BAMBDFEST at BAMBD CDC

The Black Arts Movement Business District, Community Development Corporation Presents 4th BAMBDFEST

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 Development Corporation (BAMBD CDC). The theme (un)belong(ed) is an exploration of space, place and belonging. In a community faced with the realities of gentrification and displacement, belonging and the space and place to enact it are crucial considerations.

Lower Bottom Playaz Has a New Home in the Black Arts Movement Business District

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 out large swaths of Black community members, Black artists have shouldered much of the impact of gentrification.

The Lower Bottom Playaz To Close 24th Season With August Wilson's RADIO GOLF

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

Oakland's First Poet Laureate Joins Cast Of Roe V. Wade Theater Project

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 v. Wade. The event will premiere on November 5 at 4 p.m. PT, the Saturday before Election Day.