side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was a big record that summer,” F.A.B. says. “I was like ‘Damn, y’all didn’t say nothing about North Oakland.’ So when I did my verse [on ‘N.E.W. Oakland’], I started it out with the same cadence Keak used but it included areas from North Oakland. It was a friendly response to my big brother about how they forgot about us. It’s not no diss or anything. It’s just letting people know about the North.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the opening verse of “N.E.W. Oakland,” Fabby bombards listeners with references to “the North Pole” — Gaskill, Bushrod, 62nd, Goldenville. He then reminds the Bay Area that Oakland is bigger than its notorious East and West sides: “My side been forgot about and that’s what I’m hot about.” Then he enlists two lyrical giants from each contingent to tell their sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song was instantly a hit on street corners, at house parties, lakeside cookouts, car cruises and more. And its unifying theme is surely part of the reason the new video struck such a deep chord with today’s audience after it premiered on May 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11754468\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1071px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11754468\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB.jpg\" alt=\"Mistah F.A.B. headlines a show honoring the legacy of Oakland's Mac Dre\" width=\"1071\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB.jpg 1071w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-400x235.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-800x471.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-768x452.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Mistah-FAB-960x565.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mistah F.A.B. made a name for himself during the hyphy movement with his unapologetic representation of North Oakland. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Mistah F.A.B.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shot and directed by Thee Shooters, the video is a mix of documentary and artistic angling, spanning each rapper’s turf — beginning in the North, then sliding through the Deep East and circling back to Ghost Town in the West. Despite the shift in eras (and technology), the 20-year-old song seems to have even gained a few octaves of trunk-rattling superpowers with each passing year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area fans seem to agree that it slaps. The comment section under \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C6zuz27xWyF/\">the “N.E.W. Oakland” video’s Instagram post\u003c/a> is like a group chat of diehard fans and major Bay Area personalities and institutions, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13936865/berkeleys-rexx-life-raj-administers-medicine-for-the-soul-on-california-poppy-3\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a>, DB Tha General, 22nd Jim, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957194/seiji-oda-bay-area-rap-lo-fi-minimalist-hyphy\">Seiji Oda\u003c/a>, The Grouch and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who here been waiting 20 years for this video button [100 emoji; fire emoji; clapping emoji],” one fan on \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0FIFuJZ64\">YouTube\u003c/a> wrote. “I’m 33 now, this slap came out when I was a freshman in high school!,” says another. And perhaps the one that hits the bullseye: “Maaannn, very smart release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it feels rare for a rapper to reach into the archives and shoot original footage for a track that was released nearly a quarter-century ago, that’s because it is. For better or worse, hip-hop has often been presented as a genre of the moment, and the culture is still figuring out how to age gracefully and honor the past — particularly as some of its mainstay figures pass away, and others radically shift gears to stay relevant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, it’s compelling for three well-established rappers to come back in a way that is fresh, dynamic and genuine — not by trying to create a contemporary hit based on today’s TikTok trends, but to honor their past work together in a sincere way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It begs the question: Why isn’t there more of this? If it’s the right song, and it came out at the right time, but there’s no existing video for it, then why not release a video after the fact?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Capturing Oakland, then and now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in the day, music videos were mostly financially out of reach for independent rappers — it could’ve cost $25,000 to $50,000 to film a proper one. Without record label budgets, artists learned how to survive out the trunk rather than aspiring for Hollywood’s recognition. In fact, most of Mistah F.A.B.’s legendary discography — along with many of the alpha rappers of his generation and prior — didn’t have official videos until later in their careers. They made mixtapes, and then there were bootleg mixes of pixelated slideshows created by avid fans on YouTube, long before social media existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13922618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1499px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13922618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB.jpg\" alt=\"Two men dressed in black stand on stage, smiling\" width=\"1499\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB.jpg 1499w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/IceCube.MistahFAB-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice Cube and Mistah FAB on stage at Fremont High School to commemorate the unveiling of ‘Too $hort Way’ on Dec. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Kristie Song/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For F.A.B., it only felt right to resuscitate an important moment in Oakland’s rap history by providing a video. The idea first came together organically during F.A.B.’s birthday party earlier this year; G-Stack and Bavgate were in attendance. F.A.B. realized he had a film crew available that could do what he didn’t have the ability to do at 21 years old. So he locked it in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Documentation supersedes conversation,” says Mistah F.A.B., like a professor about to freestyle an entire dissertation. “When it’s locked in, there’s nothing to talk about. We here. You can see it for yourself. We just captured the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video serves as a testament to not only what Oakland is right now, but what it felt like back then — if not in the physical form, then at least in the spiritual realm. Due to relentless waves of gentrification that have dismantled so many community hubs, it’s hard to imagine what this video might’ve looked like if it came out in ‘05 instead of ‘24. That’s not lost on the artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of my friends that were there when we made this [song], they’re no longer living,” says F.A.B. Same for physical landmarks that are no longer here: “When I talk about Goldenville, that was a project building we all grew up in. Know what I’m saying? I would’ve loved to get those kinds of buildings and people in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>F.A.B. even admits that he initially thought the video could’ve worked in black and white. But he’s ultimately glad it’s in color. The energy and liveliness of contemporary Oakland is exactly what he had hoped to convey, without diluting it or hyperbolizing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The directors did a hell of a job of capturing the energy,” F.A.B. says. “If you ever wanted to know what Oakland looks like, here it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Mistah F.A.B. hosts \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0sNjAywbV/\">\u003ci>Thug Therapy\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>, a mental health check-in for men, on first and third Wednesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. at Oakstop California Ballroom (1736 Franklin St., Oakland). The next event will be held on Wednesday, May 29 and feature Rick ‘Freeway Ricky’ Ross. Free entry, includes complimentary food and beverages.