Wanda's Picks

We open with a prerecorded interview with Lusiah Teish, Yoruba Priestess, Educator, Activist, Writer and Visual Artist who speaks about the monthly gathering for African Women at East Bay Mediation Center in Oakland, 4-6 p.m. She will be conducting a healing ritual. We close with a conversation with Andrew Wood, director, San Francisco International Arts Festival and Alisa Froman, director, PlazaCUBA about the opening of the Festival this year with Juan De Dios Ramos Morejon, Artistic Director, Raices Profundas. The ensemble has never been to the United States, so the engagement beginning May 2-6, at the Marine's Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter Street, in San Francisco, will be a rare treat for Bay Area audiences. The ensemble will also host workshops while they are here through SFIAF. For discount tickets through April 1, visit www.sfiaf.org or call (415) 771-6900.