Re-Entrification at the Roxie
A screening recap with filmmaker interviews and audience perspectives. Interviews by Luna Jenn; filmed and edited by Jareth Federe.
Watch the recap on Vimeo ↗Explore the documentary ↗THE STORY / 01
Photography by Benjamin Uluave of PRO-VZN.
Deville Comes Home to the Mission
Deville returned to the Mission on July 23, 2026, for a free community screening at 683 Florida Street, with food, music, and poetry.
Field notes.
PEOPLE, PLACES & THE WORK BETWEEN
Photography by @herdzmedia.
Deville’s Southern California Premiere at Chicano Hollywood Film Festival
Fego Navarro reflects on Deville’s Southern California premiere, the festival experience, and the community behind the film.
Stage setup reel: filming and editing by Visual Prophets.
Lyrical Opposition at the 55th Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
Lyrical Opposition helped prepare the Art Zone Stage for a weekend of live art and music at the 55th Annual Millbrae Art & Wine Festival.
THE ONES / 02
In their own words.
Conversations with artists and cultural workers. An oral history from Mosaic Atlas opens a window onto Fego Navarro’s creative life, with the original interviewer and source credited in the story.
Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Fego Navarro
A 50-minute oral history interview with Fego Navarro, conducted by Milina Jovanovic for SJSU’s Mosaic Atlas project, on Salvadoran roots, Re-Entrification, and building Lyrical Opposition.
LISTEN / 03
Stay for
the conversation.
The Lyrical Ones podcast is our flagship long-form conversation, hosted by OD the Wordsmith + Cross Allan. Explore the archive below; historical episodes reflect the voices and context of their time.
Leah James, Black Lives Matter, N-Word vs. Karen
From the 2020 podcast archive: a conversation with spoken-word artist and activist Leah James about the Black Lives Matter movement.
Welcome to Lyrical Ones
The opening Lyrical Ones episode, recorded June 5, 2020. The hosts reflect on Paradigm Rhymes and introduce the conversation.
Inside the developing media network +
Lyrical Weekly explores organizational and community happenings. Hyphy Theology connects spirituality, theology, culture, and community with Lyrical Assembly. Pocket Cypher explores Pokémon fandom, stories, strategy, and community. The network can grow as new conversations take shape.
WATCH / 04
The story
beyond the screen.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Studio Session // "Smile" by Dela Paz
A 2022 studio visit with Dela Paz at Rapture Recordings during the making of “Smile,” mixed by Cody Fuentes.
FROM THE LYRICAL ARCHIVE / 05
Before this page,
there were people.
Lyrical Opposition began as a hip-hop group in 2006. Undivided, its first produced event in February 2014, offers one starting point for exploring the photographs, performances, and relationships in that longer story.
Event photography credited to Eleven:1 Photography by Felix Uribe.
UNDIVIDED
Photographs and memories from Undivided, Lyrical Opposition’s first produced event on February 22, 2014.
EXPLORE / 06
One story opens
another door.
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Stories, films, performances + discoveries ↗
Document & amplify.
Lyrical Ones is Lyrical Opposition’s ongoing media and publishing program. Through journalism, editorial publishing, interviews, documentary storytelling, photography, video, podcasts, essays, and archival work, we document people, art, culture, communities, places, and ideas.
The publication follows creative work across Lyrical Opposition and beyond. Email is one way to receive it; the stories live here.
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One residency. The whole ecosystem.
Explore a residency connecting creative development with opportunities to share artists’ work and stories. Lyrical AIR is free to residents and is currently being established.
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