(((NEW EPISODE ... DROP!)))

Check out Part 2 on the BAYVIEW OPERA HOUSE w/Programming Director Smiley:

* the history of the opera house, built in 1888
* how it became a hub for SF's Black community
* plans to demolish the building and Ruth Williams' efforts against it
* the many programs happening today at Bayview Opera House

BONUS: Hear from two folks who've been through BVOH's "Tools of the Trade" program: JOE KOOL and MISS WHITE: FIRST LADY OF FRISCO!

Link in bio/available on podcast apps!

Photos above:
1. Joe Kool, Miss White: First Lady of Frisco, Smiley photo by Jeff Hunt
2. Smiley
3. Newly renovated BVOH
4. Ruth Williams
5. Tools of the Trade grant writing cohort graduation
6. Space setting for the world premiere of 26 Ways of Looking at a Black Man featuring Sidney Outlaw

#BayviewSF #HuntersPointSF #theater #spokenword #hiphop #LowellHighSchool #BravaTheater #BIPOC #WOC #BayviewOperaHouse #ToolsoftheTrade #JoeKool #FirstLadyofFrisco #storytelling #SanFrancisco #SoundsofTheCity

+++NEW EPISODE FOR YOUR EAR HOLES+++

BAYVIEW OPERA HOUSE Programming Manager Smiley joins us to talk about:

* her family's history and migration to San Francisco
* discovering theater and live performance at a young age
* being empowered as a Black woman
* understanding the complexities of racism and anti-Blackness

Link in bio/audio at all the podcast apps

Photography by Jeff Hunt

#Texas #Chicago #Haiti #BayviewSF #HuntersPointSF #FillmoreSF #theater #spokenword #hiphop #LowellHighSchool #BravaTheater #BIPOC #WOC #BayviewOperaHouse #storytelling #SanFrancisco #SoundsofTheCity

Armchair refereeing this game, two things stand out about this play. (1) Attacking player #14 in white jersey started this play in an offside position, so however she affected play, there should be a flag. (2) Though not intentional, she acted recklessly in her collision with the goalkeeper #00 in black jersey—note how her hand hit the goalkeeper in her face after the keeper had deflected the ball.

#Soccer #Refereeing #LowellHighSchool #MissionHighSchool #CIFSF #SanFrancisco

Friends of Lowell members, who are also Lowell Alumni Association board members, “are both litigious and focused on preserving Lowell [High School]’s status quo" and have moved $250k in a potential litigation fund to sue SFUSD.

Friends of Lowell co-founder Lee Cheng, praised “brave young man” Kyle Rittenhouse upon his acquittal for shooting dead two people in Wisconsin.

Via Joe Eskenazi.

#sfba #SanFrancisco #SFUSD #LowellHighSchool

https://missionlocal.org/2023/01/lowell-alumni-move-to-amass-250k-litigation-war-chest/

@mayanak

I'm sure #LowellHighSchool was a much different place when you went there than when I did but I still have a great fondness for my time there.

It's the only educational institution that I donate $ to because, as opposed to the various post-secondary schools that I went to, I think that it needs and deserves it the most.

Any other #LowellHighSchool grads out there?

Class of 1967 here. One of the 1st classes to enroll in and graduate from the campus on Eucalyptus Drive.

You can find a pretty good history of the school on Wiki.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_High_School_(San_Francisco)

Other hashtags: #SanFrancisco #SFBA #AAPI #AsianAmerican