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. Ann Chinn, Director, Middle Passage Portmarkers Project (MAPP) joins us to talk about the progress of her project which creates monuments to honor African people's entrance into this country on slaveships

2.  Kat Cole and Eric Garcia, Detour Dance Company, join us to talk about the world premiere of presents the world premiere of FUGUE, a site-specific dance theater event that traverses the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District collecting stories of queers, people of color and longtime residents of the city en route to a fabled “new city," Dec. 1-10.

3. Della Reese made her transition Sunday, Nov. 19. To honor her life, we play an interview recorded when she was visiting San Francisco in 2012 for a concert at the Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko.