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...
By Laney College President, Tammeil Y. Gilkerson, Ed.D. Last Thursday, I attended the world premiere of “FOR O.” – a play at Laney’s Odell Johnson Performing...
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...
The Oakland Public Library has appointed Susan D. Anderson, founder and principal at Memory House, as Interim Chief Curator at African American Museum & Library at...
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...
Bobby Mardis made his mark on the film industry in the ’80s and ’90s with some of the most recognizable African American filmmakers of the times....
Children paint in the colors for butterflies at the Youth festival. Photo by Tobaji Stewart A bright, breezy day welcomed the first Oakland Youth Art Explosion,...
Renowned Bay Area percussionist John Santos will collaborate with SFJAZZ, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in a six-week...
Prescott Circus Theater performs. Photo courtesy of Gary T. Thomsen. Seven young stars from the Prescott Circus Theatre, an afterschool and summer youth circus program born...
The entire community will turn out August 19 and 20 for Oakland’s magnetic Art + Soul festival, celebrating local spirit, style, creativity, and pride. The 17th annual assemblage...
Gloria Weinstock is directing August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” in San Francisco The Multi Ethnic Theater (MET) in association with SF Recovery Theatre (SFRT) will present August...
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) has announced Anyka Barber as its new Director of Engagement. Barber brings more than 10 years of extensive experience in...
An art exhibition focusing on the train that carries up to half a million Central American migrants across Mexico toward the United States every year opened...
The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco will be conducting a workshop on how to make your very own mini comic book. The workshop will be...
Youth Speaks, a world leader in youth development and spoken word performance, will host the 20th anniversary Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival from July 19- July...
The Richmond Art Center (RAC) has is hosting a panel discussion, “Studio Glass: Trends and Influences,” Sunday, July 16 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at...