(Oakland - Fri, August 24, 2012)
The Gathering - Interdenominational Service
@ Beebe Memorial CathedralPictured: Bishop Macklin-Glad Tidings, Rev. Dr. Charley Hames Jr., Rev. Andrea Davidson, Bishop Joseph Simmons, Rev. Malcolm Byrd, Rev. Brondon Reems
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 Fri, Aug 31 | EastSide Cultural Center | Oakland
Based on the revolutionary life of General George Jackson, accompanied by a soul-drilling soundtrack, the movie "Brothers" captures in cinematic relief every aspect of the parasitic relationship between Blacks (New Afrikans) and the criminal injustice system, from the vicious cycle of arrest to court to prison to parole and probation to assassination. Come Join Malcolm X Grassroots Movement for an evening of cinematic review, free food and drink and lively discussion! [more] |
Music Across the Diaspora | Criolla y Sabrosa: La M�sica Puertorrique�a with John Santos
 Wed, Sept 5 | Museum of the African Diaspora | SF
Join us for this eight-week lecture series by five-time Grammy-nominated musician John Santos that delves into the origins, evolution and relevance of Puerto Rican music, encapsulating the folk and popular trends of this tiny yet highly expressive Caribbean nation. Mr. Santos will illuminate Puerto Rico's musical evolution from a socio-political perspective through audio examples from his legendary collection, video clips and historical background based on his lifetime of immersion in Puerto Rican music. [more]
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 Sept 7-9 | African American Art & Culture Complex | SF
AfroSolo Arts Festival 19 presents its seminal performance series Black Voices featuring Byb Chanel Bibene, Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe, and Jovelyn Richards. After each performance, there will be a post-performance discussion related to the issues explored in the performance. [more] |
Tell Me More | Scholarly Voices From the African Diaspora
 Sat, Sept 8 | Museum of the African Diaspora | SF
Diane Fujino presents Japanese Americans and the Black Panther Party: Researching Asian American Activism, Writing Biography. Fujino is the chair and professor of Asian American Studies at the Unviersity of California, Santa Barbra, and she will discuss the process that went into her latest book Samurai Among Panthers, the first biography on the colorful and contradictory life of Richard Aoki, the highest ranking non-Black member of the Black Panthers, and the challenges of writing his biography. Fujino will also discuss her latest research in Japanese American radical activism and the questions she has yet to answer. [more]
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Anthony Hamilton with special guest Estelle - Back to Love Tour
 Thurs, Sept 20 | Paramount Theatre | SF
Now on the heels of the smash hit,"So in Love" with Jill Scott, Grammy award-winning Hamilton is igniting even more buzz for his single "Pray For Me," recently the No. 1 most added single at urban adult radio. The soul-stirring, Babyface-produced track is the second single from his fourth studio album, Back to Love. This follows his 2008 gold-certified, No. 1-debuting album, The Point of It All. Be there for the next chapter in the multi-talented singer/songwriter's evolving career. [more] |
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An Evening with Judith Jamison [Special Advance Pricing]
 Sat, Sept 22 | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | SF
YBCA is pleased to welcome Judith Jamison, the world-renowned dancer, choreographer, and former artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Jamison made her New York debut with American Ballet Theatre in 1964 and became a member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965. Jamison will be joined on stage by award-winning, nationally known journalist Farai Chideya, whose reporting has been featured in Newsweek, The New York Times, and on National Public Radio. Advance $20 (reg $30). Promo code: JAMISON20 [more] |
 Sun, Sept 23 | Yerba Buena Arts District | SF
Yerba Buena Family Day is downtown San Francisco's biggest daylong family block party with free admission, special art activities for kids and free performances for children and families at several venues within 1-2 blocks of each other in the Yerba Buena arts district at 3rd Street and Mission Street in downtown San Francisco. [more] |
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EXHIBITIONS and PRODUCTIONS
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The Exodus. The Migration. The Stand.
 May 17-Oct 11 | AACC | SF
This exhibition is about the Black San Franciscans of yesteryear, their departure, and the story of those who remain. According to the 2010 census, the African American population dropped to 3.9% which is devastating to a community that once thrived in various neighborhoods of San Francisco. Art will be used to interpret what this decline in population means for a community and a city that prides itself on its cultural diversity. [more]
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 Aug 15-Oct 18 | San Francisco Main Public Library | SF
At one time or another, attitudes about race have presented many questions in American society. AfroSolo has gathered visual artists who have made paintings, sculptures, quilts, drawings and photographs that creatively capture those "race questions" and put them on display for us. We will showcase the works of eleven artists. The exhibition will showcase these artists' individual responses to some of the influences that race has on their lives as well as how race informs our interpretation of history, heritage, and social codes of conduct. [more]
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Choose Paint! Choose Abstraction! Celebrating Bay Area Artists
 On view thru Sept 23 | Museum of the African Diaspora | SF
This launches MoAD's Curator's Choice exhibition series by featuring nine influential Bay Area artists who over several decades, starting in the 1970's, consistently chose abstraction over figuration as their preferred approach to art making. [more]
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