Wanda's Picks

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. Lead singer and lyricist BUTTERFLY WILLIAMS and music producer WINSTON BERGER join us to talk about their group OLOKUN is a psychedelic power pop duo based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their debut album SURVIVAL KIT. Visit http://bit.ly/olokunitunes

2. Byb Kongo Bilene, Kiandanda Dance theatre, join us to talk about the Mbongui Square Festival fundraiser, Nov. 11 at EastSide Arts Alliance. Visit

3. Aldo Billingslea, Interim Artistic Director, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, joins us to talk about Playwrights Festival Competition, Nov. 17-18 at the Burial Clay Theater, 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco. Visit lhtsf.org or call 415-474-8800

4. Jessica Care Moore and Yahzarah joins us to talk about Black Women Rock at YBCA, Sat., Nov. 2, 9 PM. & the moderated panel: They Say I'm Different with artists at The Lab, 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, Sunday, Nov. 4,10 AM-12 noon. Visit ybca.org

1. Ibrahima Seck is a member of the History department of University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD), Senegal. His research is mostly devoted to the historical and cultural links between West Africa and Louisiana with a special interest for religious beliefs, music, foodways, and miscellaneous aspects of culture. Dr. Seck is now holding the position of Director of research of the Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum located in St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. He is the author of a book on this historic site entitled “Bouki fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860. [New Orleans: UNO Press, 2014]. http://whitneyplantation.com/

2. Gason Ayisyin is a New Orleans-based photographer who immigrated to the United States as a young child from Haiti, and Karel Sloane-Boekbinder Ashe Programs assistant For Theatre Visual Art And Education at Ashé Cultural Arts Center join us to talk about the new exhibit at the Powerhouse "Loa"

3. Graham Lustig, Artistic Director, Oakland Ballet, Luna Mexicana, Nov. 2-3 at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland oaklandballet.org

4. Tom Bruett, director and Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko, dramaturg, joins us to talk about Cardboard Piano by Hansol Jung: Playing Oct 26 - Dec 2 at New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Lower Lobby, San Francisco, CA 94102. nctcsf.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. We are joined in the studio by four black men, leaders at Positive Directions Equals Change, Inc. to speak about the agency's 25th Anniversary Gala, Sat., Nov. 2, 8 PM-12 AM, 1753 Carroll Avenue, in SF: Calvin “Cregg” Johnson, affectionately known as “Big Cregg”, Reggie Boyer, Ron Thomas, and Executive Director, Cedric Akbar. Visit positivedirectionsequalschange.org

 

2. Gerald Lenoir, Strategy Analyst Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the Haas School, joins us to talk about the play, Barbershop Chronicles by Inua Ellams (10.26-28) at calperformances.org There is a Community Dialogue with Cast Members, Thursday, October 25, 7 pm to 9pm at Benny Adem Grooming Parlor, 408 14th Street, Oakland. No charge. Light refreshments served. 

3. Champagne Hughes (Francine/Lena) in Altarena Playhouse production of Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris, directed by Darren A.C. Carollo. altarena.org or 510.523.1553 

4. Ethel Long-Scott is Executive Director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project, (WEAP). She is known nationally and internationally for devoting her life to the education and leadership of people at the losing end of society, especially women of color. The next teach-in at Laney College in the Student Center, Oct. 30, 9:30 AM-1:30 PM Visit weap.org & https://laney.edu/umoja-ubaka/

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. Omowale Fowles, Ph.D. candidate joins us to talk about what we can do to reclaim our political agency today during election season. Remember to register to vote. The deadline is Monday, Oct. 22. 

Monday, Oct. 22 is also the 52nd Anniversary of the BPP for Self-Defense. The plan was to play an archived interview with Stanley Nelson, director, Black Panther Party: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015). Also on that show is Emory Douglas, Ericka Huggins. Didn't happen. We'll try again on Monday, Oct. 22 (smile). 

We close instead with an archived interview with Iya Colia Lafayette Clark, Pan Africanist, Civil Rights Veteran, Politician.

