Podcast by KALW
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," music conductor Donato Cabrera gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show, a documentary about a musician who looks to Lucinda Williams for inspiration. Then, a singer honors the historical Compton's Cafeteria riots in the Tenderloin. Also, a documentary about hedge funds destroying local newspapers, and how journalists are fighting back. We close the show with a salute to trailblazing journalist Belva Davis.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Oakland singer and songwriter B. DeVeaux gives their arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show a dancer and fiddle player from the show "A Taste of Ireland." Then, the conductor of the California Symphony talks about their new season. Finally, we revisit an interview with singer/songwriter David Archuleta.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Transit Books founders Ashely Nelson Levy and Adam Levy give their arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Transit Books founders Ashely Nelson Levy and Adam Levy give their arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show, comedian Sandra Bernhard talks about her career, life and her upcoming show at Stanford University. Then, a touching movie about a father fighting a terminal illness while trying to care for his disabled son.
On today's show we visit the studio of an artist who paints with knives and she's creating pieces for the Valkyries. Then, a publisher celebrating 10 years of translating books by authors overseas, and a woman who expresses her experience as a mom by drawing comics.
On today's show a musician from Walnut Creek makes it to the quarter finals on "America's Got Talent." Then, "Misfit Cabaret" celebrates 10 years of out-of-the-box fun on stage. And we look back at a documentary about women scientists trying to save little brown bats from extinction.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," educator and curator Trisha Lagaso Goldberg gives herg arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show, singer and former "American Idol" contestant David Archuleta talks about his new EP. Then, a vegan food festival returns to Berkeley and we'll hear about a few cool new movies in this year's Oakland International Film Festival.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Oakland author Aaron Hundley gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show we hear from a trio of young, Oakland musicians who recently performed at the Kennedy Center. Then, an exhibit that celebrates Filipino activism in San Francisco's SOMA district. We end with an East Bay comic book store hosting a big event in Alameda this weekend.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," writer and Grateful Dead fan Dan Sullivan gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: author Aaron Hundley talks about his novel, writing and Black men. Then, singer and songwriter B. DeVeaux tells us the inspiration behind their debut album "Chrysalis."
On today's show, what it takes to put on a big music festival like Outside Lands, then a local DJ throws R&B parties and a documentary about the late blues/folk/jazz singer Barbara Dane.
On today's show: we hear about an exhibit that honors the life and work of artist Ruth Asawa, then a photo book takes viewers back to the early days of the Grateful Dead and a film festival that shines a spotlight on Black activism.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Senior Producer of KALW's Crosscurrents Victor Tence shares his favorite restaurants in the Bay Area.
On today's show: we are going to Books Inc. in Alameda, where host Jeneé Darden interviews author and retired Oakland librarian Dorothy Lazard about her memoir.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," San Francisco visual artist Kurt Schwartzmann gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show, a documentary about Oakland activists who travel throughout California after being inspired by Octavia Butler. Then listen to interviews from the Bay Area Book Festival. One is with an Oakland author who writes about social issues in Latinx horror. The other is a children's book author who writes about a little girl not wanting to move.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," KALW DJ Wonway Posibul gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: we're having a roundtable discussion of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners."
On today's show: an animation-filmmaker tells a folklore story from her native country Ukraine, then a visual artist inspired by MUNI drivers and a play that connects an ancient Aztec story to the present
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," filmmaker Rahkii "Hyp" Holman gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: actress and hip-hop artist Ryan Nicole talks about her musical "Co-Founders" and her new album, then a documentary about a freedom fighter who led Cape Verde to independence.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," filmmaker and animator Masha Ellsworth gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: a one-man show about a serial killer murdering gay men in San Francisco in the 70's, then a sneak peak into San Francisco Opera's "La Bohème" and a documentary about the personal experiences and political history of Caregiving.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," educator Ricardo Tavarez gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: We give you a peek into the upcoming Flor Y Canto Literary Festival in the San Francisco Mission.
On today's show: we're going on a field trip to Books Inc. in Alameda, where host Jeneé Darden interviews artists Ajuan Mance and Nancy Cato.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," actor and one of KALW's State of the Bay hosts Fred Pitts gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: a documentary about a Vegas blackjack dealer with an incredible past in ballet, then a potter is bringing awareness about arthritis and body positivity through their ceramics and the Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra has a big weekend of spring concerts.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Bay Area Book Festival Executive Director J.K. Fowler gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: a play about William Shakespeare's friends, then a new talk show about LGBTQ+ issues at the San Francisco Main Public Library, and there's a new executive director and new vibe at this year's Bay Area Book Festival.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," performing artist SNJV gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: a filmmaker brings sci-fi works by artists of color to the stage, then a pianist celebrates performing classical music in the wilderness, and a muralist for the Warriors encourages us to dream
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," KALW's Hana Baba gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On today's show: a San Francisco actor who was recently nominated for a Tony, then how the podcast "Folktales from Sudan" teaches us life lessons, and a one-man band known for using tech and Latin music.
On today's show: we have the star of the one-woman show "Overlooked Latinas," then a filmmaker follows female scientists trying to save a bat species from extinction, and we break down themes in Ryan Coogler's film "Sinners."
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," playwright and actress Tina D'Elia gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," filmmaker Julie Wyman gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.