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Wanda’s Picks for December 2011
December 3, 2011
Sobonfu Somé, West African healer, says that when people die and become ancestors, they get smarter and often try to repair any damage they may have made while in this physical form. Ancestors want to be busy making our lives better. She said we can call on them to intercede on our behalf when we are troubled.
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Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: 23rd Annual African American Celebration • 57th Street Gallery • AAACC • addiction • Adesola Osakalumi (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti alternate) • Advanced Jazz Band • African • African American Art and Culture Complex • African American Center • African American Shakespeare Company • African Americans • Afrikan Children’s Advanced Learning Center • Akan • Alameda County • Alex Haley • American • and Healing” • Angola • Art and Progression" • ASCAC Western Region • Attorney Legrand Clegg II • Ausar Auset • Bamako • Barbara Hunter • Bayfair Mall • Bill Bell • Bill T. Jones • Black • Black Friday • Black Panther • Black Power • Black Women in American History and Culture • Botswana • Brava Theater • Bro. Manu Ampin • Bro. Vincent Lynch • Bro. Walter Turner • Broadway • Buriel Clay Theater • Burkina Faso • Caribbean • Charles White • City College of San Francisco • City College of San Francisco Music Department • Civil Rights • Claude McCay • Cornelius Moore • Curran Theatre • Damu Sudi Alii • David Hardiman Jr. • Diego Rivera Theater • Dr. Adebisi T’Olodumare Aromolaren • Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn • Dr. Samella Lewis • Eastside Cultural Center • Eddie Marshall • El Hajj Malik • Encuentro del Canto Popular Festival • European • Fela Anikulapo Kuti • FESMAN 2010 • Festival of Black Art and Culture • Frances Watkins Harper • Frankye Kelly • Fresh Choice • Gang Days in LA" • Glenn Pearson • Grief Ritual • Grupo Raiz • Healing and Wisdom” • Her Trio • Hotel Nikko • Houston Pearson • In Memoriam" • Jamal Ali • Jazz/Rock Improvisational Workshop • Jeff Clayton • John Santos Sextet • Joshua Angel • Juanita Brown • Kali • Kamau Seitu • Karen Bass • Kathy Sloane • Kenneth Byrd • Kheven LaGrone • Kheven Lee LaGrone • Kim Nalley • Kush • LA Museum of Tolerance • Laguna Honda Hospital • Larry Douglas • Leona Lodge • Linda Stewart • Los Peludos • Luis Rodriguez • Maafa • Madagascar • Mamakye • Mamakye (Dolores Mae Dixon) • Marcus Garvey • Marcus Gary • Marlena Shaw • Mary McLeod Bethune • MB Hanif • Mellotones • Melvin Butts • Mexican • Miguel Covarrubias • Negro • New York • Nicole Chantal de Weever • Nigeria • Nubia • Oakland • Oakland Public Library’s Teen Center • Obataiya Tamirr Lewis Edwards • Ocean Beach • Octavia Butler • Oneika Phillips • PanAfrican • Peter Conheim • Piri Thomas • President Thomas Sankara • Professor Manu Ampim • Public Health Department • Qur’an • Redwood City • Revolutions • Rhonda Benin • Robert Henry Johnson’s Post-Afric Highway’s Maafa Play Reading • Robert Jones • Rosa Parks • RRAZZ Room • Sabrina Burns • Sahr • Saint Louis • Sami Ali • San Francisco • San Francisco Main Library • San Leandro • Sankofa • Sargent Johnson Gallery • Senegal • shaped by Cultures" • Sherri Young • Sheryl Lee Ralph • Shirlee Taylor Haizlip • Shori Matthews • Sis. Banche Richardson • Sis. Makinya Kouate • Sis. Shukuru Sanders • Sister Makulla Godwin • Sobonfu Somé • South Africa • Steve Seid • Take 2 • Tammy Hall • Tempest Landry • Timbuktu • UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archive • Umoja (Unity) • UMOJA CD Release Party • Walter Mosley • Wanda Sabir • Wanda’s Picks • Wanda’s Picks Radio • West African Dagara • West Oakland Branch Library • Wo’se Community Church of the African Way • Zimbabwe • “A Gospel Christmas” • “A Soulful Jazz New Year" • “Always Running: La Vida Loca • “California Soul for the Holidays” • “Cinderella" • “COLLECTED: Stories of Acquisition and Reclamation" • “Dance of the Kalahari • “Down These Mean Streets" • “Falling Out of Grace: Meditations on Loss • “FELA!” • “Fledgling" • “Freedom Sisters” • “I Am American: Black Genealogy Through the Eye of an Artist” • “I Am America” • “It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love • “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club" • “Manchild in the Promised Land" • “Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980" • “Of Water and the Spirit" • “Pacific Standard" • “Places of Validation • “Southern (Dis)comfort: The American South in Cinema" • “The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven by color • “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” • “The Song of Freedom” • “The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships” • “The Tempest Tales” • “Totems" • “Traces of the Trade"
Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: 23rd Annual African American Celebration • 57th Street Gallery • AAACC • addiction • Adesola Osakalumi (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti alternate) • Advanced Jazz Band • African • African American Art and Culture Complex • African American Center • African American Shakespeare Company • African Americans • Afrikan Children’s Advanced Learning Center • Akan • Alameda County • Alex Haley • American • and Healing” • Angola • Art and Progression" • ASCAC Western Region • Attorney Legrand Clegg II • Ausar Auset • Bamako • Barbara Hunter • Bayfair Mall • Bill Bell • Bill T. Jones • Black • Black Friday • Black Panther • Black Power • Black Women in American History and Culture • Botswana • Brava Theater • Bro. Manu Ampin • Bro. Vincent Lynch • Bro. Walter Turner • Broadway • Buriel Clay Theater • Burkina Faso • Caribbean • Charles White • City College of San Francisco • City College of San Francisco Music Department • Civil Rights • Claude McCay • Cornelius Moore • Curran Theatre • Damu Sudi Alii • David Hardiman Jr. • Diego Rivera Theater • Dr. Adebisi T’Olodumare Aromolaren • Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn • Dr. Samella Lewis • Eastside Cultural Center • Eddie Marshall • El Hajj Malik • Encuentro del Canto Popular Festival • European • Fela Anikulapo Kuti • FESMAN 2010 • Festival of Black Art and Culture • Frances Watkins Harper • Frankye Kelly • Fresh Choice • Gang Days in LA" • Glenn Pearson • Grief Ritual • Grupo Raiz • Healing and Wisdom” • Her Trio • Hotel Nikko • Houston Pearson • In Memoriam" • Jamal Ali • Jazz/Rock Improvisational Workshop • Jeff Clayton • John Santos Sextet • Joshua Angel • Juanita Brown • Kali • Kamau Seitu • Karen Bass • Kathy Sloane • Kenneth Byrd • Kheven LaGrone • Kheven Lee LaGrone • Kim Nalley • Kush • LA Museum of Tolerance • Laguna Honda Hospital • Larry Douglas • Leona Lodge • Linda Stewart • Los Peludos • Luis Rodriguez • Maafa • Madagascar • Mamakye • Mamakye (Dolores Mae Dixon) • Marcus Garvey • Marcus Gary • Marlena Shaw • Mary McLeod Bethune • MB Hanif • Mellotones • Melvin Butts • Mexican • Miguel Covarrubias • Negro • New York • Nicole Chantal de Weever • Nigeria • Nubia • Oakland • Oakland Public Library’s Teen Center • Obataiya Tamirr Lewis Edwards • Ocean Beach • Octavia Butler • Oneika Phillips • PanAfrican • Peter Conheim • Piri Thomas • President Thomas Sankara • Professor Manu Ampim • Public Health Department • Qur’an • Redwood City • Revolutions • Rhonda Benin • Robert Henry Johnson’s Post-Afric Highway’s Maafa Play Reading • Robert Jones • Rosa Parks • RRAZZ Room • Sabrina Burns • Sahr • Saint Louis • Sami Ali • San Francisco • San Francisco Main Library • San Leandro • Sankofa • Sargent Johnson Gallery • Senegal • shaped by Cultures" • Sherri Young • Sheryl Lee Ralph • Shirlee Taylor Haizlip • Shori Matthews • Sis. Banche Richardson • Sis. Makinya Kouate • Sis. Shukuru Sanders • Sister Makulla Godwin • Sobonfu Somé • South Africa • Steve Seid • Take 2 • Tammy Hall • Tempest Landry • Timbuktu • UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archive • Umoja (Unity) • UMOJA CD Release Party • Walter Mosley • Wanda Sabir • Wanda’s Picks • Wanda’s Picks Radio • West African Dagara • West Oakland Branch Library • Wo’se Community Church of the African Way • Zimbabwe • “A Gospel Christmas” • “A Soulful Jazz New Year" • “Always Running: La Vida Loca • “California Soul for the Holidays” • “Cinderella" • “COLLECTED: Stories of Acquisition and Reclamation" • “Dance of the Kalahari • “Down These Mean Streets" • “Falling Out of Grace: Meditations on Loss • “FELA!” • “Fledgling" • “Freedom Sisters” • “I Am American: Black Genealogy Through the Eye of an Artist” • “I Am America” • “It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love • “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club" • “Manchild in the Promised Land" • “Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980" • “Of Water and the Spirit" • “Pacific Standard" • “Places of Validation • “Southern (Dis)comfort: The American South in Cinema" • “The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven by color • “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” • “The Song of Freedom” • “The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships” • “The Tempest Tales” • “Totems" • “Traces of the Trade"
Wanda’s Picks for July 2011
June 29, 2011
A number of trees have fallen in the forest this past month and we want to acknowledge the huge spaces their absence brings: Geronimo ji jaga Pratt, Black Panther, decorated veteran of multiple wars …
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Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: 18th Annual Labor Fest • 2012 - The Musical • 34th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival • 700 and Int'l • 700th and Int'l • A Juneteenth Community Sing • A Panther is a Black Cat • AAMLO Townhall • Africa • African American Center • African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo • African Spiritual Healer in Crisis • African spiritual practices • AfroCuban Music in the Gardens • An Afternoon of Afro-Cuban Dance and Music • ancestors • Anna Dever Smith • Archie Lee • Avotcja • BASH • Bay Area SHorts • Bill Doggett • Black Liberation Army • Black Panther • BPP Commemorator Newspaper • Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters • California and the 150 Anniversary of the US Civil War: Slave Labor and Free Labor • California Habeas Project • Carlos Carrera • Castro Theater • Chinaka Hodge • City Lights Bookstore • Ciudad Juarez • classical music • COINTELPRO • Commies and American Democracy on Trial • Compared to What • contemporary art • Contra Costa College • Crime After Crime • Debbie Peagler • Deborah Willis • deFremery Park • Destiny • DJ DC of 106KMEL • domestic violence • Dr. K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau • Eastside Cultural Center Friday • Edrix Cooper Anifowoshe • EJ Youngblood • emancipated Texans • Emancipation Proclamation • Eric Ting • Europe • fault lines • FilmWorks United • folk • Friends of Negro Spirituals • Galveston • Garden Series • General Order No. 3 • Geronimo ji jaga • Green Arcade • Haight St. • Hank Willis Thomas • Hip Hop • Hotel Nikko • Ise Lyfe • Jacki Sibblies Drury • jazz • Joshua Safran • Joyce Gordon Gallery • jubilee • Julie Cavanagh • Kamau Amen-Ra • Keba Konte • Kim Nalley • Koret Auditorium • KPFA • La Pena Cultural Center • Labor Fest • Larry Shoup • Let Me Down Easy • liberal • Lil Bobby Hutton • Majeedah Rahman • Marissa Gonzalez • Mexico • Mime Troupe • Mira Theatre • Nadio Costa • Namibia • Nancy Duranteau • Nashormeh Lindo • Negro Spirituals • Nina Simone • Norman K. Brown • Oakland • Paul Robeson • Pistols & Prayers • Playwrights Foundation • Poetry in the Struggle • political prisoners • race • racism • Reginald Major • role of slavery • Rulers and Rebels: A People's History of California • Sabina Berman • San Francisco • San Francisco Main Library • Sande Perez y Su Lande • Sara Marie Prada • Scott Martelle • segregationists • Self-Healing Power and Therapy • show tunes • Simbi-Simbi:Hold Up That Which Holds You Up • slaves • sociopolitical commentary • SOMARTs Cultural Center • South America • spirituals • Stanford Jazz Festival • TaSin Sabir • The African American Concert Singer • The Book • the Carribean • The Feat Within:Spies • The Healthy Baby Project • The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman • The RRazz Room • The Underground Railroad:Songs of Hope and Freedom • theatre • Thick House • trade unions • Union Major-Gen. Gordon Granger • United States • veteran • Vietnam • Visual Word - Poetry Through Photograph • Waiting for Superman • Wanda Sabir • We Are Proud to Present a Presentation • West Oakland • Women's Studies • Yerba Buena Free Concerts • Yoav Potash
Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: 18th Annual Labor Fest • 2012 - The Musical • 34th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival • 700 and Int'l • 700th and Int'l • A Juneteenth Community Sing • A Panther is a Black Cat • AAMLO Townhall • Africa • African American Center • African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo • African Spiritual Healer in Crisis • African spiritual practices • AfroCuban Music in the Gardens • An Afternoon of Afro-Cuban Dance and Music • ancestors • Anna Dever Smith • Archie Lee • Avotcja • BASH • Bay Area SHorts • Bill Doggett • Black Liberation Army • Black Panther • BPP Commemorator Newspaper • Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters • California and the 150 Anniversary of the US Civil War: Slave Labor and Free Labor • California Habeas Project • Carlos Carrera • Castro Theater • Chinaka Hodge • City Lights Bookstore • Ciudad Juarez • classical music • COINTELPRO • Commies and American Democracy on Trial • Compared to What • contemporary art • Contra Costa College • Crime After Crime • Debbie Peagler • Deborah Willis • deFremery Park • Destiny • DJ DC of 106KMEL • domestic violence • Dr. K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau • Eastside Cultural Center Friday • Edrix Cooper Anifowoshe • EJ Youngblood • emancipated Texans • Emancipation Proclamation • Eric Ting • Europe • fault lines • FilmWorks United • folk • Friends of Negro Spirituals • Galveston • Garden Series • General Order No. 3 • Geronimo ji jaga • Green Arcade • Haight St. • Hank Willis Thomas • Hip Hop • Hotel Nikko • Ise Lyfe • Jacki Sibblies Drury • jazz • Joshua Safran • Joyce Gordon Gallery • jubilee • Julie Cavanagh • Kamau Amen-Ra • Keba Konte • Kim Nalley • Koret Auditorium • KPFA • La Pena Cultural Center • Labor Fest • Larry Shoup • Let Me Down Easy • liberal • Lil Bobby Hutton • Majeedah Rahman • Marissa Gonzalez • Mexico • Mime Troupe • Mira Theatre • Nadio Costa • Namibia • Nancy Duranteau • Nashormeh Lindo • Negro Spirituals • Nina Simone • Norman K. Brown • Oakland • Paul Robeson • Pistols & Prayers • Playwrights Foundation • Poetry in the Struggle • political prisoners • race • racism • Reginald Major • role of slavery • Rulers and Rebels: A People's History of California • Sabina Berman • San Francisco • San Francisco Main Library • Sande Perez y Su Lande • Sara Marie Prada • Scott Martelle • segregationists • Self-Healing Power and Therapy • show tunes • Simbi-Simbi:Hold Up That Which Holds You Up • slaves • sociopolitical commentary • SOMARTs Cultural Center • South America • spirituals • Stanford Jazz Festival • TaSin Sabir • The African American Concert Singer • The Book • the Carribean • The Feat Within:Spies • The Healthy Baby Project • The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman • The RRazz Room • The Underground Railroad:Songs of Hope and Freedom • theatre • Thick House • trade unions • Union Major-Gen. Gordon Granger • United States • veteran • Vietnam • Visual Word - Poetry Through Photograph • Waiting for Superman • Wanda Sabir • We Are Proud to Present a Presentation • West Oakland • Women's Studies • Yerba Buena Free Concerts • Yoav Potash
Wanda’s picks for March 2011
March 3, 2011
Women’s History Month and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day March 8, 2011 – what a great month to toast the New Year. The name itself is an action, a call to action: MARCH – Move!
