Wanda's Picks Radio Show

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!  Today Norman Gee, founder, Oakland Public Theater, joins us to talk about the James Baldwin Centennial Project and play, INVENTORY/James Baldwin Abroad, which debuts this weekend, August 1-4, at the Potrero Stage in San Francisco in collaboration with Playground and BAM House. The play is also streaming live through Vemeo and tickets are pay-what-you-can.  https://www.baldwincentennialproject.com/ We are also joined by DiniZulu Gene Tinnie, a scholar, artist and culture worker in Miami, Florida.  Other programs celebrating James Baldwin's Centennial: James Baldwin in His Own Words tonight at Mechanics Institute in SF https://www.milibrary.org/events/his-own-words-james-baldwin-centennial-celebration-aug-02-2024