Oakland Arts Space Fights For Life
Performance space pioneer 21 Grand has no cabaret permit, but can't raise funds to qualify for one
By SHIRLEY LAU, OAKLAND NORTH on October 18, 2010 - 3:59 p.m. PDT
21 Grand received a "cease and desist cabaret activity" letter from the City of Oakland
The signature teal color of an old-school iMac stood out among a hodgepodge of items. There was a Sierra Nevada box filled with torn packaging envelopes, complete with stamps and postmarked dates. The one-man crew of 21 Grand—a downtown Oakland gallery and performance space—was purging everything that had accumulated in storage for the last decade, but the venue’s “emergency rummage sale” a couple of weeks ago wasn’t just an effort to collect a few bucks. It was to make the month’s rent.
