Sights & Sounds is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene. Gabby Rivera is the Author of the Marvel Comic Series America. She told KALW’s Jeneé Darden about three fantastic arts events happening around the Bay this weekend.
- Free Comic Book Day at Oakland Public Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. Branch 5/5 (OAK)
- Post Colonial Survival Kitexhibition at the Luggage Store Gallery(SF) thru May
- Oakland’s Queer + Trans Open Mic at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center (OAK) every Tues.
Free Comic Book Day is happening this Saturday at the Oakland Public Library’s Martin Luther King Jr. Branch. Kids and teens can receive a free comic book from 10:00am - 5:30pm. There will also be comic book buttonmaking happening at the Diamond Branchfrom 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm.
“Libraries are like the secret community magic centers. You can use the computers, you can get a job, you can do all sorts of stuff.”
The opening reception for the new Kularts Exhibition PostColonial Survival Kitis happening at theLuggage Store in San Francisco this Friday. This is a group art exhibit with Visual Artists addressing colonization and the survival tactics of Pilipinex against cultural erasure and marginalization. Work being featured includes tribal soil paintings, sculpture, installation, and media art. This exhibition will run thru May.
“Postcolonialism is something so many folks are talking about and trying to work through.”
Oakland’s Queer + Trans Open Mic is a night of Art, Music, Film, Storytelling, and Comedy that has been a weekly tradition since 2013. This event is presented by Spectrum Queer Media and it happens every Tuesday night at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center.
“Walking into the place is like walking into culture and history.”
Pick up Gabby Rivera's Marvel Comic Series Americaat your local comic book shop.