Wanda's Picks Radio Show

Guests:
1. Enoch Jemmott & Juliane Dressner join us to talk about the film “Personal Statement,” a new AmericaReframed feature debuting on The World, Oct. 23.  Personal Statement by Juliane Dressner and Edwin Martinez, follows Karoline Jimenez, Christine Rodriguez and Enoch Jemmott, three inspirational teens in Brooklyn who take it upon themselves to make a difference by becoming peer college counselors in their schools. They are high school seniors who are fighting to defy the odds not only for themselves but for every single one of their classmates. They have decided to become the very resource they don’t have themselves.

2.  Jess Curtis/Gravity joins us to talk about Beyond Gravity, his latest showcase of new work with international, local and national artists including Gabriel Christian, who joins us as well to talk about aleph is for annals  (World Premiere), performed and created by jose e. abad and Gabriel Christian, featuring Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Beyond Gravity is October 25-27, 2018 at CounterPulse in San Francisco: http://counterpulse.org/event/beyond-gravity/  or 415-626-2060 and JessCurtisGravity.org

3. Joanna Haigood, Artistic Director and Choreographer, Zaccho Dance Theatre re: "Picture This: Bayview Hunters Point" at the Ruth Williams Opera House, Oct. 18-21, 8 pm (free). There is a post-show talk Friday, Oct. 19. Visit zaccho.org

4. Thomas Simpson, Founder, Artistic Director and Nina Causey, actress, singer,  join us to talk about the 24th Annual AfroSolo Arts Festival and its "Black Voices Performance Series: Our Voices, Our Lives," October 18 -21, 2018, at the Buriel Clay Theatre in the African American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA. Visit: afrosolo.org or call (415) 771-2376.