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13957988/mistah-f-a-b-drops-n-e-w-oakland-music-video-nearly-20-years-later","authors":["11748"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_8505","arts_5016","arts_10278","arts_13352","arts_1768","arts_1143","arts_974","arts_2533"],"featImg":"arts_13934346","label":"arts"},"arts_13958404":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13958404","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13958404","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-student-fashion-shows-2024","title":"10 Collections that Stunned at Bay Area Student Fashion Shows","publishDate":1716504724,"format":"aside","headTitle":"10 Collections that Stunned at Bay Area Student Fashion Shows | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Wearable sails, breathtaking knitwear and oversized butterfly sleeves took to the runways during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957350/san-francisco-art-school-fashion-shows-cca-sfsu-academy-of-art\">Bay Area’s unofficial fashion week\u003c/a> this month. Undergraduate and graduate students at California College of the Arts, San Francisco State University and the Academy of Art debuted their thesis collections to massive applause and, in the case of one particular collection, gasps. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are 10 collections from emerging and talented designers that had my jaw on the freakin’ floor — and renewed my excitement for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fit-check\">the Bay’s unique fashion scene\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958400\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model wears a mini dress by student Paulina Aguilar-Rosil during the Pulse Runway Show at SF State on May 13, 2024. The fashion exhibition showcased work by apparel design and merchandising majors. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paulina Aguilar-Rosil’s plaid skirt at the SF State runway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Paulina Aguilar-Rosil’s plaid skirt and her mini dress with an exaggerated bow elicited an audible response from the runway crowd — and for good reason. The SF State student’s bold \u003cem>Pobrecita\u003c/em> collection brought Chicana aesthetics into conversation with Catholic school uniforms. The outcome was a collection that told a captivating story about Aguilar-Rosil’s Los Angeles upbringing, using specific references that made her designs stand out from other, more familiar takes on It Girl styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand-crocheted looks by Pamela Alcala at the California College of the Arts show on May 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the CCA show, Pamela Alcala’s hand-crocheted collection didn’t just reimagine knitwear — it built an entire world out of brushed wool. Alcala told KQED her looks were a “menswear take on [her] grandmother,” who lives in Cuernavaca, Mexico, taught Alcala how to sew and is obsessed with cats. Her designs were deliciously colorful and fresh, juxtaposing rich oranges and graying purples on playful silhouettes. Among them: nearly floor-length sleeves and cat-eared balaclavas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1827px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"model in bright pink dress with giant sleeves and gold detailing\" width=\"1827\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-scaled.jpg 1827w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-800x1121.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1020x1429.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-160x224.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-768x1076.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1096x1536.jpg 1096w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1462x2048.jpg 1462w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1920x2690.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1827px) 100vw, 1827px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dress by Jagmehak Mandhan during the Academy of Art Fashion Show on May 16, 2024. This year’s theme was ‘Uncharted Territories.’ \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Jagmehak Mandhan’s pink look rounded the corner at the Academy of Art runway, attendees along the aisle actually gasped. Using fabrics she hand-selected from across North India and pieces of her mother’s 1989 wedding dress, Mandhan breathed exuberant life into traditional embroidery and regal silhouettes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in fuzzy pink dress surrounded by crowd\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958416\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model walks down the runway wearing Winny Qingzihua Guan’s knitwear during the CCA student fashion show. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at CCA, Winny Qingzihua Guan’s knit dress, made from deconstructed N95 masks spun into yarn, was a favorite stand-alone garment. Guan’s textural details turned the dress into an ecosystem that rewarded close looking: here and there, horizontal strips of elastic from repurposed masks fluttered as the model strutted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three models in crop tops\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958411\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks inspired by Bratz from SF State student designer Arnel Noquez. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arnel Noquez’s collection brought every Zillenial Bratz fantasy to life at the SF State show. But beyond that iconic reference, each look was grounded in sleek craftsmanship, especially this crop top and miniskirt set with charming fur details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Model in draped head covering, layered skirts and boots\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A design by Yiwei Wang at the CCA student fashion show. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The gooey center of CCA designer Yiwei Wang’s collection was a series of incredible trousers and one skirt that put texture, pattern and layering in refreshing concert with one another. Each look was completely unlike the other but united in a shared reimagining of bottoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Four models in wraps, beaded clothing and natural tones\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keana Pukahi De Bruce’s looks from her ‘Vanua’ collection at SF State. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keana Pukahi De Bruce debuted a gorgeous collection at the SF State show titled \u003ci>Vanua\u003c/i>, meaning “home” or “land,” that celebrated the designer’s Fijian roots and brought traditional materials into ready-to-wear. Careful shell beading, coconut fibers and a patterned fabric made from mulberry bark called masi — usually used in ceremonies — were highlights of the collection. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Black man in vest and black pants with chains and rivets walks in front of seated crowd\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-1920x1375.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model wearing designs by Academy of Art student Haydée Quesedo. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Haydée Quesedo was another stunner at the Academy of Art show, melding punk rock with flamenco silhouettes. Quesedo’s designs delivered chains, full denim skirts and embroidered patches galore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1680\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958418\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-768x504.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-2048x1344.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tulle look by Johnny UN on model Jianyan Liu at the Academy of Art fashion show. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnny UN was a standout at the Academy of Art show with a striking and moody collection that surreptitiously commented on warfare, the designer told KQED. Graphic cut outs, ripped sleeves and oodles of billowing tulle dissolved into one another across UN’s looks, bringing forth feelings of disaster and detonation. The effect was foreboding and spectacular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958441\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, models Bob Copani, Saira Kaur and Averie Johnson pose with designer Joey Ledoux, center right, at the Academy of Art fashion show. