If you live in the neighborhood, you may have seen the fire or the fire trucks racing up Claremont this week. Sarah and I did, and she wrote this reflection on this place experiencing a dangerous, though short-lived, wildfire. We wanted to share it with you, along with the
Hello! We're trying to get a bit better about sending out community updates, and here we have a grab bag for you up top and then our normal event listing down below. (There's so much good stuff. Tommy Orange is coming back! And all but the
Hello! We are gearing up this week for our first birthday, which is officially on Thursday, Oct 1, and which we'll be celebrating on Saturday at Fig Leaf Gardens (you're invited). Incredibly, we've hosted 203 public events since October 1, 2025, in addition to
So much happening in September (and also October, some of which is previewed here). If you like environmental justice or mysteries or caregiving or closing the camps or archival art projects or public transit or finding a job or birdtanical drawing or groundbreaking critiques of Silicon Valley or African diasporic
Well, here we are at the soft edge of shoulder season. Or, judging by the fashions on these recent foggy mornings, maybe it's called cardigan season? We're still banking on the coming fall months bringing us some well-earned warm and sunny weather, as the Bay
It's a funny thing, starting a community space that has members. Automatically, many people assume that if they are not members, they can't walk in the door. Every day, we run into people who would like to come by, but feel like they can't.
When we opened Local Economy in October, we had no idea how any of it would work. For example, we guessed that Saturdays would be our busiest day. Well, we've now got a solid 8 months of data, aaannndd, Saturdays are our least busy day. Meanwhile, the community
Hello friends! Summer is suddenly upon us. Schools are getting out, fog is rolling in. We've been making some upgrades at Local Economy. First, we added in some sound-muffling panels on the ceiling to create a more sonically comfortable environment. Voices bounce around less and it'
It's been too long. Your friends here at 6028 College have been busy with events and life. We've got a whole slate of programming down below for you to check out in May. First and foremost, though, we wanted to make sure that everyone knows that
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April 23 2026 The truth is that I never meant to be a radio person. Even when I took the Forum job (five years ago!), I fully expected that our program, beaming out on 88.5, would soon be in terminal decline. It would be replaced, I figured, by our
For as long as Local Economy has been open, Kija Lucas’s art has been on the walls. Her images take simple materials, usually botanicals—a leaf, a branch, a root—and set them on a matte infinite black. These things we see everyday by the literal million are suddenly
Hello! Times like these, it feels both good and imperative to maintain and strengthen our ties with neighbors. All of them. Right now, Local Economy feels like a little hive, buzzing with different people coming to know each other. We're also mixing in ways to connect with and