Nov 2, 2006
Nicole Neditch didn’t mean to become one of the architects of the Oakland art renaissance of 2006. She just happened into it while planning a party. It was 2002, and Neditch and her new friend, Jen Loy, were putting the finishing touches on the first issue of Kitchen Sink, a creative writing magazine the two had built after meeting through friends. The women were looking for a good venue in which to throw a launch party, and they noticed an orange sign that read “Papa Buzz” on Telegraph Avenue near 23rd Street.