Upcoming events + other links–March 5, 2010

• 3/5–Shelley Nicole's blaKbushe at WNYC Battle of the Boroughs: Brooklyn Throwdown
• 3/6–Peekaboo Theory at Crazy Frogs (Houston, TX)
• 3/6–Full Spectrum presents "The Infiltrators"
• 3/8–4 Women redux: A Tribute to Miriam Makeba, Odetta, Eartha Kitt & Abbey Lincoln at NYC Schomburg Center
• 3/25-28–The 10th National Black Writers Conference @ Medgar Evers College
• 3/26–The BRC's Nina Simone tribute returns to NYC's HarlemStage
• Ongoing: The 8th Lady Got Chops Jazz Festival
• Armond White on why the Oscars stink
• Danger Mouse finally able to release "Dark Night of the Soul". Dispute with EMI resolved. (via JP917)
• Glad Guru is recovering, but why did his nephew feel the need to make this video? More updates here.  Stranger and stranger, indeed. Can anyone say "Health Care Proxy"?
• An expert explains why captivity can turn killer whales into, well, killers (thanks @danamo!)