. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatre company and proud to be here side the wiz coming to san francisco 2024 amen, amen. >> the the wiz um, (clapping.) and a special place in my heater i think a lot of off the have come here and without that we wouldn't be the artist we are today and can't believe that is the very, very first, you know this is the first relief of the the wiz? >> those trail blafrz like diana ross from the movie stephanie millions in the musical we're doing everything we can at sf jazz to simplify and theatre i'm going to introduce (laughter) the incredible producers without producers how do we do this work? let's have bryan a moorland come on up (clapping.) mr. bryan. >> thank you rodney thank you, thank you really. thank you. >> good afternoon, everyone how are you? [off mic.] >> i just got off a plane waiting to be be here on a san francisco i'm going to ask you one time how are you? that good afternoon [off mic.] >> thank you, san francisco thank you so much san francisco i'm thrilled to be here thank

earlier today on the for, i spoke with rodney earl jackson jr. he's director at season of black art. to learn more about what we can expect this weekend. >> this is an opportunity for us to come together. that's what the whole purpose of the season of black art is to use this opportunity to network, to build upon each other as a community, and to thrive. we're all coming together to build, to ask the narrative? not just for thiss moment, for moments in the future? the event takes place this saturday from 430 to 10 at the african american art and culture complex right there in the fillmore. >> okay, excitement for the super bowl growing in san francisco. people are breaking out their red and gold. why? one business says 49ers pride boy. it's given them a big boost. and then later tonight on the 10:00 news, some new information on a plan to remove homeless camps along the guadalupe river trail in san jose. plus mlb commissioner rob manfred expressing disappointment. tonightrillionegarding the oakland a's. we'll have that nd a lot more ight growing

. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatre company and proud to be here side the wiz coming to san francisco 2024 amen, amen. >> the the wiz um, (clapping.) and a special place in my heater i think a lot of off the have come here and without that we wouldn't be the artist we are today

. >> joining us now to talk more about it is rodney earl jackson, junior director at the season of black art. wonderful to have you here in studio once again. thanks for having me. absolutely. tell us how this series will be wrapping up. >> wow. how do we finish this? how do you finish? yeah, black art. we started this. what in september, october, november? december january. and now we're here in black history month with the fifth installment. this will be the symposium. so there will be conversations. there will be talks. there will be be, uh, ideations. there would be moments for investigation about where the state of black people and black artists are in the bay area and in san francisco. and of course, there will be art, because we're artists. that's right. we get down, you know, there will be music. there's a fashion show which is going to be so much fun. there is dance, there's spoken word, there's poetry, and it's all happening at the african american art and culture complex in the fillmore this saturday from 430 to 10. >> okay, so when you talk about the symposium sort of bringin

. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatre company and proud to be here side the wiz coming to san francisco 2024 amen, amen. >> the the wiz um, (clapping.) and a special place in my heater i think a lot of off the have come here and without that we wouldn't be the artist we are today and can't believe that is the very, very first, you know this is the first relief of the the wiz? >> those trail blafrz like diana ross from the movie stephanie millions in the

. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatre company and proud to be here side the wiz coming to san francisco 2024 amen, amen. >> the the wiz um, (clapping.) and a special place in my heater i think a lot of off the have come here and without that we wouldn't be

. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatre company and proud to be here side the wiz coming to san francisco 2024 amen, amen. >> the the wiz um, (clapping.)

. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatreompany and proud to be here side the wiz

. >> my name is rodney el mar jackson junior born and raised proud black artist and owner of the theatre company and proud to be here side the wiz coming to san francisco 2024 amen, amen. >> the the wiz um, (clapping.) and a special place in my heater i think a lot of off the have come here and without that we wouldn't be the artist we are