Wanda's Picks

1.Interdisciplinary artist Lindsay C. Harris was born in Southern California in 1986 and raised in Santa Fe, NM.  Receiving her B.A. in Africana Studies & Art from Vassar College and M.A. in Arts Politics from NYU, she is an arts educator, writer, critical thinker, cultural worker, comedian, designer, and performer.

Her Evoking the Mulatto is a multiplatform narrative and visual art project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century,  culminates Thursday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 pm in a screening of all four episodes of Evoking the Mulatto followed by a panel discussion featuring Harris, a project interviewee, and New School Director of Office of Civic Engagement and Social Justice Judy Pryor-Ramirez at the YouTube Space NY. The panel will be moderated by cultural programmer and arts administrator Maura Cuffie. The event will be live streamed on NBPC’s YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/user/NBPC

2. Malik Seneferu, internationally renowned artist, joins us to talk about "Home Coming," his current exhibition at the AAACC in San Francisco, opening Nov. 20. Home Coming showcases several of Seneferu's explorations into art making. Mostly known for his paintings this exhibition concentrates on Seneferu's ballpoint pen drawings and miniature hand carved sculptures made from ivory soap and wood.

3. Isaura Oliveira, respected and celebrated Brazilian choreographer and educator, brings Bahia to the Bay Area this month culminating with free programs this week.

1.Interdisciplinary artist Lindsay C. Harris was born in Southern California in 1986 and raised in Santa Fe, NM.  Receiving her B.A. in Africana Studies & Art from Vassar College and M.A. in Arts Politics from NYU, she is an arts educator, writer, critical thinker, cultural worker, comedian, designer, and performer.

Her Evoking the Mulatto is a multiplatform narrative and visual art project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century,  culminates Thursday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 pm in a screening of all four episodes of Evoking the Mulatto followed by a panel discussion featuring Harris, a project interviewee, and New School Director of Office of Civic Engagement and Social Justice Judy Pryor-Ramirez at the YouTube Space NY. The panel will be moderated by cultural programmer and arts administrator Maura Cuffie. The event will be live streamed on NBPC’s YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/user/NBPC

2. Malik Seneferu, internationally renowned artist, joins us to talk about "Home Coming," his current exhibition at the AAACC in San Francisco, opening Nov. 20. Home Coming showcases several of Seneferu's explorations into art making. Mostly known for his paintings this exhibition concentrates on Seneferu's ballpoint pen drawings and miniature hand carved sculptures made from ivory soap and wood.

3. Isaura Oliveira, respected and celebrated Brazilian choreographer and educator, brings Bahia to the Bay Area this month culminating with free programs this week.

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 forbearers. 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. American Black Beauty Doll Artisticians join us to talk about their show and sale, Nov. 14, 2015.

2. Julia Tsitsi Chigamba & Chinyakare with DeLisa (company member) speak about the ceremonies of the Shona people in Zimbabwe. The company is at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Center tonight, 11/13, 9 pm. Her dances reflect the traditional music and dance from Shona, Ndebele and other tribal groups from Southern Africa. http://www.chinyakare.com/

3. Shakiri, dancer & choreographer, joins us to talk about a recent performance at NAKA re: Artists in Response to State Violence and Gentrification. The work is called Crazy Black Woman: Trail of Ghosts in Tow

4. Michael Smith, founder, American Indian Film Institute (aifisf.com), in its 40th year, Nov. 6-13 at AMC Metreon. The Motion Picture Awards Show & Gala is Nov. 14 @ Hotel Nikko in SF.

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 forbearers. 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. American Black Beauty Doll Artisticians join us to talk about their show and sale, Nov. 14, 2015.

2. Julia Tsitsi Chigamba & Chinyakare with DeLisa (company member) speak about the ceremonies of the Shona people in Zimbabwe. The company is at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Center tonight, 11/13, 9 pm. Her dances reflect the traditional music and dance from Shona, Ndebele and other tribal groups from Southern Africa. http://www.chinyakare.com/

3. Shakiri, dancer & choreographer, joins us to talk about a recent performance at NAKA re: Artists in Response to State Violence and Gentrification. The work is called Crazy Black Woman: Trail of Ghosts in Tow

4. Michael Smith, founder, American Indian Film Institute (aifisf.com), in its 40th year, Nov. 6-13 at AMC Metreon. The Motion Picture Awards Show & Gala is Nov. 14 @ Hotel Nikko in SF.

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 forbearers. 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 will be speaking to two veterans, Mark G, activist, poet, father and member of All of Us or None and Gary Hollis, business man, father and mentor, about the serving time in the armed forces and also about the synergy between the Military Industrial Complex and the Prison Industrial Complex.

We close with an interview with artist, Francesca Blanchard about her first album: “DeuxVisions" http://www.francescablanchard.com/about/

Francesca Blanchard is performing in San Francisco on November 21st at Slim's, opening for Yuna. This is Francesca's first San Francisco appearance.

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 forbearers. 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 will be speaking to two veterans, Mark G, activist, poet, father and member of All of Us or None and Gary Hollis, business man, father and mentor, about the serving time in the armed forces and also about the synergy between the Military Industrial Complex and the Prison Industrial Complex.