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amid many experiments in structure across the Academy of Art runway, Joey Ledoux’s were the most physically multi-dimensional. Inspired by time spent sailing with his grandfather as a kid, Ledoux transformed recreational outdoor materials — including collapsible tent poles and sails — into airy, wearable sculptures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After watching dozens of collections come down the runway, it’s clear that knitwear was the crown jewel this year. It materialized as fuzzy floor-length dresses and draping sleeves, and I was completely here for it. While many collections adhered to a more expected range of princess-y dresses and Sandy Liang-esque bows and ruching, the looks that had me gawking were the most specific: those that referenced a designer’s culture, childhood nostalgia or a grandmother who loves her granddaughter — and cats.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"San Francisco fashion students dropped dozens of to-die-for looks.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716505414,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":977},"headData":{"title":"10 Collections that Stunned at Bay Area Student Fashion Shows | KQED","description":"San Francisco fashion students dropped dozens of to-die-for looks.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"10 Collections that Stunned at Bay Area Student Fashion Shows","datePublished":"2024-05-23T15:52:04-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T16:03:34-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-13958404","templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13958404/bay-area-student-fashion-shows-2024","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Wearable sails, breathtaking knitwear and oversized butterfly sleeves took to the runways during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957350/san-francisco-art-school-fashion-shows-cca-sfsu-academy-of-art\">Bay Area’s unofficial fashion week\u003c/a> this month. Undergraduate and graduate students at California College of the Arts, San Francisco State University and the Academy of Art debuted their thesis collections to massive applause and, in the case of one particular collection, gasps. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are 10 collections from emerging and talented designers that had my jaw on the freakin’ floor — and renewed my excitement for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/fit-check\">the Bay’s unique fashion scene\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958400\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-106-BL-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model wears a mini dress by student Paulina Aguilar-Rosil during the Pulse Runway Show at SF State on May 13, 2024. The fashion exhibition showcased work by apparel design and merchandising majors. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958413\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-108-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paulina Aguilar-Rosil’s plaid skirt at the SF State runway. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Paulina Aguilar-Rosil’s plaid skirt and her mini dress with an exaggerated bow elicited an audible response from the runway crowd — and for good reason. The SF State student’s bold \u003cem>Pobrecita\u003c/em> collection brought Chicana aesthetics into conversation with Catholic school uniforms. The outcome was a collection that told a captivating story about Aguilar-Rosil’s Los Angeles upbringing, using specific references that made her designs stand out from other, more familiar takes on It Girl styles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/FashionShowTriptych7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand-crocheted looks by Pamela Alcala at the California College of the Arts show on May 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the CCA show, Pamela Alcala’s hand-crocheted collection didn’t just reimagine knitwear — it built an entire world out of brushed wool. Alcala told KQED her looks were a “menswear take on [her] grandmother,” who lives in Cuernavaca, Mexico, taught Alcala how to sew and is obsessed with cats. Her designs were deliciously colorful and fresh, juxtaposing rich oranges and graying purples on playful silhouettes. Among them: nearly floor-length sleeves and cat-eared balaclavas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1827px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"model in bright pink dress with giant sleeves and gold detailing\" width=\"1827\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-scaled.jpg 1827w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-800x1121.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1020x1429.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-160x224.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-768x1076.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1096x1536.jpg 1096w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1462x2048.jpg 1462w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-28-1920x2690.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1827px) 100vw, 1827px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dress by Jagmehak Mandhan during the Academy of Art Fashion Show on May 16, 2024. This year’s theme was ‘Uncharted Territories.’ \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Jagmehak Mandhan’s pink look rounded the corner at the Academy of Art runway, attendees along the aisle actually gasped. Using fabrics she hand-selected from across North India and pieces of her mother’s 1989 wedding dress, Mandhan breathed exuberant life into traditional embroidery and regal silhouettes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in fuzzy pink dress surrounded by crowd\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958416\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_032-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model walks down the runway wearing Winny Qingzihua Guan’s knitwear during the CCA student fashion show. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at CCA, Winny Qingzihua Guan’s knit dress, made from deconstructed N95 masks spun into yarn, was a favorite stand-alone garment. Guan’s textural details turned the dress into an ecosystem that rewarded close looking: here and there, horizontal strips of elastic from repurposed masks fluttered as the model strutted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958411\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Three models in crop tops\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958411\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-128-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks inspired by Bratz from SF State student designer Arnel Noquez. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arnel Noquez’s collection brought every Zillenial Bratz fantasy to life at the SF State show. But beyond that iconic reference, each look was grounded in sleek craftsmanship, especially this crop top and miniskirt set with charming fur details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Model in draped head covering, layered skirts and boots\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240511_CCAFashionShow_EG_028-1920x2880.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A design by Yiwei Wang at the CCA student fashion show. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The gooey center of CCA designer Yiwei Wang’s collection was a series of incredible trousers and one skirt that put texture, pattern and layering in refreshing concert with one another. Each look was completely unlike the other but united in a shared reimagining of bottoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Four models in wraps, beaded clothing and natural tones\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240509-SFStateRunway-120-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keana Pukahi De Bruce’s looks from her ‘Vanua’ collection at SF State. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keana Pukahi De Bruce debuted a gorgeous collection at the SF State show titled \u003ci>Vanua\u003c/i>, meaning “home” or “land,” that celebrated the designer’s Fijian roots and brought traditional materials into ready-to-wear. Careful shell beading, coconut fibers and a patterned fabric made from mulberry bark called masi — usually used in ceremonies — were highlights of the collection. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Black man in vest and black pants with chains and rivets walks in front of seated crowd\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-768x550.