Black Beat Bay Area
Airs every Thursday at 8:00pm (rebroadcast at Thursday at 8 am)
Bonus: Black Beat Bay Area interviews Nilaja Sun
Black Beat Bay Area’s very own Flo Wiley interviews Nilaja Sun who has just begun her run at the Berkley Rep Theater of the one woman play Pike St..
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Virtuoso performer Nilaja Sun’s award-winning hit No Child…captivated Berkeley Rep audiences in 2008. Now she brings us a new critically acclaimed solo show about Evelyn, a single mother who fights for the survival of her family in the face of a threatening hurricane. In an astonishing 90 minutes, Sun portrays three generations of a Puerto Rican family and the vibrant characters of New York’s Lower East Side in a story of tribulation, perseverance, and redemption that also “glows with humor” (New York Times). Don’t miss this incredible, transformative trip to Pike St.
Ep. 49: Celebrating Survival
This show is in honor of Flo's recently passed brother.
As always, there’s plenty to see and do in the Bay and the Black Beat Calendar has some events you just can’t miss!
Tonight’s music playlist features songs that uplift, inspire and celebrate our struggle. Which, will continue until this world is a better place for all of us to live in together.
Ep. 47: Black Women Rockers and Poets
TONIGHT: Thursday, April 19, 2018 7 to 8:50
The April Celebration of Poetry & Jazz Continues!
INTERVIEWS
7:15pm
WITH: TUREEDAH MIKELL poet/storyteller/author
RE: Bay Area Generations (BAG)
Multi-generational Multi-cultural Poets
Book Launch & Signing (BOOK)
Story Medicine: Listening in the Light
By Tureedah Mikell
Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing
By Michele E. Lee
INFO: BAG: Monday, April 23, 7pm
BOOK: Saturday, April 28, 3pm to 7pm
Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th Street, between Broadway & Franklin, Downtown Oakland
www.joycegordongallery.com (510) 465-8928
8:00pm
WITH: JESSICA CARE MOORE poet/producer/publisher
RE: Black WOMEN Rock!
A Musical Tribute to Betty Davis
With Nik West, Joi, Divinity Roxx, Steffanie Christi’an, Kimberly Nichole, Ideeyah, Sh8peshifter, Tamar-kali, Jessica Care Moore and special guest NONA HENDRYX
INFO: Wednesday, May 9, 6pm, Opening Reception:
They Say I’m Different Art Exhibition, AAACC
Saturday, May 12, 11:30 am Pre-Concert Talk with Performers: AAACC, Fulton & Webster, SF
www.aaacc.org; both FREE
Saturday, May 12, 9pm, Concert, Yerba Buena Art Center, The Forum, 701 Mission Street at 3rd, SF
TKTS: www.ybca.org www.blackwomenrock.com
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AS ALWAYS
BBBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW is about African Americans in arts and entertainment and features information on music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are making the arts come alive in the Bay Area. BBBA is independently produced and hosted by Little Rock-born Oakland-reared Florene “Flo” Wiley.
CONTACT ME: blackbeatbayarea@gmail.com
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Thank You for Listening!
Ep. 45 Destiny Muhammad and Listener Favorite Duets pt. 2
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: The Flo Wiley Show
KGPC 96.9 FM & www.kgpc969.org (streaming live online)
PERALTA COLLEGES COMMUNITY RADIO
TONIGHT: Thursday, March 1, 2018 7 to 8:50
INTERVIEW
7:15pm
WITH: Destiny Muhammad, jazz harpist
RE: SFJAZZ Women’s History Month Series:
‘CELTIC 2 COLTRANE’
Destiny Muhammad, harp & vocals
Leon Joyce, Jr., drums
Frederick Harris, piano
Chico Lopez, bass
INFO: Friday, March 9: Two Shows: 7pm & 8:30pm
SFJAZZ Center, 201 Fell Street, San Francisco
TKTS: www.sfjazz.org (866) 920-5299
Tonight’s Playlist:
DESTINY MUHAMMAD'S HARP & LISTENER FAVORITE DUETS: Part II
AS ALWAYS
BBBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW is about African Americans in arts and entertainment and features information on music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are making the arts come alive in the Bay Area. BBBA is independently produced and hosted by Little Rock-born Oakland-reared Florene “Flo” Wiley.
CONTACT ME: blackbeatbayarea@gmail.com
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Thank You for Listening!
Ep. 44: Listener favorite duets...
...And some of mine!
Tonight’s Playlist:
Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway, O Come Ye Disconsolate
Luther Vandross/Cheryl Lynn, If This World Were Mine
John Coltrane/Duke Ellington, In A Sentimental Mood
Jill Scott/Anthony Hamilton, So In Love
Rene & Angela, Your Smile
Donna Summer/Barbra Steisand; Enough is Enough
Chaka Khan/Meshell N'dgeocello, Don't Miss The Water
Ashford & Simpson, Send It
Peaches & Herb, Reunited
Earl "Fatha" Hines & Johnny Hodges, Stride Right
Betty Carter/Carmen McRae, Stolen Moments
Jphnny Mathis/Deneice Williams, Too Little Too Late
Patti Austin/James Ingram, How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
Billy Preston/Syreeta, With You I'm Born Again
Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane, My One and Only Love
Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Your Precious Love
Diana Ross/Lionel Ritchie, Endless Love
Luther Vandross/Gregory Hines, There's Nothing Better Than Love
Lauryn Hill/D'Angelo, Nothing Even Matters
Rick James/Teena Marie, FIre & Desire
AS ALWAYS
BBBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS: The Celebration Continues!