We close with an interview with artist, Francesca Blanchard about her first album: “DeuxVisions" http://www.francescablanchard.com/about/

Francesca Blanchard is performing in San Francisco on November 21st at Slim's, opening for Yuna. This is Francesca's first San Francisco appearance.

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. Ann Chinn, Executive Director, Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (http://www.middlepassageproject.org/)

2. Poets Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong & Victor Mavedzenge join us to talk about the inaugural, Boundaries without Bars, Free for All/ Freedom for Some: First Saturday Poetry Reading at the Oakland Main Library, 1-2:30 PM, in the Brad Walters Community Room, 125 14th Street

3. Musical Interlude with Bily Harper's Knowlege of Self, with Amiri Baraka; Dwight Trible Ooh Child; Aar Maanta's Deeqa; Karin Allyson's I'm Always Chasing Rainbows. 

4. Don Malcolm, curator, "The French Had a Name for It 2: Lovers & Other Strangers," Film Noir Festival Nov. 6-9 at the Roxie in SF

http://www.midcenturyproductions.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!

1. Ann Chinn, Executive Director, Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (http://www.middlepassageproject.org/)

2. Poets Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong & Victor Mavedzenge join us to talk about the inaugural, Boundaries without Bars, Free for All/ Freedom for Some: First Saturday Poetry Reading at the Oakland Main Library, 1-2:30 PM, in the Brad Walters Community Room, 125 14th Street

3. Musical Interlude with Bily Harper's Knowlege of Self, with Amiri Baraka; Dwight Trible Ooh Child; Aar Maanta's Deeqa; Karin Allyson's I'm Always Chasing Rainbows. 

4. Don Malcolm, curator, "The French Had a Name for It 2: Lovers & Other Strangers," Film Noir Festival Nov. 6-9 at the Roxie in SF

http://www.midcenturyproductions.com/

1. Byb Chanel Bibene, director, Kiadanda Dance Theater, joins us to talk about his latest work, "Oyo Biso-Spirits of the Garden at EastSide Arts Theatre, Nov. 7-8, 8 p.m. Oyo is a part of Nava Dance Theatre, the theme: Artists in Reponse to State Violence and Gentrification. 

Bibene is a choreographer and performer working in theater and contemporary dance. His work often includes a sense of actual place and/or performed on location. An excerpted Oyo premiered, Sept. 2015, as a part of SF Trolley Dances. Bibene says the Nava version has the same vocabulary, with different music, added poetry and another dancer.  It is going to be interesting to see how the work is adapted and expanded to fit an enclosed space. How does one's garden grow philosophically when the plain is disappeared or evaporating or just too small to hold the concept?

In San Francisco, the setting was a large community garden smack in the middle of Bayview Hunter's Point, (Third & Palou), the corner a busy thoroughfare. Yet, when we stepped into the sanctuary all was suspended. Bibene's technical and aesthetic sensibility, rooted in the culture and dances of his country of origin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, are evident. Africa travels with him aesthetically as iconic references of the transport and dislocations -- both physicially and spiritually, show up in the soil of his movement, memories carried within the bodies of his company dancers, who, specifically in "Oyo" move and are moved in surprising ways. The inclusion of silences within the landscape also allow spirit to hover just within reach. It was pretty amazing, as will be its re-visioning this weekend. Visit http://www.kiandanda-dance.com/about/byb-chanel-bibene

2. From the Archives: Artist, Bryan Keith Thomas Visit http://museumca.org/exhibit/rituals-remembrance

1. Byb Chanel Bibene, director, Kiadanda Dance Theater, joins us to talk about his latest work, "Oyo Biso-Spirits of the Garden at EastSide Arts Theatre, Nov. 7-8, 8 p.m. Oyo is a part of Nava Dance Theatre, the theme: Artists in Reponse to State Violence and Gentrification. 

Bibene is a choreographer and performer working in theater and contemporary dance. His work often includes a sense of actual place and/or performed on location. An excerpted Oyo premiered, Sept. 2015, as a part of SF Trolley Dances. Bibene says the Nava version has the same vocabulary, with different music, added poetry and another dancer.  It is going to be interesting to see how the work is adapted and expanded to fit an enclosed space. How does one's garden grow philosophically when the plain is disappeared or evaporating or just too small to hold the concept?

In San Francisco, the setting was a large community garden smack in the middle of Bayview Hunter's Point, (Third & Palou), the corner a busy thoroughfare. Yet, when we stepped into the sanctuary all was suspended. Bibene's technical and aesthetic sensibility, rooted in the culture and dances of his country of origin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, are evident. Africa travels with him aesthetically as iconic references of the transport and dislocations -- both physicially and spiritually, show up in the soil of his movement, memories carried within the bodies of his company dancers, who, specifically in "Oyo" move and are moved in surprising ways. The inclusion of silences within the landscape also allow spirit to hover just within reach. It was pretty amazing, as will be its re-visioning this weekend. Visit http://www.kiandanda-dance.com/about/byb-chanel-bibene

2. From the Archives: Artist, Bryan Keith Thomas Visit http://museumca.org/exhibit/rituals-remembrance