The Black Repertory in Berkeley will feature encore performances of “The Wiz” Februay 18 and 25, 2018. Photo by Carla Thomas. Black Repertory Group Mainstage Productions...
Dancers of the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company. Photo Courtesy of Diamano Coura. The beat of drums and high-energy dancers of men and women in...
“The Wiz” performed at the Black Repertory in Berkeley will feature encore performances Februay 18 and 25, 2018. Photo By: Carla Thomas Black Repertory Group Mainstage Productions...
Drummers Set the Cultural Tone of Kwanzaa at Defremery Park Honoring Ujima and Queen Mother Makinya. Photo By Carla Thomas. Kwanzaa came to the Defremery Community...
Celai West, the child actress in Jayson Johnson’s ‘Redress’, does her part for goodness. Photo courtesy of J. Johnson. Filmmaker Jayson Johnson is set to make...
Trailblazer Ballerina Misty Copeland Inspires Black Ballerina Angela Watson who performs as “Clara” and “Dragonfly” in the 2017 San Francisco Nutcracker Ballet. Humble and graceful, Misty...
Agnus the Play, a murders’ futurist trial set in 2047 written by Ise Lyfe and Matt Warner, will debut off-Broadway January 18th through February 11th in New York....
Graphic Artist Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party. Douglas displays his artwork on tour in Auckland, New Zealand. Graphic...
By Bobby Mardis Valerie Valentina is not unlike most entrepreneurs who have a mission of working for themselves and doing what they love. Valerie is an...
Filmmaker Jackie Wright with her daughter and grand daughter, present film on veteran father. (Left to Right) – San Francisco Veterans Film Festival Founder, Eddie Ramirez,...
Agnes Rigiri Baariu, owner of Kenyan Safari Design, displaying her fashions. Photo by Godfrey Lee. Are you looking for a unique gift that no one has?...
HAIR’itage, The Play showcased in Oakland on Saturday, Nov. 18th at Skyline High School and uniquely portrayed the evolution of the Black woman’s hair. Through the...
Dr. Julian Vasquez-Heilig ¨Backpack Full of Cash,” narrated by Matt Damon, is a feature-length documentary that explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting...
“America Untold¨ Performance comes to the Marsh Theater A performance of ¨America Untold in Times Unseen – Stories that Let the Light Come In¨ will be...
A dancer holds a ‘Protection Shield’ created by artist Gale Madyun. The Prosperity Movement presents “The 2nd Annual Orisa Urban World Festival.” The festival takes...
In the heart of Manhattan’s Upper West side, music man, Billy Nichols a.k.a. Papadollabill, runs Boss Records. With over 50 years of producing rap, the blues...
More than 150 makers, scientists, artists, crafters, and engineers will gather to show and share on Sunday, Oct. 22, for the 8th Annual East Bay Mini...
Sydney Nycole (right) with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Two like-minded women with the same passion join forces for causes closest to their hearts and minds....
Beverly Miles The tumultuous administration of President Donald Trump caught many people by surprise. Unfolding events have rattled their daily lives and certainties like a strong...
When independent filmmaker Shirah Dedman moved from the San Fernando Valley to Oakland, she asked herself: What happened to all the black people in Oakland?, a...
UC Berkeley is receiving funding for the project, “Black Panther Party Research, Interpretation & Memory Project,” expected to last from Aug. 30, 2017, to Sept. 30,...
For their 1981 masters’ degree thesis project, U.C. Berkeley students Marlon Riggs and Pete Webster produced a 30-minute documentary film titled “Long Train Running” that traced...
Ephraim Sykes (David Ruffin), Jeremy Pope (Eddie Kendricks), James Harkness (Paul Williams), Jared Joseph (Melvin Franklin), and Derrick Baskin (Otis Williams) in the world premiere of Ain’t...
The second annual Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Awards will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. in Berkeley....
Jeff Denson will teach a 6-week course beginning Wednesday, September 27 on ‘The Rise of Modern Jazz (1940-1959)”. During the 1940s and 50s, jazz transitioned from its role...
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