Street Versed: Skateboard Poetry and Storytelling Hosted by Jose Vadi (SF Main Library)
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium | 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Event Details
The documentation and presentation of skateboarding through photography, videography and the written word is a type of storytelling that builds the unique lingo and architectural lens that connects skaters to each other and, in the case of San Francisco, the cities they call home.
Skateboarding’s increased urbanization throughout the 1990s overlapped with like-minded cultural explosions, creating an urbanized Venn diagram of creatives coexisting in the City, together. Skateboarding in 1990s San Francisco elicits memories of Bay Area hip hop, unique fashion, local diners, bars, raves and more that intersected with its culture.
Inspired by the multidisciplinary culture skateboarding houses and creates, we’ve asked local poets and storytellers to speak on the ways cities-from built environments, community third-spaces, and the dynamic changes cities embody-have impacted their lives and shaped their storytelling. Featuring Josiah Luis Alderate, Soledad con Carne, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Pendarvis Harshaw, Kar Johnson and Sophie Yanow.
Jose Vadi is an award-winning essayist, poet, playwright and film producer. He is the author of Inter State: Essays from California and Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder’s Lens. His work has been featured by the Paris Review, The Atlantic, the PBS NewsHour, KQED, Free Skate Magazine, Quartersnacks, Alta Journal and the Yale Review.
Presented by San Francisco Public Library
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Cost: FREE*
