The Oakland Symphony will present a Celebration of the Life of Bernard J. Tyson & His Playlist on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Paramount Theater in...
Many cultural critics and pundits were in an uproar over the shutout of Black talent at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards held Jan. 5, 2020. The...
David Bruce Graves’ work gives the viewer a lot of room to think. “Heaven and Earth,” the title piece in the window of the Joyce Gordon...
Cudjo Lewis (born Oluale Kossola) was from Guinea, West Africa. The documented stories of his Middle Passage journey on the ship Clotilda in 1860, years of...
On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, Rep. Barbara Lee will present the Oakland Citizen Humanitarian Award to Clarissa Doutherd, executive director of Parent Voices Oakland, for her...
Unhoused residents living on a tract of land just west of Wood Street in West Oakland and their advocates participated in a holiday protest outside of...
The Oakland Unified School District has extended the contract of school finance consultant Luz Cazares, who will serve as the districts ’s interim Chief Financial Officer...
On Wednesday, Christmas will be celebrated by millions of people across this country and across the world. Joy surrounds the holiday, with music in the air,...
Aaron Singer, dressed as Santa Claus, delivered gifts to 29 children, ages 3 to 7, on the afternoon of Dec. 20 at his business, Seaplane Adventures...
One of Vallejo’s annual community Kwanzaa celebrations, and the largest, will be celebrated on Saturday, December 28th at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, 734 Marin...
In the pulpit of the First Congregational Church in Berkeley, on Dec.11, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a best-selling author and an ordained minister, presented an extra-ordinary,...
In the tradition of Count Basie and his orchestra, Grammy-nominated pianist Ricardo Scales delivered an evening of inspiring and humorous performances with his inaugural “Get To...
Earth, Wind & Fire made history this month, becoming the first Black group inducted into Kennedy Center Honors. And the group’s original members were in attendance...
A woman of controversy even now, freedom fighter and liberator Harriet Tubman-Davis, as portrayed in this current iteration is stirring things up again. If a viewer...
It was autumn, 1781. A combined American force of Colonial and French troops had laid siege to the British Army at Yorktown,Va. This battle was the...
In “KOLA: An Afro Diasporic Remix of the Nutcracker” — we meet Nzingha, an orphan, who lives with her grandparents. Actor Makeda Booker’s character doesn’t remember...
Oscar Mendoza, an amateur boxer who trains at the Marin City Boxing Club in Marin City, will fight his first professional boxing match in Los Angeles...
As I walked to Geoffrey’s Inner Circle last Saturday night, downtown Oakland looked a little different. Oakland’s own literary genius, Marvin X, was hosting one of...
Radio personality Armand Carr, executive director of “All Tied Up,” a mentoring program that prepares young men for success, hosted an evening of fun for...
KPFA Radio and Marcus Books are hosting a presentation by Dr. Michael Eric Dsyon on his new book, :JAY-Z: Made in America” on Wed., Dec. 11,...
The “Hip Hop Book Club Live,” hosted by Jahi and featuring special guest Chuck D, will be held Sat., Dec. 7, 2019, at Merritt College, 12500...
The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and the San Francisco Public Library’s African American Center are presenting the exhibition “Same Game, Different Smokers” beginning Saturday...
A Christmas concert, “A Celebration of Joy for the World” will honor the 300th anniversary of the 1719 carol “Joy to the World,” which celebrates God’s...
It has become common for African Americans to travel to Africa –especially Nigeria—for initiations and festivals marking the holy events and places that are part of...
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