The opening show of the 51st season of Woodminster Summer Musicals is Mamma Mia! This popular musical will be performed July 7-16 at Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland’s Joaquin...
The San Francisco Black Film Festival will host a Veterans and Father’s Day tribute, presenting free documentaries, Sunday, June 18, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at...
“Degrees of Visibility,” an unprecedented photographic survey of the US prison system by Ashley Hunt, opens Friday, June 9 at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture...
The Black Father Project was established to celebrate Black fatherhood and counter the negative narrative about Black fathers. The current narrative is harmful to the Black...
The public is invited to reception and fundraiser to support the Visual and Performing Arts Programs at Bayside/Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City. Donna...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Bookworm Sez Everything has a price. You say you’ll never sell your granddad’s watch, your dream car, or that collectible you coveted...
It’s the middle of the day at the Audrey B Boutique in downtown Oakland at 1415 Webster St. Audrey Baptiste sits in her chair in the...
The “Taste of Oakland Fest,” organized by the Youth Aid Non Profit and in collaboration with Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development will showcase the Bay...
Photo by Ed Miller “It takes a village to raise a child,” says the African proverb that has almost become a cliché. But the young people participating...
Caption: Vocal Rush (left to right): back row – Barbara Deveuax-Griffith, Genesis Chambers, Divine Pongtorn, Yasmeena Datcher, Reilly Savage, Mikaela Swanson; front row – Caretha Richardson,...
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...
“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 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...
“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...
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...
It was perhaps an odd thing for a church girl to do, but New Birth Oakland member Omie Garba felt God had put it on her...
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