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West Coast Premiere of ‘Jazz,’ based on Toni Morrison’s book, Marcus Shelby’s...
“Nightlife” – Art: Archibald John Motley Jr., 1943 by Wanda Sabir “Jazz,” adapted by Nambi E. Kelley from Toni Morrison’s novel, is a tragic composition. Performed across a series of lyrically...
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Wanda’s picks for July 2009
by Wanda Sabir Congratulations, graduate! Congratulations, Shawn Lyles, on your graduation from Ex’pression College for Digital Arts with a bachelor’s degree in sound engineering! Shawn, 25, is the...
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Tribute to Quentin Easter
by Wanda Sabir The San Francisco Bay Area Arts Community was out on Monday, June 14, to pay tribute to one of their own, one of our own. Quentin Easter was certainly a man whom too many of us will...
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Wanda’s Picks for December 2012
by Wanda Sabir I am ending 2012 feeling thankful. Thankful I made it. I am excited about 2013, being in Washington with my granddaughter and niece to witness the inauguration of President Obama for a...
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Wanda’s Picks for July 2014
by Wanda Sabir San Francisco says farewell to Dr. Maya Angelou Wanda stands in front of huge posters of Maya Angelou at the entrance to Glide Memorial Church in the Tenderloin, where the San Francisco...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2014
by Wanda Sabir Blood Moon On Wednesday, Oct. 8, between 1:17 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., view the eclipse of the moon. Called the blood moon because of its red hue, it should be pretty spectacular and, weather...
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Wanda’s Picks for November 2014
by Wanda Sabir Vote! Vote! Vote! Even if the system is rigged, participate. We vote because to not do so is to dishonor our ancestors. To not do so is to abrogate your rights as a citizen. Everyone...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2016
by Wanda Sabir Ninety years ago in 1926, Carter G. Woodson (Dec. 19, 1875-April 3, 1950), historian, scholar, author and maverick for Black self-determination, founded Negro History Week. In 1976 the...
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Wanda’s Picks for March 2016
by Wanda Sabir Love fuels liberation Wanda Sabir, Bay View arts editor for close to 20 years, half the life of the newspaper itself, poses with journalist Mary Midgett at the Bay View’s 40th...
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Wanda’s Picks for July 2016
Kamau Amen Ra at Tahuti’s Ball on Oct. 11, 2015 – Photo: Malaika H Kambon by Wanda Sabir We lost many loved ones this past month, from photographer extraordinaire Kamau Amen Ra to community organizer,...
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Wanda’s Picks for August 2017
by Wanda Sabir “Black Butterfly” cast – Photo: Wanda Sabir Don’t forget the legacy of the Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey (Aug. 17, 1887-June 10, 1940) this Black August. There is an annual program at Marcus...
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Black heaven: a review of Marcus Gardley’s ‘black odyssey’ at Cal Shakes...
by Wanda Sabir Marcus Gardley’s “black odyssey,” currently on stage at Cal Shakes in Orinda, translates the Black Holocaust into modern language. Gardley takes an oral history, Homer’s Grecian hero’s...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2018
by Wanda Sabir It’s all about the ancestors, believe it or not. The invisible realm controls the outer. Those who believe in magic are in touch with reality – a truth, the initiated, those beings open...
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