Wanda's Picks

1. Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is a Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, human rights activist who recently made his transition Sept. 22, 1952-Jan. 23, 2019.  We share a March 23, 2011 interview. Zimbabwe Music Festival in the Bay Feb. 1-2, 2019, at http://www.ashkenaz.com/ 2. Josh Folan, producer, Ask for Jane at SF Indie Fest 2019 3. CHRISTOPHER GREENSLATE's film, SAVIOR, is at SF Indie...

1. Emily Kulhmann, director of exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs at the Museum of the African Diaspora in SF joins us to speak about Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem 2. CHRIS METZLER, programmer, joins us to talk about the 21st Annual SF Indie, Jan. 30-Feb. 14, 2019 http://sfindie.com/festivals/sf-indiefest/ 3. Sampson McCormick and Francesca Fiorentini join us to sp...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guests: John Silverstein is a former public art gallery curator and director, university art history instructor, produced screenwriter, owner of a vintage props rental business called Hot Property, and life-long collector whose interests have ranged from Underground comix, to Bauhaus applied arts, to historic and modern photography, to his present and ongoing involvement with African American obje...

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...

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...

FRESH is an ARTLAB (a rising tide lifts all boats) production of ALTERNATIVA. FRESH 2019 is curated by Kathleen Hermesdorf and José Navarrete, along with substantial community input, and sponsored by Joe Goode Annex. https://freshfestival.org Fresh Festival 2019, Jan. 4-27:24 days of embodied art, action+ interaction with 85+ risk-taking artists from the Bay Area + beyond, featuring:https://joegoo...

1. Theodore Lush, Michael Jackson, Karen Jones join us to talk about: 7th Annual Montgomery MAAFA Commemoration, Sat. July 14, 2018. RemembertheAncestors.com 2. Gina Yashere, London born, Nigerian comedian opens at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, July 8, 2018, 7 p.m.(thefreight.org) 3. Baba Luther Gray and Kalamu ya Salaam as Grand Griot joins us to talk about the 18th Annual MAAFA Commemoratio...

Rebroadcast KWANZAA 2019 with Min. Mxolisi; Tiffany Magee, LUXE Laundromat, Fresh FEST Jan. 2019

1. Theodore Lush, Michael Jackson, Karen Jones join us to talk about: 7th Annual Montgomery MAAFA Commemoration, Sat. July 14, 2018. RemembertheAncestors.com 2. Gina Yashere, London born, Nigerian comedian opens at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, July 8, 2018, 7 p.m.(thefreight.org) 3. Baba Luther Gray and Kalamu ya Salaam as Grand Griot joins us to talk about the 18th Annual MAAFA Commemoratio...

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...

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...

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...

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...

FRESH is an ARTLAB (a rising tide lifts all boats) production of ALTERNATIVA. FRESH 2019 is curated by Kathleen Hermesdorf and José Navarrete, along with substantial community input, and sponsored by Joe Goode Annex. https://freshfestival.org Fresh Festival 2019, Jan. 4-27:24 days of embodied art, action + interaction with 85+ risk-taking artists from the Bay Area + beyond, featuring:https://joego...

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...

1. Candice Elder, East Oakland Collective, Free Brown & Chef Shelby (Experience FUEL Oak) discuss the Homeless Black Women: Multi-Service Day Dec 15th at the West Oakland Youth Center. Visit https://hopetaskforce.org/  .  2. Mrs. Kehinde Salter, Lyric Performing Arts Academy (LPAA) joins us to talk about the third annual? Jazzy Nutcracker?at the East Oakland Youth Development Center on Saturda...

1. Regina Louise. Someone Has Led this Child to Believe (2nd bk. Lifetime film based on Somebody's Someone). www.iamreginalouise.com 2. Donte Clark with Dr. Khalid Akil White re: "Know Freedom" book event at Richmond Pulse, Bridge Art Space, 23 Maine Ave., Richmond, CA, 3-6 pm 3. Martin Luther, McCoy Actor, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer joins us to talk about the Oakland Symphony's Swing...

1. Kim Carter, Founder & Ambassador of Time for Change. She is an affordable housing developer, motivational speaker, author, coach. Ms. Carter joins us to talk about the opening of a residence for formerly incarcerated women and children in Hayward.  2. Adrian Williams, Kwanzaa Village Project 2017 (archived rebroadcast) 3. Lindsay Krumbein, Founder and Executive Artistic Director, Gritty Cit...

We open with Brie Knight, the winner of the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Playwrights Festival (https://www.lhtsf.org/), with her "Pancake Queen," and close with an archived show taped April 11 this year. 1. Theresa Dorcelus, Juris Doctorate Candidate 2020, Southern University Law Center, joins us to highlight the case of John Cluchette, who was once again denied parole by Gov. Brown.  2. Rakiah Ande...

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...

Today we host a Tribute to Ntozake Shange. We open with a prerecorded interview with the late playwright, poet, novelist and co-director, Cassandra Henderson. October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018)(PoetryFoundation.org). Our guests include: Claudia Alick, Lisa Brimmer, Nanna Mwaluko, Halifu Osumare  Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide /...