Pendarvis H.

“It’s harder to bend an old tree.” Journalist and Host | @KQEDarts #Rightnowish | #FacingLife | #OGToldMe | #RegularsOnly | #Yeee!

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

My work:

- Facing Life, a @pulitzercenter backed project on prisons & reentry: https://t.co/d5ERY1gmMy

- @KQEDarts articles + #Rightnowish podcast: https://t.co/2EJBIVnN5t

- #OGToldMe: https://t.co/3GqqklcPm5

- TDK: The Dream Kontinues: https://t.co/MDEbQ3nX8x

+ Photos 👇🏿

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

Holy 💩 .... #Oakland.
... Rightnowish.

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

@CaseyAPratt @OaklandBallers !!!

[lasanta @pytverooo]

This still applies today!

Food smacks and music slaps

[Casey Pratt @CaseyAPratt]

Open invitation to do a follow-up at an @OaklandBallers this season, @OGpenn. The missing ingredients you mentioned are all in West Oakland. Because the people never left even if the teams did.

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

@LastDiveBar 🙏🏾⚾️

[Last Dive Bar 🏟 @LastDiveBar]

.@OGpenn hit the bullseye right here from his latest piece.

🔗: https://t.co/7O45KnahV9

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

"During the team’s inaugural season in West Sacramento they finished 10 games under .500, fourth in their division. And I was happy to see them lose," KQED's Pendarvis Harshaw writes.
https://t.co/mOKmUDmkGx

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

Given the general aggravating gist of society and the amount of time humans spend under surveillance, it’s a no-brainer that people are being pushed to the edge and then caught on camera, “in 4K” as they say.
https://t.co/Uo5Oxxgp88

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

Graffiti artist Del Phresh talks about revamping his classic "OAKLAND IS PROUD" mural in its original spot on E. 12th Street.
https://t.co/rJtQ1g4MUs

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

Oakland rapper Poo$ie is part of a diaspora of New Orleans kids who came of age in a new land after Hurricane Katrina, when the federal government treated their families like refugees and fellow citizens stepped in to help.
https://t.co/AonmGBnEyB

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

Raphael Saadiq, one of the most accomplished musicians and songwriters of our generation, took to the stage in his hometown of Oakland last Saturday and reminded his fans that despite penning songs that are sung around the world, he too is a human being.
https://t.co/UJHpqCDQ8W

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

@ChroniclesOfAzu @gaby_goldberg @DNas @Tivon Dope business model!

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

🙃😂🙏🏾

[Brette🌞 @brettesims]

lol I told my friend @OGpenn he’s like the black male Carrie Bradshaw the way he lives his life as a journalist 😂 lmao

[Pendarvis H. @OGpenn]

@iamsydneywelch 🙏🏾🏁

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Seiji Oda for KQED // thank you @OGpenn 🙏🏽 https://t.co/AYSbfOzCLV

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

As the artist-in-residency at Recology, Josué Rojas repurposes discarded materials for his new exhibition. He says his work aims to “get some eyes on Central American stories,” which he notes is easily distinguishable from Mexican culture.
https://t.co/1slMoT93Dv

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

Ruby Ibarra, a research scientist and fiercely poetic lyricist raised in San Lorenzo, is the winner of NPR’s 2025 Tiny Desk Contest. Her winning track, “Bakunawa,” was inspired by the dragon-like serpent of Philippine mythology. Read our interview:
https://t.co/AGz5RZ76Vj

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They were joined by highly decorated actor Delroy Lindo, who plays blues musician Delta Slim in the film, and Grammy-winning musician and founding member of Tony! Toni! Tone!, Raphael Saadiq.

https://t.co/mJeImAIpwG

✍️: Pendarvis Harshaw (@ogpenn)
📸: Casey Flanigan/ImageSpace

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

‘Sinners’ filmmaker Ryan Coogler appeared at Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre for a Q&A with KQED's Pendarvis Harshaw on Wednesday, following a private screening of his latest film. Highlights from the conversation:
https://t.co/s6mkx49mvV

[KQED Arts & Culture @KQEDarts]

This weekend, entheogenic plant advocates and psilocybin lovers will convene in Oakland for an event dedicated to understanding, celebrating and creating community around psychedelic mushrooms and related medicinal plants.
https://t.co/Qya6cCSZFM