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(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 Música Puertorriqueña 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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