Vocal Choir Performance: Oakland School for the Arts
2026-02-25 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Oakland Public Library: Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Ave, Oakland, 94618, United States
Join us at the Rockridge Branch for an amazing vocal performance by Oakland School for the Arts’ students in celebration of Black History Month.
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Black History Month: Embroidered Portraits
2026-02-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Celebrate Black History Month by embroidering a portrait of your favorite Black artist, activist, poet, musician, figure in history!
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2nd Annual Where Business Law & Tech Intersect - Bay Area Edition
2026-02-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Duane Morris LLP, 1 Market Street ## 2200, San Francisco, 94105
Panel Symposium and Networking Event highlighting some of today’s most successful Black attorneys in todays innovative economy.
Black Tech Link is thrilled to bring our highly anticipated annual Where Business, Law & Tech Intersect series back for its second year—expanding once again into the Bay Area.
This regional panel symposium will spotlight Black legal professionals working at the forefront of tech, entrepreneurship, and corporate law. Attendees will gain practical insights into navigating careers in law and technology, understanding the legal frameworks shaping innovation, and building pathways into high-growth industries.
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Tech x Biopharma Panel & Mixer - Featured Speaker London Breed
2026-02-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Leaders, inventors and investors in tech and biopharma will enjoy a thought-provoking look at the opportunities, challenges, and future at the intersection of these industries.
To ensure a meaningful and high-quality networking experience, this event is reserved for professionals in technology, science, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. RSVPs must include your name, title, and company email for approval.
The Commonwealth Club, WeAre and MelanInScience are bring together leading voices to explore the powerful intersection of Tech and BioPharma.
Leaders, inventors and investors in tech and biopharma will enjoy a thought-provoking look at the opportunities, challenges, and future at the intersection of these industries.
What you will gain from attending:

Breakthrough innovations shaping healthcare, drug discovery, and biotech
Strategies for positioning yourself at the forefront of this evolving space
Expanded network of investors, founders, and professionals across science and tech

This conversation will not only spotlight the intersection of technology and biopharma, but also serve as a space to empower and connect BIPOC professionals in tech and science while closing the racial wealth gap.
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San Francisco Black History Month Closing Ceremony 2026
2026-02-25 17:30 - 21:00 | San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
MUSIC • ENTERTAINMENT • ART • CUISINE … FREE celebration
Enjoy music and delicious food and wine from African American owned businesses. Please join us in celebrating them and Black history-makers!
Special Guest
Malia Cohen, California State Controller
Culture Lounge
Enjoy music and delicious food and wine from African American owned businesses. Please join us in celebrating them and Black history-makers!
5:30PM – Program
6:30PM-9:30PM – Culture Lounge
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The Age of Tech x Biopharma
2026-02-25 18:00 | Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
AI and emerging technologies are reshaping biopharma and redefining how science is built, scaled and valued. As the landscape shifts, the industry must confront critical questions about leadership, capital strategy and what innovation really looks like in the years ahead.
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MoAD Mix – A Spirited Discussion on Art & Culture
2026-02-25 18:00 - 19:00 | [ Virtual ], CA
Join us for an illuminating edition of MoAD Mix: A Spirited Discussion on Art & Culture, featuring Nigerian-American artist Mikael Owunna and his celebrated photographic series Infinite Essence.
Owunna’s work reimagines Black bodies as sites of cosmic brilliance—glowing with light, divinity, and ancestral power. Through multispectral photography, he transforms the Black figure into a celestial being, challenging narratives of violence and invisibility by revealing a universe within.
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Meet the Author: Huey P. Newton’s Family - Roots of A Revolutionary Suicide
2026-02-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Judge Lise Pearlman will discuss her book Huey P. Newton’s Family: Roots of A Revolutionary Suicide. The talk aims to shed light on how the Newton family’s ancestry and interrelationships helped shape Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton’s thinking and life trajectory.
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Cleo Reed
2026-02-25 19:00, 2026-02-25 20:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Lauded as one of Pitchfork’s 21 Breakout Artists to Watch, Brooklyn-based singer and songwriter Cleo Reed debuts at SFJAZZ as part of the 2026 Noise Pop Festival with music from their 2025 album Cuntry — an assured mix of R&B and folk music that Pitchfork calls “a proud and emphatically Black update on the American folk tradition.”
