Viernes por la noche en OMCA con Skip The Needle

Viernes Nights at OMCA | Live Music by Skip The Needle, Bachata with In Lak’ech Dance Academy, Live Figure Drawing with Sketchboard, Gallery Chats, and set by DJ Olga T

Junio’s final addition of Viernes Nights at OMCA brings Skip The Needle to the Garden stage! A banging mix of soul, rock, and funk, Skip The Needle is ready to blast sonic love and energy! Furthering the rhythmic love is a Bachata lesson with In Lak’ech Dance Academy. Bachata Queer instructors,  Angelica and Jahaira, are creating a gender inclusive and beginner friendly space to learn and bachata with Pride.

Come express your creativity and unique perspective in the OMCA galleries with Sketchboard Live Figure Drawing. 

OMCA da la bienvenida a todos los niveles de habilidad, incluyendo aquellos que nunca han dibujado antes y quieren probar a dibujar. Habrá material de dibujo y sujetapapeles a disposición de los asistentes, que podrán llevarse sus obras a casa o intercambiarlas con otras personas. Una modelo disfrazada que representa la diversidad del Área de la Bahía posará en la Galería de Arte de California entre 2 y 20 minutos. Dado que el dibujo tendrá lugar en la galería, le rogamos que tenga en cuenta el espacio y traiga de casa únicamente los siguientes materiales: cuadernos de bocetos (tamaño máximo 9×12 pulgadas) y lápices de grafito o carboncillo cerrados y previamente afilados.

Sketching in the gallery is included with the price of general Museum Gallery access and free for Museum Members. In addition, Gallery Chats will be activating–in its very final days–our  Special Exhibition, Por el Pueblo: The Legacy and Influence of Malaquías Montoya with facilitated community conversations that brings new light to the work with every iteration. All this creative engagement will be framed with an exceptional set from DJ Olga T featuring Latin, Afrobeat, R&B, and Soulful House sounds.

En el garaje del OMCA se puede aparcar hasta las 22.00 horas con una tarifa plana limitada de 10 $ para los viernes por la noche. Más información sobre cómo llegar al museo.

Horario del programa:

17.00-21.00 h Horario nocturno de las Galerías Principales y las Exposiciones Especiales con entrada al Museo

5:30—6:15 pm Sketchboard Live Figure Drawing | Gallery of California Art

5:30—6:30 pm Bachata with In Lak’ech Dance Academy | Amphitheater 

18.00-20.00 h Gallery Chats | The Great Hall 

6:30— 8:00 pm Skip The Needle | The Garden Stage

6:45—7:30 pm Sketchboard Live Figure Drawing | Gallery of California Art 

6:45—8:45 pm DJ Olga T  | Amphitheater

Sobre los viernes por la noche:

Reúnase con la familia, los amigos y la comunidad todos los viernes a las 17:00 para disfrutar de música en directo y actividades prácticas gratuitas, camiones de comida Off the Grid y acceso nocturno a nuestras galerías y exposiciones especiales, con una entrada al Museo.

Traiga su propia comida o cene en cualquiera de los 8 camiones de comida Off the Grid de la calle 10, entre las calles Oak y Fallon. Habrá a la venta cerveza, vino, combinados y bebidas sin alcohol. Tras degustar un plato de un amplio menú de creaciones culinarias que cambia semanalmente, diríjase al jardín de la OMCA, donde encontrará mesas de picnic y mantas para disfrutar de su comida local. Juegue al césped y a juegos de mesa, disfrute de la programación semanal rotativa del Museo y cree nuevos recuerdos en uno de los espacios más preciados de la ciudad, en pleno centro de Oakland.

No se permite el consumo de alcohol. Las actuaciones están sujetas a cambios. En el garaje del OMCA se puede aparcar hasta las 22.00 horas con una tarifa plana limitada de 10 $ para las noches de los viernes.

Accesibilidad 

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) se compromete a ofrecer programas accesibles, acogedores e inclusivos para nuestra comunidad. Las sillas de ruedas, los dispositivos de inclusión sensorial y los servicios adicionales están disponibles en el mostrador de venta de entradas por orden de llegada. Para solicitar otras adaptaciones, como intérprete de lengua de signos americana (ASL), cantonés, español u otro idioma, envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected] al menos tres semanas antes del acto. Más información sobre nuestras opciones de accesibilidad.

This Oakland-based formidable female powerhouse quartet brings a depth of personal insight and performing experience to their politically astute hard rock/funk songcraft. If Sly Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Chrissie Hynde, and Chaka Khan all jammed together, this band would be the result. 

Skip The Needle is an Oakland-based queer female quartet made up of musical superstars of the Bay Area; Vicki Randle (The Tonight Show, Mavis Staples) Shelley Doty (Shelley Doty X-Tet, Jambay), Kofy Brown (Kofy Brown Band, Sistas in the Pit) and Katie Cash (Katie Cash Band, Year of the Fist). Together, they make politically astute, rock n’ roll-funk. Their songs are musically diverse and carry a strong, socially conscious message, delivered with extreme joy. Formed in 2014, Skip The Needle has released two full-length albums and their latest EP – Octavia Of Earth, Volume 2, inspired by black feminist icon Octavia E. Butler, released on Soulectric – A division of Little Village Foundation in Fall of 2023. The band just wrapped a 2 month, entirely sold out run, of Hedwig and The Angry Inch at Shotgun Players in Berkeley, CA and have started writing their next album, after receiving a grant for the project from WAM.

In Lak’ech Dance Academy‘s mission is to co-create a community of queer, trans and allied dancers to celebrate resilience, nurture collective strength and heal from oppression. In Lak’ech Dance Academy’s Founders Angelica & Jahaira created the organization with the intention of using Afro-Latin dance as a tool for self-care and healing. In Lak’ech Dance creates a safe space
for LGBTQ2S+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer, Two Spirited, +) people to claim their identity with pride while reaching personal goals through dance. In Lak’ech aims to increase LGBTQ2S+ visibility in hetero-normative Latin Dance environments by training strong LGBTQ2S+ dancers. Visibility increases awareness and open-mindedness, which positively impacts LGBTQ2S+ communities and society at large.

A Puerto Rican lover of all things music, community and human connection through the language of rhythm and beats, born in NYC and raised in San Francisco, Olga T has an exceptional style of DJing that never fails to grab your attention on the dance floor. Known for masterfully transitioning through nearly every genre of music and often creatively implementing both analog & digital gear when spinning, Olga T consistently delivers a uniquely infectious excitement to the audience. DJing for the past 20 years while producing legendary Bay Area events year-round in addition to teaching DJ classes, creating exclusive remixes, edits and mixtapes is Olga T’s full time passion. Go to www.soundcloud.com/djolgat to explore a plethora of mixtapes of various music genres created by DJ Olga T.

Sketchboard is a BIPOC figure drawing collective, curating eclectic, diverse, and affordable events in the Bay Area over the last 10 years. Their mission is to feature the bodies of people at the intersection of multiple identities, offer living wages to our art models, and create an inclusive environment for the artists in Sketchboard’s community.

Patrocinadores

Viernes Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid está patrocinado por la Junta de Mujeres del Museo de Oakland y Bank of America.