Join TLCBD for a variety of events and activities in and around the Tenderloin community. Come join our team, learn, and get involved. We look forward to seeing you!
Join Arab Women & Youth Voice Group and Chef Lobenh Alabsi for a live cooking class at 201 Community Room. Learn how to make Yemeni lahoh from scratch and learn about other popular and delicious Middle Eastern dishes! Workshop is completely free and open to everyone. All cooking ingredients will be provided.
We are so proud our @psychedradiosf Tenderloin Music and Arts Festival 2024 which will be taking three weeks from now throughout several venues in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District like @edinburghcastle.sf @phoenixhotelsf @mothbellygallery @tenderloinmuseum @kayobooks and the UN Plaza All of these 12 shows are completely FREE and all of the bands, musicians, acts, drag queens, poets, DJs and writers are LOCAL. That, because we believe in the San Francisco and Oakland music and art scenes and are here to support them. Join us for this FREE 100% DIY festival as we unite through music, art, and community, celebrating resilience and advocating for change for the historical Tenderloin District. Brought to you by @tlcbd @sfoewd @marketstreetarts @sfrecpark @psychedrecordssf and @psychedradiosf Art @fezmoreno Video Visuals @goyri
Skywatchers’ upcoming presentation of Towards Opulence, the Opera is a celebration of dance, song, and spoken word co-created with Tenderloin residents. This premiere performance weaves together the stories of belonging, resilience, and hope that all too often go untold. This new work features original music and choral direction by Melanie DeMore, co-created with contributing artists Jennifer Johns, Valerie Troutt, and many more. “We have woven a piece about dreams that might become reality. While living this art, some of us have moved into—and past—their dreams,” said Skywatchers Lead Artist Joel Yates. “We carry with us our families along with the blessing of our stories. It is our hope that this process of being human needs no great explanation, but in this humble presentation we all might be reminded of the greatness of our process. Come find rest and see yourselves standing with us in Opulence.” Towards Opulence, the Opera is part of an ongoing act of creative resistance and imaginative reclamation. Skywatchers believe that Tenderloin residents — and other marginalized people — are the truth tellers of our society, akin to the mythical Cassandras. By breathing life into often overlooked or discredited truths, we remember our interdependence and expose the […]
