Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. David Roach joins us to talk about the Oakland International Film Festival Sept. 19-29, 2019 https://www.oiff.org/schedule/ Bio https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roach-b5a94a7/ 2. Emma Van Lare (Hamida) House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar, directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, at Cal Shakes extended Sat., Sept. 7, 8 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 8, 4 p.m. All seats are $40. 20 or younger, tickets are $20. Emma grew up in the Houston area and moved her

1.Kathy Cotton, director, "A Place at the Table: African American Pioneers of Silicon Vallery," screening at SFBFF XXI, 12 noon, June 15, at the African American Art and CultureComplex, 762 Fulton Street, SF  http://www.kathycottondigitalstoryteller.com/news 2. Nana Daffuor, SPRINT, June 20-21, 7:30 pm, $15-25 @East Bay Community Space, 507 55th Street, Oakland, CA https://www.sprintmovement.com/performance Presented by Nana Duffuor and directed by Dazié Rustin Grego-Sykes, Sprint is a powerful stage performance blending film, theater, poetry, music, and dance to tell the coming of age story of Nana—a queer black child of Ghanaian immigrants, discovering herself (and her dignity) in White America. In the era of #BlackGirlMagic, Sprint begs the critical question: "What happens when magical black girls break?" Charles Curtis Blackwell  3. Jeff M. Giordano, dir."THE GOD GIVEN TALENT: THE CREATIVE LIFE OF CHARLES CURTIS BLACKWELL," screening tomorrow, June 15, 12 noon as a part of SFBFF XXI 2019, has bee

This tenth Anniversary Month (August 2018) ends with a MASH-up. . . clips from shows over the past decade. Can't play everything . . . there are so many shows (1061). Funny, August 2008, I only had 1 shows and the next month I had a few more broadcasts. I have 1061 published episodes. This is 106 episodes a year. My average is 8 shows a month which is 2 shows a week. I remember sometimes having more than two shows a week and sometimes less.I am still interested in being syndicated. I just need to find my hours in the day. I am happy to have a dedicated audience who follow Wanda's Picks. (2019 update: 1174 published episodes with 259,070 listens).  There are two clips August 29 & Sept. 5, 2008. We revisit the Gulf Region and see what's going on there on the ground in Louisiana and Mississippi by speaking to Jackie and King. Jackie lives in the 7th Ward. King lives in Austin. Katrina destroyed his home. Next, Tayo Aluko joins us to talk about Call Mr. Robeson, a fundraiser for Mumia Abu Jamal, Se

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Dr. Joseph L. Green,Chairman 400 Commission  https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1892/africanamericanhistorycommission.htm 2. Chadra Pittman, THE SANKOFA PROJECTS, Founder & Executive Director, www.thesankofaprojects.blogspot.com 3. Lewis Campbell, Artistic Director, Multi-Ethnic Theatre in SF is joined by chantuse, Susie Butler who is Ma Rainy incarnate for August Wilson's seminal work in his Centennial Cycle "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." The

1. Kim McMillon will officially earn her doctorate in Interdisciplinary Humanities this summer at the University of California, Merced 2. Joyce A. Joyce, Ph.D, Chairperson of the Department of English from 2012 to 2015 at Temple University and a 1995 recipient of an American Book Award for Literary Criticism for the collection of essays Warriors, Conjurers, and Priests: Defining African-American Literary Criticism, Joyce earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia in 1979.  She has published articles on Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Arthur P. Davis, Toni Cade Bambara, Ishmael Reed, E. Ethelbert Miller, Askia Touré, Gil Scott-Heron, and Sonia Sanchez. Her current project is titled “Black Literary Essays: The Kaleidoscopic Imagination.” Her papers are housed in special collections at the Odum Library, Valdosta State University. 3. devorah major joins us.  Thanks to all who called in for this Libation to Toni Morrison. We cl

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! We open with a rebraodcast of the interview with Nambi E. Kelley, playwright for adaptation of Toni Morrison's Jazz for stage at Marin Theatre Company earlier this year.  Regina Evans & Rashida Chase in 52 Letters at UBUNTU  Next is a rebroadcast with playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, lighting designer, Stephanie Ann Johnson and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James Ijames Kill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Dr. Patricia Nunley, ABPsi Western Regional Representative 2019-2021, joins us to talk about her new position (theme Dr. Theopia Jackson 2017-2019 President Elect) Fortifying for the Future and Beyond), recent conference where it was announced, and to introduce Dr. Zethu Cakata who currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Africa, in Tshwane (Pretoria) South Africa.  She is in to

