YOU ARE HERE (VOICES Healdsburg Summer 2021) Short Plays on Healdsburg History

A walking tour of light art created for the winter season in downtown Healdsburg.

Exercise caution along the active ranch roads. Headphones may limit your ability to be aware of traffic. Welcome to our milelong exploration of the regenerative agricultural practices that define the quality of wine coming from Medlock Ames at Bell Mountain Ranch, and the soundscape which illuminates our biodiversity.

##### Mount Tamalpais State Park, California [Trail Map](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/dipsea-trail--2?u=i&sh=ysuzkr)

##### Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California [Trail Map](https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/kirby-cove?u=i&sh=ysuzkr)

Please enjoy my album "Slept In" while immersing yourself in the beauty of the bay area's Tilden park.

Welcome to the Garden! This walk through the Allen Ginsberg Community Poetry Garden is a sound scape of poems produced in collaboration with local artists and community members, Left Margin Lit, the University of California Berkeley's African American Studies Department, and the Berkeley Arts Magnet School at Whittier, with support from the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Partnership Fund. We invite you to join us, take a wander around, and find a place in this garden and in these poems.

Sutro Baths is one of San Francisco's historic destinations. Everyday wedding photos are taken and people enjoy the natural beauty and ruins of the world's once largest natatorium, which was created by Adolph Sutro. When I began to look up this site, I found that the history usually started with Adolph Sutro, a white millionaire who once owned a twelfth of San Francisco. However, we first must acknowledge that the land has been stewarded by the Ramaytush Ohlone people. We also must acknowledge that an historic moment occurred. A black man named John Harris sued Adolph Sutro in 1897 for being denied entry into the baths. John Harris won, with the help of the African American Assembly Council and underneath the Dibble Civil Rights Act, and this set the precedent for the civil rights bill many years later. I use the alchemy of sound and memory to shift the soundscape of this occupied land, collapsing the barriers between past and present to unveil the untold stories the shores have witnessed. As a Black, queer womxn standing on the symbols of wealth and occupation, I want to honor those who came before, those who have fallen through the cracks of white lens of history, and celebrate the resiliency of my people.

A new track from the electronic artist Boron, presented in the form of a site-specific sound walk. http://boron.bandcamp.com

Wavy Diary is a sonic piece inspired by the man made Spreckels lake and the San Francisco Model Yacht Club that invites the listener to hear the interplay between music and the sounds of a yacht. Spreckels lake is a reminder of the thin line between nature and civilization that built San Francisco.The walk, a part of the larger Origins and Transformation is approximately 5-10 minutes and composed by composer/artist/musician Dario Slavazza.