Here’s the link to an article about 21 Grand, by Larry Kelp, though it requires a fair amount of scrolling.
For your convenience, and ours, the text:
A 21 Grand Experiment
Oakland’s Pivotal Avant-Garde Art Space Hangs in There
The address may have changed, twice, and it may have recently run a gauntlet through the city’s use-permit bureaucracy, but the unique arts and performance space 21 Grand has kept its name and lofty goals intact, providing a room in Oakland for visual and musical artists to push the boundaries. (more…)
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A few weeks back, the SF Bay Guardian featured a well-meaning blog post about us. The author laments not getting out to our shows as often as she’d like. While we are well aware what materials pave the road to hell, we would be dishonest not to admit that we, too, don’t get out as often as we’d like. Plus, we’ve spent a lot of time pondering the phrase “egalitarianism begets mediocrity,” and greatly appreciate that the author feels we are an exception to that common occurrence.
This post was also about the benefit we held a few weeks ago at ATA which was a great success. Thanks to everyone who performed, attended, and left a significant quantity of high-quality discounted Valentine’s Day candy for us to eat for the next week.
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