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-45-1920x1375.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model wearing designs by Academy of Art student Haydée Quesedo. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Haydée Quesedo was another stunner at the Academy of Art show, melding punk rock with flamenco silhouettes. Quesedo’s designs delivered chains, full denim skirts and embroidered patches galore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1680\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958418\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-768x504.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-2048x1344.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-35-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tulle look by Johnny UN on model Jianyan Liu at the Academy of Art fashion show. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnny UN was a standout at the Academy of Art show with a striking and moody collection that surreptitiously commented on warfare, the designer told KQED. Graphic cut outs, ripped sleeves and oodles of billowing tulle dissolved into one another across UN’s looks, bringing forth feelings of disaster and detonation. The effect was foreboding and spectacular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958441\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/20240516_AcademyofArtFashionShow-72-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, models Bob Copani, Saira Kaur and Averie Johnson pose with designer Joey Ledoux, center right, at the Academy of Art fashion show. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amid many experiments in structure across the Academy of Art runway, Joey Ledoux’s were the most physically multi-dimensional. Inspired by time spent sailing with his grandfather as a kid, Ledoux transformed recreational outdoor materials — including collapsible tent poles and sails — into airy, wearable sculptures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After watching dozens of collections come down the runway, it’s clear that knitwear was the crown jewel this year. It materialized as fuzzy floor-length dresses and draping sleeves, and I was completely here for it. While many collections adhered to a more expected range of princess-y dresses and Sandy Liang-esque bows and ruching, the looks that had me gawking were the most specific: those that referenced a designer’s culture, childhood nostalgia or a grandmother who loves her granddaughter — and cats.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13958404/bay-area-student-fashion-shows-2024","authors":["11872"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_76"],"tags":["arts_5850","arts_1696","arts_15240","arts_9510"],"featImg":"arts_13958461","label":"arts"},"arts_13957576":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13957576","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13957576","found":true},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1715878846,"format":"standard","title":"10 Free Concerts Not to Miss in the Bay Area This Summer","headTitle":"10 Free Concerts Not to Miss in the Bay Area This Summer | KQED","content":"\u003cp>According to economist Thorstein Veblen, conspicuous consumption results in a counter-intuitive dynamic: Increasing a luxury item’s cost can actually lead to higher demand. But no social scientist has explained why the satisfaction of experiencing live music seems to rise as the price of admission approaches zero. My theory is that Veblen goods acquire cache due to the perception of exclusivity, while free concerts often foster a sense of welcoming solidarity, as newbie passersby mingle with devoted fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s multifarious free concert options may not provide an antidote to the region’s Veblen epidemic, but these sounds of summer are a celebration, and everyone’s invited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man in a cap and patterned blue shirt stands with a saxophone, with moving boxes and an organ in the background\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Wiley in his Oakland studio. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://sflivefest.com/sf-live-calendar/howardwiley-june1\">Howard Wiley’s SF Love: Playing For the People\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Golden Gate Park Bandshell, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJune 1, 2-6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland saxophone great Howard Wiley presented his soul-powered love letter to California at the SFJAZZ Center last March, and he’s bringing the party to the Golden Gate Bandshell as part of the recently launched SF Live concert series. Wiley’s band shares the afternoon program with DJ Knowpa Slaps, MC Radioactive and Bayonics vocalist Jairo Vargas’s side project, Rojai and the Pocket. Drawing on hip-hop, funk, gospel, blues and bebop, Wiley has been devising outrageously creative mash-ups (think “Hotel California” meets “Californication”). Produced in partnership with Illuminate and Madrone Art Bar, where Wiley’s band Extra Nappy held down a weekly residency for years before the pandemic, the concert is part of \u003ca href=\"https://sflivefest.com/\">SF Live’s six-month series of free concerts.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-800x420.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-1020x536.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">South African musicians Steve and Bokani Dyer (right to left). \u003ccite>(Yerba Buena Gardens Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/dyertribe/\">Dyertribe: Steve & Bokani Dyer + Izithunywa featuring Nbado Zulu & Linda Sikhakhane\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJune 8, 1-3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South African jazz musicians were in the forefront of the struggle against apartheid, and this double bill is part of a 30th-anniversary celebration of the country’s first free, multiracial election. One of South Africa’s leading improvisers, saxophonist Steve Dyer, came of age in the crucible of the anti-apartheid movement. He performs with Dyertribe, his duo with his son, pianist/composer Bokani Dyer. Offering another view of South Africa’s creative ferment, the group Izithunywa, featuring trumpeter Ndabo Zulu and saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane, draw deeply on traditional music from Botswana and the Zulu people. Co-presented with the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Bay Area residency includes a free talk and musical demonstration at MoAD on Friday, June 7, 6:30-8 p.m., “\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/discussion-demonstration-south-african-jazz-a-musical-journey-through-traditions-and-time\">South African Jazz: A Musical Journey Through Traditions and Time\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">American jazz duo Tuck and Patti, William Charles “Tuck” Andress and singer Patricia “Patti” Cathcart Andress perform during the Newport Folk Festival 2018 at Fort Adams State Park on July 27, 2018 in Newport, Rhode Island. \u003ccite>(Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Childrens-Theatre/Twilight-Concert-Series\">Tuck & Patti\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Rinconada Park, Palo Alto\u003cbr>\nJune 8, 6:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto’s long-running Twilight Concert Series opens with hometown heroes Tuck & Patti, a.k.a. guitar wizard Tuck Andress and bewitching vocalist Patti Cathcart. The couple has been performing as a self-contained duo for close to four decades, honing an expansive repertoire of gracefully reharmonized jazz, soul, R&B and pop tunes. Cathcart has also written emotionally bountiful originals that celebrate love and forgiveness. While they haven’t released a new album since 2007, a new generation of listeners have discovered Tuck & Patti via Andress’ niece St. Vincent, who traveled with the duo as a roadie and tour manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10678353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2257\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-400x564.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-425x600.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-837x1180.jpg 837w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-1180x1665.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-960x1354.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Shelby. