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. Poetic Justice Project: Deborah Tobola, Artistic Director; Leonard Flippin, Director; Tina Grace, Playwright, join us to speak about Wizard of Grey Bar Hotel performance Nov. 7-8 weekend.

2. Cast & Director for Benicia Old Town Theatre Group's production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running through Nov. 7: Terrence Tyrie Ivory (dir), Chelsea Bearce (Risa), Obdulio Butler (Holloway), Trevor Lawrence (West), George Simmons (Wolf). Visit beniciaoldtowntheatregroup.com

3. Adimu Madyun, dir. In Search of the Sacred Coconut Tree (363films.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. Poetic Justice Project: Deborah Tobola, Artistic Director; Leonard Flippin, Director; Tina Grace, Playwright, join us to speak about Wizard of Grey Bar Hotel performance Nov. 7-8 weekend.

2. Cast & Director for Benicia Old Town Theatre Group's production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running through Nov. 7: Terrence Tyrie Ivory (dir), Chelsea Bearce (Risa), Obdulio Butler (Holloway), Trevor Lawrence (West), George Simmons (Wolf). Visit beniciaoldtowntheatregroup.com

3. Adimu Madyun, dir. In Search of the Sacred Coconut Tree (363films.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!

We rebroadcast Friday, October 23, show featuring cast and co-director of African American Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet in San Francisco. Also on that show was Kim Nalley speaking about her latest project, Blues People.

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 Friday, October 23, show featuring cast and co-director of African American Shakespeare Company's Romeo and Juliet in San Francisco. Also on that show was Kim Nalley speaking about her latest project, Blues People.

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. African American Shakespeare Company presents Romeo & Juliet

2. Kim Nalley on her latest work: Blues People (Amiri Baraka)

3. From the Archives Special -- Angelique Kidjo

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. African American Shakespeare Company presents Romeo & Juliet

2. Kim Nalley on her latest work: Blues People (Amiri Baraka)

3. From the Archives Special -- Angelique Kidjo

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. Jeff Liberman, dir. The Amazing Nina Simone opens in Bay Area theatres this weekend. Visit theamazingnina.com We open with a tribute song by Sam Waymon, Ms. Simone's younger brother, friend and band member.

2. Billy X Jennings, Black Panther Party Archivist speaks about a new exhibition at the Oakland Public Library. He is speaking 10/24, 2 p.m. at the Bradley C. Walters Community Room, 125 14th Street, Oakland. Visit itsabouttimebpp.com

3. Charles Blackwell, poet, painter, joins Dr. Eugene Redmond to speak about Eugene B. Redmond Collection and Learning Center, SIUE, which just opened Oct. 19, 2015.  See http://www.siue.edu/news/index.shtml

He is Poet Laureate of East Saint Louis [Illinois], Emeritus Professor of English, Founding Editor of Drumvoices Revue, former Chairman of Creative Writing Committee at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville). Before he began his 15-year stint at CSUS, however, he spent two years (1967-69) as Teacher-Counselor and Poet-in-Residence at Southern Illinois University's Experiment in Higher Education in East Saint Louis. At EHE, he taught with Henry Dumas, Joyce Ladner, Oliver Jackson, and Katherine Dunham, serving as a Senior Consultant to the latter at her Performing Arts Training Center. . . .

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. Jeff Liberman, dir. The Amazing Nina Simone opens in Bay Area theatres this weekend. Visit theamazingnina.com We open with a tribute song by Sam Waymon, Ms. Simone's younger brother, friend and band member.

2. Billy X Jennings, Black Panther Party Archivist speaks about a new exhibition at the Oakland Public Library. He is speaking 10/24, 2 p.m. at the Bradley C. Walters Community Room, 125 14th Street, Oakland. Visit itsabouttimebpp.com

3. Charles Blackwell, poet, painter, joins Dr. Eugene Redmond to speak about Eugene B. Redmond Collection and Learning Center, SIUE, which just opened Oct. 19, 2015.  See http://www.siue.edu/news/index.shtml

He is Poet Laureate of East Saint Louis [Illinois], Emeritus Professor of English, Founding Editor of Drumvoices Revue, former Chairman of Creative Writing Committee at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville). Before he began his 15-year stint at CSUS, however, he spent two years (1967-69) as Teacher-Counselor and Poet-in-Residence at Southern Illinois University's Experiment in Higher Education in East Saint Louis. At EHE, he taught with Henry Dumas, Joyce Ladner, Oliver Jackson, and Katherine Dunham, serving as a Senior Consultant to the latter at her Performing Arts Training Center. . . .

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. Gail Myers, The Freedom Farmers Market; Farms to Grow speaks about the 6th Annual Black Urban Farmers Conference at Laney College, 900 Fallon in Oakland, CA today through Sunday.

2. Friends of the Negro Spirituals 12th Annual Heritage Keepers Awards Ceremony, Oct. 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m., at the SF Main Library, Koret Auditorium.

We are joined by: Ms. Lyvonne Crisman, co-founder of the FNS, and awardees: Ivy Duncan representing Eugene F. Jones (1924-2003), A multi-talented bass, founder and director of The Echoes From JordanCommunity Choir, founder and first director of the now fifty  year old Berkeley Community Chorus andOrchestra, and Oakland's first African-American career fireman; and   The Echoes From Jordan CommunityChoir (inactive); Bob Duhurst representing Light Devoy Edwin Harris (1933-2014), an alchemist, a co-founder of The University of Light, the founder and director of the University of Light Jubilee Singers

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. Gail Myers, The Freedom Farmers Market; Farms to Grow speaks about the 6th Annual Black Urban Farmers Conference at Laney College, 900 Fallon in Oakland, CA today through Sunday.

2. Friends of the Negro Spirituals 12th Annual Heritage Keepers Awards Ceremony, Oct. 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m., at the SF Main Library, Koret Auditorium.

We are joined by: Ms. Lyvonne Crisman, co-founder of the FNS, and awardees: Ivy Duncan representing Eugene F. Jones (1924-2003), A multi-talented bass, founder and director of The Echoes From JordanCommunity Choir, founder and first director of the now fifty  year old Berkeley Community Chorus andOrchestra, and Oakland's first African-American career fireman; and   The Echoes From Jordan CommunityChoir (inactive); Bob Duhurst representing Light Devoy Edwin Harris (1933-2014), an alchemist, a co-founder of The University of Light, the founder and director of the University of Light Jubilee Singers