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. Kheven LaGrone; playwright & Darryl Jones; director, join us to talk about The Legend of Pink at Theatre Rhinoceros in cooperation with the GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street in San Francisco.

Kheven is an artist/writer from the Bay Area. His writings have appeared in such academic journals as Journal of Human and Civil Rights, Media Ethics and Transitions.He has curated many shows that have gone to New York and Atlanta, include BABA Black Artists Expressions of Father and I Am San Francisco.

Darryl V. Jones is Full Professor of Theatre at Cal State East Bay where he teaches in the Musical Theatre, Acting and Directing concentrations. 

2. Jewelle Gomez, playwright, joins us to speak about the New Conservatory Theatre Center's world premiere of Leaving the Blues: A Play with Music about Blues Legend Alberta Hunter through April 2. Visit nctcsf.org
T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness (2011), dir. Robert Philipson's film, which Jewelle narrates, features as one of the protagonists: Alberta Hunter T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness

Music: Zion Trinity; Sweet Honey in the Rock