Wanda's Picks

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  1. L. Peter Callender and Leontyne Mbele-Mbong join us to talk about the work, Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The interview was first broadcast 4/29. The production at African American Shakespeare Company closes this weekend, Saturday (8 p.m.) and Sunday (3 p.m.), May 28-29, 2016 at the AAACC 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco.  2. Also from the achives (first broadcast 5/6) is an interview with Lynn Morrow, Director, Oakland Symphony Chorus, an