Wanda's Picks: Khalil Shaheed (01/19/1949-03/23/2012)

We are joined by Don Reed, whose "East 14th: True Tales of a Reluctant Player," at the Marsh Theatre, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco. Visit www.themarsh.org. Halifu Osumare,Ph.D., whose seminal work "The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves, she is sharing at Barnes and Nobles in Jack London Sq., in Oakland, Friday, May 23, 7 p.m. Ana Mitra and Andrew Woods, San Francisco International Arts Festival 2009; we close with a conversation with Khalil Shaheed, composer, musician, educator, about the Miles Davis Birthday BASH: Birth of the Cool, May 25, at Yoshi's Jack London Square, in Oakland. For information call (510) 206-4509 or oaktwnjazz@aol.com