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://healdsburgjazz.org/festival-schedule/june-15/\">Healdsburg Jazz’s Juneteenth Celebration\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Downtown Healdsburg\u003cbr>\nJune 15, 2-8:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Healdsburg Jazz Festival (June 15-23), which has continued to punch well above its weight under the direction of San Francisco bass maestro Marcus Shelby, kicks off with a free, all-day Juneteenth celebration in the town’s picturesque plaza. It’s a musical triple bill headlined by the sextet of trombone star Steve Turre, the festival’s artist in residence. Saxophones are well represented by Person2Person, the quintet co-led by 89-year-old tenor great Houston Person and his younger colleague, fiery altoist Eric Person. And pianist Darrell Grant performs with his Modern Jazz Quartet-inspired chamber jazz band Darrell Grant and MJ New.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 970px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78.png 970w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78-800x663.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78-160x133.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78-768x637.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Mambo Orchestra. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artists)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://sflivefest.com/sf-live-calendar/pacificmambo-june20\">Pacific Mambo Orchestra\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fulton Plaza, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJune 20, 4-7 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Mambo Orchestra shocked the Latin music world with an upset victory at the 2014 Grammys, when the group’s eponymous crowd-funded release won Best Tropical Latin Album. Ever since, the East Bay big band has been a mainstay at festivals and nightclubs. Co-led by trumpeter Steffen Kuehn and pianist Christian Tumalan, the band is packed with top players and arrangers, like trombonist Mike Rinta and baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington. With Armando Cordoba, Christelle Durandy and Braulio Barrera providing an array of lead vocals, the PMO is designed to keep dance floors crowded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ26Z-vJftM\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org/corte-madera-summer-concerts\">Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Piccolo Pavilion in Menke Park, Corte Madera\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>June 23, 5-6:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guitarist Anthony Paule’s Soul Orchestra is a horn-powered combo devoted to swaggering, 1960s and ’70s blues and soul emanating from Detroit, Muscle Shoals and Los Angeles. The group has earned a devoted following through regular appearances at European music festivals, showcasing powerhouse vocalists like Terrie Odabi and Wee Willie Walker. For this concert, part of the Corte Madera Summer Concert series, the APSO is joined by Willy Jordan, a versatile singer (and drummer) who’s toured and recorded with John Lee Hooker, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite and Gator Beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-800x588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-1020x749.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-768x564.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Jazz Hot. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artists)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://jazzontheplazz.com/2024-concerts/\">Le Jazz Hot Quartet\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Los Gatos Town Plaza\u003cbr>\nJune 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long-running mid-week concert series in Los Gatos, Jazz on the Plazz kicks off this year with the timeless swing of Le Jazz Hot Quartet. A distilled version of guitarist Paul Mehling’s Hot Club of San Francisco (the ensemble that spearheaded a North American revival of Django Reinhardt’s and Stéphane Grappelli’s ebullient 1930s sound), the quartet explores Reinhardt standards, Beatles tunes and numerous originals with the requisite rhythmic authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Tijoux performs on stage during Day 3 of the Womad Festival at Charlton Park on July 29, 2023 in Malmesbury, England. \u003ccite>(C Brandon/Redferns)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/ana-tijoux-j-noa/\">Ana Tijoux & J Noa\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAug. 3, 1–3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her hit 2010 solo debut, \u003cem>1977\u003c/em>, French-born Chilean MC Ana Tijoux was dubbed “South America’s answer to Lauryn Hill: equally skillful at singing and rapping” by \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>. In truth, she’s forged a highly personal sound, combining old-school hip-hop production with Latin American instrumentation. Her recent album, \u003cem>Vengo\u003c/em>, features some of her most appealing work, and she brings a full band to the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. With teenage Dominican rap sensation J Noa playing an opening set, this double bill is the city’s premier global hip-hop summer showcase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 672px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Monica_Salmaso_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Monica_Salmaso_2015.jpg 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Monica_Salmaso_2015-160x214.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Salmaso. \u003ccite>(Roberto Filho/Divulgacão)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/brazil-in-the-gardens-2024/\">Brazil in the Gardens: Monica Salmaso, Guinga and Teca Cardoso\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAug. 15, 12:30-1:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monica Salmaso made her mark with \u003cem>Afro-Sambas\u003c/em>, the classic 1997 album with guitarist Paulo Bellinati interpreting Baden Powell’s and Vinícius de Moraes’ incantatory song cycle. The São Paulo vocalist doesn’t make it to the Bay Area often, and this concert stems from California Brazil Camp, which sends a contingent of faculty every summer from the redwoods of Cazadero to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens. She’s joined by Guinga, a master guitarist, vocalist and composer whose songs have been recorded by Brazilian legends such as Elis Regina, Clara Nunes and Miúcha; and multi-instrumentalist Teco Cardoso, a brilliant improviser on saxophones and flutes known for his work with Edu Lobo, Joyce, João Donato, Rosa Passos and Baden Powell himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p.jpeg\" alt=\"Meklit Hadero.\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p.jpeg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p-160x160.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p-800x800.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meklit Hadero. \u003ccite>(Ronald Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/movement-immigrant-orchestra/\">Meklit’s Movement Immigrant Orchestra\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAug. 31, 1-2:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Ethiopian American singer, songwriter and expert story wrangler Meklit manifests her multi-platform \u003ca href=\"https://www.meklitmusic.com/movement\">Movement\u003c/a> initiative at the Gardens with a dozen musicians hailing from 10 countries. Focusing on the experience of border-crossing artists, the production draws on her podcast, nationally syndicated public radio broadcast and stage production. Performers include Mexican singer-songwriter Diana Gameros, Iranian composer Sahba Aminikia, Italian percussionist extraordinaire Marco Peris, Malian virtuoso Mamadou Sidibé, Carnatic percussionist Rohan Krishnamurthy, Barrio Manouche guitarist Javi Jimenez, Iranian American bassist/composer Safa Shokrai and Meklit herself.