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Join us for a conversation with Umi Vaughan, Tiffany Yap, and Robert Liu-Trujillo, three writers and artists whose work sits at the intersection of culture, nature, and resistance. Together they will discuss how authors can craft inclusive work that holds history, ecology, and lived experience simultaneously. After the conversation, the audience is invited to boogie down to a closing performance by SambaFunk!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2026
12-2 pm
FREE

This event is free to attend, but registration is requested at this link. Books will be available for sale and signing.


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2026 / 8:30PM

Muddy Waters / 521 Valencia St., SF

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2026 / 12–2PM

Gringo Magia LIVE at @embergrillsf as part of the Busk It! series @marketstreetarts

Ember Grill / 670 Larkin St., SF

APRIL 28–MAY 9, 2027


Saturday, SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
7pm 

“Drumming Up Resistance!” A book talk with Afro-Brazilian music

Medicine for Nightmares bookstore
3036 24th St., SF
(415) 824-1761


Saturday, AuGUST 29, 2026
8PM (sharp!) - 10PM,

Live Music!! @gringo_magia + @el74tet live at Muddy Waters Coffee & Lounge.
No cover.

Muddy Waters Coffee & Lounge
521 Valencia St., San Francisco


FRIDAY AUGUST 14, 2026
7pm 

Book talk “Musical Legacies of the African Diaspora” with Cuban author Eva Silot Bravo.

Clio’s Books
353 Grand Avenue, Oakland 


Saturday, july 11, 2026
9pm - 11:30pm 

Muddy Waters Coffee & Lounge
521 Valencia St., San Francisco


Thursday, June 18, 2026
9pm-12am

@gringo_magiabrings Afro-future-funk-samba. @el74tet mixes hip hop, bebop, blues and Nuyorican flava!!
No cover.

The Royale
800 Post Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109
Info: (415) 441-4099


Sunday, April 27, 2025
2-4pm

Silencing the Drum

Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th Street Suite 290, Oakland, CA


Sunday, May 4, 2025,
1-2pm meet & greet with refreshments,
2-4pm Lecture-performance

With live Afro-Brazilian music and dance, based on my book Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music (co-authored with Dr. Danielle Boaz)

Drumming Up Resistance!

Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library (Koret Auditorium), 100 Larkin St. San Francisco, CA