Wanda's Picks

1. Ben Vereen @ Rrazz Room 6/12/12 excerpt

2. Byb Bibene, joins us to talk about 7th Mbongui Square Festival 2019 Dec.15-22

mbonguifest.org Venues include: Temescal Arts Center (12/19& 12/20). Shawl Anderson and The Flight Deck (12/21-22).

3. Nell Myhand is a long time Oakland resident who has been working for justice since the 1970's who is also a member of the Poor People's Campaign:A National Call for Moral Revival Bay Area Steering Committee.  Join her with artist David Solnit in Richmond at the We Must Do M.O.R.E. Tour’s Art-Build, Thursday, December 5th, 2019, 6PM - 9 PM at Bridge Storage and ArtSpace, 23 Maine Ave, Richmond. Visit www.poorpeoplescampaign.org to learn more and get involved.

4. Cherie Hill, IrieDance and Chibueze Crouch join us to talk about their work this year at Performing Diaspora at CounterPulseThu-Sat, Dec 5-7 & 12-14, 7:45pm-9pmPay-what-you-can Thursdays: counterpulse.org/performingdiaspora2019/

5. African American Steering Committee for Health and Wellness members, Dr. Tony Jackson and Pastor Horacio S. Jones join is to talk about the "2019 Annual African American Conference: The Souls of Black Folka Reclaiming Our Humanity from Racialized Trauma", Dec. 10. It is at capacity presently.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 

We rebroadcast the third installation of the 3-part conversation with Slave Rebellion Reenactor Veterans. We start with sountrack from the 26 miles march over two days, Nov. 8-9, 2019 in Southeast Louisiana into New Orleans.

This is the third conversation in a series, Nov. 20 & Nov. 21, which looks at the historic Slave Rebellion Reenactment Nov. 8-9, 2019 in the places the German Coast Uprising January 1811 took place in Southeast Lousiana. The brainchild of artist provocateur Dread Scott, these conversations are an opportunity for the Army to reflect on the experience and where we go from here. 

We are joined by: Jardyn Lake, aka Sweetboi, is a black/queer cultural activist, youth worker, and artist living in New Orleans; Kelsey Robinson is a Pittsburgh and Brooklyn-based actor-singer with an interest in global folk music and theater with a focus on racial/multiracial identity and empathy elevating immersion; Victoria Netanus Grubbs is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and New York University. Nicole Eugene is an Assistant Professor at the University of Houston-Victoria. Camellia Moses Okpodu is Professor of Biology and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), New Orleans, LA.; Carrie Hawks (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, animator, artist and performer who focuses on healing and queer narratives. Dread Scott, artavist (artist+activist), provocateur and visionary who pursued the Slave Rebellion Reenactment concept from idea to fruition Nov. 8-9, 2019 in Southeast Louisiana into New Orleans and beyond. https://www.slave-revolt.com/

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

This is a rebroadcast of the Slave Rebellion Reenactment: Conversations for the Army Part 2, hosted Nov. 21, 2019

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

We are joined by Ralph Abdul Aleem; Camellia Moses Okpodu, Ph.D.; Malik Hassan; Aretha Campbell, BA, MA.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

We are so excited to speak to participants in the historic Slave Rebellion Reenactment, Nov. 8-9, 2019. Visit https://www.slave-revolt.com/

We speak to Fred T. McWilliams, Baba Luther S. Gray and Camellia Moses Okpodu. 

This is part 1 of  series of conversations. The next: Thurs., Nov. 21, 12:30 PM PT and Wed., Nov. 27, 8 AM PT

2. We close with a pre-SRR conversation with Dread Scott.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Rebroadcast:

1. Today we speak about Col. Charles Young and the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers (https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/buffalo-soldiers-in-the-national-cemetery.htm) with two veterans: Michael Khubaka Harris and Akinsanya Kabon who has an exhibit opening at the Crocker Museum Feb. 2020 in Sac: https://www.crockerart.org/press/kambon

2. Adia Tamar Whitaker, Have K(no)w Fear: A Blussical at ODA 10/17-20/2019

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

1. Today we speak about Col. Charles Young and the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers (https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/buffalo-soldiers-in-the-national-cemetery.htm) with two veterans:

Michael Khubaka Harris and Akinsanya Kabon who has an exhibit opening at the Crocker Museum Feb. 2020 in Sacramento: 

https://www.crockerart.org/press/kambon

Rebroadcast

2. Adia Tamar Whitaker, Have K(no)w Fear: A Blussical at ODA 10/17-20/2019

Rebroadcast of Oct. 18, 2019 show.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

Dread Scott, artist speaks to us about the January 1811 Slave Rebellion in New Orleans, La, and its reenactment this weekend, Friday-Sat., Nov. 8-9, 2019. 

https://www.dreadscott.net/about/

https://www.slave-revolt.com/

 

2. Rebroadcast of Fugitive Slave Act by Michael Gene Sullivan

https://newplayexchange.org/users/159/michael-gene-sullivan