Free with museum admission.
Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, co-hosts and co-creators of the acclaimed podcast Ear Hustle, live on stage as they share stories from inside and outside prison brought to life with live music and never-before-seen visuals. Since 2017, Ear Hustle has explored the daily realities of life inside prison shared by those living it and stories from the outside, post-incarceration. Their live show is a mix of Ear Hustle classics, new stories made just for the tour, musical performances, and more. For this iteration, they have crafted a special version of the show that will draw on artworks and stories from the SFMOMA exhibition O. Smith: Artivist and SFMOMA’s permanent collection.
Ear Hustle launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and produced in prison, featuring stories of the daily realities of life inside California’s San Quentin State Prison, shared by those living it. Co-founded by Bay Area artist Nigel Poor alongside Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams — who were incarcerated at the time — the podcast now tells stories from inside prison and from the outside, post-incarceration.
In 2020, Ear Hustle was named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting — the first time the category was recognized — for bringing audiences “a consistently surprising and beautifully crafted series on life behind bars.” In 2021, Ear Hustle received an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for “shatter[ing] the myths about serving time and what happens afterwards.” Ear Hustle has also received honors from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, the Moran Center for Youth Advocacy, and is a two-time Peabody Award nominee.
Accessibility accommodations such as American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and assisted listening devices are available upon request ten business days in advance.
Please email publicengagement@sfmoma.org, and we will do our best to fulfill your request.
Presenting Sponsor of Thursday Night Live is Zoox.
Meaningful support is provided by Diana Nelson and John Atwater.
Additional support is provided by the Yerba Buena Partnership.