Wanda's Picks

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 Manu Ampim will join us to talk about the legacy of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz or Malcolm X -- 96 today (May 19, 1925-Feb. 21,1965). 2.  Katina Letheule, Artistic Director at Altarena Playhouse and the director of Motherhood Out Loud, will join us with one of the cast members, Damaris Divito, to talk about this play going up May 20-21, 7 p.m. 3. We close our live program with Dana King, sculptor, painter and activist, who wil