[This is a Virtual Ruby* event, taking place over Zoom. Join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82042120235?pwd=c3NsSFJtRStHM2tOUTZwelF5VGY1QT09 Nonmembers are welcome to join; please donate if you are able!]

Join us for a Q&A with Bay Area musician, Thao Nguyen of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and our very own Claire Calderón of Coraza to talk making music, making music during a pandemic, writing, and more. Thao's latest album, Temple, was released in May.

Temple is the fifth full-length album from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Produced by Thao and bandmate Adam Thompson, it is also their first self-produced album. Kaleidoscopic and danceable, grounded by Thao’s singular voice, Temple feels boldly dissonant while still highly accessible.

A temple is a place of worship and sanctuary. We spend our lives searching for temples where we can belong and be loved, but those spaces can also be a kind of confinement. Temple is an album that pushes open boundaries for a different kind of sanctuary, where you don’t have to whisper.

Buy Temple and learn more here. Watch their wonderful music video for "Phenom," made entirely over Zoom, here.

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*While we shelter in place during the Covid19 pandemic, The Ruby's physical location will be closed. As a collective, we'll continue to gather online for virtual workshops, events, and discussions. All are welcome to join us for these events.

For those who can afford it and would like to support The Ruby during this uncertain time, we are offering 3 tiers of virtual membership: $5/week, $15/week, and $25/week. (Though we have some money in our emergency savings account to get us through the next little while, we're pretty nervous about the future, and how long this might go on for.) Please help only if it's feasible for you. If you're in a tough time financially right now, we absolutely get it. Please, take care of yourself and stay connected to this community so we can help.

Here are the tiers of virtual membership (use these links to sign up):

$5/week - https://www.joinit.org/o/the-ruby/aRsJyABygL4FvvEJT

$15/week - https://www.joinit.org/o/the-ruby/o56ggrnNNx9rzn6AA

$25/week - https://www.joinit.org/o/the-ruby/q37HfmWSQMoLzPt4p

Want to make a one-time donation of more or less? We can still accept donations through last year's GoFundMe. Link is here.

Our Virtual Ruby calendar will be updated as events are added.

[Virtual Ruby] Q&A with Thao Nguyen, of Thao and The Get Down Stay Down