Opening Night: Sadie Barnette’s The New Eagle Creek Saloon

Sadie Barnette (b. 1984, Oakland, CA) has a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego. She has had solo exhibitions at The Kitchen, New York; Pomona College and Pitzer College Art Galleries, Los Angeles; ICA Los Angeles; The Lab, San Francisco; the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, PA; and the Manetti Shrem Museum, University of California, Davis.

Mama San is a queer BIPOC bartending collective founded in Minneapolis. Each of the eight members learned the techniques and care of cocktailing alongside one another and has worked hard to create an accessible environment that welcomes those routinely left out of the cocktail scene. It was clear to the collective members that if they wanted to break into an industry dominated by white/cis/male barkeepers, they needed to create a space for themselves and their community. Together, Mama San hosts parties, artist markets, and pop-ups, offering genuine hospitality to anyone who stops in to try the signature cocktails and elevated drinks.

Jamez L. Smith (DJ Jam E.Z.) is a San Francisco performer based in Minneapolis. He is a poet who has been spinning vinyl records for decades. Smith’s selections can be heard on KRSM 98.9 FM in South Minneapolis, where he hosts two weekly record shows (7–9 pm): The 80s inspired “Same As It Ever Was” on Mondays, and “Groovement,” a soulfully eclectic journey, on Wednesdays.

This event will have ASL interpretation.

This program will include discussions of sexuality and gender.

The evening may contain flickering effects and sudden changes in pitch, tone, and volume.

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