Polk Street: Lives in Transition

Polk Stories Listening Party: Empresses, Masquerades, Punk Priests, and Street Sweeps
Thursday, June 18th
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
1217 Polk Street, between Bush and Sutter, San Francisco

Journalist and oral historian Joey Plaster presents audio stories from fifteen people who find their dreams and nightmares on San Francisco's Polk Street. Come for a sneak preview of stories Plaster is fashioning into an hour-long radio documentary with famed producer Jay Allison.
Audio focuses on the 1980s to the present and pays special attention to recent conflicts between established street-level populations and newer neighborhood and business associations. Presentation connected to the "Polk Street: Lives in Transition exhibit."

Polk Street: Lives in Transition Exhibit Opening Reception
Thursday, June 25
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Good Vibrations Polk Street Gallery, 1620 Polk Street (at SacramentoStreet), San Francisco

Good Vibrations is proud to present "Polk Street: Lives in Transition," a multimedia exhibit examining Polk Street's history through the lens of current neighborhood change, focusing on the 1980s to the present. Enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres as you explore the hidden history of this neighborhood. Exhibit consists of audio stories by Joey Plaster and photographs by Gabriela Hasbun from stakeholders who are living through and shaping changes on the street that birthed San Francisco's Pride Parade.

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