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You Are Who I Love with The Crossing and Sandbox Percussion
2026-02-25 19:30 | BIng Studio, 327 Lasuen Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Sandbox Percussion joins The Crossing for composer Harold Meltzer and poet Aracelis Girmay’s You Are Who I Love, a new work about the undocumented immigrant experience in the United States. Both ensembles are entirely dedicated to new music: Sandbox Percussion has been called “exhilarating” by The New York Times and “utterly mesmerizing” by The Guardian, while the Philadelphia-based chorus The Crossing has won four Grammy Awards.
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Women's History Month 2026
2026-02-26 - 2026-03-31 | St. Mary’s University, 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX, 78228, United States
The St. Mary’s University Women’s History Month Committee invites the St. Mary’s community to celebrate March as Women’s History Month! Mark your calendar for events happening throughout the month.
St. Mary’s University is committed to creating inclusive and accessible events. If you need accommodation, please contact us at accessibility@stmarytx.edu or (210) 436-3135. All requests must be made at least 72 hours before the event date.
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Soul, Sonics, and Soundsystems Sound Art Exhibition + High Fidelity Listening Room + Archival Display
2026-02-26 - 2026-04-30 | Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Soul, Sonics, and Soundsystems is a sound‑based art exhibition featuring a dedicated Hi‑Fi Listening Room and an accompanying archival display.
Presented by Black American Sound System (BASS), the project centers intentional listening as a cultural, historical, and communal practice rooted in Black American sound.
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Black History Month Student Showcase
2026-02-26 17:00 - 18:30 | MoAD | Museum of the African Diaspora, 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
A celebration of Black creativity, student voice, and leadership
Join us for student performances inspired by the Black Renaissance. Young authors in 826 Valencia’s Black Students Initiative will showcase their original work for their community. All are welcome to attend! Presented in partnership with 826 Valencia
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Opening Reception: Soul, Sonics, and Soundsystems
2026-02-26 17:00 - 20:00 | Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
A welcoming public program introducing the Exhibition and Listening Room.
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AAACC Artists in Residence Meet + Greet
2026-02-26 17:00 - 20:00 | African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
AAACC is excited to announce its first Artist in Residence cohort of 2026. Created in XXX, the Enterprising Creatives, Artist in Residence Program (AiR) has supported artists and creative entrepreneurs to bridge the gap between passion and livelihood by combining creative development with financial sustainability.
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SML
2026-02-26 19:00, 2026-02-26 20:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
An ingenious blend of electronics and improvisation, SML make “strikingly original and wildly evocative art-fusion” (SPIN). With a lineup known for work with Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, and Meshell Ndegeocello, their 2024 debut made Pitchfork’s list of Most Anticipated Albums of Summer, and they bring their singular approach and masterful interplay to this appearance on the heels of their 2025 San Francisco Jazz Festival performance.
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Najee
2026-02-26 19:30, 2026-02-26 21:30 | Yoshi’s Oakland, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Najee’s artistry is characterized by his smooth saxophone melodies and intricate flute work, showcasing his technical prowess and emotional depth. He often blends various musical styles, drawing from jazz, R&B, and world music, which allows him to reach a diverse audience. This genre-blending approach is evident in his latest album, “Under the Moon, Over the Sky”, which features an all-star lineup and embodies his belief that music should be a celebration of life and culture.
His collaborations are a hallmark of his career, having worked with some of the industry’s biggest names. Beyond his partnerships with Prince and Quincy Jones, Najee has collaborated with renowned artists like Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham, to name a few. These collaborations not only highlight his versatility as a musician but also his ability to adapt his style to complement the unique sounds of his peers.
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Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet
2026-02-26 19:30 | SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
The most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz for more than half a century, virtuoso pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés celebrates 60 years of musical alchemy with the SFJAZZ premiere of his Royal Quartet project.
