Join Oakland-based multidisciplinary artist Jenn Johns and a special group set from Seattle's local legends, Gabriel Teodros, Shakiah, Khingz, and Rell Be Free, for an evening of soul-stirring, revolutionary, thought-provoking and joyful music.

Full menu, featuring food by Chef Tay, and bar available until 11pm. View our menu at blackandtanhall.com/menu.

Music 8 to 11pm

All ages until 10pm, bar w/ ID

Sliding scale tickets (recommended minimum: $20 advanced online tickets, $25 at the door)

Limited seating is first-come first-served for general admission tickets.

Photo credit: Leilani Lei

XQAmerica is hosting a block party on Jan. 21 to celebrate 10 years of transforming high school. We know that the world is changing—and high schools should, too—so students are prepared for the future. Everyone has a role to play, and that’s why I’m taking the stage to be part of this movement. There will be food, live music from me and others, so pull up. IT'S FREE.

Lineup includes: LaRussell, Sol Development, The Reef Studios, DJ LadyRyan, and DJ Veyn

Hosted by Thrive Network & Rooting in the Sacred

"When we create with intention, our creations become the invocation, and the space inside and between us becomes the sanctuary." -Alixa Garcia

"Let the sound be my portal, let it be light I see by, let it be where I am humble, only to pour out the divine." -Jenn Johns, "Prayer Song"

Join Thrive Network & Rooting in the Sacred virtually on Saturday, January 10th for Art as Altar: Where Creativity Meets the Sacred with beloved poet, artist & activist Alixa Garcia and internationally acclaimed musician & vocalist Jenn Johns.

Art as Altar is an invitation to step into our creativity as a living spiritual practice—an encounter with presence, mystery, and meaning. In a world where so many inherited pathways to the sacred have thinned, fractured or fallen away...art, music, and poetry remain vital doorways to the divine. They offer an approach to the sacred where the numinous and ineffable can still be felt in the body, heard in sound, seen in form, and shared in community.

How can we engage with art, music, and poetry as altars—where we pause, offer ourselves, and allow something larger than us to move through our bodies, voices, spirits and imagination? How do creative practices open ways of knowing beyond language, reconnecting us with ancestral and communal wisdom, and bringing us into direct contact with the sacred energy of Life itself?

Through a dynamic mix of storytelling, reflection, conversation, and shared experience, we will explore the ways in which we are vessels of sacred expression, each carrying a unique voice, style, and vibration that is the gift of ourselves and for the world. We will honor creative expression not primarily as product or performance, but as a sacred act of devotion, attention and creation. Whether you identify as an artist or simply as someone drawn to beauty and meaning, we invite you to gather with us as we discover how creative practice can root us more deeply in reverence, awaken our sense of belonging, and offer life-giving possibilities for personal and collective renewal.

(Note: We will spend time with Alixa Garcia in the first hour of this offering, with Jenn Johns in the second hour, and with both of them in conversation in the last half hour.)

About ROOTING IN THE SACRED

This conversation is open to the public and is also part of an online course Rooting In The Sacred: A Journey of Reverence & Reimagining, a yearlong journey on spirituality and practice for these times. Registration is currently open for Thrive Network's March 2026 - Feb 2027 offering of Rooting in the Sacred.

WHEN IS THIS EVENT: Saturday, January 10, 2026 from 8am - 10:30am PT / 11am - 1:30pm ET (please arrive on time! there will be a 15 min break at 9am PT / 12pm ET)

WHERE: Online on Zoom

Doors open at 7pm for free hearty snacks and tea, and a marketplace with delightful sustainable goods and brand-new wearable Jenn Johns' art to purchase. Show starts around 8pm.

Jenn Johns provides the musical inspiration for East Bay Church's Sunday Service.

Join us as we embark on this journey into the root chakra! This energetic center, located at the base of your spine, is the foundation of your life. It is connected to your sense of safety, confidence, and groundedness. This workshop will lead you through meditation, movements, and mantras all meant to open up the energy in your root and invite the love of God to heal any place that may be blocked. The brilliant and talented Sham E Monteiro and Sandrine Malary will guide the movements. Jennifer Johns will lead you in singing mantras in both Swahili and English. Tickets for donation are available at the door. The suggested donation is $20- but your gift is entirely up to you! No one is turned away due to lack of funds :)