Caption: Vocal Rush (left to right): back row – Barbara Deveuax-Griffith, Genesis Chambers, Divine Pongtorn, Yasmeena Datcher, Reilly Savage, Mikaela Swanson; front row – Caretha Richardson,...
When I was 26 or 27 years old I was facing some personal and professional adversity. I had spent my early and then ending mid twenties...
The Theatre Program at Saint Mary’s is presenting “In the Heights” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creative force behind the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton.” To the rhythms of salsa,...
From April 4-8, about 40 films from 33 countries screened, including works by Oakland directors By Wanda Sabir The Oakland International Film Festival gave Oakland an opportunity...
By Ned MacKay The pipes are calling and the clans will gather at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont on Saturday, April 1, for the annual...
The Palestinian youth folkloric group Shoruq, which means “sunrise in Arabic,” performed in Oakland last weekend, part of a 10-city tour of the United States....
Sculptor and former news anchor Dana King who the artist who created the larger-than-life size bronze sculpture of historic political leader William Byron Rumford, located...
Hailing from Kumasi, Ghana in West Africa and now living in Oakland, Ellen Manu-Bimpeh has been running Sankofa African Arts & Jewelry for over 20...
Marking the grand opening of the expanded Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center presented an art exhibit...
“Rising Stars,” the 26th annual Marin county high school art show, opens Sunday, March 5, at the Youth in Arts (YIA) Gallery at 917 C Street...
By Britni Danielle, Ebony Just days after announcing that he was retiring from touring after being hospitalized for exhaustion, legendary jazz singer Al Jarreau passed away...
A new book has just come out, “The Picture Man: From the Collection of Bay Area Photographer E.F. Joseph”, written by Ruth Beckford and Careth...
“A Celebration of African American Poets and Their Poetry,” the longest running public program in Oakland Public Library history, will be held Saturday, Feb....
Playwright Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel (1940) for the Marin Theatre Company stage, under the direction of Seret Scott, resonates many decades later...
Oakland’s native son, Ise Lyfe, has seemingly done it all. From HBO Def Poetry Jam and Huffington Post Contributor to Ted Talk and guest lecturer...
It was perhaps an odd thing for a church girl to do, but New Birth Oakland member Omie Garba felt God had put it on her...
Vocalist Faye Carol will start a four-week residency Sunday, January 8 at Berkeley’s new music venue, the Back Room. Accompanied by Joe Warner on...
The Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebration will commence on Saturday, Feb. 7 in partnership with Laney College and President Elnora T. Webb, Ph.D. ...
Bruce Beasley of West Oakland is an internationally known sculptor who bequeathed his two-block cluster of studios and sculpture gardens to the Oakland Museum of California.
The community is invited to join Inner City Theater, Inc. as they bring another classic piece of American theater to life with their production of August...
San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is celebrating the completion of its a six-month, $1.3 million makeover at a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring...
The Mare Island Museum is proud to announce the opening of their Spanish-American War Exhibit, highlighting the critical roll Mare Island played in a war that...
A mural depicting the history of Filipinos in Vallejo was created by a renowned Filipino artist Eliseo Art Silva, with help from the community, and was...
The final preparations are underway for the fourth annual Celebrate Stockton is Magnificent on Saturday, October 4th from 12pm to 3pm at Victory Park. Nearly 100...
The San Leandro Public Library is holding an afternoon of traditional and period Celtic music on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The...
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