Music
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Community Struggles for City of Berkeley to Honor to Commitment to Black Rep Theater
Berkeley’s Black Repertory Group (BBRG), the only Black-owned-and-operated theater in the East Bay, is pushing for the City of Berkeley…
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Marin City Juneteenth Festival Celebrates Unity in the Community
Marin City celebrated the Eighth Annual Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 22, at the Rocky Graham Park. This year’s theme…
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West Oakland Juneteenth Event Cultivated Love for All
Since 2008, Barbara Howard of B-H Brilliant Minds’ has prided herself on holding the last Juneteenth event in Oakland. And…
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Hundreds of Revelers Cheer Parade, Join Fun at Juneteenth Festival in Nicholl Park
A bright sun greeted one of Richmond’s most important community gatherings on June 22: the annual Juneteenth Parade and Festival.…
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The Presidio to Unveil SUPERBLOOMS, an Art Installation on July14
Tosha Stimage stood on the new Presidio Tunnel Tops and took a breath. She inhaled the salty air, and her…
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GoFundMe Aims to Send RHS Students to Transformative Music
Richmond High School’s music department director is fundraising in order to send 16 of his students to the La Honda…
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11 Local Restaurants Host a Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration at Oakland’s Brookdale Park on June 29
This year, Goodridge and Merissa Lyons, is expanding the event to include 11 more Caribbean restaurants in Oakland. The restaurants…
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Grieving & Growing: A Healing Garden in West Oakland Is Helping Bereaved Loved Ones Glow Again
As a natural order of the human condition, we cannot escape death. Akin to life and living, death and dying…
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Point Richmond Music Unveils Summer Concert Series Lineup
If the first performer set for Point Richmond’s Summer Music Festival is any indication, the concert series has some fantastic…
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Third Annual Town Up Tuesday Lifts Oakland’s Community, Culture and Joy
Urban Peace Movement announced Town Up Tuesday, a free community music and social awareness festival dedicated to the people of…
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Dasia Taylor: A Girl’s Powerful Success Story Is Inspiring the Next Wave of STEAM Leaders
Dasia Taylor’s journey began as a young girl in high school in her AP chemistry class. Her teacher at Iowa…
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Book Review: ‘The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America’
Your toes didn't wait long before they started tapping. They knew what was coming, almost as soon as the band…
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Kedrick Armstrong: New Music Director for the Oakland Symphony
The Oakland Symphony Announced Kedrick Armstrong as its Next Music Director. In addition to conducting the orchestra’s public concerts, Armstrong…
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Oakland Jazz Great Offers Master Class as City Declares “John Handy Day”
World-renowned jazz master saxophonist John Handy, a McClymond’s High School graduate, was presented with a Mayor of Oakland Proclamation declaring…
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GoFundMe Aims to Support RHS Marching Band’s Trip to Disneyland
Richmond High School Music Department Director Andrew Wilke recently launched a GoFundMe with the aim of raising funds to send…
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City Council Commits to Adopting Policies to Protect and Enhance Geoffrey’s Inner Circle and the Black Arts District
The Oakland City Council adopted a motion this week potentially resolving the ongoing fight between the many backers of Geoffrey’s…
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San Francisco Concert “In Honor of Women”
Raegan Bryce-Davis, acclaimed as “one of the best mezzo sopranos of this generation” by The New York Observer and Jeanne…
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Black Nativity: A Unique Adaptation of the Christmas Story
“Black Nativity” is a cultural adaptation that tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Created by the poet,…
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Mary Lou Williams: Jazz Pioneer and Composer Extraordinaire
Mary Lou Williams was born on May 8, 1910, in Atlanta, and passed away on May 28, 1981, in Durham,…
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Winter Commencement 2023 Lessons: Embrace UC Berkeley’s Values, Pursue Audacious Goals
Jade Amor-Shannan Johnson and Cerenity Bush stood under the bright winter sun on Dec. 16, 2023, proudly waiting to process…
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Darian Sanders Stars as Simba in The Lion King
Darian Sanders who stars as "Simba" in "The Lion King," is living a dream, a dream he never anticipated. Sixteen…
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DJ Zernell Gillie Gives Hip Hop a New Scent
Zernell Gillie has been in and around the Hip Hop and House music scene in Chicago for over 30 years.…
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Vast Arts Video and Audio Multimedia Collection Now Available for K-12 Schools, Local Libraries
Every public school student and teacher, as well as every Californian with a library card, can now access over 5,000…
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