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Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: "Cry" • "Fabulation" • "Let's Celebrate" • "The Frog Prince" • "West is West" • 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day • 13th Annual Madam C.J. Walker Luncheon • 16th Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines • AeroSoul 2 Youth Exhibit • Africa • Africa 70 • African Diaspora • Afrikan Sistahs’ Media Network • Aishwarya Rai • Alex Haley • Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre at Cal Performances • Amazon Queen Califia • an Jose • and Possibility" • Andy De Emmony • Angela Davis • Anna Maria Flechero • Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines • Anthony Brown • Ashford and Simpson • Ashkenaz Music and Dance Center • Avotcja • A’Lelia Bundles • Balé Folclórico da Bahia • Bay View • Ben Luis • Berkeley Rep • Berkley College of Music • Bill Bell • Billy Childs • Blue Oak café • Boston • Branford Marsalis • Brooklyn • Buddy Butler • Business and Community Recognition Awards Luncheon • C Kelly Wright • CAL Drumline • California • Camera 12 Cinemas • Carol A. Wells • Castro Theatre • Catholicism • CeCe Peniston • Center for Asian American Media • Center for the Study of Political Graphics • Cheryl West • Chris Planas • Christopher L. Huggins • Chuy Varela • CK Ledzekpo • Coser y Cantar: To Sew and Sing • Derrick McGee • Diamano Coura West African Dance Company • Dimensions Extensions • Disney on Ice • DJ Wonway Posibul • Dolores Prida • Dorothy Height’s • Dr. James Bailey • Duane Deterville • Duke Ellington • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts • Eastside Arts Alliance • Eddie Colla • Eddie Marshall • Eddie Ramirez • Edna Wright • Ellen Sebastian Chang • Emory Douglas • Empress Meditations Tour • Eyad Zahra • Family Sundays • Family Violence Law Center of Alameda County • Farryn Johnson • Faviana Rodriguez • Favianna • Fela Kuti • Festival Forum • Filipino-American Jazz Festival • Filmmaker Spotlight • Florence LaRue • Fort Mason Center’s Southside Theatre • Fred Wilson • FREE Malcom X Jazz Festival • Gloria Loring • Greg Germain • Gurinder Chadha • Gwynne Foster • Hertz Hall • Hoku Uchiyama • Honey Cone • Hope Mohr • Hotel Nikko • Huey (fig) Newton • Huntington Theatre Company • Irae Divine • Jazz at East Side Arts • Jazz Connection Trio • Jeff Chambers • Jesus • Jesus Barraza • Joe McKinley • Joyce DeWitt • Judge Glenda Hatchett • Judith Jamison • justice • Kim Nalley • KPFA • KPOO • La Jolla Playhouse • Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble • Landmark Clay Theatre • Laney College • Laney College Theatre • Les Percussions de Strasbourg • Liberation Struggles • Liesl Tommy • Lincoln Cushing • Little Brown Brother • Liz Gerring Dance Company • Lobby Talk • Looking Back" • Lorraine Hansberry Theatre • Lynn Nottage • Lynn True • MacArthur Genius Award • Mack Rucks • Maestro Michael Morgan • Malik • Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts • Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Theatre • Mani Ratnam • Mardi Gras • Margo Hall • Mark Wright • Marlon Green • Marriott Marquis • Martha Reeves • Medgar Evers College • Melba Moore • Mexican Heritage Theater • Minister of Culture Emory • Mio Flores • Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts • Moe’s Alley • Montgomery Theater • Mr. Hambone • Mrs. Ledzekpo • Muziki Roberson • Myrna Del Rio • NCBW • Nelson Walker • Nepali • New Orleans • Nina Simone • North Africa • Oak-Universe • Oakland • Oakland East Bay Symphony • Oakland Museum of California • Oakland Standard Conversation • Oakland Standard Political Poster Jam • Oakland Standard Poster Jam • Oaktown • Octavia Butler • Oriyah Music • Our Lady of Guadeloupe • Outstanding Dramatic Production • OZONE • Pacific Film Archive • Paramount Theatre • Paula West • Pia Zadora • Pier 23 Café • Princess Tiara • Pulitzer Prize • Queen Makedah • Ramayana • Rebecca Haimowitz • Refa One • Regina Carter • Robert Battle • Roda Theatre • Rosa Park • RRAZI • RRAZZ Room • S • Sally Kellerman • San Diego Critics Circle • San Francisco • San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival • San Francisco Print Collective • San Jose • Sandra Kitt • Santa Cruz • Sarah Dash • SchoolTime • Second Annual International Women’s Day Benefit • Seventh Annual Fundraising Concert • Shaka Zulu • Sheba Warriors • Sistah Beauty • Something to Be Proud Of" • Sonny Okosuns • St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital • Stanford Steppers • Story Corps • Studio One Art Center • Sundance Kabuki Cinemas • Tananarive Due • Tania Llambelis • Target Family Matinées • Ted Moore • Terence Blanchard • The Eastside Arts Alliance • The Southside Theater • Tibet • UC Berkeley • Vaishali Sinha • Vince Khoe • VIZ Cinema • Wanda Sabir • Wanda’s Picks Radio • Wikileaks • Women’s History Month • Writer’s Conference • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts • Yoshi's • Zellerbach Auditorium • “Anointed” • “Bend It Like Beckham" • “Black Rose” • “Bollywood Under the Stars" • “Celebration of the Mask" • “Climbing Sacred Mountain" • “Daughters of Everest" • “Drop the Charges SF 8: Francisco Torres” • “For All We Know” • “Free the San Francisco 8" • “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife" • “Jar on the Floor" • “Made in India" • “Mississippi Goddam" • “More Notes from Persia" • “Open Wide the Freedom Gates • “Planets and Stars" • “Raavanan" • “Revelations" • “Ruined" • “She Dreams in Code” • “Soundtrack – the Drum” • “Soundtrack: The Drum” • “Special Edition: Journey into the Fourteenth Hour" • “Splendors of Faith/Scars of Conquest” • “Stepping Forward • “Summer Pasture” • “The Grassroots Composers Ensemble” • “The People Want the System to Fall • “The Power of Play" • “The Real Thing" • “The Taqwacores" • “Three Black Kings” • “Transformative Visions 2011: Lifting Up Visions of Peace • “UPAJ in SJ" • “West Africa to New Orleans: African Masking Traditions" • “What Matters Most”
Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: "Cry" • "Fabulation" • "Let's Celebrate" • "The Frog Prince" • "West is West" • 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day • 13th Annual Madam C.J. Walker Luncheon • 16th Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines • AeroSoul 2 Youth Exhibit • Africa • Africa 70 • African Diaspora • Afrikan Sistahs’ Media Network • Aishwarya Rai • Alex Haley • Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre at Cal Performances • Amazon Queen Califia • an Jose • and Possibility" • Andy De Emmony • Angela Davis • Anna Maria Flechero • Annual Collage des Cultures Africaines • Anthony Brown • Ashford and Simpson • Ashkenaz Music and Dance Center • Avotcja • A’Lelia Bundles • Balé Folclórico da Bahia • Bay View • Ben Luis • Berkeley Rep • Berkley College of Music • Bill Bell • Billy Childs • Blue Oak café • Boston • Branford Marsalis • Brooklyn • Buddy Butler • Business and Community Recognition Awards Luncheon • C Kelly Wright • CAL Drumline • California • Camera 12 Cinemas • Carol A. Wells • Castro Theatre • Catholicism • CeCe Peniston • Center for Asian American Media • Center for the Study of Political Graphics • Cheryl West • Chris Planas • Christopher L. Huggins • Chuy Varela • CK Ledzekpo • Coser y Cantar: To Sew and Sing • Derrick McGee • Diamano Coura West African Dance Company • Dimensions Extensions • Disney on Ice • DJ Wonway Posibul • Dolores Prida • Dorothy Height’s • Dr. James Bailey • Duane Deterville • Duke Ellington • East Bay Center for the Performing Arts • Eastside Arts Alliance • Eddie Colla • Eddie Marshall • Eddie Ramirez • Edna Wright • Ellen Sebastian Chang • Emory Douglas • Empress Meditations Tour • Eyad Zahra • Family Sundays • Family Violence Law Center of Alameda County • Farryn Johnson • Faviana Rodriguez • Favianna • Fela Kuti • Festival Forum • Filipino-American Jazz Festival • Filmmaker Spotlight • Florence LaRue • Fort Mason Center’s Southside Theatre • Fred Wilson • FREE Malcom X Jazz Festival • Gloria Loring • Greg Germain • Gurinder Chadha • Gwynne Foster • Hertz Hall • Hoku Uchiyama • Honey Cone • Hope Mohr • Hotel Nikko • Huey (fig) Newton • Huntington Theatre Company • Irae Divine • Jazz at East Side Arts • Jazz Connection Trio • Jeff Chambers • Jesus • Jesus Barraza • Joe McKinley • Joyce DeWitt • Judge Glenda Hatchett • Judith Jamison • justice • Kim Nalley • KPFA • KPOO • La Jolla Playhouse • Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble • Landmark Clay Theatre • Laney College • Laney College Theatre • Les Percussions de Strasbourg • Liberation Struggles • Liesl Tommy • Lincoln Cushing • Little Brown Brother • Liz Gerring Dance Company • Lobby Talk • Looking Back" • Lorraine Hansberry Theatre • Lynn Nottage • Lynn True • MacArthur Genius Award • Mack Rucks • Maestro Michael Morgan • Malik • Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts • Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts Theatre • Mani Ratnam • Mardi Gras • Margo Hall • Mark Wright • Marlon Green • Marriott Marquis • Martha Reeves • Medgar Evers College • Melba Moore • Mexican Heritage Theater • Minister of Culture Emory • Mio Flores • Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts • Moe’s Alley • Montgomery Theater • Mr. Hambone • Mrs. Ledzekpo • Muziki Roberson • Myrna Del Rio • NCBW • Nelson Walker • Nepali • New Orleans • Nina Simone • North Africa • Oak-Universe • Oakland • Oakland East Bay Symphony • Oakland Museum of California • Oakland Standard Conversation • Oakland Standard Political Poster Jam • Oakland Standard Poster Jam • Oaktown • Octavia Butler • Oriyah Music • Our Lady of Guadeloupe • Outstanding Dramatic Production • OZONE • Pacific Film Archive • Paramount Theatre • Paula West • Pia Zadora • Pier 23 Café • Princess Tiara • Pulitzer Prize • Queen Makedah • Ramayana • Rebecca Haimowitz • Refa One • Regina Carter • Robert Battle • Roda Theatre • Rosa Park • RRAZI • RRAZZ Room • S • Sally Kellerman • San Diego Critics Circle • San Francisco • San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival • San Francisco Print Collective • San Jose • Sandra Kitt • Santa Cruz • Sarah Dash • SchoolTime • Second Annual International Women’s Day Benefit • Seventh Annual Fundraising Concert • Shaka Zulu • Sheba Warriors • Sistah Beauty • Something to Be Proud Of" • Sonny Okosuns • St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital • Stanford Steppers • Story Corps • Studio One Art Center • Sundance Kabuki Cinemas • Tananarive Due • Tania Llambelis • Target Family Matinées • Ted Moore • Terence Blanchard • The Eastside Arts Alliance • The Southside Theater • Tibet • UC Berkeley • Vaishali Sinha • Vince Khoe • VIZ Cinema • Wanda Sabir • Wanda’s Picks Radio • Wikileaks • Women’s History Month • Writer’s Conference • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts • Yoshi's • Zellerbach Auditorium • “Anointed” • “Bend It Like Beckham" • “Black Rose” • “Bollywood Under the Stars" • “Celebration of the Mask" • “Climbing Sacred Mountain" • “Daughters of Everest" • “Drop the Charges SF 8: Francisco Torres” • “For All We Know” • “Free the San Francisco 8" • “It’s a Wonderful Afterlife" • “Jar on the Floor" • “Made in India" • “Mississippi Goddam" • “More Notes from Persia" • “Open Wide the Freedom Gates • “Planets and Stars" • “Raavanan" • “Revelations" • “Ruined" • “She Dreams in Code” • “Soundtrack – the Drum” • “Soundtrack: The Drum” • “Special Edition: Journey into the Fourteenth Hour" • “Splendors of Faith/Scars of Conquest” • “Stepping Forward • “Summer Pasture” • “The Grassroots Composers Ensemble” • “The People Want the System to Fall • “The Power of Play" • “The Real Thing" • “The Taqwacores" • “Three Black Kings” • “Transformative Visions 2011: Lifting Up Visions of Peace • “UPAJ in SJ" • “West Africa to New Orleans: African Masking Traditions" • “What Matters Most”
Wanda’s Picks for July
July 4, 2010
July brings to mind many historic events, such as Frederick Douglass’ speech at an event July 5, 1852, commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. “What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity …”
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Tags: Black Student Union at Merritt College • Bryant Bolling Creative Art Ensemble • Frederick Douglass • Giacomo Puccini • Haiti earthquake • Houston Person • Jonathan Eubanks • Kim Nalley • Ricardo Lemvo • Richard Bona • Ron Dellums • Sister Makinyah Kouyate • Stern Grove Music Festival • Tammy Hall • Tubenu Productions • World Socialist Forum • ‘What to the slave is your Fourth of July?’
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Tags: Black Student Union at Merritt College • Bryant Bolling Creative Art Ensemble • Frederick Douglass • Giacomo Puccini • Haiti earthquake • Houston Person • Jonathan Eubanks • Kim Nalley • Ricardo Lemvo • Richard Bona • Ron Dellums • Sister Makinyah Kouyate • Stern Grove Music Festival • Tammy Hall • Tubenu Productions • World Socialist Forum • ‘What to the slave is your Fourth of July?’
Wanda’s Picks for December
December 1, 2009
Happy New Year, Blessed Eid Al Adha and Happy Kwanzaa. I’ll be back in February 2009. Check the radio show and my blog for updates. I’ll be traveling. Tune in to Wanda’s Picks Radio at www.wandaspicks.com over the next month, when I will be broadcasting from Senegal, Mali and The Gambia.
