When I was 26 or 27 years old I was facing some personal and professional adversity. I had spent my early and then ending mid twenties...
The Theatre Program at Saint Mary’s is presenting “In the Heights” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creative force behind the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton.” To the rhythms of salsa,...
From April 4-8, about 40 films from 33 countries screened, including works by Oakland directors By Wanda Sabir The Oakland International Film Festival gave Oakland an opportunity...
By Ned MacKay The pipes are calling and the clans will gather at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont on Saturday, April 1, for the annual...
The Palestinian youth folkloric group Shoruq, which means “sunrise in Arabic,” performed in Oakland last weekend, part of a 10-city tour of the United States....
Sculptor and former news anchor Dana King who the artist who created the larger-than-life size bronze sculpture of historic political leader William Byron Rumford, located...
Hailing from Kumasi, Ghana in West Africa and now living in Oakland, Ellen Manu-Bimpeh has been running Sankofa African Arts & Jewelry for over 20...
Marking the grand opening of the expanded Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center presented an art exhibit...
Though pioneering journalist Richard Durham (1917-1984) made Chicago his home, the subject of Professor Sonja D. Williams’s “Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio and Freedom” offers...
Shola Adisa-Farrar returned home to debut her new CD, “Lost Myself” last month and once again this week. The two gigs were sold out at...
“Rising Stars,” the 26th annual Marin county high school art show, opens Sunday, March 5, at the Youth in Arts (YIA) Gallery at 917 C Street...
By Ashley Nash Center for Elders’ Independence (CEI) participant Anthony Fleming joined staff and seniors recently at the center’s Josie Barrows Center for a Black...
The Art Of Living Black, a well established Bay Area Black Artist’s Exhibition and Self-Guided Art Tour, is hosting open studios at several locations in the...
Students at Coliseum College Prep Academy, a public high school in East Oakland, celebrated Black History Month last Friday by putting an assembly for the entire...
By Britni Danielle, Ebony Just days after announcing that he was retiring from touring after being hospitalized for exhaustion, legendary jazz singer Al Jarreau passed away...
A new book has just come out, “The Picture Man: From the Collection of Bay Area Photographer E.F. Joseph”, written by Ruth Beckford and Careth...
The nominees for the 2017 Academy Awards were announced last week, and there was one thing missing compared to last year: backlash over the lack...
I know what you’re thinking. You’ve said that before, to a furrowed brow, a mischievous smile, a child who’s about to do something sneaky. ...
“A Celebration of African American Poets and Their Poetry,” the longest running public program in Oakland Public Library history, will be held Saturday, Feb....
Playwright Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Richard Wright’s novel (1940) for the Marin Theatre Company stage, under the direction of Seret Scott, resonates many decades later...
You really can’t remember. For sure, something important happened years ago, something you should recall very easily, but time’s made things fuzzy. Have...
Ayodele Nzinga’s drama, “Mama at Twilight: Death by Love,” is a haunting look at a family crippled by circumstances. How does a man prepare...
The Philly Cheeze Melt is one of the most decadent vegan sandwiches in town. The line to the Veg Hub was out the door...
Oakland’s native son, Ise Lyfe, has seemingly done it all. From HBO Def Poetry Jam and Huffington Post Contributor to Ted Talk and guest lecturer...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez If you can’t say something nice… Sometimes, it’s hard to say nothing at all. There are times when...