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW is about African Americans in arts and entertainment and features information on music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are making the arts come alive in the Bay Area. BBBA is independently produced and hosted by Little Rock-born Oakland-reared Florene “Flo” Wiley.
CONTACT ME: blackbeatbayarea@gmail.com
LIKE ME on FACEBOOK
Thank You for Listening
Ep. 43: Celebrating Kinship & West Oakland Poets
Welcome to Black History Month 2018!
INTERVIEWS
7:10pm
WITH: Tarika Lewis, Califa Bahia, Shirley Smith, family history researchers
RE: ANCESTRY, GENEALOGY, & KINSHIP RESEARCH
INFO: Find Out About Studying Your Family History
8:10pm
WITH: Wanda Sabir, founder
RE: 28th ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY & POETS
INFO: Saturday, February 3, 2018, 1pm – 4pm
West Oakland Branch Library, 18th & Adeline,
(510) 238-7352
TKTS: FREE!!!
AS ALWAYS
BBBA CALENDAR & MUSIC
For My 2/15 SHOW: Listener Favorite Duets
Email me your favorite piece of music featuring two persons, any style of music, doesn’t have to be a love song. By 2/13/18
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW is about African Americans in arts and entertainment and features information on music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are making the arts come alive in the Bay Area. BBBA is independently produced and hosted by Little Rock-born Oakland-reared Florene “Flo” Wiley.
CONTACT ME: blackbeatbayarea@gmail.com
LIKE ME on FACEBOOK
Thank You for Listening!
Ep. 42: Ashkenaz & East Side Arts Center Celebrations & MTC's Skeleton Crew Ticket Giveaway!
Happy Anniversary to Me!
KGPC – 2 Years; Radio – 15 years
INTERVIEWS
7:15pm
WITH: Brandi Brandes, executive director Rhonda Benin, singer and Michael Gabriel, steel pannist
RE: ASHKENAZ BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS
FEBRUARY 3 THROUGH FEBRUARY 24
All Ages, ADA accessible
INFO: Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center
Gilman & San Pablo, Berkeley CA, (510) 525-5099
EVENTS: www.ashkenaz.com Scroll to the genre list on the lower right and click “Black History Month” for artists and ticket info
8:00pm
WITH: Elena Serrano & Kevin Akhindenor
RE: EASTSIDE ARTS ALLIANCE BLACK CULTURAL ZONE EVENTS
KALIL EL’ZABAR & THE NEW ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE, Sunday, Feb 4,
7 – 9pm, Geoffrey’s Inner Circle, 410 14th Street, Oaklandwww.geoffreyslive.com
THE JOHN SANTOS SEXTET, Sunday, Feb 11,
4 – 6pm, First Presbyterian Church, 2619 Broadway, Oakland,www.eastsideartsalliance.org for lineup
BELOVED OAKLAND One Night Only Awards, Music & Live Art Fundraiser for East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Sunday, February 18, 8 – 10pm, The Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph, Oakland www.belovedoakland.org
INFO: www.eastsideartsalliance.org, (510) 533-6629
Check website for Honorees & Artists & Ticket Info
TICKET GIVEAWAY:
Skeleton Crew at Marin Theatre Company
Jan 25 – Feb 18
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AS ALWAYS
BBBA CALENDAR & PLAYLIST:
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW is about African Americans in arts and entertainment and features information on music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are making the arts come alive in the Bay Area. BBBA is independently produced and hosted by Little Rock-born Oakland-reared Florene “Flo” Wiley.
CONTACT ME: blackbeatbayarea@gmail.com
LIKE ME on FACEBOOK
Thank You for Listening!
Ep. 41: Minstrelsy, & Blackface, Pugilism & Pride
TONIGHT: Thursday December 7, 2017, 7 to 8:50
INTERVIEWS
7:15pm
WITH: EDGAR ARCENEAUX, artist/writer/director
RE: Edgar Arceneaux Reappropriates Blackface:
LIBRARY OF LIES, exhibit
December 1 through March 25, 2018
UNTIL UNTIL UNTIL … multimedia play
with Frank Lawson as Ben Vereen
February 23 & 24, 2018
INFO: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1st Floor Gallery
701 Mission Street at Third St., San Francisco
8:20pm
WITH: DARRYL V. JONES, Director
RE: THE ROYALE written by Marco Ramirez
With Satchel Andre, Tim Kniffin, Donald E. Lacy Jr., Calvin M. Thompson, Atim Udoffia
INFO: Now Playing through Sunday Dec 10 ONLY!
Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison, Berkeley CAwww.auroratheatre.org (510) 843-4822
AS ALWAYS
BBBA CALENDAR: The BBBA Top 6
Tonight’s Playlist: Holiday Classics
BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW is about African Americans in arts and entertainment and features information on music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are making the arts come alive in the Bay Area. BBBA is independently produced and hosted by Little Rock-born Oakland-reared Florene “Flo” Wiley.
CONTACT ME: blackbeatbayarea@gmail.com
LIKE ME on FACEBOOK
CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE: www.flowiley.com
Thank You for Listening!