BAMBD CDC

by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2023

Art in all of its many forms and manifestations come together to create a blend of community events, live music, activism, entrepreneurship and performances during the month of August as part of BAMBDFEST, an international event hosted by the Black Arts Movement Business District, Community Developm...

by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2023

Culture is what makes the world go round in Oakland. It's why folks flock here, and its why people stay. Unfortunately, making art and preserving culture in The Town is difficult and sometimes miraculous - especially if you are Black. As the politics and demographics of Oakland have shifted, pushing...

by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2023

Oakland's oldest Black theater company ends its 24th season with August Wilson's final installment in his American Century Cycle....

by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2022

Remote Theater, an award-winning online theater company born at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, today announced that local theater artist Ayodole Nzinga - Oakland's first Poet Laureate - has joined the cast of THE CHOICE, an online anthology of seven short plays about the rise and fall of Roe...