The son of Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés, the winner of seven GRAMMYs and six Latin GRAMMY Awards joined Armando Romeu’s celebrated Cuban Orchestra of Modern Music in 1967, a time when the communist government still considered American jazz anti-revolutionary. He was already recognized as the most formidable pianist of his generation when he launched Irakere in 1973 with a phenomenal cast that included saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.
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B2B: Back to Black | A Black History Month Celebration
2026-02-26 21:00 | Club Waziema, 543 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, 94117
Secret Muse HQ presents B2B (Back 2 Black) a Pan-African celebration of DJ culture which is rooted in Black culture. This community centric night honors carefree movement, genuine connection + elevated sound through a fully Black, female DJ lineup spinning genres from Black House, Ghetto Tech, Jazzy and Pan-African grooves, Avant-Garde Rap, Afrobeats to R&B/Soul. We gather to dance like no one’s watching to rhythms of Black folk local + international. There is no space for social climbing, just real community.
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Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre
2026-02-27 - 2026-03-01 | Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley, CA, United States
Conceived, written, and directed by choreographer Samar Haddad King, Gathering explores themes of love, loss, trauma, and dislocation. Through movement, text, song, and puppetry, an international cohort of collaborating artists tells a fictional story of a village under siege, and one woman’s struggle to reconcile her fragmented memories. Part staged work, part interactive experience, Gathering invites audiences to join as participants and witnesses in the collective action.
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Know Your History!
2026-02-27 | Eastmont Branch : Oakland Public Library, 7200 Bancroft Ave #211, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Drop by the TeenZone all month long and take in a video or two from the excellent PBS & Crash Course team’s Crash Course Black American History series hosted by author Clint Smith.
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DIY Waistbeads
2026-02-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Oakland Public Library – Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, 6833 International Blvd, Oakland, 94621, United States
Create your own custom waist beads at the 81st Avenue Library. All supplies provided, just bring your creativity!
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Dreamgirls: presented by Oakland School for the Arts
2026-02-27 14:00 - 14:30 | Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Enjoy an amazing 30-minute excerpt of Oakland School for the Arts’ Dreamgirls production at the Main Library’s TeenZone in celebration of Black History Month.
Dreamgirls is coming to you live in Oakland, led by OSA Alumni and Theatre Chair Tavia Percia. This is a show that you do not want to miss! With students across pathways participating, they have poured their heart into this musical and we cannot wait to see the final result!
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Piece by Piece: Celebrating African American Contemporary Art
2026-02-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Oakland Public Library: Elmhurst Branch, 1427 88th Ave, Oakland, 94621, United States
Is a hands-on visual arts workshop that introduces participants to influential African American contemporary artists while encouraging creative interpretation through paper mosaic techniques. Participants will observe iconic works by selected artists and reconstruct visual elements using color, texture, and pattern—learning how storytelling, identity, and culture are embedded in contemporary art practices.
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival
2026-02-27 17:00 | Tri Valley Conservancy, 1457 First St, Livermore, 94550, United States
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival On-Tour partners with environmental organizations around the world to share powerful short films that celebrate the beauty of our planet and the people reimagining how we care for it.
Curated especially for our community, this year’s program features stunning films set in extraordinary landscapes across the globe. Together, they tell hopeful, human-centered stories of creativity, courage, and collaboration to show what’s possible when people step up to protect the places they love.
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Black History Month Trivia Night of Knowledge
2026-02-27 17:30 - 19:30 | Drew School, 2901 California Street, San Francisco, 94115, United States
Join us for an all-ages Black History Month Trivia Night, open to students, families, faculty, neighboring schools, and community partners. This community-centered event is designed to celebrate Black history while fostering connection, curiosity, and shared learning through friendly competition.
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Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam: Prelim 2 with MindShift
2026-02-27 18:00 | KQED Headquarters, 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Watch young poets from all over the Bay Area compete to become a finalist at the international Brave New Voices youth poetry festival!
For over 25 years, the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam has propelled spoken word around the globe.
This poetry slam is an olympic-style competition where poets have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to rock the stage and 5 judges will silently score each poem. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 4 rounds — preliminaries, semi-finals, last chance and finals.
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