The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and the San Francisco Public Library’s African American Center are presenting the exhibition “Same Game, Different Smokers” beginning Saturday...
A Christmas concert, “A Celebration of Joy for the World” will honor the 300th anniversary of the 1719 carol “Joy to the World,” which celebrates God’s...
It has become common for African Americans to travel to Africa –especially Nigeria—for initiations and festivals marking the holy events and places that are part of...
Living Jazz is an Oakland-based jazz music organization that has been committed to transforming lives through music since 1984. Through education and performance programs that focus...
It was the spring of 1916. Four American soldiers of the French Foreign Legion sat in commiseration at a Paris café. Eugene Jacques Bullard (1895–1961) was...
We just celebrated Veterans Day, paying tribute to the young men and women who have served our country. Across the country, families gathered at the...
Malvin Russell Goode (1908–1995) ignored the cultural roadblocks preventing minorities from entering and having success in the field of journalism. He had long considered a career...
Oakland – AfroTech celebrated its fourth year and historic move to Oakland. The event has been previously held in San Francisco. This past weekend, 10,000 Black...
The modern-day banjo is a string instrument created by Joel Sweeney in the 1800s. To the instrument’s drum, he added a neck with a guitar-like fingerboard...
The Sausalito Woman’s Club presented the fashion show “Trash’n Fashion: from Throwaway to Runway,” on Saturday, Nov. 2., featuring clothes made using recycled materials. The show...
The Oakland Film Society presented the 17th Oakland International Film Festival from September 19th -28th featuring a variety of independent films. Attendees viewed nearly 100 films...
Nontsizi Cayou, a force in the development of African diaspora culture in the Bay Area, has died at the age of 82. Born Delores Kirton on...
Photographer Rhett Jones’ goal for his clients is simple – to capture a timeless image that will remind his clients of a special moment, person or...
The Black community lost two icons in the performing arts last week. Actress Diahann Carroll, who pioneered television with her starring role in the 1968 series...
Sway Fest 2019 is coming to Oakland on Oct. 18, 2019. Created by hip-hop radio personality Sway Calloway, the event is “a celebration of community in...
With 85 films, representing 35 African countries packed in one weekend, the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) celebrated 10 years at the historic Hoover Theater...
In the way that life experience can be more circular than linear, so are certain incidents marking MacArthur “Genius” award-winner Walter Hood’s life right now. The...
“I Give You Springtime of My Blushing Heart” by Bay Area activists Belvie Rooks and the late Dedan Gills is a love story — a poetic...
Khari Haynes starred as Flute in the Marin Shakespheare Company production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which ran from August 30 to September 29. This was...
Oakland residents Zack and Odell have something in common; they both wore their “Born n’ Raised in Oakland” T-shirts in Paris, France and at the...
Renowned Oakland artist James Gayles is being recognized by the Alameda County Arts Commission for his outstanding achievements and contributions that impact the arts community and...
Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage of her native town with an enlightened modern style to create music...
Of the many creative people who collaborate on a motion picture, the director is regarded as the pivotal individual who serves as both the guiding force...
It was a full house on the last Friday in August in Oakland’s Laurel District where about 20 women of color had settled in for...
You are passionate about a cause, and you’re not the only one. At the core of every nonprofit organization is a desire to get a message...