Cantare Con Vivo, an Oakland-based community choral organization, will present two concerts featuring Cantare’s 130-voice, adult summer choir singing 13 African-American spirituals and gospel selections under...
Oakland’s beloved 19th annual Art+ Soul festival, held in the heart of the downtown area on July 27 and 28, will feature a range of musical...
“Tent City,” a new short film (28 minutes) that comes out of Oakland, tells the story of a man who ends up living on the streets...
In the new age of technology, social media networks like Twitter and Instagram are serving as effective recruiting channels. In addition, often times talented candidates are...
Twenty-eight world dance and music groups composed of nearly five hundred local artists will take the stage for the 41st annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival—the...
El Sol Restaurant is not just about good food and vibes. But also good local art. What else would you expect from a Point Richmond restaurant?...
Cazuelas Grill, a popular Richmond restaurant that’s operated at Hilltop Mall for its entire two-decade-old history, is moving to a new location at 14401 San Pablo...
From African slaves who cultivated their own musical styles, to fiddlers who provided dance music for the Southern white gentry, to the lyrical cries of Black...
Your first place all your own needs to be ah-mazing. Big-screen TV for gaming. Fridge for snacks and drinks. Sofa for kicking back, a few good...
On Wednesday, June 19, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) celebrated Juneteenth — a national commemoration of the end of slavery in...
Oakland’s 12th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Takes the Town
Father Augustus Tolton, the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black priest, who is slated to become the church’s first Black saint, was born into slavery in Missouri...
Ebony Iman Dallas is the featured artist at Joyce Gordon Gallery’s June 2019 Year of the Woman. Dallas’ work, “Through Abahay’s Eyes” (Through My Father’s Eyes),...
Grand Rising Children of My Ancestors: As the gray rainy days of winter make way for the warm sunny days of summer, it is an especially...
Learning Black History Year Round When she was 7 years old, Bessie Blount Griffin was slapped on the knuckles for writing with her left hand. So...
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers marched to Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and slavery was abolished. More than two years...
Eighty youth leaders will spend seven weeks this summer visiting more than 30 cities, towns, sovereign Indian Nations meeting with leaders and activists as part of...
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will present the 13th iteration of its Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) this year at 14 sites in...
“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an...
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The Solano County Fair will be celebrating its 70th annual county fair on June 27 through June 30 at the Solano County Fairgrounds. The Solano County...
Celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Northern California Pirate Festival on Father’s Day weekend. Featuring over 500 costumed actors, crafters and musicians, the California Pirate Festival...
The African-American Family Reunion Committee and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District presents the 31st Annual Vallejo Juneteenth Celebration on June 15. Juneteenth is a national observance...
As the 30-year-old dictatorial regime crumbled in Sudan and protesters clamored for a civilian government, the University of San Francisco School of Law held a panel...
The San Francisco Black Film Festival opens its 21st anniversary season this year with a showing of two films with criminal justice themes and a tribute...