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11/15/14

JOHOBO Handbags will be showcasing it's designs in Los Angeles, California at Facet Fashion Week! If you want something exciting to do that weekend, stop on by and start your holiday shopping off with a blast! The event will be at Magic Box LA, 1933 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Read more...

09/20/2014

Check out JOHOBO Handbags at Oakland, California's first Black-Eyed Pea Festival - A celebration of African and African American culture using a cherished foodway as its theme. The Festival will feature traditional musicians, artists and storytellers, art and craft vendors, health information, community resource information, and corporate sponsors. Classes will be offered in meditation, yoga and dance. A children's crafts area will feature t-shirt painting and rattle making with black-eyed peas. In addition to other foods, black-eyed pea themed dishes will be sold. All are welcome. Talks by African-American chefs and food activists will be featured in the Mosswood Recreation Center. Read more...

09/03/2014

Oakland Post journalist Wanda Ravernell intervied JOHOBO Handbags creator Jo Manuel in the September 3, 2014 issue!   Read more...


08/02-03/2014

Art + Soul FestivalJoin JOHOBO Handbags booth at the Art + Soul Festival. Thousands of people from around the bay area interested in blues, dancing, and tasty barbecue will fill the streets around City Hall for a two-day celebration at Oakland’s 14th Annual Art + Soul Festival.

There's something for everyone with vendors offering a divere selection of food, arts, and crafts while enjoying the performances of local bands such as The Fire Department, a soulful gospel feature with Anthony Washington and the Levetical Movement, as well as the high-flying, vertical entertainment by Bandaloop, aerial dancers who will delight audiences on the wall of Oakland City Hall. Read more...