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. We open with an interview with cast from Multi-Ethnic's production of Jitney (August 2014). 2. Directed by Ayodele Nzinga, Ph.D., we are joined by the cast for Radio Golf: Venus Morris (Mame Wilks); Koran Streets (Roosevelt Hicks); Pierre Scott (Sterling Johnson); Adimu Madyun (Elder Joseph Barlow); the final play in the ten-play, Centennial Cycle. Radio Golf is up at the Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, in Oakland, Shows at 8:00pm Fridays an