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06/08/2026

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A CIR (Creatives in Residence) happy hour!

Our Creatives in Residence Program is designed to offer creatives the opportunity to immerse themselves in a supportive environment and create new work while interacting with the Ruby community. Our program is open to creatives working in all disciplines, including visual arts, music, literature, performing arts, journalism, as well sa arts educators, oral historians, cultural workers, food and drink-based artisans, community organizers, and other changemakers.

We love our CIRs so much!

This month, we shine a light on Geetanshi Sharma, June’s Creative-In-Residence.✨Geetanshi Sharma is a writer, educator, ...
06/03/2026

This month, we shine a light on Geetanshi Sharma, June’s Creative-In-Residence.✨

Geetanshi Sharma is a writer, educator, and accessibility specialist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in New Delhi, India, she immigrated to the U.S. at a young age and grew up across Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California. She holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley and has taught creative writing at San Francisco State University. She previously worked at Microsoft as a product manager and accessibility specialist.

Her fiction and creative nonfiction explore chronic illness, disability, and q***rness through an Indian American lens. Her work has been supported by organizations such as the Tin House Speculative Workshop and the Napa Valley Writers Conference, and she has been a Creative in Residence at The Ruby since 2024. She is the creator of the international Disability Reading Challenge () and host of Characters Like Us (), a podcast about inclusive storytelling. She is currently working on her first novel.

Welcome to the Ruby, Geetanshi!

🍷🧶🎈Another field trip, this time to the AAPI Makers Fair benefiting AAWAA () at Wine Down ()! More pics to come, but kno...
06/03/2026

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Another field trip, this time to the AAPI Makers Fair benefiting AAWAA () at Wine Down ()! More pics to come, but know that it was an absolute BLAST!

🗳️🇺🇸🍮We took a break to discuss the election and ballots at last week’s Fika gathering while soothing our pre-election a...
06/02/2026

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We took a break to discuss the election and ballots at last week’s Fika gathering while soothing our pre-election anxieties with yummy flan.

Tomorrow, June 2nd, is election day! Vote early and make your voice heard. AND encourage others to do the same! For official election info, visit sf.gov

05/31/2026

Congrats to for the launch of WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT THE GREAT BOOKS & three years of WOMAN OF LETTERS on Substack 📚

📝🍕🌿We hosted a transcription party alongside our friends at .press and were so into it, that these were the only two pho...
05/29/2026

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We hosted a transcription party alongside our friends at .press and were so into it, that these were the only two photos captured!

More about this project:
In 2025, the Center for Black Digital Research/ facilitated cross-country commemorations of the 200th birthday of legendary author and activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911): . As part of the series, organizers launched Transcribe Harper, a project aimed at connecting Harper’s work to a wide audience.

And that's what we did! We shared pizza and transcribed some of Harper's documents together. 💖

05/28/2026

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Hey there, literary fans! The 12th Annual Bay Area Book Fest is right around the corner and several Rubies and CIR alums will be featured speakers and moderators at this year’s festival in Berkeley including: Bo Lu, Christie George, Grace Loh Prasad, Peggy Lee, Preeti Vangani, Susanna Kwan, Susie Hara, Julián Delgado Lopera, and René Peña-Govea. We’re honored to highlight some of our community’s literary voices!

A bit about the fest:

The Bay Area Book Festival (BABF) is a critical gathering space where authors, activists, and audiences confront today’s urgent issues and uplift marginalized voices, centering Black, brown, Indigenous, and q***r writers.

Date(s): Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 29-31, 2026
Location: Downtown Berkeley

To register and learn more about the festival, visit the link in our bio or go to: https://www.baybookfest.org/bay-area-book-festival/

🪴🔨🖌️FIELD 👏TRIP👏!!Ruby and current CIR Sun Park () hosted us in their art studio for a little field trip! We learned all...
05/27/2026

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FIELD 👏TRIP👏!!

Ruby and current CIR Sun Park () hosted us in their art studio for a little field trip! We learned all about their current works in progress, and what it means to embody an art space so fully.

🌱🌿🪴In mid April, we hosted The River Connects Us, a panel of South Asian writers all about the interwoven lives of plant...
05/20/2026

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In mid April, we hosted The River Connects Us, a panel of South Asian writers all about the interwoven lives of plants, humans, and animals, an attention to the sacred, and explorations of ancestral knowledge. The panel featured Sangamithra Iyer ( ), Vijaya Nagaran, and Ruby Shruti Swamy!

Thank you to the transcendent for making this panel possible!

🍷🧵📖Join us at for a special AAPI Makers Fair in support of our friends ! Grab a glass of wine and shop handcrafted good...
05/19/2026

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Join us at for a special AAPI Makers Fair in support of our friends ! Grab a glass of wine and shop handcrafted goods from local makers and businesses. PLUS the Ruby will be there with a dedicated table for journaling / zining together. You don’t want to miss it!

*This is a free event.*

WINE DOWN SF
Tues, 5/26
5 - 8 PM
685 Folsom Street, SF, CA

*RSVP at the link in our bio*

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