Agnes Rigiri Baariu, owner of Kenyan Safari Design, displaying her fashions. Photo by Godfrey Lee. Are you looking for a unique gift that no one has?...
HAIR’itage, The Play showcased in Oakland on Saturday, Nov. 18th at Skyline High School and uniquely portrayed the evolution of the Black woman’s hair. Through the...
Dr. Julian Vasquez-Heilig ¨Backpack Full of Cash,” narrated by Matt Damon, is a feature-length documentary that explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting...
“America Untold¨ Performance comes to the Marsh Theater A performance of ¨America Untold in Times Unseen – Stories that Let the Light Come In¨ will be...
A dancer holds a ‘Protection Shield’ created by artist Gale Madyun. The Prosperity Movement presents “The 2nd Annual Orisa Urban World Festival.” The festival takes...
In the heart of Manhattan’s Upper West side, music man, Billy Nichols a.k.a. Papadollabill, runs Boss Records. With over 50 years of producing rap, the blues...
More than 150 makers, scientists, artists, crafters, and engineers will gather to show and share on Sunday, Oct. 22, for the 8th Annual East Bay Mini...
Sydney Nycole (right) with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Two like-minded women with the same passion join forces for causes closest to their hearts and minds....
Beverly Miles The tumultuous administration of President Donald Trump caught many people by surprise. Unfolding events have rattled their daily lives and certainties like a strong...
When independent filmmaker Shirah Dedman moved from the San Fernando Valley to Oakland, she asked herself: What happened to all the black people in Oakland?, a...
UC Berkeley is receiving funding for the project, “Black Panther Party Research, Interpretation & Memory Project,” expected to last from Aug. 30, 2017, to Sept. 30,...
For their 1981 masters’ degree thesis project, U.C. Berkeley students Marlon Riggs and Pete Webster produced a 30-minute documentary film titled “Long Train Running” that traced...
Ephraim Sykes (David Ruffin), Jeremy Pope (Eddie Kendricks), James Harkness (Paul Williams), Jared Joseph (Melvin Franklin), and Derrick Baskin (Otis Williams) in the world premiere of Ain’t...
The second annual Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Awards will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. in Berkeley....
Jeff Denson will teach a 6-week course beginning Wednesday, September 27 on ‘The Rise of Modern Jazz (1940-1959)”. During the 1940s and 50s, jazz transitioned from its role...
Bobby Mardis made his mark on the film industry in the ’80s and ’90s with some of the most recognizable African American filmmakers of the times....
A community meeting will be held Wednesday, August 30, from 6 to 7 p.m., at the North Hall of the Civic Auditorium, 525 N. Center Street,...
Children paint in the colors for butterflies at the Youth festival. Photo by Tobaji Stewart A bright, breezy day welcomed the first Oakland Youth Art Explosion,...
Michael Chukes poses next to his sculpture “Escaped Convict.” Photo by Tobaji Stewart. Saddened, angered and disappointed by the brutality against black men by police, Michael...
Meklit said her album was inspired by an encounter with Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke. Ethiopian-American artist Meklit has released her new album “When the People Move, the Music...
Renowned Bay Area percussionist John Santos will collaborate with SFJAZZ, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in a six-week...
The Eighth Fire,” described by as “a prophetic collaborative experience of three multimedia artists channeling the roots of Afro Indigenous thought and art” and inspired by...
Prescott Circus Theater performs. Photo courtesy of Gary T. Thomsen. Seven young stars from the Prescott Circus Theatre, an afterschool and summer youth circus program born...
The entire community will turn out August 19 and 20 for Oakland’s magnetic Art + Soul festival, celebrating local spirit, style, creativity, and pride. The 17th annual assemblage...
Organizers of the Oakland Black-Eyed Pea Festival are looking for African-American vendors of art and crafts for their 4th annual celebration of African American traditional to...
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