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Sights & Sounds After Dark: Creepy Tales
Join host Jeneé Darden for a special spooky season edition of Sights + Sounds, where Bay Area artists and writers share their haunting works. From horror poetry to speculative fiction, from ancestral echoes to playful improv, this evening brings together voices that explore what lingers in the shadows and lives on in memory.
Independent bookstore Medicine for Nightmares will be selling the writers’ books.✨
Featured Guests:
• M. M. Olivas — Debut novelist blending Mexico’s indigenous and colonial pasts into present-day hauntings.
• Hana Baba — Crosscurrents host and The Stoop co-creator, sharing stories across the African diaspora.
• James Cagney — Oakland poet and Cave Canem fellow whose work uncovers the ghosts of loneliness and survival.
• Sumiko Saulson — Bram Stoker Award® Finalist for dark poetry and author of Somnalia.
• Thaddeus Howze — Speculative fiction author crafting eerie tales of myth, mystery, and dread.
• The Fists of Improv — A queer BIPOC troupe serving up spirited, unpredictable performances.
Hosted By
Jeneé Darden is an award-winning journalist, author, public speaker and proud Oakland native. She is the executive producer and host of the weekly arts segment Sights & Sounds as well as the series Sights + Sounds Magazine. Jeneé also covers East Oakland for KALW. Jeneé has reported for NPR, Marketplace, KQED, KPCC, The Los Angeles Times, Ebony magazine, Refinery29 and other outlets. In 2005, she reported on the London transit bombings for Time magazine. Prior to coming to KALW, she hosted the podcast Mental Health and Wellness Radio.
Medicine For Nightmares will be offering books from tonight's authors.
Your RSVP includes admission to Open Decks: Community Art in Motion, a collaborative art exhibition and cultural program featuring original art by 100 Bay Area artists on skateboard decks. Open Decks is on view from July 24 - September 19, 2025.
There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.
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📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
🚪 Reception doors open at 6:00
🗣️ Program begins at 7:00
🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want
Please note:
The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location; free street parking is available across from the venue at 7:00 pm
Event Links
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3308947-0