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, dir., Toni Morrison: Pieces that I Am 2. Antoine Hunter, Deaf Arts Festival 2019 (Rebroadcast re: 3rd Annual Festival: Deaf Louder) 3.  Regina Evans, playwright, 52 Letters at Ubuntu theatre, Aug. 2-23 at the FLAX Building in Oakland. Visit http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/letters    

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. We speak to playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James Ijames' Kill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA) through August 4, 2019 (Excerpt 7/16/2019). 2. Elizabeth Carter, director, talks about "Citizen, An American Lyric" a part of the Champagne Staged Reading at Shotgun Players July 29-30, 2019 3. "Black M

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! The Alchemy of Black Manhood hosted by the Urban Healers is Sat., July 27, 1-4, at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center 3207 Lakeshore Ave - Rand Ave entrance, Oakland, California 94610 We have two of the organizers: BUTTERFLY WILLIAMS and Michael Ansa, MBA, PCC on the air to talk about the program.  2. Rebroadcast with Barry Shabaka Henley re: Mingus Revisited 3. Playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, and set designer, Cel

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!   Scholars Cheryl Finley, Ph.D. and Leigh Raiford, Ph.D., join us to talk about "Blackness & Belonging at BAMPFA, Dr. Finley's book, "Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon", the Year of Return and the 400th Anniversary of the first enslaved Africans landing at Ft. Comfort, Virginia, August 1619.  http://tobtr.com/s/11372745

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Lesley Schisgall Currier, Managing Director, Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, at Marin Shakespeare Company. As the MTC celebrates its 30th Anniversary Season we talk about the current production, "Measure for Measure," through July 21, and the theme: Playing for Good.  2. Elizabeth Jones, Motormouth Maybelle, Bay Area Musicals, July 6-Aug.11 at Victoria Theatre in SF. Visit bamsf.org/hairspray 3. From the Archives  4. 2019 Ba

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! Today we speak to playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, lighting designer, Stephanie Ann Johnson and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James IjamesKill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA) through August 4, 2019. Visit https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! Daryl E. Stenvoll-Wells, Director, Art Responders, joins us to talk about a new exhibition at Root Division Gallery in SOMA, which is called "COLORISM: The Spectrum of Internalized Bias," July 11-Aug. 10, 2019. 2. Michael Gene Sullivan and Daniel Savio join us to talk about SF Mime Troupe's 60th Anniversary, Treasure Island which opened July 4, 2019 http://www.sfmt.org/company/members.php 3. Kash Killion and Stephanie Linder, Executive D

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. Regina Louise. Someone Has Led this Child to Believe (2nd bk. Lifetime film based on Somebody's Someone). www.iamreginalouise.com 2. Donte Clark with Dr. Khalid Akil White re: "Know Freedom" book event at Richmond Pulse, Bridge Art Space, 23 Maine Ave., Richmond, CA, 3-6 pm 3. Martin Luther, McCoy Actor, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer joins us to talk about the Oakland Symphony's Swing and Soul – Let Us Break Bread Together, Sunday

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. From the Archives Bryan Keith Thomas, artist, joins us to talk about Heirlooms, an exhibit at Joyce Gordon Gallery 2. Peaches Christ joins us to talk about her latest production: Bring It On Queen! at the Castro Theatre, Sat., July 13, 4 and 8 p.m. Visit www.peacheschrist.com    

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. We open with a prerecorded interview with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. director, "Toni Morrison: Pieces That I Am," which opens today in Bay Area Theatres 2. Rebroadcast of interview with Idris Ackamoor & Rhodessa Jones and Lyrika Holmes re: 35th Anniversary of Cultural Odyssey Apr. 3-5, 2014     

1. Alma Robinson, Executive Director of California Lawyers for the Arts  2. Cassidy Friedman and Eric Butler's "Circles" screening at SF Indie Doc Fest selection, Sat., May 1, 2:30 at the Roxie & Monday, June 3, 9 p.m. (Roxie). sfindie.com https://www.circlesmovie.com/ 3. Abdul Kenyatta, Speakeasy Storyteller Cafe  at SFIAF, 9:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, & https://www.facebook.com/abdul.kenyatta    

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Michael Khubaka Harris, Regional Director, National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (www.njof.org)  2. Ebony Iman Dallas  https://www.ebonyimandallas.com/about 3. Rebroadcast interview with Oyafunmike Ogunlano (Mona) in Sankofa (1993), dir. Haile Gerima