BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Berkeley Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Berkeley Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c1475f42-76d1-40f7-8d19-fbb242a9ef78 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261002T015514Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261205T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261205T170000 SUMMARY:Author Talk feat. Alex Werth w/ Derwin Deon Brown II @THPS LOCATION:Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch\nTarea Hall Pittman South Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tarea Hall Pittman South B ranch;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch:geo:37.856 3973,-122.2709272 GEO:37.8563973;-122.2709272 DESCRIPTION:The Black American Sound System is joining forces with the Ber keley Public Library to transform its branches into vibrant hubs of Black musical culture and community memory..\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrary.libn et.info/event/17505251 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Artist in residency Derwin Deon Brown II\, founder of Black American Sound System\, \; will be in conversation with Alex Werth\, author of On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland. \;

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The c oncept of the Black American Sound System&mdash\;ranging from mobile DJ se tups at block parties to bass-heavy car stereos cruising down Internationa l Boulevard&mdash\;serves as the literal and political engine driving Alex Werth's On Loop. While traditional studies of sound system culture often center on Jamaican reggae and dub\, Werth maps this phenomenon onto Oaklan d's unique Black geography\, illustrating how local sound systems function as autonomous\, mobile zones of liberation. In On Loop\, these sound syst ems intersect with municipal politics because their heavy bass and high vo lumes intentionally claim public space\, piercing through the geographic b oundaries of gentrification. The "loop" manifests when these sonic asserti ons of Black presence and joy are repeatedly targeted by the city's "war o n nuisance\," where white residents and city planners weaponize noise ordi nances and overpolicing to silence the literal machinery of Black cultural survival.

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Come here these themes discussed and examined

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T he Berkeley Public Library's \;In the Stax \;is collaborating with artist Derwin Deon Brown II\, founder of the Black American Sound System (B.A.S.S.) in bringing Black American music into the library. \;

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This partnership will feature a sound exhibit titled \;The Brea k Room \;with two activations called \;The People's Sonic Park \;and \;7th Street Cafe \;which will be on display at the Central Library's 2nd and 5th floor September-December 202 6. This collaboration will also feature public programming across all five of our locations where the community will be able to interact with the ex hibit\, learn the rich history and current scene of Black American music i n the Bay Area as well as live music events and workshops. \;

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Learn more about \;The Break Room \;exhibit and other pro grams \;here .

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