Wanda's Picks

This tenth Anniversary Month (August 2018) ends with a MASH-up. . . clips from shows over the past decade. Can't play everything . . . there are so many shows (1061). Funny, August 2008, I only had 1 shows and the next month I had a few more broadcasts.

I have 1061 published episodes. This is 106 episodes a year. My average is 8 shows a month which is 2 shows a week. I remember sometimes having more than two shows a week and sometimes less.I am still interested in being syndicated. I just need to find my hours in the day. I am happy to have a dedicated audience who follow Wanda's Picks.

(2019 update: 1174 published episodes with 259,070 listens). 

There are two clips August 29 & Sept. 5, 2008. We revisit the Gulf Region and see what's going on there on the ground in Louisiana and Mississippi by speaking to Jackie and King. Jackie lives in the 7th Ward. King lives in Austin. Katrina destroyed his home.

Next, Tayo Aluko joins us to talk about Call Mr. Robeson, a fundraiser for Mumia Abu Jamal, Sept. 5, and con't. Sept. 6-7 at 5 PM at the Phonenix Theatre.

Next Richard Talavera, playwright, and director, Norman Gee share Before the Dream: the mysterious death (and life) of Richard Wright. Coleman Domingo, playwright of "A Boy and His Soul"  is next.

We are also honored to have the directors of the new film "Trouble the Water," which opens this weekend, Sept. 5 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Check your listings.

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 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. Dr. Joseph L. Green,Chairman 400 Commission 

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1892/africanamericanhistorycommission.htm

2. Chadra Pittman, THE SANKOFA PROJECTS, Founder & Executive Director, www.thesankofaprojects.blogspot.com

3. Lewis Campbell, Artistic Director, Multi-Ethnic Theatre in SF is joined by chantuse, Susie Butler who is Ma Rainy incarnate for August Wilson's seminal work in his Centennial Cycle "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." The work is up Aug. 7-Sept. 1 at ACT's Costume Shop in SF. 

4. Cherie Hill, choreographer joins us to talk about Détente – Oakland Premiere, Thursday, 8/22 &; Saturday 8/24, 8pm, Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland, $10-20 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of funds) https://detente-oakland.brownpapertickets.com/

1. Kim McMillon will officially earn her doctorate in Interdisciplinary Humanities this summer at the University of California, Merced

2. Joyce A. Joyce, Ph.D, Chairperson of the Department of English from 2012 to 2015 at Temple University and a 1995 recipient of an American Book Award for Literary Criticism for the collection of essays Warriors, Conjurers, and Priests: Defining African-American Literary Criticism, Joyce earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia in 1979. 

She has published articles on Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Arthur P. Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, Ishmael Reed, E. Ethelbert Miller, Askia Touré, Gil Scott-Heron, and Sonia Sanchez. Her current project is titled “Black Literary Essays: The Kaleidoscopic Imagination.” Her papers are housed in special collections at the Odum Library, Valdosta State University.

3. devorah major joins us. 

Thanks to all who called in for this Libation to Toni Morrison. We close with Shamarr Allen, "I Love You." He is at SJ Jazz Summerfest Sunday afternoon, Aug. 11, summerfest.sanjosejazz.org

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 open with a rebraodcast of the interview with Nambi E. Kelley, playwright for adaptation of Toni Morrison's Jazz for stage at Marin Theatre Company earlier this year. 

Regina Evans & Rashida Chase in 52 Letters at UBUNTU 

Next is a rebroadcast with playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, lighting designer, Stephanie Ann Johnson and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James Ijames Kill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA) through August 11, 2019.

Visit https://shotgunplayers.org/

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. Dr. Patricia Nunley, ABPsi Western Regional Representative 2019-2021, joins us to talk about her new position (theme Dr. Theopia Jackson 2017-2019 President Elect) Fortifying for the Future and Beyond), recent conference where it was announced, and to introduce Dr. Zethu Cakata who currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Africa, in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa. 

She is in town to present her workshop: Ubugqirha: A Healing Beyond the Western Gaze.

2. We rebroadcast a segment of the Wed., July 31 show that features human rights activist and playwright Regina Evans who is performing her work, 52 Letters at Ubuntu Theatre Project over the next few weeks.  She is joined by Oakland native, vocalist, and culture and wellness advocate, Rashida Chase.

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. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, dir., Toni Morrison: Pieces that I Am

2. Antoine Hunter, Deaf Arts Festival 2019 (Rebroadcast re: 3rd Annual Festival: Deaf Louder)

3.  Regina Evans, playwright, 52 Letters at Ubuntu theatre, Aug. 2-23 at the FLAX Building in Oakland. Visit http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/letters

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. We speak to playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James Ijames' Kill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA) through August 4, 2019 (Excerpt 7/16/2019).

2. Elizabeth Carter, director, talks about "Citizen, An American Lyric" a part of the Champagne Staged Reading at Shotgun Players July 29-30, 2019

3. "Black Male Alchemy" with Butterfly Williams and Michael Ansa Rebroadcast (7/24/2019)

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!

The Alchemy of Black Manhood hosted by the Urban Healers is Sat., July 27, 1-4, at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center 3207 Lakeshore Ave - Rand Ave entrance, Oakland, California 94610

We have two of the organizers: BUTTERFLY WILLIAMS and Michael Ansa, MBA, PCC on the air to talk about the program. 

2. Rebroadcast with Barry Shabaka Henley re: Mingus Revisited

3. Playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James Ijames' Kill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA) through August 4, 2019. Visit https://shotgunplayers.org/

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!

 

Scholars Cheryl Finley, Ph.D. and Leigh Raiford, Ph.D., join us to talk about "Blackness & Belonging at BAMPFA, Dr. Finley's book, "Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon", the Year of Return and the 400th Anniversary of the first enslaved Africans landing at Ft. Comfort, Virginia, August 1619. 

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