Community Spotlights: Black Bird Bookstore + Cafe

Local Artist Spotlight: Jamae Tasker + Sami Freeman

Decades-long resident of and teacher in the Outer Sunset of SF, @mamaladysmix began her creative practice when making hundreds of protest signs in 2020 that she and other community members placed on the Great Highway here in our neighborhood. Her practice has since developed into collage art as a way of processing the world, personal events and emotions.

Outer Sunset-based composer and songwriter @samifreemanmusic wrote her first song on the piano at 6 years old. When a dance major at UCLA, a sprained ankle turned her attention back to the piano. She started writing her own songs for other dancers, propelling the start of her music career.