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Monthly Archives: June 2025
HOOPLA! Circus Bella presents its 16th annual FREE Circus in the Parks Season
Opening weekend performances are Friday, June 20, at noon and Saturday, June 21, at noon and 2:15 p.m. at Yerba Buena Gardens, 760 Howard St., between Third and Fourth streets in San Francisco.
Bay FC to honor Juneteenth at PayPal Park Friday, June 13
Bay Football Club (Bay FC) is the professional soccer franchise representing the Bay Area and the 14th team to join the National Women’s Soccer League. Tickets at bayfc.com.
San Francisco Black Film Festival returns for its 27th season with star power, local...
SFBFF 2025 runs from June 19 to June 22 at venues across San Francisco and promises a dynamic lineup ranging from gripping documentaries to laugh-out-loud comedies.
SF Mime Troupe’s 66th summer show, ‘Disruption, a Musical Farce,’ runs July 4 –...
SF Mime Troupe’s 66th summer show, “Disruption — A Musical Farce,” plays July 4–Aug. 3 for free.
From Oakland to Ouagadougou, the revolution is alive in word, color and action
by Tiy Todd
Burkina Faso, the “Land of the Upright People,” is a nation embodying a revolutionary declaration. Former President Thomas Sankara and today’s President...
‘We all sick’: Breast cancer impact on Black women in Bayview Hunters Point
A 1995 study found the number of breast cancer cases in Black women under the age of 50 exceeded the number of projected cases by more than double.
Feds enact Superfund cleanup moratorium
Feds pause Superfund cleanups amid budget cuts; Hunters Point demolition raises radiation and public-health safety concerns.
‘Black and Proud’: SF Bay View Foundation’s Nonprofit Boot Camp returns June 28 with...
The SF Bay View Foundation’s Nonprofit Boot Camp returns as a sanctuary and strategy space for Black-led change on Saturday, June 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Opera House, 4705 Third St.
Wesley Johnson and Mary Helen Rogers’ Juneteenth strategy
The U.S. Army had to capture, often burn to the ground plantations in order to release African-Americans. By 1865, only 1 million of the 3.6 million enslaved had been freed.
D’Wayne Wiggins: A musical architect and community champion
Wiggins’ passing leaves a deep void, but his contributions to music and culture remain indelible.
San Francisco hometown star Terri J. Vaughn hits streaming highs in Tyler Perry Studios...
The comedy “She the People” depicts the unlikely political career of Antoinette Dunkerson, a Mississippi Lieutenant Governor candidate.
The utter cruelty and inhumanity of Trump’s immigration policy towards Haitians
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians currently under threat of deportation must be allowed to stay in the U.S. at least until it is safe for them to return to Haiti.
Axe the tax: Cali’s marijuana store owners say new increase will break them
California cannabis retailers urge lawmakers to halt July tax hike, warning it will shutter small businesses.