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SUMMARY:Friday Nights at OMCA with LA GENTE SF
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Chats at OMCA\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLive Music by LA GENTE SF\, DJ Set by mare.e.fresh\, and Gallery Chats\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Night at OMCA brings an infectious global sound to the Garden Stage as San Francisco’s LA GENTE SF delivers a high-energy live performance blending Cumbia\, Salsa\, and Reggaeton. Led by singer-songwriter Rafa Sarria Bustamante\, the group fuses rhythms and cultural influences from across Latin America and the Caribbean with a distinct San Francisco flavor\, creating a joyful dance party that brings audiences together. \n\n\n\nKeeping the party going\, Bay Area DJ and producer mare.e.fresh takes over the Amphitheater with a feel-good mix of funk\, Latin\, Disco\, and Y2K throwbacks. Blending familiar favorites with fun surprises and plenty of dancefloor energy\, her set creates an upbeat soundtrack for celebrating\, connecting\, and enjoying the evening at the Museum. \n\n\n\nAlongside an exceptional event experience\, Friday Nights at OMCA also features Gallery Chats from 5:30–7:30 pm. Putting a twist on the traditional museum tour\, Gallery Chats invite visitors to engage in meaningful conversations\, share personal reflections\, and explore new perspectives on the artwork\, artifacts\, and stories throughout OMCA’s galleries. Enthusiastic volunteer facilitators can be found floating between all of OMCA’s galleries\, including its Great Hall Special Exhibitions\, throughout the evening. Look for the blue “Let’s Chat” shirts to join the conversation. Gallery Chats are included with Museum admission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n5:30–7:30 pm Gallery Chats | All Galleries \n\n\n\n6:15–7:15 pm Live Music by LA GENTE SF  | Garden Stage \n\n\n\n6:45–8:45 pm DJ Set by mare.e.fresh | Amphitheater \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin our email list to stay in the loop about Friday Nights at OMCA!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Friday Nights:\n\n\n\nDon’t miss the final weeks of Friday Nights at OMCA! As the days get shorter and fall settles in\, Oakland’s favorite weekly block party—complete with Off the Grid food trucks—is wrapping up its current season with a bang. Join us for a few more festive fall evenings of music\, community\, food\, and fun before Friday Nights takes a seasonal pause. \n\n\n\nOMCA will continue to welcome visitors during regular Museum hours\, with plenty to explore—including our latest special exhibition\, BeHere/1942: A New Lens on Japanese Incarceration\, and featured experiences like OMCA’s 32nd Annual Día de los Muertos Community Celebration. Visit museumca.org for Museum hours\, exhibitions\, and program details. \n\n\n\nOMCA also offers a $10 flat-rate parking in the OMCA Garage until 10 pm. Please note that outside alcohol is not permitted\, and event details and performances are subject to change. Please view our Garden Guidelines and Dog Policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLA GENTE SF\n\n\n\nmare.e.fresh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOff the Grid Food Truck Lineup\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformer BIOS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n		\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				                    About LA GENTE SF\n				\n				                    LA GENTE SF was born in the eclectic city of San Francisco\, California. The group is led by Rafa Sarria Bustamante: singer-songwriter and voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammy’s. LA GENTE SF has created their own unique blend of World Music\, Cumbia\, Salsa\, and Reggaeton. Their music and live shows fuse together rhythms\, dances and cultural influences from all over Latino America and the Caribbean with a distinct San Francisco flavor\, to create an infectious\, high energy dance party. LA GENTE SF have just released “Llama Cumbia”\, their second single and music video from their 5th studio album “Entre 2 Mundos.” The album and series of music videos were recorded and filmed in San Francisco\, Colombia\, Spain\, Mexico and Morocco and was produced by Rafa Sarria Bustamante\, Maya Finlay & Jordan Feinstein. The Band is currently on their 2026 World Tour with dates in the US\, Colombia\, Mexico & more. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				                    About mare.e.fresh\n				\n				                    mare.e.fresh is a DJ/producer based out of the Bay Area that combines a mix of cumbia/hiphop/reggaeton/and the occasional banda to create a blend of music aimed at making people dance. She is a part of the art collective Velvet Cloud Radio and an active member of Chulita Vinyl Club’s Bay Area chapter. Her DJ’ing is centered around taking up and harvesting space in which people can have fun and dance in through music. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\n\n\n\nFriday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid is proudly supported by the Oakland Museum Women’s Board and Bank of America. Additional support provided by Donahue Fitzgerald LLP\, OAKLAND ROOTS AND SOUL SC\, LaSalle Mortgage\, and Townsend Public Affairs. \n\n\n\nLearn more about becoming a Friday Nights at OMCA sponsor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/friday-nights-at-omca-with-la-gente-sf/