Guests:

1. Enoch Jemmott & Juliane Dressner join us to talk about the film “Personal Statement,” a new AmericaReframed feature debuting on The World, Oct. 23.  Personal Statement by Juliane Dressner and Edwin Martinez, follows Karoline Jimenez, Christine Rodriguez and Enoch Jemmott, three inspirational teens in Brooklyn who take it upon themselves to make a difference by becoming peer college counselors in their schools. They are high school seniors who are fighting to defy the odds not only for themselves but for every single one of their classmates. They have decided to become the very resource they don’t have themselves.

2.  Jess Curtis/Gravity joins us to talk about Beyond Gravity, his latest showcase of new work with international, local and national artists including Gabriel Christian, who joins us as well to talk about aleph is for annals  (World Premiere), performed and created by jose e. abad and Gabriel Christian, featuring Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Beyond Gravity is October 25-27, 2018 at CounterPulse in San Francisco: http://counterpulse.org/event/beyond-gravity/  or 415-626-2060 and JessCurtisGravity.org

3. Joanna Haigood, Artistic Director and Choreographer, Zaccho Dance Theatre re: "Picture This: Bayview Hunters Point" at the Ruth Williams Opera House, Oct. 18-21, 8 pm (free). There is a post-show talk Friday, Oct. 19. Visit zaccho.org

4. Thomas Simpson, Founder, Artistic Director and Nina Causey, actress, singer,  join us to talk about the 24th Annual AfroSolo Arts Festival and its "Black Voices Performance Series: Our Voices, Our Lives," October 18 -21, 2018, at the Buriel Clay Theatre in the African American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA. Visit: afrosolo.org or call (415) 771-2376.

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. Sarah Bush Dance company presents: Spirit and Bones, Friday, Oct. 26-Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Taube Atrium Theatre in the Wilsey Center for Opera in the SF War Memorial Bldg. sarahbushdance.org

2. Umi Vaughn and Sonia D. Pina, directors, The Town on Notice @sfdancefilmfestival.org

3. Essence Harden and Soleil Summer, curators, "Second Look, Twice" at MoAD San Francisco through Dec. 16, 2018. https://www.moadsf.org/exhibition/second-look-twice/

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. Joanna Haigood, Zaccho.org, Picture This: Bayview Hunters Point 

2. SF Dance Film Festivsal 2018, Oct. 11-14

http://www.sfdancefilmfest.org/raising-voices/

8:30-8:50AM Tiffany Rhynard (BLACK STAINS) 

8:50-9:10 AM PST -Wanda’s Picks – Live radio Interview with Reena Dutt (TOO MANY BODIES)

9:10AM Interview with Emily Halaka and Carolyn DiLoreto (SHED)

3. Tanya Herrera, artist, joins us to talk about SF Open Studios 

 http://tobtr.com/11007647

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!

Today we speak to directors presenting work at the SF Dance Film Festival through Sunday, Oct. 4-14.

8:00AM --Live radio Interview with Justina Kamiel Grayman (BLACK IN AMERICA) Screens Sunday, Oct. 14, 3 p.m. in a program called "Raising Voices" at sfdancefilmfest.org/raising-voices/ at Brava Theatre in SF. To learn more about Dr. Grayman's work visit justinagrayman.com

8:30AM --  Interview with Rafael Roy (CIPHER). Roy's film is also a part of Raising Voices. To learn more about the film and director visit: https://www.allsolidthings.com/

3. We close with a rebroadcast of Johanna Haigood, Artistic Director and Founder, Zaccho Dance Theatre in San Francisco speaking about Sailing Away, Sept. 13-16, 2012. her latest work is: Picture This: Bayview Hunters Point, which opens Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Bayview Opera House, 8 p.m. and runs through Sunday, Oct. 21. Visit zaccho.org

Show link: http://tobtr.com/s/11017173

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. Mark Wilkinson (AMERICAN TAP) at Sf Dance Film Festival next Friday, Oct. 12, 6:30 at Brava Theatre Center. sfdancefilmfestival.org