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Chronicle Staff February 16, 2021Updated: February 22, 2021, 8:12 am The Chronicle’s guide to notable arts and entertainment happenings in the Bay Area. ‘Black Joy’ explored in Black History Month artist panel hosted by James Lick Middle School The concept of “Black Joy” has meant different things to different Black individuals over the years: For some it is performing acts to push for inclusion, for others it’s the feeling of accomplishment when racial divides are challenged, and some define it simply as the feeling of resistance they experience just daring to exist ...

In author Christine Suppes’ and photographer Frederic Aranda’s new book, “California Elegance,” the people are just as much a focus as the state’s gorgeous natural landscapes and cultural destinations. From…

April Black Diamond, fashion designer “Walking down South Broadway in Los Angeles, we saw this shop with the most incredible gowns in the window — it was like Paris haute couture,” Suppes says. “It was April’s shop; it turns out she is one of the most sought-after quinceañera dress designers in the state. We spent two days with her just in awe of the pieces.” “When April decides to do something, she doesn’t hold back,” Aranda says. “Soon after, she rallied a couple of her actual quinceañera clients to come to the store so that we could photograph them being fitted. We e...

Tony Bravo February 10, 2021Updated: February 15, 2021, 8:21 am Dancer Jocquese Whitfield in the new book “California Elegance.” Photo: Frederic Aranda In the five years writer Christine Suppes and photographer Frederic Aranda spent compiling their new book, “California Elegance: Portraits From the Final Frontier,” they traveled thousands of miles throughout the state, meeting subjects and scouting locations from San Ysidro along the border of Mexico to Yreka near Oregon. While the project began in the collaborators’ minds as a “love letter to the Golden State,” fea...