FREQUENCY UPLIFT!_FRI. 05.03.2024 …poet Tonya M. Foster + LIVE in studio, Neblinas del Pacífico

FREQUENCY UPLIFT!10a - 1pm PacificFRI. 05.03.2024 …our first Friday’s poet Tonya M. Foster, reading and in interview. Brilliant poet and essayist, feminist scholar, on teaching from a liminal space between visual art and the written word, on creative process and place. Tonya is author of ‘A Swarm of Bees in High Court’, the bilingual chapbook  ‘La Grammaire des Os’, and the forthcoming ‘Thingifications.’  She is dancing despite what is.+ LIVE in studio:Neblinas del Pacífico,  Mission-based ensemble playing the Afro-Colombian ‘marimba de chonta’ music of Colombia's Pacific coast!  We’ll hear and dig into the legacy and traditions of the music and hear about their upcoming SF International Arts, and Yerba Buena Garden Festival performances .And finally, Cristina Ibarra, director of the Yerba Buena Garden Festival previews all the amazing international summer freeness coming to SF…  broadcasting live from unceded Ramaytush Ohlone territory.UPLIFT!--------------------------Neblinas del Pacífico.... is, on marimba, vocals, bombos, cununos, guasás:Federico ArdilaPipe ArrecheaMay-Li KhoeJuliana MejíaAndrés ReyesStephanie Reist