11/18 Urban Real(i)ty Art and Poetry Show
So I'm involved in this event so I have an admitted bias, but hell-it's gonna be one fly ass event so I think it's warranted, yes? Prosody Castle and Otherside Media Present Urban Real(i)ty Nov. 18th, 2-5pm Art by Danny King Lara Durback Erika Staiti Peter Spannagle...
Eulipia Performance Salon 1st Anniversary Finale Gala
Eulipia Performance Salon 1st Anniversary Finale Gala October 2nd, 8PM (sharp) Walter Kitundu Please join us for this night of celebration and reflection. Since October 2006, Eulipa/Knot Frum Hear has featured some of the Bay's innovators in the worlds of word and...
NetRadio: The Day the Music Died, Maybe
The Day the Music Died, Maybe By Kwan Booth July 15 could mark the end of the web as we hear it. That is the day new royalty rates take effect for Internet radio stations based in the United States. Opponents say the new fees, which will increase the yearly amount...
Remembering Journalist Chauncey Bailey
This is Bailey… Remembering Chauncey Bailey, newspaper editor, mentor and friend. By Kwan Booth (August 3, 2007-Novometro.com) Deadline nights in the newspaper business are sacred. Nothing compares to that last minute rush of writing, editing and designing, trying to...
PeaceOut HomoHop Festival
PeaceOut Festival Brings Homo Hop to the world By Kwan Booth (September 22, 2007-Bay Area Reporter) In the 7 years since its inception, the PeaceOut Festival has come a long way.When the small group of LGBT hip hop performers and fans gathered together in Oakland’s...
The Blue Door to History
Lineage can be a tricky thing. The need to understand where you come from sometimes contradicts the desire to fit in and be a part of the larger world. This can be especially true for black people, with our complicated relationship with this country. Some choose to...
Hurston’s “Spunk” Still Sings
Spunk Still Sings: Hurston's blues tales shape performance By Kwan Booth Fiction writer and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston was one of the most celebrated and controversial black cultural figures of the 20th century. Her feminist stance and dedication to traditional...
Passing Strange
For the last couple of weeks, downtown Berkeley has had a serious Negro Problem, and it's name is Stew. Since mid October, Stew has been appearing in the play, "Passing Strange", a coming of age travelogue that follows a young man's search for self, art and "The Real"...
Kenyan Hip Hop Comes to Oakland
Kenyan Hip Hop in Oakland By Kwan Booth For the last three years, Emerge Media Group has produced events promoting positive interactions between African and American Cultures. In 2005 the company produced the film "Hip Hop Colony", documenting Kenya's developing hip...
Kenya’s Hip Hop Colony
Hip Hop Colony: The African Hip Hop Explosion By Kwan Booth (October 06, 2005-Whatchusay.com) Hip Hop Colony, the new film by Director Michael Wanguhu and Russell Kenya, explores the emergence of Kenyan Hip Hop culture and it's struggles to gain legitimacy. The film...
