By Jesse Brooks Celebrating one’s historic roots is an opportunity to honor forbearers and connect to our rich legacy. However, usually missing from Black history are...
By Jesse Brooks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day falls during Black history month to remind the public of the devastating toll HIV has taken and continues...
The Joyce Gordon Galley in Oakland will host “When Struggle Gave Improvisation the Blues,” a poetry performance theater play by poet and playwright Charles Curtis Blackwell,...
By Curtis Flannigan February is a good time to jumpstart a savings plan for the year as Feb. 25 kicks off America Saves week, a national...
Celebrating 14 years in the Bay Area, Rhythm Tap Hall of Fame is offering traditional tap dance classes starting in February. The nonprofit organization promotes the...
Kyla Wheatfall’s father was killed by a police officer when she was 10 years old, but the 20-year-old Oakland resident has found a way to forgive...
Local seniors and activists are holding a Town Hall Meeting to say: No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, Monday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m....
By Lee Hildebrand Former East Bay resident Dayna Stephens is, at age 34, one of the most gifted jazz tenor saxophonists of his generation. Now living...
Jacqueline Sue will be reading and discussing her latest work, “A Dream Begun So Long Ago – The Story of David Johnson – Ansel Adams’ first...