Wanda's Picks

1. Jason Mendez, Supremacy @ EXIT on Eddy through 5/18

1. Alma Robinson, Executive Director of California Lawyers for the Arts, expanded the organization in 1987 into a statewide agency with staff in San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Diego. In 2011, she began CLA's successful Arts in Corrections Initiative in collaboration with the William James Association to restore funding for California’s arts programs in prisons, which had been defunded in 2003. With support from the Art for Justice Fund, Alma produced a series of six Art for Justice Forums with co-conveners in Michigan, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, California and New York in 2018 while concluding a three-year project funded by the NEA that is demonstrating the benefits of arts programs in county jails throughout California.  CLA's third conference on Arts in Corrections will be presented in June,2019 at Santa Clara University. A graduate of Middlebury College and Stanford Law School, Alma was a founding board member of California Arts Advocates and the Museum of the African Diaspora, and has served as a trustee for the San Francisco Opera Association, Mills College and the Urban School.

2. Andrew Woods, Executive Director, SF International Arts Festival 2019; Jasmine Milan Williams, SFIAF artist: Us and the US (5/24, 7 PM;5/26, 6:30 PM); Abdul Kenyatta, SFIAF artist (5/31, 9 PM), Speakeasy Storytellers Series

1. Ahjamu Umi, joins us to talk about African Liberation Day 2019. He has been an organizer for the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party since 1984.  He has organized for the party on three continents and the Caribbean.  He has a Masters Degree in Econ/Political Science and he has authored/published four books including the recently released political thriller "The Paradox Principles."

2. We speak to Carol Leigh, founder and director and Jovelyn Richards re: Sex Workers Film Festival 20th Anniversary.  http://www.sexworkerfest.com/events.html

Jovelyn D. Richards is an international performance artist, writer, film and theater director and radio host for Pacifica radio KPFA 94.1

3. Rene Marie interview from June 29, 2011 (excerpt).

4. Nambi E. Kelly's "Jazz" at MTC through Wed.-Sunday, May 19. She and C. Kelly Wright (Violet/Country Violet) join us to talk about the work.

Rebroadcast May 1, 2019 Show:

1. Aminah Elsters, Family Unity Project Program Coordinator for LSPC, and joins us to talk about "Ain't I a Mother Too?"  May 10, 2019, 6-8 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street, Oakland. Register at this free event: https://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/2019/04/aint-i-a-mother-too/

2. Lindsey Krumbein, founder, executive director, Gritty City Rep Youth Theatre re: The Taming of the Shrew, May 16-25 at the Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, Oakland. She is joined by Nijzah Waterman, a junior at Envision Academy - a charter school in Downtown Oakland.  This is her 4th show with GCRep - she has been performing with us for 2 years. She plays Lucentia in this production of Taming. https://www.grittycityrep.org/

3. Jason Mendez (Playwright) is a content creator, making his debut as a playwright with Supremacy, directed by Amanda Ortmayer at the EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy St, SF, May 3 - May 18, 2018. 

http://www.theexit.org/supremacy/

4. Lisa Geduldig joins us to talk about the Thursday, May 9th installation of Comedy at Ashkenaz-- a Mother’s Day Comedy Show featuring a line up of Bay Area comedians who are moms (including a mom to a newborn): Diane Amos, Karinda Dobbins, Emily van Dyke, and Brandi Brandes, with de facto Jewish mother, Lisa Geduldig, as the MC.  http://www.ashkenaz.com/eventcalendar/2019/5/9comedy-night-at-ashkenaz

While Ashkenaz is an all ages venue, the comedy shows are not recommended for kids under 16.

Rebroadcast May 1, 2019 Show:

1. Aminah Elsters, Family Unity Project Program Coordinator for LSPC, and joins us to talk about "Ain't I a Mother Too?"  May 10, 2019, 6-8 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street, Oakland. Register at this free event: https://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/2019/04/aint-i-a-mother-too/

2. Lindsey Krumbein, founder, executive director, Gritty City Rep Youth Theatre re: The Taming of the Shrew, May 16-25 at the Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, Oakland. She is joined by Nijzah Waterman, a junior at Envision Academy - a charter school in Downtown Oakland.  This is her 4th show with GCRep - she has been performing with us for 2 years. She plays Lucentia in this production of Taming. https://www.grittycityrep.org/

3. Jason Mendez (Playwright) is a content creator, making his debut as a playwright with Supremacy, directed by Amanda Ortmayer at the EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy St, SF, May 3 - May 18, 2018. 

http://www.theexit.org/supremacy/

4. Lisa Geduldig joins us to talk about the Thursday, May 9th installation of Comedy at Ashkenaz-- a Mother’s Day Comedy Show featuring a line up of Bay Area comedians who are moms (including a mom to a newborn): Diane Amos, Karinda Dobbins, Emily van Dyke, and Brandi Brandes, with de facto Jewish mother, Lisa Geduldig, as the MC.  http://www.ashkenaz.com/eventcalendar/2019/5/9comedy-night-at-ashkenaz

While Ashkenaz is an all ages venue, the comedy shows are not recommended for kids under 16.

