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 speak to playwright, James Ijames, director, Darryl V. Jones, and set designer, Celeste Mortore about James Ijames' Kill Move Paradise at Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) association with Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco, CA) through August 4, 2019 (Excerpt 7/16/2019). 2. Elizabeth Carter, director, talks about "Citizen, An American Lyric" a part of the Champagne Staged Reading at Shotgun Players July 29-30, 2019 3. "Black M