\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":1525,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":24},"modified":1715959641,"excerpt":"Free jazz, salsa and hip-hop shows abound in all corners of the Bay. ","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"Free jazz, salsa and hip-hop shows abound in all corners of the Bay. ","title":"10 Free Concerts Not to Miss in the Bay Area This Summer | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"10 Free Concerts Not to Miss in the Bay Area This Summer","datePublished":"2024-05-16T10:00:46-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-17T08:27:21-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bay-area-free-concerts-summer-2024","status":"publish","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/summer-guide-2024","templateType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","featuredImageType":"standard","sticky":false,"source":"Summer Guide 2024","articleAge":"0","nprStoryId":"kqed-13957576","path":"/arts/13957576/bay-area-free-concerts-summer-2024","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>According to economist Thorstein Veblen, conspicuous consumption results in a counter-intuitive dynamic: Increasing a luxury item’s cost can actually lead to higher demand. But no social scientist has explained why the satisfaction of experiencing live music seems to rise as the price of admission approaches zero. My theory is that Veblen goods acquire cache due to the perception of exclusivity, while free concerts often foster a sense of welcoming solidarity, as newbie passersby mingle with devoted fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s multifarious free concert options may not provide an antidote to the region’s Veblen epidemic, but these sounds of summer are a celebration, and everyone’s invited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951313\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man in a cap and patterned blue shirt stands with a saxophone, with moving boxes and an organ in the background\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/HowardWiley3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Howard Wiley in his Oakland studio. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://sflivefest.com/sf-live-calendar/howardwiley-june1\">Howard Wiley’s SF Love: Playing For the People\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Golden Gate Park Bandshell, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJune 1, 2-6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland saxophone great Howard Wiley presented his soul-powered love letter to California at the SFJAZZ Center last March, and he’s bringing the party to the Golden Gate Bandshell as part of the recently launched SF Live concert series. Wiley’s band shares the afternoon program with DJ Knowpa Slaps, MC Radioactive and Bayonics vocalist Jairo Vargas’s side project, Rojai and the Pocket. Drawing on hip-hop, funk, gospel, blues and bebop, Wiley has been devising outrageously creative mash-ups (think “Hotel California” meets “Californication”). Produced in partnership with Illuminate and Madrone Art Bar, where Wiley’s band Extra Nappy held down a weekly residency for years before the pandemic, the concert is part of \u003ca href=\"https://sflivefest.com/\">SF Live’s six-month series of free concerts.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-800x420.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-1020x536.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/060824_DYERTIBE_web3-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">South African musicians Steve and Bokani Dyer (right to left). \u003ccite>(Yerba Buena Gardens Festival)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/dyertribe/\">Dyertribe: Steve & Bokani Dyer + Izithunywa featuring Nbado Zulu & Linda Sikhakhane\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJune 8, 1-3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South African jazz musicians were in the forefront of the struggle against apartheid, and this double bill is part of a 30th-anniversary celebration of the country’s first free, multiracial election. One of South Africa’s leading improvisers, saxophonist Steve Dyer, came of age in the crucible of the anti-apartheid movement. He performs with Dyertribe, his duo with his son, pianist/composer Bokani Dyer. Offering another view of South Africa’s creative ferment, the group Izithunywa, featuring trumpeter Ndabo Zulu and saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane, draw deeply on traditional music from Botswana and the Zulu people. Co-presented with the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Bay Area residency includes a free talk and musical demonstration at MoAD on Friday, June 7, 6:30-8 p.m., “\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/discussion-demonstration-south-african-jazz-a-musical-journey-through-traditions-and-time\">South African Jazz: A Musical Journey Through Traditions and Time\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1006707674-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">American jazz duo Tuck and Patti, William Charles “Tuck” Andress and singer Patricia “Patti” Cathcart Andress perform during the Newport Folk Festival 2018 at Fort Adams State Park on July 27, 2018 in Newport, Rhode Island. \u003ccite>(Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Arts-Sciences/Palo-Alto-Childrens-Theatre/Twilight-Concert-Series\">Tuck & Patti\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Rinconada Park, Palo Alto\u003cbr>\nJune 8, 6:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palo Alto’s long-running Twilight Concert Series opens with hometown heroes Tuck & Patti, a.k.a. guitar wizard Tuck Andress and bewitching vocalist Patti Cathcart. The couple has been performing as a self-contained duo for close to four decades, honing an expansive repertoire of gracefully reharmonized jazz, soul, R&B and pop tunes. Cathcart has also written emotionally bountiful originals that celebrate love and forgiveness. While they haven’t released a new album since 2007, a new generation of listeners have discovered Tuck & Patti via Andress’ niece St. Vincent, who traveled with the duo as a roadie and tour manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10678353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10678353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2257\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-400x564.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-425x600.jpg 425w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-837x1180.jpg 837w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-1180x1665.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/Marcus-Shelby-credit-Scott-Chernis-960x1354.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Shelby. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://healdsburgjazz.org/festival-schedule/june-15/\">Healdsburg Jazz’s Juneteenth Celebration\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Downtown Healdsburg\u003cbr>\nJune 15, 2-8:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Healdsburg Jazz Festival (June 15-23), which has continued to punch well above its weight under the direction of San Francisco bass maestro Marcus Shelby, kicks off with a free, all-day Juneteenth celebration in the town’s picturesque plaza. It’s a musical triple bill headlined by the sextet of trombone star Steve Turre, the festival’s artist in residence. Saxophones are well represented by Person2Person, the quintet co-led by 89-year-old tenor great Houston Person and his younger colleague, fiery altoist Eric Person. And pianist Darrell Grant performs with his Modern Jazz Quartet-inspired chamber jazz band Darrell Grant and MJ New.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 970px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78.png 970w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78-800x663.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78-160x133.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Screenshot-78-768x637.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Mambo Orchestra. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artists)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://sflivefest.com/sf-live-calendar/pacificmambo-june20\">Pacific Mambo Orchestra\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fulton Plaza, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nJune 20, 4-7 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Mambo Orchestra shocked the Latin music world with an upset victory at the 2014 Grammys, when the group’s eponymous crowd-funded release won Best Tropical Latin Album. Ever since, the East Bay big band has been a mainstay at festivals and nightclubs. Co-led by trumpeter Steffen Kuehn and pianist Christian Tumalan, the band is packed with top players and arrangers, like trombonist Mike Rinta and baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington. With Armando Cordoba, Christelle Durandy and Braulio Barrera providing an array of lead vocals, the PMO is designed to keep dance floors crowded.