Oakland's Live Is Living Festival Offers Music, Free Breakfast and Healing | KQED

"The Oakland-based People's Kitchen Collective wants to spread a concept they call "radical hospitality," which asks people to imagine new ways of taking care of one another and living reciprocally with the land. One way they're fostering this concept is the Life Is Living Festival, which arrives at West Oakland's DeFremery Park (a.k.a. Lil Bobby Hutton Park) on Saturday, Oct. 11. Performing on the main stage is RyanNicole, a rapper and poet who co-wrote and co-starred in the recent hip-hop musical Co-Founders at American Conservatory Theater."

"Joining her on stage is Lovey, an up-and-coming rapper with a soulful voice and out-there imagination (Lovey recently competed in a Bay Area music showcase produced by KQED and LaRussell's Good Compenny collective). AudioPharmacy, a band blending hip-hop and Indigenous rhythms, and powerhouse vocalist Jenn Johns are also on the bill, along with the West Oakland Middle School band, indie rock band Lil Shlurp Shlurp and experimental duo Twisted Universe."

"The nonmusical activities at Life Is Living include wellness offerings from Freedom Community Clinic, an Oakland collective that offers free services like herbal medicine, reiki, massage and acupuncture. There'll be a "wheels zone" for the skaters and cyclists; activities for kids; a community arts zone; an artist vendor marketplace; a Black Panther Party zone and historical exhibits on Oakland's activist history."

People's Kitchen Collective promotes a practice called "radical hospitality" that encourages new ways of caring for one another and living reciprocally with the land. The Life Is Living Festival takes place Saturday, Oct. 11 at DeFremery Park (Lil Bobby Hutton Park) in West Oakland. The festival features performances by RyanNicole, Lovey, AudioPharmacy, Jenn Johns, the West Oakland Middle School band, Lil Shlurp Shlurp and Twisted Universe. Nonmusical offerings include wellness services from Freedom Community Clinic (herbal medicine, reiki, massage, acupuncture), a wheels zone for skaters and cyclists, kids' activities, a community arts zone, an artist vendor marketplace and a Black Panther Party zone with historical exhibits. DeFremery Park's name honors Bobby Hutton and connects the event to Panther survival programs and community care.

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