TEXAS METRO NEWS — That need to entertain herself while entertaining others made Billie Holiday worth the price of admission at any cost. She was a...
“Black Nativity” is a cultural adaptation that tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Created by the poet, novelist, playwright and activist Langston Hughes,...
In partnership with the City of San Leandro and the San Leandro Arts, Culture and Library Commission, award-winning actor, playwright, comedian, and talk show host Brian...
Robert Henry Johnson, a Bay Area dancer, choreographer, and playwright, passed away on Dec. 16, 2022. His body was identified in March. Johnson will be missed...
Navdeep Jassal, has been traveling in South Africa for the last five months and recently had the opportunity to review a play in Johannesburg. Presented by...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re celebrating 110 years of Poetry magazine this year and approaching 20 years of the Poetry Foundation in 2023. We wanted to do...
William Wells Brown personified the American dream. He’d become an internationally renowned antislavery activist and writer who resided in and traveled widely across the northern United...
As the Sausalito Marin City School District was ordered to desegregate in 2019, Brown vs. the Board of Education continues to be meaningful as the nation...
Not many people think of California as having deep roots embedded in slavery, and practices of white supremacy. California was admitted as a free state on...
Cat Brooks, activist, actress, playwright and poet said, “I do this work side by side with some of the most passionate, committed, fierce, smart and principled...
Complain about the media representation of Oakland all you want. Last week, in the national media, Oakland was portrayed as a great place to live, work,...
But he should also make sure we all know Hamilton was no hip-hop hero, just another founding slave holder. Miranda’s color change doesn’t change history, nor...
As poet laureate, Nzinga will make an inaugural address, partner with the city’s youth poet laureate Myra Estrada on a reading series, deliver four readings in...