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/vQ26Z-vJftM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/vQ26Z-vJftM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org/corte-madera-summer-concerts\">Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Piccolo Pavilion in Menke Park, Corte Madera\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>June 23, 5-6:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guitarist Anthony Paule’s Soul Orchestra is a horn-powered combo devoted to swaggering, 1960s and ’70s blues and soul emanating from Detroit, Muscle Shoals and Los Angeles. The group has earned a devoted following through regular appearances at European music festivals, showcasing powerhouse vocalists like Terrie Odabi and Wee Willie Walker. For this concert, part of the Corte Madera Summer Concert series, the APSO is joined by Willy Jordan, a versatile singer (and drummer) who’s toured and recorded with John Lee Hooker, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite and Gator Beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-800x588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-1020x749.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/la-jazz-2-768x564.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le Jazz Hot. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artists)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://jazzontheplazz.com/2024-concerts/\">Le Jazz Hot Quartet\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Los Gatos Town Plaza\u003cbr>\nJune 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long-running mid-week concert series in Los Gatos, Jazz on the Plazz kicks off this year with the timeless swing of Le Jazz Hot Quartet. A distilled version of guitarist Paul Mehling’s Hot Club of San Francisco (the ensemble that spearheaded a North American revival of Django Reinhardt’s and Stéphane Grappelli’s ebullient 1930s sound), the quartet explores Reinhardt standards, Beatles tunes and numerous originals with the requisite rhythmic authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-1579253674-1-768x506.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Tijoux performs on stage during Day 3 of the Womad Festival at Charlton Park on July 29, 2023 in Malmesbury, England. \u003ccite>(C Brandon/Redferns)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/ana-tijoux-j-noa/\">Ana Tijoux & J Noa\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAug. 3, 1–3 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her hit 2010 solo debut, \u003cem>1977\u003c/em>, French-born Chilean MC Ana Tijoux was dubbed “South America’s answer to Lauryn Hill: equally skillful at singing and rapping” by \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>. In truth, she’s forged a highly personal sound, combining old-school hip-hop production with Latin American instrumentation. Her recent album, \u003cem>Vengo\u003c/em>, features some of her most appealing work, and she brings a full band to the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. With teenage Dominican rap sensation J Noa playing an opening set, this double bill is the city’s premier global hip-hop summer showcase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 672px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Monica_Salmaso_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Monica_Salmaso_2015.jpg 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/Monica_Salmaso_2015-160x214.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monica Salmaso. \u003ccite>(Roberto Filho/Divulgacão)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/brazil-in-the-gardens-2024/\">Brazil in the Gardens: Monica Salmaso, Guinga and Teca Cardoso\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAug. 15, 12:30-1:30 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monica Salmaso made her mark with \u003cem>Afro-Sambas\u003c/em>, the classic 1997 album with guitarist Paulo Bellinati interpreting Baden Powell’s and Vinícius de Moraes’ incantatory song cycle. The São Paulo vocalist doesn’t make it to the Bay Area often, and this concert stems from California Brazil Camp, which sends a contingent of faculty every summer from the redwoods of Cazadero to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens. She’s joined by Guinga, a master guitarist, vocalist and composer whose songs have been recorded by Brazilian legends such as Elis Regina, Clara Nunes and Miúcha; and multi-instrumentalist Teco Cardoso, a brilliant improviser on saxophones and flutes known for his work with Edu Lobo, Joyce, João Donato, Rosa Passos and Baden Powell himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13858024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13858024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p.jpeg\" alt=\"Meklit Hadero.\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p.jpeg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p-160x160.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p-800x800.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/oHZ-jH2p-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meklit Hadero. \u003ccite>(Ronald Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://ybgfestival.org/event/movement-immigrant-orchestra/\">Meklit’s Movement Immigrant Orchestra\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco\u003cbr>\nAug. 31, 1-2:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Ethiopian American singer, songwriter and expert story wrangler Meklit manifests her multi-platform \u003ca href=\"https://www.meklitmusic.com/movement\">Movement\u003c/a> initiative at the Gardens with a dozen musicians hailing from 10 countries. Focusing on the experience of border-crossing artists, the production draws on her podcast, nationally syndicated public radio broadcast and stage production. Performers include Mexican singer-songwriter Diana Gameros, Iranian composer Sahba Aminikia, Italian percussionist extraordinaire Marco Peris, Malian virtuoso Mamadou Sidibé, Carnatic percussionist Rohan Krishnamurthy, Barrio Manouche guitarist Javi Jimenez, Iranian American bassist/composer Safa Shokrai and Meklit herself.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13957576/bay-area-free-concerts-summer-2024","authors":["86"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_69"],"tags":["arts_10278","arts_22150","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13953527","label":"source_arts_13957576"},"arts_13957545":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13957545","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"arts","id":"13957545","found":true},"parent":0,"labelTerm":{"site":"arts","term":140},"blocks":[],"publishDate":1715279940,"format":"aside","title":"Rarely Seen Rod Serling Story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ Draws Upon His World War II Service","headTitle":"Rarely Seen Rod Serling Story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ Draws Upon His World War II Service | KQED","content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1540px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-103641630-scaled-e1715279150282.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white image of a white man in a 1950s-era suit, leaning on a typewriter.\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1920\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenwriter, television producer and host of the original ‘Twilight Zone,’ Rod Serling, circa 1955. \u003ccite>(Archive Photos/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a famous \u003cem>Twilight Zone\u003c/em> episode from the early 1960s, a bloodthirsty World War II commander stationed in the Philippines finds himself transported into the body of a Japanese lieutenant and, to his horror, expected to help kill an entrapped and wounded American platoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you do to those men in the cave, will it shorten the war by a week, by a day, by an hour?” he pleads to a Japanese officer. ”How many must die before (we) are satisfied?