The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition and K*Star*Productions are proud to announce the 16th annual Black Choreographers Festival: Here and Now (BCF), which will...
Angela Wheeler, a member of Oakland Technical High’s Apollo 9th grade class which championed the movement to establish Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday as a...
By Godfrey Lee There will be two events concerning the U.S. Census 2020 at the Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St. in Marin City The first...
Rachelle Jackson, 1st Vice President of Vallejo’s NAACP Branch, literally “talks-the-talk and will walk-the-walk”, literally, when she and hundreds of other Vallejo residents participate in the...
The interfaith Coalition of Alameda County will hold a regional meeting on Jan. 9, 2020, at 732 Willow St. in Oakland from 12 noon to 2:00...
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 “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...
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,...
Two Castlemont High School students presented their dream for a business to an enthusiastic audience earlier this month at Afrotech, the largest African American Tech Conference...
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...
Courtesy of Bay Area Church News Oakland will host its much-loved Thanksgiving Dinner for the underserved on Tues., Nov. 26, 2019, at the Downtown Oakland City...
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...
If your child needs somewhere to go or something to do during the days before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Oakland Parks and Recreation Dept. is offering...
Hayward Thanksgiving Dinner: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Salvation Army Hayward Corps, 430 A St. Annual Thanksgiving Meal. A kids’ corner for the children. All welcome. For more...
A Model Built on Faith (AMBOF), the faith-based and nonprofit organization capacity-building program presented by OCCUR and the San Francisco Foundation FAITHS Program will celebrate their...
It takes an extraordinary person to pick up the pieces and run for city council of one of the most powerful cities in the state right...
The Oakland Post Community Assembly, along with parents and teachers at impacted schools, will host a community discussion about the school district plan to close dozens...
The Black Contractors Xchange presents Building the Infrastructure of Liberation on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. at Everett and Jones Barbecue, 126 Broadway with presentations on...
The City of San Leandro is hosting the 42nd Annual Senior Thanksgiving Luncheon on Wed., Nov. 27, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Luncheon will...
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee joined the Congressional Black Caucus in commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to America on Tuesday. On Monday,...
It was a full house on the last Friday in August in Oakland’s Laurel District where about 20 women of color had settled in for...
Downtown Richmond is set to come alive with soulful sounds of some the Bay Area most coveted R&B, Soul and Funk bands at the 11th annual...
Marcus Books is the oldest Black bookstore in the nation, offering “Book by and about Black people everywhere,” since 1960. Their first store was in San...
“It’s a family affair”–as crooned by Sly & The Family Stone–and it’s happening in Sly’s hometown, Vallejo, CA. The 1st Annual Black Family Celebration will take...