I’ve been working on a new column series based on real life stories from the heart of Gentrification City. The first one concerns songwriter and recording artist Tom Heyman and visual artist and community college instructor Deirdre White, a couple of longtime Mission District residents who’ve found a way to survive in high-tech town as working artists.
That Cool Blue Feeling album by Tom Heyman. Cover photo of sunset in the Outer Richmond by Deirdre White
Debuting this week at Down With Tyranny, I’m seeking a permanent home for the serial (it might be here, there or elsewhere). Until then, please find the first installment here and let me know what you think: The story is just beginning. Turns out this 49(ish) square mile patch of scenic beauty is smaller than ever before. The lives of those of us who remain here are all very much interconnected.
I look forward to sharing the stories of 21st Century San Francisco with you and am exceedingly grateful I’ve been given the opportunity to do so. Until the next installment, I’ll be here riding the waves and the ropes, too. Stand strong people: They can’t take away our souls or the songs in our hearts…
Filed under: Arts and Culture, California, column, serial, Sunnyside Up, Tales of the Gentrification City, art, CCSF, Deirdre White, life, San Francisco news, Tom Heyman
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