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I just got an email regarding the screening of a new movie called "Medicine for Melancholy" which is tommorrow at 7:20 PM.  You can RSVP via their Facebook Page but here's some basic info: The Osiris Coalition and Citizen Hope are proud to sponsor a special screening of Medicine for Melancholy THIS SUNDAY AT 7:20pm at Landmark Embarcadero Cinemas. The crowd-pleasing love story set in San Francisco confronts the issue of race and identity in the wake of the African American exodus from San Francisco. Sunday March 8, 2009 @ 7:20pm DIRECTOR BARRY JENKINS WILL BE ON HAND FOR Q & A SESSION This film is getting incredible reviews and we have this awesome opportunity to support a San Francisco director and dialogue with him about his work. The film is set to show in San Francisco for one week only--but if it gets a great turnout this weekend, it could be here for longer. So even if you can't make our screening, please go out and see it this weekend.

More at Eater : “First, Bar Lata—the Oakland tapas bar from Daniel Olivella of B44—has pushed back its debut to next Wednesday. Elsewhere in Oaktown, Dopo spinoff Adesso continues to feel the frustration surrounding the liquor licensing red tape. Sources there are still unsure as to when exactly they'll open, but fingers are crossed for next week.” -- Eater reports that even in this economy, and with the opening of Side Bar three weeks ago on Grand Avenue, Oaklanders will have two more new gourmet places to much opening next week: Bar Lata on 4901 Telegraph, and Adesso on 4293 Piedmont Avenue. Can all of these businesses hold up by year's end? If so, then things aren't as bad as they seem.

Michael Jackson annouced he would hold his last concert of his life in London this summer. In celebration, CNN's iReport team came up with this idea of asking iReporters to impersonate Michael Jackson; no way, man!

A great vid on a local legend: Robert The Ghost Guerrero. It's also a great look at the legendary King's Gym here in Oakland, at 843 35th Ave.

This is an interesting video that shows where media is headed in America. It's by Spot.us and is about the story investment needs of New American Media, but it also shows what's on the minds of the editors of this ethnic-based journalism non-profit organization: the alarming number of arrests of Blacks and Latinos in San Jose, often for "disorderly conduct" crimes. The future of the SF Chronicle. And it gives a window into the growing concern for how law enforcement is done in America and the World.

After three years, 3857 yards and 38 touchdowns, the Dallas Cowboys released wide receiver Terrell Owens. Rhis was a mistake as Owens is an exceptionally talented athlete who has no off-field problems and years left in him

Cenk Ugkar and Baratunde Thurston have engaged in a great conversation about race in the wake of the NY Post Cartoon matter. I disagree with both and think the cartoon is exemplary of a breakdown in social civility.