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Tags: African Beats • African Roots of Jazz • Afro-Brazilian • Afrobeat • Afrobeat ConneXion • Afrofunk • Aguas Da Bahia and Tania Santiago • Akinyele D.L. Sadiq • Al Young • Allison Kenny • Amara Tabor-Smith • Amy Seiwert • Andre Custodio • Andrea Lewis • Andrew Currier • Annual African American Celebration through Poetry • Arabic Ensemble • Armand Volkas • Baba Ken Okulolo • Beat Generation • Black Consciousness Movement • Bob Kaufman • Body Music • Braulio Barrera • Breema • Cheryl Schwartz • Chick Webb • Christine Kalb • Congo Square • Dan Wolf • De Rompe y Raja • devorah major • Dr. Clarence Jordan • E.W. Wainwright • East Oakland • Eddie Gale • Edward Hightower • Eid • Ella Fitzgerald • Ellen Sebastian Chang • Erika Richardson • Fela Anikulapo Kuti • Frankie Manning • Gebrueder Wolf • Gina McKuen • Harry Chapin • hip hop culture • Imam Warith Deen Muhammad • International Human Rights Day • James Reid • Jimi Evins • John Kadyk • Jonathan Staggers • Jorge Perez Molina • Justin Desmangles • Kamau Seitu • Katie Kimball • Keith Terry • Kenny Muhammad • Kent Bryson • Kevin Munroe • Kim Nalley • King Sunny Ade • Kotoja • Kwanzaa • Las Flamencas • Lauren Whitehead • LeeLa Petronio • Lewis Jordan • Maafa San Francisco Bay Area • Manuia Polynesian Revue • Marc Bamuthi Joseph • Maria Medina Serafin • Marilyn Langbehn • Mario Ellis Hill • Marshall Trammell • Mary Saudargas • Masjid Warith Deen • Melba Moore • Merry Ross • Michael Zisman • Özgü Bulut • Queen Makedah • Rae Ann Goldber • Ramon Ramos Alayo • Rasheed Wedlow • Rebecca’s Books • Robert Henry Johnson • Robin Nzingah Smith • Rodney King • Rona Siddiqqui • Roni Alperin • Ronnie Prosser • Roscoe Mitchell • Russel Treyz • Ruth Jovel • Sandy Poindexter • Santiago de Cuba Sister City project • Scott Skinner • Sherwood Chen • Sister Clara Muhammad School • Soji Odukogbe • Step Afrika! • Tammy L. Hall • Timuçin Gürer • Tom Key • Tommy Sheppard • Troublemakers Union • Valerie Mih • Velma’s Blues and Jazz Club • Veronica Lee • Vicki Dello Joio • Wanda Sabir • West African Highlife Band • Woody Johnson • World AIDS Day • Zaccho Youth Company • Zeus Leonardo • “Cotton Patch Gospel” • “Les Miserables” • “Lift Every Voice and Sing” • “Purlie”
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Tags: African Beats • African Roots of Jazz • Afro-Brazilian • Afrobeat • Afrobeat ConneXion • Afrofunk • Aguas Da Bahia and Tania Santiago • Akinyele D.L. Sadiq • Al Young • Allison Kenny • Amara Tabor-Smith • Amy Seiwert • Andre Custodio • Andrea Lewis • Andrew Currier • Annual African American Celebration through Poetry • Arabic Ensemble • Armand Volkas • Baba Ken Okulolo • Beat Generation • Black Consciousness Movement • Bob Kaufman • Body Music • Braulio Barrera • Breema • Cheryl Schwartz • Chick Webb • Christine Kalb • Congo Square • Dan Wolf • De Rompe y Raja • devorah major • Dr. Clarence Jordan • E.W. Wainwright • East Oakland • Eddie Gale • Edward Hightower • Eid • Ella Fitzgerald • Ellen Sebastian Chang • Erika Richardson • Fela Anikulapo Kuti • Frankie Manning • Gebrueder Wolf • Gina McKuen • Harry Chapin • hip hop culture • Imam Warith Deen Muhammad • International Human Rights Day • James Reid • Jimi Evins • John Kadyk • Jonathan Staggers • Jorge Perez Molina • Justin Desmangles • Kamau Seitu • Katie Kimball • Keith Terry • Kenny Muhammad • Kent Bryson • Kevin Munroe • Kim Nalley • King Sunny Ade • Kotoja • Kwanzaa • Las Flamencas • Lauren Whitehead • LeeLa Petronio • Lewis Jordan • Maafa San Francisco Bay Area • Manuia Polynesian Revue • Marc Bamuthi Joseph • Maria Medina Serafin • Marilyn Langbehn • Mario Ellis Hill • Marshall Trammell • Mary Saudargas • Masjid Warith Deen • Melba Moore • Merry Ross • Michael Zisman • Özgü Bulut • Queen Makedah • Rae Ann Goldber • Ramon Ramos Alayo • Rasheed Wedlow • Rebecca’s Books • Robert Henry Johnson • Robin Nzingah Smith • Rodney King • Rona Siddiqqui • Roni Alperin • Ronnie Prosser • Roscoe Mitchell • Russel Treyz • Ruth Jovel • Sandy Poindexter • Santiago de Cuba Sister City project • Scott Skinner • Sherwood Chen • Sister Clara Muhammad School • Soji Odukogbe • Step Afrika! • Tammy L. Hall • Timuçin Gürer • Tom Key • Tommy Sheppard • Troublemakers Union • Valerie Mih • Velma’s Blues and Jazz Club • Veronica Lee • Vicki Dello Joio • Wanda Sabir • West African Highlife Band • Woody Johnson • World AIDS Day • Zaccho Youth Company • Zeus Leonardo • “Cotton Patch Gospel” • “Les Miserables” • “Lift Every Voice and Sing” • “Purlie”
Wanda’s Picks for June
June 5, 2009
Our beloved Mother Mary Ann Wright passed last month; she was 87. She was soft-spoken when not in the pulpit or behind her bullhorn holding church at her multiple food giveaway sites. I marveled over this woman who’d done so much to comfort the poor, a woman loved by all who knew her.
