Wanda's Picks

Rebroadcast of June 9, 2011 show featuring: Pee Wee Ellis's STILL BLACK, STILL PROUD - An African Tribute to James Brown at Yoshi's in Oakland. Eurydice Ross and Tanya Marie's Grown Women Dance Collective's "Fallen Heroes, Rising Stars: A Juneteenth Celebration through Dance," June 18th, 2011, 8:00pm at Diablo Valley College Theater in Pleasant Hill. Call (925) 680-4400. Brother Osei Terry Chandler and Deborah Wright, join us to talk about the 14th Annual Libations for the Ancestors this weekend, June 11, 2011, 9 AM PT, at Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. The ritual there is 9 AM-1 PM. We close with a conversation with two programmers and directors from the Queer Women of Color Film Festival, June 10-12 at Brava Theater in San Francisco, Kebo Drew - QWOCMAP's Managing Director and Filmmaker for this year,"Ain't I A Woman" (2011) and Meja Tyehimba – Filmmaker “Cantelop” (2009). Visit http://www.qwocmap.org/festival.html It is a free event.  We close with music from Rupa and the April Fishes's Este Mundo.