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Wanda’s Picks for February 2011
by Wanda Sabir African American Celebration through Poetry Wanda journeyed to Africa during her winter break from teaching. Here she checks out the exhibits at the Black World Arts and Culture Festival...
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Wanda’s picks for March 2011
by Wanda Sabir Refa One with Malik, a youth artist exhibiting in AeroSoul 2 at the Satellite Exhibit – Photo: Wanda Sabir Women’s History Month and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day...
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Black media’s quarterback: an interview wit’ journalist Kevin Weston
Join Kevin Weston and a pantheon of superstars being honored on Black Media Appreciation Night Nov. 26, 8 p.m., at Oakland Yoshi’s by Minister of Information JR Kevin Weston with daughter Lelah, now...
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Terry Collins and Willie Ratcliff, the OGs of KPOO and the Bay View, discuss...
Terry Collins stands in the doorway to KPOO, the Black-owned radio station he and Joe Rudolph founded in 1971 as Poor People’s Radio, Inc. KPOO will be first to receive an award on Black Media...
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Black Media Appreciation Night was a dream come true – thank you all!
by Mary Ratcliff We got to Yoshi’s early Monday night, Nov. 26, to set up for Black Media Appreciation Night, and there on the stage for the sound check was a magnificent African band. I’d expected a...
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7th Annual San Francisco Kwanzaa Celebration
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation by Adrian Williams San Francisco – The Village Project and the Bayview Y present San Francisco’s seventh annual Kwanzaa, featuring...
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Choice of words: an interview with MC and pianist Kev Choice
by The People’s Minister of Information JR When you talk about Oakland’s homegrown musical talent, you have to talk about people like the Tonies, Ledisi, Sheila E, the Escovedos, Silk E, the Coup and...
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A talk wit’ visual artist Karen Seneferu of ‘The Black Women is God’ visual...
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Karen Seneferu is one of the most thought provoking visual artists on the Northern California scene today. The pieces that I have seen from her collection of...
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Bring JR back to KPFA now!
Join KPFA’s Black and other broadcasters of color and unpaid staff for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m., in Laney College Student Center Room 401, fourth floor, 900 Fallon St., Oakland...
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Through the looking glass: ‘The Mountaintop,’ ‘Black Power, Flower Power’ and...
Reviews by Wanda Sabir Lorraine Motel maid Camae (Simone Missick) jokes with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Adrian Roberts) in “The Mountaintop” – Photo: Tracy Martin When Martin King gave his prophetic...
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Oakland International Film Festival thrilled thousands
Review by The People’s Minister of Information JR The 11th Annual Oakland International Film Festival opened at the Grand Lake Theater on April 4 with a myriad of dope narrative flicks and docs...
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The SF Black Film Festival is back: an interview wit’ Kali O’Ray
by The People’s Minister of Information JR There are two film festivals in the Bay Area that are famous for presenting excellent work by Black filmmakers: the Oakland International Film Festival and...
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The 15th annual SF Black Film Fest and the 2nd annual Tupac Birthday...
Review by the People’s Minister of Information JR The 15th Annual San Francisco Black Film Festival was a huge success with hundreds in attendance. Some of the headlining films included documentaries...
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Heightened security: White Citizens Council bans popular KPFA host JR Valrey...
Editorial by Dr. Willie Ratcliff On Friday the 13th, Sept. 13, 2013, the 17th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s assassination, Pacifica Radio Interim Executive Director Summer Reese emailed this memo to...
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The killing of Andy Lopez: a manifestation of a corrupt and soulless system
by Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard As I write this, because of Andy Lopez’ killing, the main focus of many people I know is on youth executions at the hands of law enforcement, and that is as it should be. I...
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Wanda’s Picks for April 2014
by Wanda Sabir Notes from prison Beverly Henry died. I just got the email today. I don’t know if she made it to Cirque du Soleil or to the snow or to Disneyland. When one’s time is short, the list can...
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Wanda’s Picks for November 2014
by Wanda Sabir Vote! Vote! Vote! Even if the system is rigged, participate. We vote because to not do so is to dishonor our ancestors. To not do so is to abrogate your rights as a citizen. Everyone...
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Third Street Stroll …
by Rochelle Metcalfe BLACK LIVES MATTER!!!! HEARTBREAKING! The tragic murder of nine Black churchgoers, kneeling in prayer, at EMANUEL African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina,...
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Fifth Annual Kwanzaa Celebration 2010: Uniting to strengthen our families and...
Kwanzaa celebrations in San Francisco are listed below; for a comprehensive listing of celebrations throughout the Bay Area, including Oakland, East Palo Alto and Berkeley, visit Bay Area Kwanzaa, a...
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Rev. Amos Brown calls on City and financial community to support iconic...
by Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown It was a sad and rainy day in the Fillmore when the noble Bryant Mortuary, where the community has bid farewell to their loved ones for nearly six decades, was forced by a...
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