By Marvin X Jackmon Co-founder of BAMBD Leaders of the Black Arts Movement Business District (BAMBD) along the 14th Street corridor want: 1) Land...
Villarosa Media, founded by a family with over 50 years of combined journalism and literary experience, is seeking to produce quality fiction and nonfiction books primarily...
African American churches from around the state from joined forces with Covered California over MLK Jr. Day weekend to reach the African American community with a...
By Yara Simón, Remezcla.com The late Celia Cruz will now be honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Cruz – who perhaps has...
By Mary Kenny, SFSU News The 2016 Academy Award contenders have been announced, and once again, San Francisco State University alumni among those who have...
The San Leandro Public Library is hosting a Murder Most Foul forum on Saturday, Jan 16, 2 p.m., at the Main Library at 300 Estudillo Ave.
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News In a first, a graphic novelist has been picked as the new national ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and...
By Donna Raminez Award-winning alternative Creole artist and accordionist Andre Thierry performed at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley Dec. 29. Thierry and his...
City Council President Lynette Gibson McElhaney will ask the city council’s Community and Economic Development (CED) committee next Tuesday to approve a resolution to designate the...
By Sally Douglas Arce It’s remarkable yet true. For 50 years, the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra (BCCO) has provided free concerts. Eugene Jones,...
By Martin Johnson, The Root The past always informs the future, and never more so these days than in “Finding Your Roots,” the PBS program...
The Eastbay Astronomical Society is launching a program to restore the Zeiss planetarium projector at the Chabot Space & Science Center. According to the Zeiss...
Your family is filled with people to whom you look up. There’s Grandpa, who served in the war. Grandma, who raised many children with little...
El lunes, el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Oakland (OUSD) se asoció con el Museo Mexicano para acoger a Guadalupe Rivera Marín, hija del artista mexicano de...
Por Tambay A. Obenson, Shadow and Act The George Lucas Family Foundation ha anunciado una dotación de $10 millones que apoyará el reclutamiento de talento...
Some days, it seems as though you have superpowers. That must be the explanation for being unseen. That’s why there are days when nobody looks...
During their debut at the Sweet Chariot – a nightclub in Manhattan, allegedly run by the Mafia, that presented African American gospel music to largely...
Your last family reunion was a big one. It was fun, too, and eye opening. You hadn’t really stopped to think about how many...
Aretha Franklin was just 15 when she recorded the magnificent Gospel single, “Precious Lord, Parts 1 and 2,” during a concert with her father, preacher...
By Subhashini Coburn Cauliflower is a very popular vegetable in north India. In winter, fresh cauliflower comes into the vegetable bazaars. Below...
Courtesy of UC Berkeley News Sixty-one underserved middle-school students from schools in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond and Albany danced their hearts out Thursday, July 30,...
By Troy Williams If you go to the website, gamechangersproject.org, one of the first things you see is a picture of a little boy...
Special to the Post U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro may be running into troubles, along with ousted former DEA head Michelle Leonhart, over allegations that...
Thirteen long, interesting years. Imagine: more than 115 months of your life spent with your hiney under a school desk. That’s a lot, but now...
San Francisco’s Community Music Center (CMC), a non-profit community arts organization, announced an award of $50,000 in merit scholarships to 31 students, covering their...
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