Events
Everything we've produced since 2018 — 45 events.
2026
4 eventsASL Open Stage
An ASL open-mic night at White Horse Inn — poems, songs, skits, dance, and jokes, with a Deaf DJ. Presented by Urban Jazz Dance Company and ASL Love.
ASL Open Stage
An ASL open-mic night at White Horse Inn — poems, songs, skits, dance, and jokes, with a Deaf DJ. Presented by Urban Jazz Dance Company and ASL Love.
ASL Open Stage
An ASL open-mic night at White Horse Inn — poems, songs, skits, dance, and jokes, with a Deaf DJ. Presented by Urban Jazz Dance Company and ASL Love.
ASL Flow Arts
A free, family-friendly multisensory movement workshop in ASL, led by VictoriViolet — presented by ASL Love in association with Flowtoys.
2025
15 events- No flyer archived
Family ASL Day
Free family ASL day for families of DDBDDHH youth.
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Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival
We assisted with food service for all dancers and artists.
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NightLife: BAIDDF Pre-Party
We worked with funds given by Cal Academy to gather a team of DJS: Subeaux, DJ Mama, Dj Shaya, and DJ Turn-it-up.
BAADA 30th Gala
We provided the full set of music and lighting equipment that we can operate for events.
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ASL Open Stage
ASL Open Stage open-mic night at White Horse (Oakland), supported by ASL Love with DJ/host Bobby Cox and UJDC.
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Gallery 836M Closing Performance
Closing performance of the gallery residency (May 15-17).
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Gallery 836M Open Mic #3
Small public open-mic event, part of the Gallery 836M residency with UJDC.
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ASL Open Stage
ASL Open Stage open-mic night at White Horse (Oakland), supported by ASL Love with DJ/host Bobby Cox and UJDC.
- No flyer archived
Gallery 836M Open Mic #2
Small public open-mic event, part of the Gallery 836M residency with UJDC.
- No flyer archived
ASL Open Stage
ASL Open Stage open-mic night at White Horse (Oakland), supported by ASL Love with DJ/host Bobby Cox and UJDC.
- No flyer archived
Gallery 836M Open Mic #1
Small public open-mic event, part of the Gallery 836M residency with UJDC.
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Gallery 836M Soft Opening
Soft opening of the gallery residency; Joy performed.
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Gallery 836M Residency Week
Opening residency/installation week (Feb 24-28) for the UJDC x ASL Love gallery residency at 836 Montgomery.
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ASL Open Stage
ASL Open Stage
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Opening Night/ASL Open Stage
Opening Night/ASL Open Stage
2024
4 events- No flyer archived
Halloween 2024 (Spooky Night)
Family-friendly Halloween party & fundraiser co-hosted with Bay Area Black Deaf Advocates (BAADA) at Line 51 Brewing, Oakland.
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Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival
We assisted with food service for all dancers and artists.
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Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2024
Camp ASL Love returns to Lucidity for 2024.
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Family ASL Day
A family day in the park at Presidio Tunnel Tops, signing together.
2023
5 eventsGagged!
Free Deaf Queer Drag Queen show at Queer Arts Featured (Castro), 21+.
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ASL Meetup @ Dolores Park
Free public ASL immersion meetup at Dolores Park - ASL basics, social time, and games (charades, phone line, handshapes, lawn games).
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Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival
Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (Aug 4-6, 2023).
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Camp ASL Love Decompression
Post-Lucidity decompression gathering for the Camp ASL Love community.
Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2023
Camp ASL Love returns to the Lucidity festival with an ASL-first camp and access team.
2022
4 eventsDEAFSTAR RISING
A Halloween fundraiser on an Oakland rooftop for Bay Area Asian Deaf Association and Bay Area Black Deaf Advocates, with Urban Jazz Dance Company.
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Take Back My Power Afterparty
ASL Love provided lighting/AV (ABC light panels, RGB lighting) and ran the afterparty following Urban Jazz Dance Company's 'Take Back My Power' show.
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Native Lands Native Hands
Urban Jazz Dance Company performance-art piece addressing the Tilden statue controversy, choreographed by Antoine Hunter with Sarah Young Bear-Brown.
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Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2022
Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2022
2021
1 event- No flyer archived
SOMArts Residency / ASL Love Online
Virtual gallery residency at SOMArts during the pandemic (Jan-Feb 2021): 3D gallery tour, artist panels, workshop videos (Ian Sanborn blind-contour drawing), and the Battle of the Improv Teams.
2020
4 events- No flyer archived
Deaf Natives Fundraiser (Anything but Rocks)
'Anything but Rocks' — a virtual Day of Entertainment (ASL improv, storytelling, and games) hosted online on May 23, 2020 to raise funds for Deaf Native Americans affected by COVID-19.
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Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2020
Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2020
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Improv Showcase & ASL Love Event!
A showcase performance closing out the GO OFF YOUR SCRIPT improv class week.
GO OFF YOUR SCRIPT
A week of ASL improv classes taught by The Deaf Guys, Josh Castille and Jules Dameron.
2019
7 events- No flyer archived
Fire and Vice
ASL ❤️ Presents: Fire and Vice — a flow-arts night at the Deaf Community Center (San Leandro) featuring Deaf professional hula-hoop/fire performer Hula Bella (Monica Foletta) with beats by DJ Turn-It-Up.
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ASL ❤️ Cabaret (Nov 2019)
Confirmed ASL ❤️ event at the Deaf Community Center on Nov 16, 2019 (referenced in the Hearing Institution 185 planning notes as an upcoming event).
Hearing Institution 185
A haunted Halloween fundraiser for DeafHope, set in an asylum for the last remaining hearing people.
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Shadow Fall
We collaborated with DCARA to develop a happy hour series of events at DCC.
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Burning Man Shadow Ball
ASL ❤️: Shadow Ball — the marquee event of Camp Backfire's week at Burning Man 2019, presented by Backfire, ASL Love, and Da Dirty Hands.
Festival of Fools
ASL comedy, improv, and dance at the Deaf Community Center — the official kick-off to DeafNation Expo weekend.
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Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2019
Camp ASL Love @ Lucidity 2019
2018
1 event- No flyer archived
Hearing Pox
ASL Love's first event: Deaf artists, DJs, a haunted house, and fire flow arts at a private Halloween party in the Mission.