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Lesson #64: FINDING YOUR GROOVE: “LIL’ MAMA” - Audrey Ellen Pleasant INTRODUCTORY GREETINGS Happy 2024! We are happy to share with you the first Storytelling School Blog of the year! This month’s story is told by Audrey Ellen Pleasant who shared with us all the way back in 2010. Ins

From The Old Globe:The 11th annual Powers New Voices Festival is a three-day event of readings of 10 new American plays by emerging and award-winning playwrights writing for the American theatre today, including new works by San Diegans. The free festival opens on January 12, 2024 and closes on January 14 in the Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre, part of the Globe’s Conrad Prebys Theatre Center.Celebrating Community Voices, an evening of short works created by San Diego playwrights through the G...

The Old Globe will present the 11th annual Powers New Voices Festival, a three-day event of readings of 10 new American plays by emerging and award-winning playwrights writing for the American theatre today, including new works by San Diegans.

New San Francisco exhibit explores the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, the first Black landowner in SF and the first Black millionaire in California.

Newly emancipated Black Americans used education and business savvy to build wealth in an era of economic prosperity.

Newly emancipated Black Americans used education and business savvy to build wealth in an era of economic prosperity.

At a time when women had few career choices, some were determined to make their own way, no matter what the cost. The most enterprising made the rise from

August marks Black Business Month, a time to recognize Black entrepreneurs’ rich history, contributions and achievements, especially those made by Black women who have made remarkable strides in the business

Picturesque Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park is named from antisemite. Here are a dozen names officially in the running for the lake's new name.

During Black History Month, and every month, we must honor the role of African-Americans in U.S. history. These unsung Black women are worth knowing.