ERICKA BLOUNT DANOIS, RICKEY VINCENT & DJ TOM LG at Books Inc. Alameda

Grab your platform shoes and wide necktie, and get down with Books Inc. Alameda and authors Ericka Blount Danois sharing Love, Peace, and Soul, a celebratory behind-the-scenes collection of anecdotes, stories, and reflections on the show Soul Train, its mellifluous host, Don Cornelius, and the power of black music and dance on television, and Rickey Vincent sharing Party Music, a look beyond the mainstream civil rights movement of the Black Panthers that connects the black music tradition with the black activist tradition. To round out this evening of nostalgia and soul is DJ Tom LG spinning Soul Train flavored vinyl!