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. Aminah Elster re: "Ain't I A Mother Too: a mother without housing is a mother without her child," event, Friday, May 10, 2019 (Register for the free event: https://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/2019/04/aint-i-a-mother-too/)

2. F213 Writers and Artists Part 1

Lorraine Bonner 

3. Steven Anthony Jones in "How I Learned What I Learned" at Ubuntu Theatre Project through Sunday, May 5, 2019

4. F213 continued

Patricia Montgomery, artist, with writer, respondent, Khadijah O. Miller, Ph.D.

5. Kristine Mays's and Patricia Montgomery will be on the F213 exhibit artist's panel closing day, May 11: https://www.ncwca.org/f213-exhibition.html

1. Aminah Elsters, Family Unity Project Program Coordinator for LSPC, and joins us to talk about "Ain't I a Mother Too?"  May 10, 2019, 6-8 p.m. at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street, Oakland. Register at this free event at eventbrite. 

2. Lindsey Krumbein, founder, executive director, Gritty City Rep Youth Theatre re: The Taming of the Shrew, May 16-25 at the Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, Oakland. She is joined by Nijzah Waterman, a junior at Envision Academy - a charter school in Downtown Oakland.  This is her 4th show with GCRep - she has been performing with us for 2 years. She plays Lucentia in this production of Taming.

 

3. Jason Mendez (Playwright) is a content creator, making his debut as a writer with The Exit. Jason knows the power of voice, striving to challenge and complicate social narratives by making space for un- and -underrepresented experiences. His written works range from commissioned readings for the San Francisco Olympians Festival to the graphic novels and has previously worked with Netflix on the set of 13 Reasons Why. Jason holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from San Francisco State University.

Supremacy by Jason Mendez directed by Amanda Ortmayer, EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy St, SF, May 3 - May 18, 2018

4. Lisa Geduldig joins us to talk about the Thursday, May 9th installation of Comedy at Ashkenaz-- a Mother’s Day Comedy Show featuring a line up of Bay Area comedians who are moms.

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. Alexza Gipson's show Not So Strange Parallels, at Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th Street in Oakland through Monday, April 29, 2019.

2. Dazié Grego-Sykes’s Nigga-Roo (daziegrego.com) month long residency at the EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco through Friday-Sat.,April 26-27; http://www.theexit.org/nigga-roo/ 415-673-3847 http://www.theexit.org

3. Dr. David Hardiman Sr. with special guest Joan Minor from Paris by way of SF Bay and Kansas. She has a concert this weekend, Friday, April 26, 8:30 p.m., at Angelicas (www.angelicasllc.com) in Redwood City honoring the great artist Nancy Wilson who passed last year. Use special promotional code: Nancytour  

http://tobtr.com/s/11292771

1. Jo Kreiter, Flyaway Productions, Laura Elaine Ellis, Executive Director of the African & African American Performing Arts Coalition (AAAPAC), Catalina "Caty" Palacios and Tanea Lunsford Lynx who are both members of Essie Justice to talk about The Wait Room, a site specific dance honoring women with incarcerated loved ones, April 19-20, April 24-25, April 26-27 at 1125 Market Street, a vacant lot opposite UN Plaza at Civic Center.

2. Howard Thurman Special with Rev. Liza Rankow & Rev. Dr. Dorsey Blake, Nov. 8, 2010. Upcoming programs at OneLife 2/17 & 3/7, both at East Bay Church of Religious Science, 4130 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, California 94609.

Don't forget to watch: Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story, dir. Martin Doblmeier, (http://journeyfilms.com/batw/) on Public Television's WORLD Channel this afternoon/evening, 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. PT, Feb. 8. There are also local screenings on Feb. 9 and Feb. 12.

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. Keith Josef Adkins rebroadcast, Apr. 17. He joins us to speak about his play on Dr. George Washington Carver: "Patron Saint of Plants."

2. Saabir Lockett: Special Projects Coordinator for EBASE, joins us to talk about the film "City Rising: The Informal Economy", screening at Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, Monday, April 22, 7 p.m. It is a free event.

3. Flyaway Productions World Premiere of Jo Kreiter's The Wait Room, part 1 of The Decarceration Trilogy April 19-27, 2019. The site specific work honors women with incarcerated loved ones. We are joined in the studio with collaborators: Pamela Z, Composer and Sean Riley, Set Designer.

1. Rev. Harry Louis Williams II joins us to talk about "When the Struggle Is Real" (2019). Visit www.IAmOGRev.com

2. Arisika Razak RN, MPH is Professor Emerita, and former Chair of the Women’s Spirituality Program, at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She has served as CIIS Director of Diversity, and currently is a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland. For over twenty years she was an inner city midwife in the SF Bay Area, attending the births of women from over 70 countries. A regular contributor to books and journals, Arisika is also a dancer who has performed nationally and internationally for over thirty years; she has led healing and empowerment workshops for women for over 30 years and spiritual and movement workshops for beings of all genders for over two decades. Her film credits include Fire Eyes, the first full length feature film by an African woman on female genital cutting; and Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth where she is interviewed on Alice Walker's womanism. She joins us to talk about Destiny Art Center's Jewels at odell Johnson Theatre through Friday-Sunday, 4/12-4/14.

3. Rennie Harris, choreographer, joins us to talk about his work, Lazarus, (Program A at Cal Performances 4/9 & 4/13) commissioned by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Cal-Performances for AAADT's 60th Anniversary (1958-2018). https://calperformances.org/performances/2018-19/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater.php