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Former students call into show to pay tribute to scholar, Dr. Albirda Rose, whose retirement concert is Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8 PM at San Francisco State University's McKenna Theatre; Camille T. Dungy, editor of BLACK NATURE: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, joined in the studio with Joyce Jenkins, editor of Poetry Flash and one of the principle organizers of the Northern CA Bay Area Book Awards, this weekend, April 18, 1 PM at the SF Main Library's Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street in San Francisco. Professor Dungy is receiving the Special Recognition Award. The event is free and all are welcome. Valerie Trout as been called one of the few modern young singers creating stylistic change in the Vocal Jazz Tradition. She concludes a two session workshop Saturday, April 17, 11 AM to 2 PM at the MoAD-SF. She also hosts an all women showcase on Third Fridays in Oakland called Shepeople's: A Rare Breed, at Divinity and Voice, 3609 Maple Avenue, Oakland, valvoice@gmail.com. We close the show with another conversation with filmmaker Chike C. Nwoffiah, and cast: Kenesha Mayfield, who plays: "Fatimah," and Curtis Campbell who plays: "Martin." Nwoffiah's award winning film, Sabar: Life is a Dance, is a part of a FREE two day screening also at MoAD April 23, 5 & 7:30 PM, and April 24, 4 PM (VIP screening, invitation only with a general admission overflow) & 7 PM. MoAD is located at 685 Mission Street, at Third in San Francisco. Visit http://www.sabarthemovie.com/ and become a fan on Facebook.com