Love, Blends & Bid Whist with Love, Peace, and Spades
Love, Blends & Bid Whist is a fall-inspired game night residency at Inglewood’s Sip & Sonder, where the aroma of freshly brewed coffee meets the thrill of a perfectly played hand. Players can expect an evening of high-energy games, including our #BlackFamilyHeirlooms (e.g., Spades, Bid Whist, Tunk/Tonk, Dominoes), and the laid-back cool that only The Wood’s most beloved coffeehouse can provide. Through this residency, Love, Peace & Spades aims to bring people together over cards, coffee, and conversation, building joy, camaraderie, and fun—one hand, one sip, and one laugh at a time.
Monthly at Sip & Sonder Inglewood for 4Q 2025.
about the sessions
Night 01
10.11
Talk & Play
Alongside open play games, Bid Whist is the central focal point for the lovers and enthusiasts. No tournament, just play, moments to read from your poetry book, share your work, and more play.
Night 02
11.08
Bad Biddies Club
A night of open play games and a conversation around the history of Bid Whist and its cultural roots with Spades, hosted by Yazmin Monét Watkins.
Vol. 03
12.13
Love, Blends & Bid Whist
A Rather Fly Tournament
To close out 2025, this night will feature a conversation surrounding the importance that leisure and play continue to have in our community, followed by a Bid Whist tournament, crowning our first ever champion at Love, Beignets/Brews & Bid Whist at Sip & Sonder.
about love, peace, and spades
Love, Peace & Spades™ provides intergenerational communal learning and entertainment through organized gameplay. Established in 2022, Love, Peace & Spades has created free, low-barrier access to community programming to develop safer and inclusive third-spaces for Black people to thrive. Our programming addresses the onslaught of social isolation and trauma by establishing new and healthier relationships to gameplay through ‘Spades Academy™,’ a curriculum-based activation for players to develop skills and strategies.
In addition to gameplay, we offer pop-up experiences, skills-based education, tech/VR integration, a comprehensive directory of Black-owned businesses, game developers, and makers, plus an annual Spades tournament and festival for enthusiastic players.
Kevin “Kevito” Clark, Founder
about in residence at sip & sonder
In Residence at Sip & Sonder provides a platform for creatives, academics, and community leaders and organizers to share programming that celebrates and explores the rich cultural tapestry of Black and Brown communities, thereby fostering dialogue, creativity, and community connection. From music to well-being to civic engagement and everything in between, In Residence is here to amplify Black and Brown voices and experiences.