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Fantastic Negrito at the Downstreet Art Festival

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Get the Tiny Desk winning “Lost In A Crowd”! New EP out July 24th.

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Finding America block party at Blackball Universe!

Photos by Liz Mak, Chloe Anzai, and Sarah Mcdonough

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Join us on the 6th for the launch of “Finding America!”

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We may be closed, but we still love great art! Don’t miss the opening of Daniele Spellman’s show tonight!

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The Homecoming Show!

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See who’s playing Outside Lands 2015, which of your friends are going, and pick your own favorites.

Don’t ever miss Fantastic Negrito live! Add him to your line-up.

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Don't miss the last Friday Art Party! After the closing of Still People: Intimate Moments, Blackball will no longer be hosting monthly art parties. Come celebrate the past two years in the gallery with us! The Closing Reception will be attended by the artist with drinks, hors d’oeuvres and music. Wine will be provided by Playwright and Vin des Temps Wine. Laura Juncker’s paintings combine portraiture and film stills, capturing the unreality of daily life in Los Angeles and the modern age. She looks through film databases for subtle images and matches them to wood grain panels. Rather than drawing from blockbuster movies and imagery, she deliberately chooses stills from unfamiliar films and draws from in-between moments. Says Juncker, “That moment where a character wakes up in bed… before anything happens – that is the scene I want to immortalize.” She harmonizes the image with the natural elements of wood grain, and then allows the painting to reveal itself.

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Still People: Intimate Moments

March 20 - April 3

Opening Reception March 20th, 7:00pm - 11:00pm Closing Reception April 3rd, 7:00pm - 11:00pm This March, Blackball presents Still People: Intimate Moments featuring the work of Los Angeles-based painter Laura Juncker. Laura Juncker’s paintings combine portraiture and film stills, capturing the unreality of daily life in Los Angeles and the modern age. She looks through film databases for subtle images and matches them to wood grain panels. Rather than drawing from blockbuster movies and imagery, she deliberately chooses stills from unfamiliar films and draws from in-between moments. Says Juncker, “That moment where a character wakes up in bed… before anything happens – that is the scene I want to immortalize.” She harmonizes the image with the natural elements of wood grain, and then allows the painting to reveal itself. The Opening Reception will be attended by the artist with drinks, hors d’oeuvres and music. On April 3rd, there will be a closing reception.

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The singer beat out nearly 7,000 other submissions to win NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest. See why in this passionate three-song set.

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Clad in pegged red pants, a tie pinned beneath a checkered vest, Xavier Dphrepaulezz led his band into “Night Has Turned to Day.” A consummate…

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Fantastic Negrito’s last show in the Bay Area before SXSW!

Tickets here

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Fantastic Negrito’s last Bay Area show before SXSW!

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We talk with Oakland-based musician Fantastic Negrito, who describes his music as 'blues with a punk attitude.' He recently gained national attention for winning NPR's Tiny Desk Concert contest.

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From major-label status and a coma-inducing car wreck to a renewed spirit in Fantastic Negrito, watch the story of Tiny Desk Concert winner Xavier Dphrepaulezz in this revealing video.

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From major-label status and a coma-inducing car wreck to a renewed spirit in Fantastic Negrito, watch the story of Tiny Desk Concert winner Xavier Dphrepaulezz in this revealing video.