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!

1. Professor S. Omowale Fowles, Ed.M. and Ms. Ethel Long Scott, director and founder: Women's Economic Agenda Project (WEAP) speak about current political issues among them the end of the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care). The Senate votes tomorrow, 3/23. Call 202-224-3121 to express your views. 

2. Kheven LaGrone, playwright & Darryl Jones, director, joins us to talk about staged reading, "The Legend of Pink" at Theatre Rhinoceros, April 3 @ 7 p.m., in cooperation with the GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street, San Francisco.

3. Leaving the Blues (Jewelle Gomez, playwright) actors: Desiree Rogers (Alberta Hunter) and Leontyne Mbele-Mbong (Lettie) currently up at New Conservatory Theatre Center through April 2. Wed.-Sat, 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm

4. Edward Neville Ewell (Youngblood) and Jemier Jenkins (Rena), AAShakes production of August Wilson's "Jitney," 4/1-16 at Marines Memorial Theatre, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco. african-americanshakes.org