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Tags: Abdullah Ibrahim • African ancestors • Alice Walker • Alison Gates • Amber Hines • Angela Williams • Ave Montague • Billy Higgins • Brian Copeland • Camille Musser • Carlos do Carmo • Carlos Saura • Cemané • Chico Buarque • Cindy Black • Cool Bubba Ice • Courtney "Goldie" Jackson • Courtney Martin • Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet • Danesha Simon • Davell Crawford • De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association • Del tha Funky Homosapian • Denmark Vesey • Diamano Coura West African Dance Company • Diane Howell • Dionne Warwick • Don Reed • Donald Lacy • Dr. Herb Wong • Dubose and Dorothy Heyward • Edouard B. Uwayo • Egungun River Procession • Elvin Jones • Eric Ndorunkundiye • Ethnic Dance Festival • Evie Ladin • Femi Kuti • Fua Dia Congo • Genevieve Bayan • Gonzalo Rubalcaba • Gregory Issacs • Hansford Prince • Harriett Tubman • Imani's Dream • James Gayles • James Moody Quartet • Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka • Jeff Rutagengwa • John Handy • Joy Holland • Juneteenth Film Festival • Junius Courtney Big Band • Karen Oyekami • Keith Terry • Kenny Washington • Kim Nalley • Kim Shuck • King Sunny Ade • Kokovulu Lumakanda • Las Que Son Son • Layne Redmond • Lee Isaac Chung • Lenny Williams • Leonard Shlain • Les Nubians • Lila Downs • Lorraine Bonner • Lorreta Greco • Marc Bamuthi Joseph • Mariza • Maura Reilly • Maye Torres • Mayumi Oda • Michael Rose • Michael Torres • Micky Hart • Mother Mary Ann Wright • Nancy C. Kennedy • Nancy Wilson • Nina Simone • Obakòso Drum and Dance Ensemble • Odunde Festival • Omar Ledezma • Osei Terry Chandler • Pamela Tanner Boll • Porgy and Bess • R.T. • Ralph Porter • Randy Weston • Raymond Nat Turner • Reginald Ray Savage • Rep. Barbara Lee • Rhonda Benin • Riane Eisler • Rick Moss • Roberta Flack • Roy Haynes • Rupa and the April Fishes • San Francisco Black Film Festival • San Francisco Mime Troupe • Sarah Ruhl • Sean San Jose • Shawn McNiff • Sinbad • Sister Louise Muhammad • Sister Nida Ali • Sister Saadiqa • Smokey • Susan Almazol • Susi Damilano • Tacuma King • Theresa Rebeck • Tiffany Shulain • Tony Akeem • Tony Gleaton • Tony Williams • Tutankhamun • Wanda Sabir • Yusef Najem • Zakir Hussain • Zap Mama
Filed Under: Culture Stories
Tags: Abdullah Ibrahim • African ancestors • Alice Walker • Alison Gates • Amber Hines • Angela Williams • Ave Montague • Billy Higgins • Brian Copeland • Camille Musser • Carlos do Carmo • Carlos Saura • Cemané • Chico Buarque • Cindy Black • Cool Bubba Ice • Courtney "Goldie" Jackson • Courtney Martin • Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet • Danesha Simon • Davell Crawford • De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association • Del tha Funky Homosapian • Denmark Vesey • Diamano Coura West African Dance Company • Diane Howell • Dionne Warwick • Don Reed • Donald Lacy • Dr. Herb Wong • Dubose and Dorothy Heyward • Edouard B. Uwayo • Egungun River Procession • Elvin Jones • Eric Ndorunkundiye • Ethnic Dance Festival • Evie Ladin • Femi Kuti • Fua Dia Congo • Genevieve Bayan • Gonzalo Rubalcaba • Gregory Issacs • Hansford Prince • Harriett Tubman • Imani's Dream • James Gayles • James Moody Quartet • Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka • Jeff Rutagengwa • John Handy • Joy Holland • Juneteenth Film Festival • Junius Courtney Big Band • Karen Oyekami • Keith Terry • Kenny Washington • Kim Nalley • Kim Shuck • King Sunny Ade • Kokovulu Lumakanda • Las Que Son Son • Layne Redmond • Lee Isaac Chung • Lenny Williams • Leonard Shlain • Les Nubians • Lila Downs • Lorraine Bonner • Lorreta Greco • Marc Bamuthi Joseph • Mariza • Maura Reilly • Maye Torres • Mayumi Oda • Michael Rose • Michael Torres • Micky Hart • Mother Mary Ann Wright • Nancy C. Kennedy • Nancy Wilson • Nina Simone • Obakòso Drum and Dance Ensemble • Odunde Festival • Omar Ledezma • Osei Terry Chandler • Pamela Tanner Boll • Porgy and Bess • R.T. • Ralph Porter • Randy Weston • Raymond Nat Turner • Reginald Ray Savage • Rep. Barbara Lee • Rhonda Benin • Riane Eisler • Rick Moss • Roberta Flack • Roy Haynes • Rupa and the April Fishes • San Francisco Black Film Festival • San Francisco Mime Troupe • Sarah Ruhl • Sean San Jose • Shawn McNiff • Sinbad • Sister Louise Muhammad • Sister Nida Ali • Sister Saadiqa • Smokey • Susan Almazol • Susi Damilano • Tacuma King • Theresa Rebeck • Tiffany Shulain • Tony Akeem • Tony Gleaton • Tony Williams • Tutankhamun • Wanda Sabir • Yusef Najem • Zakir Hussain • Zap Mama
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