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September 2026
Sep
26
Sat
Insecure: The 10th Anniversary Tour
Insecure: The 10th Anniversary Tour
September 26
Fox Theater, Oakland
Sep
28
Mon
How We Get Free: A Haymarket Books 25th Anniversary Event with Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Sarah Haley, and Ula Y. Taylor
How We Get Free: A Haymarket Books 25th Anniversary Event with Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Sarah Haley, and Ula Y. Taylor★
September 28
Haymarket Books
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts (HJK), Oakland
Sep
29
Tue
Leïla Slimani with Nadja Spiegelman
Leïla Slimani in conversation with Nadja Spiegelman
September 29
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco
Sep
30
Wed
After the Island artist talk at MoAD
Artist Talk: After the Island
September 30
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
October 2026
Oct
1
Thu
Hysterical: W. Kamau Bell — Who’s With Me?
Hysterical: W. Kamau Bell — Who’s With Me?★
October 1
Stanford Live
Stanford Memorial Auditorium
Oct
4
Sun
Black Panther Party artwork for MoAD Mix Keeping the Fire
MoAD Mix: Keeping the Fire★
October 4
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
Oct
14
Wed
Emory Douglas In Our Lifetime exhibition poster
The Revolution Won’t Be Televised… But It Will Be Creative★
October 14
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco
Oct
17
Sat
Chinaka Hodge’s All Greg’s Kids Come Home
Chinaka Hodge’s All Greg’s Kids Come Home
October 17
Stanford Live
BIng Studio, Stanford
Oct
22
Thu
23rd Annual Oakland African-American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Luncheon
23rd Annual Oakland African-American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Luncheon★
October 22
OAACC | Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce
Scott’s Seafood Jack London Square, Oakland
Oct
28
Wed
Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha
Angela Davis in Conversation with Poulomi Saha★
October 28
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
November 2026
Nov
5
Thu
Caribbean Cocktails program artwork featuring Nelson German, Andrea Lawson Gray and Nigel Jones
Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora★
November 5
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
Nov
6
Fri
Lindy West with Carvell Wallace
Lindy West in conversation with Carvell Wallace
November 6
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco
Nov
21
Sat
Panel on Hassinger’s Moving Image Work
Panel on Hassinger’s Moving Image Work
November 21
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
December 2026
Dec
10
Thu
Marlon James in conversation with Shereen Marisol Meraji
December 10
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco