Wanda's Picks

John Perkins Center for Community Transformation at Patten University presents: "Great is Thy Faithfulness," DIRECTOR/WRITER: Alicia Garcia, ACTOR: Angel Harshaw-Wolf, and Timothy Russell. The play opens: Saturday, SEPT. 25, 2010, 3 PM and 7:30 PM at the Malonga Casquelourde Theatre, 1428 Alice Street, (510) 325-2693 & (510) 261-8500 ext. 7703. It is a fundraiser for establishing A Safe Place for youth in Oakland. Mahealani Uchiyama, featured guest in Sankofa Cultural Institute's Naked Jazz Series, 6:30 PM at The Black Dot Cafe, 1195 Pine St., Oakland, CA $15 at the door includes a copy of the new CD, "Ndor: Dze Madzinza." Visit www.thesacredforest.org Oakland Underground Film Festival artists and programmers: Mark Landsman, dir. "Thunder Soul," Betty M. Park, dir. Mamachas del Ring, and Festival programmer Misha. We close with Kyla Thomas-Duncan.