by Dino-Ray Ramos | Apr 5, 2026 | Commentary, Entertainment, Featured, Film
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by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 30, 2026 | Art, Calendar, Community, Entertainment, Film, Local, Los Angeles, Movies, Music
FILM Wattstax – 7:30 PM, April 2: One of the most electrifying music documentaries ever, the eternally funky Wattstax is part concert-film and part powerful document of the historic Watts neighborhood of 50 years ago. Known as “The Black Woodstock” Wattstax was held...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 25, 2026 | Books, Culture, DIASPORA Library
AI is all that anyone can talk about, but no one is really saying anything. Enter Joy Buolamwini, author of Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines. As a graduate student at MIT’s Media Lab, Buolamwini was doing work on facial...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 23, 2026 | Art, Calendar, Community, Entertainment, Film, Local, Los Angeles, Movies, Music
THEATRE Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – March 25-29: A powerhouse of artistic excellence, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater carries forward a legacy of African American strength, resilience and joy through the power of movement. Founded in 1958 by Alvin Ailey,...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 18, 2026 | Dossier
I remember watching Showtime at the Apollo late at night when I was growing up, and every time I watched, the host, which would be a revolving roster (including Sinbad, Mark Curry, Ricky Aviles, Rudy Rush, Steve Harvey, and Mo’Nique), would introduce Kiki...
DIASPORA Calendar: April 6 – April 12, 2026
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson Are ‘The Drama’: Kristoffer Borgli’s Chaotic-Neutral Dark Dramedy Lives Up To Its Name
DIASPORA Calendar: March 30 – April 5, 2026
‘Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines’ by Joy Buolamwini
DIASPORA Calendar: March 23 – March 29, 2026