LOCATION:OMCA campus
CATEGORIES:Ticketed,Family,Free,Friday Nights at OMCA,Live performance
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Japanese American Legacies of Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nGallery Chats at OMCA\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Japanese American Legacies of Resistance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram | 1–2:30 pmCall to Action | 2:30–3:30 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Sunday\, we are stepping into the historical legacy that inspired OMCA’s latest special exhibition\, BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration. With opening remarks by OMCA Executive Director Lori Fogarty\, we will engage with this present moment in American history with the clarity and learnings of the past.  \n\n\n\nGuest speakers Satsuki Ina and Miya Sommers\, who both have personal or familial ties to wartime incarceration\, will be joined in conversation by host Joemy Ito-Gates to explore how the shadows of this history led them to paths of anti-imperialist organizing\, solidarity anchored in love\, and healing work in times of enduring racial injustice. TaikoPeace will close the day with an interactive performance of “Ei Ja Nai Ka\,” honoring Japanese American immigrant ancestors of this era and the echoes of their resistance through taiko\, dance\, and song. Come ready to learn\, engage\, and connect with one another! \n\n\n\nVisitors are invited to continue the conversation during a post-program Call to Action gathering. Japanese American Families for Justice\, Nikkei Resisters\, and Tsuru for Solidarity will facilitate interactive protest art activities and share resources on how to get involved with current campaigns. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration\, on view through December 27\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETs ON SALE 10/30\n\n\n\nmember Tickets on sale 10/28\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Speakers and Performers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n		\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				\n				                    Satsuki Ina\, PhD\, was born in the Tule Lake Segregation Center\, a WWII maximum-security prison camp for so-called “disloyal” Japanese Americans during WWII. Her parents answered “No” to the so-called Loyalty Questionnaire and\, under duress\, renounced their American citizenship. She is co-founder of Tsuru for Solidarity\, a project of Japanese American social justice advocates working to support front-line immigrant and refugee communities being targeted today. She is a community trauma consultant and author of The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love\, Imprisonment\, and Protest (Heyday Books 2024). She is Professor Emeritus at California State University\, Sacramento. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				\n				                    Miya Sommers (they/she) is a mixed-race gosei (fifth-generation Japanese American) and a third-generation settler on the territory of xučyun\, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people\, the successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. In deepening their understanding of this inheritance and responsibility as a settler at the intersection of the U.S. and Japanese empire\, Miya’s political commitments center on building in tandem with movements for collective liberation through their work as an educator and land steward.  \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				\n				                    Joemy Ito-Gates (she/her) is a mother\, Ethnic Studies educator\, and community activist. She has been a public educator for twenty-three years and is the co-superintendent of the  Buddhist Church of Oakland’s Dharma School. She is a core member of the grassroots organization Japanese American Families for Justice and has had writing published in Britt Hawthorne’s Raising Antiracist Children and the newly released Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity & Both/And Belonging\, edited by Anne Liu Kellor. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			\n            \n				\n				\n				                    TaikoPeace\, founded by PJ Hirabayashi in 2018\, uses Japanese taiko drumming to spread kinetic energy\, spiritual vibration\, and joy while inspiring positive social change and world peace. “PEACE” stands for her acronym: Partnerships\, Empathy\, and Creative Empowerment. Her signature composition\, “Ei Ja Nai Ka\,” performed worldwide\, commemorates the first Japanese immigrants to America through taiko drumming\, dance\, and song. TaikoPeace frequently collaborates with other artists. Currently\, 888 Taiko Collective has joined TaikoPeace\, uniting drum\, dance\, and song as expressions of resistance\, joy\, and solidarity with communities engaged in social justice work. \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-japanese-american-legacies-of-resistance/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Ticketed,Conversation / Lecture,Members
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