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_110650']For the show’s host and writer, Rod Serling, World War II was a trauma he would re-imagine often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serling, born 100 years ago this December, served in the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines and received a Bronze Star for bravery and a Purple Heart for being wounded. He left the war with lasting physical and emotional scars and, like such fellow veterans as Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, with a will to find words for what had happened. He wrote war-related scripts for \u003cem>Playhouse 90\u003c/em> and other early television drama series and for at least two other \u003cem>Twilight Zone\u003c/em> stories, including one in which an Army lieutenant can predict who will die next by looking into his soldiers’ faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serling’s \u003cem>First Squad, First Platoon\u003c/em>, a fictionalized take on the war that he worked on and set aside while attending Antioch College, has now been published for the first time. It appears this week in the new edition of \u003cem>The Strand Magazine\u003c/em>, which has unearthed pieces by Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and many others. \u003cem>First Squad, First Platoon\u003c/em> is broken into five vignettes, each dedicated to a fallen peer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Serling wrote this story in his early twenties, yet it carries a maturity beyond his years,” Strand managing editor Andrew Gulli writes. “It’s a powerful, unvarnished look at war in all its brutality — an unforgettable study of ordinary people in an extraordinarily hellish situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicholas Parisi, author of the 2018 biography \u003cem>Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination\u003c/em>, helped edit the story. Daughters Jodi Serling and Anne Serling each contributed brief forewords. Jodi Serling wrote that the war “opened up dark horizons of terror” for her father and left him “gut-wrenching memories” that influenced his writing and awakened him at night, “sweating and screaming inconsolably.” Anne Serling told The Associated Press that \u003cem>First Squad, First Platoon\u003c/em> reminded her of his innocence when he joined the military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_98580']“My reaction was particularly painful because when I read the story, I was writing a memoir about my dad and reading the letters he wrote from training camp before he was sent to the Pacific,” she said. “He was just barely 18 when he enlisted and sounded like a kid at summer camp in his letters to his parents. He was asking for gum, candy, underwear (because he didn’t like the GI ones). Like all of the kids we send into the horror of war — he didn’t know what was waiting on the other side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Boyle Johnston, author of the 2015 book \u003cem>Unknown Serling\u003c/em>, found the story while looking through Serling’s papers at the University of Wisconsin. Serling, who died in 1975, had yet to start a family when he wrote \u003cem>First Squad, First Platoon\u003c/em>. But he was already thinking about the next generation, including a dedication to his yet-unborn children urging them to remember “a semblance of the feeling of a torn limb, a burnt patch of flesh” and “the hopeless emptiness of fatigue” were as much part of war as “uniforms and flags, honor and patriotism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parasi says that \u003cem>First Squad, First Platoon\u003c/em> was an early sign of Serling’s ironic touch. One soldier is shot dead as he admires a wooden statuette of Jesus, and another — a true story — is killed by a food relief package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_109055']In the opening section of \u003cem>First Squad\u003c/em>, Cpl. Melvin Levy is introduced as the squad’s resident comedian, whose usual barrage of jokes had been silenced by the ongoing starvation that threatened to kill them all. But as Levy slept weakly in the mud, dreaming of pastrami and other treats back home, he is startled by the sound of motors — airplanes clearly marked as American. Levy shouts with delight as more than 100 heavy boxes of K-rations fall from on high, fatally unaware that one will land right on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The heavy crates were smashing into the earth close to their holes. Men started shouting in alarm,” Serling writes. “Levy just stood where he was, waving his arms and shouting. Sergeant Etherson pulled at him from behind, trying to get him down in a hole. But Levy was oblivious to all around him except the food which poured down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘It’s raining chow, boys … it’s raining chow,’” his shrill voice pierced the air.”\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":884,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":15},"modified":1715279940,"excerpt":"The ‘Twilight Zone’ host's story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ has just been published for the first time in ‘The Strand.’","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"Rarely Seen Rod Serling Story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ Draws Upon His World War II Service","socialTitle":"New Rod Serling Story Draws Upon His WWII Service %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","ogTitle":"Rarely Seen Rod Serling Story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ Draws Upon His World War II Service","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"The ‘Twilight Zone’ host's story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ has just been published for the first time in ‘The Strand.’","title":"New Rod Serling Story Draws Upon His WWII Service | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Rarely Seen Rod Serling Story, ‘First Squad, First Platoon,’ Draws Upon His World War II Service","datePublished":"2024-05-09T11:39:00-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-09T11:39:00-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-103641630-1-1020x584.jpg"},"authorsData":[{"type":"authors","id":"byline_arts_13957545","meta":{"override":true},"slug":"byline_arts_13957545","name":"Hillel Italie, Associated Press","isLoading":false}],"imageData":{"ogImageSize":{"file":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-103641630-1-1020x584.jpg","width":1020,"mimeType":"image/jpeg","height":584},"ogImageWidth":"1020","ogImageHeight":"584","twitterImageUrl":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-103641630-1-1020x584.jpg","twImageSize":{"file":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-103641630-1-1020x584.jpg","width":1020,"mimeType":"image/jpeg","height":584},"twitterCard":"summary_large_image"},"tagData":{"tags":["thedolist","World War II"]}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-rod-serling-story-twilight-zone-ww2-stories","status":"publish","templateType":"standard","nprByline":"Hillel Italie, Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","featuredImageType":"standard","sticky":false,"showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","nprStoryId":"kqed-13957545","path":"/arts/13957545/new-rod-serling-story-twilight-zone-ww2-stories","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13957546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1540px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13957546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/GettyImages-103641630-scaled-e1715279150282.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white image of a white man in a 1950s-era suit, leaning on a typewriter.\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1920\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenwriter, television producer and host of the original ‘Twilight Zone,’ Rod Serling, circa 1955. \u003ccite>(Archive Photos/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a famous \u003cem>Twilight Zone\u003c/em> episode from the early 1960s, a bloodthirsty World War II commander stationed in the Philippines finds himself transported into the body of a Japanese lieutenant and, to his horror, expected to help kill an entrapped and wounded American platoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you do to those men in the cave, will it shorten the war by a week, by a day, by an hour?” he pleads to a Japanese officer. ”How many must die before (we) are satisfied?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"pop_110650","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For the show’s host and writer, Rod Serling, World War II was a trauma he would re-imagine often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serling, born 100 years ago this December, served in the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines and received a Bronze Star for bravery and a Purple Heart for being wounded. 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