Oakland Juneteenth Festival Opens with A.I-Powered Dinner Celebrating Black Heritage

Oakland Juneteenth festival opens with A.I-powered dinner celebrating Black heritage

The Futureproof Dinner, from Hella Creative and The Last Supper Society, takes place June 18 at OMCA.

Juneteenth Festival events celebrate Black liberation and empowerment

By Lila MillerJUNETEENTH is back! This year in Savannah, the Juneteenth Fine Arts Festival is back for its third year the last few weeks of June. I had a moment to catch nonprofit Chosen for the Arts (CFTA) founder and executive director Patricia Perry ahead of the Unity in Fireworks show June 19 and Juneteenth Fine Arts Festival June 21 to find out more. Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of African-American people under President Abraham L…