Whats good this week:

•  Afrumba!
• Kizomba/Semba Workshop
• 7th Annual Indie Awards
• CUBA MEETS OAKLAND feat. DANAY SUAREZ
• FET AZAKA HAITIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
• “COMING HOME” CUBAN HIP-HOP DOCUMENTARY
• LA PENA’S 38th ANNIVERSARY
• DIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER FAMILY DANCE DAY/MEET & GREET
• OFFICIAL FELA OPENING PARTY
• GRUPO BAKKAN FILLMORE SALSA FESTIVAL

This week…

• Carnaval 2013 with SambaFunk! Spirit section still possible!
• CulturaCuba
• AfroCuban Folkloric Dance
• Orixa Dance class with Jorge Alabe
• Silvestre Dance Technique w/ Tika Morgan
• 7th Annual Indie Awards
• William Parker Quartet
• Goapele
• Dru Hill
• Makeshift Imagination Artist Reception
• Malcom X Jazz Festival
• “Nuit du Bazin” SEKHOU SENEGAL

• Carnaval Explosion with SambaFunk!
• Emesè’s: MOTAD Messengers of the African Diaspora
• Cultura Cuba
• RIO SAMBA DANCE
• Fundraiser for JACQUE BARNES at CASA DE CULTURA
•  ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
• LANGSTON HUGHES’ ASK YOUR MAMA
• MOAD AFTER DARK SERIES:KINSEY CONNECTIONS
• BLESS OUR SOULS PRAISE DANCE CONCERT
• ERNESTO OVIEDO IN CONCERT
• and more!

• Brazilian Dance Workshop w/Isaura Oliveira & Guests
• Brazilian Rhythms, Dances & Voice Techniques Workshop by Nos de Chita
• SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion w/ King Theo
• CUBA CARIBE FESTIVAL 2013
• FORRO STAR BAND: Brazilian Rock
• JOIN SAMBAFUNK! FOR CARNAVAL 2013

• Grupo Da Sete & Resident DJs Carioca & Lucio K
• Sheila E at Yoshi’s
• Pavel Urkiza & Ricardo Pons at SF Jazz Center
• Lagos Roots at Ashkenaz
• John Santos at SF Jazz Center
• Afro-Cuban Jazz Project at Yoshi’s
• Jody Watley
• George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
• SambaFunk! 2013 Carnaval Kick-off

• Indian Classical Dance Workshop
• Orisha Dance Class Series
• Carnaval Passistas Audition
• Carnaval Bootcamp
• The Stone Family
• Dos Four
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Lagos Roots
• Quijerma
• Afro-Latino Love at Baobab with SambaFunk!
• West African Highlife Band
• Leche de Tigre
• La Mixta Criolla
• Carnaval Kickoff at Mission Dolores Park

…

The latest in Bay Area cultural happenings.  This week:

• SF Carnaval ‘Pasistas’ auditions with SambaFunk!
• Theo at SF’s Dance Mission on Wednesday
• Friday nights at Oakland Museum with the Funkquarians
• Aerosoul3
• Juan De Marcos & Afro-Cuban All-stars
• ODC Presents Dance & Diaspora
• Malima Koni et al.
• Pellejo Seco
• Black History Bowl
• The Art of Living Black
• La Mixta Criolla
• …

Ongoing SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion classes w/ King Theo.

• Sunday afternoons (OAK)
• Tuesday evenings (SF)
• Fat Tuesday parade with the Brass Boppers
• Memorial Service for Thelma Macletus Watson
• Samba Ngo at Ashkenaz
• One Billion Rising Performance Ritual
• Lindy Hop Symposium
• Working the Roots
• Rio Carnaval celebration at Club Monroe
• Afrolatino Love at Bissap Baobab
• Tribue to Carlos Aceituno

EVENTS AROUND THE BAY

Ongoing SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion classes w/ King Theo.

• Sunday afternoons (OAK)
• Tuesday evenings (SF beginning 1/29)

EVENTS AROUND THE BAY

• Tower of Power
• Karamo Susso
• Lagos Roots
• Los Boleros
• Rebeca Maulenon
• Zulu Spear
• Viex Farka Toure plus Markus James
• AfroLatino Love
• Dimensions Dance Theater’s 40th anniversary
• 1 billion rising performance ritual

SAMBAFUNK! DANCE CLASSES

Ongoing SambaFunk! Carnaval Explosion classes w/ King Theo.

• Sunday afternoons (OAK)
• Tuesday evenings (SF beginning 1/29)

EVENTS AROUND THE BAY

• Mara Hruby
• Joe Levano – Us 5
• Soul Power
• Spotlight: SF Jazz Center
• Afrofunk Experience
• Nosotras
• Reggae Angels
• KRS-1
• Karama Susso
• FRÉDÉRIC YONNET with TALIB KWELI
• Tower Of Power
• Dimensions Dance Theater