Cover photo: A member of Redneck Revolt takes aim. Source: ABC Millions of people took part in both walkouts and #MarchForOurLives demonstrations over the past week, with some poles showing that 1 in 5 teenages stated that they planned to take part in the mobilizations. But the protests and heavily discussed events in the media … Continued
7 months after Unite the Right, a turning point for both the anarchist and antifascist movements in the United States, as well as for the Alt-Right which organized it, there remains a flurry of activity on the ground in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the wake of the demonstration, which saw outnumbered antifascists defeat a larger enemy, … Continued
KPFA associate theatre critic C.S. Soong reviews “Iron Shoes,” created by Janet Kutulas, Michelle Carter, and Erika Chong Shuch, at Shotgun Players’ Ashby Stage in Berkeley through May 6, 2018.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Heisenberg” by Simon Stephens, at ACT’s Geary Theatre through April 8, 2018. ACT website
Peter Carey, whose latest novel is “A Long Way from Home,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Two-time winner of the prestigious Booker Prize, Peter Carey is Australia’s most distinguished author. Among his works are Oscar and Lucinda, The True History of the Kelly Gang, Jack Maggs and Parrott and Olivier in America. A Long Way From Home delves into the story of racism in Australia and the oppression of the indigenous aboriginal peoples who inhabited the continent for two centuries before the white man and colonialism arrived.
Richard Fouts is the playwright and Suze Allen the director of “The Birthday Lottery,” at Z Space in San Francisco, March 29th through April 1st. The play concerns the first Vietnam draft lottery of students in 1969, and is set in a fraternity house as the numbers are being called. Those with low numbers will no longer have student deferments; those with high numbers will be free of the draft. The Nixon era lottery, created to even the playing field, took the anti-war movement to new heights. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky
In the space of a few days, Facebook’s gotten itself back in the spotlight over its role in the 2016 election, dropped over $50 billion from its market valuation, gotten called on to testify in both the US Congress and the UK Parliament — all because it let data on 50 million users slip into … Continued
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “A Number” by Caryl Churchill, directed by Barbara Damashek, at Aurora’s Harry’s Upstage theatre in Berkeley through April 22, 2018.
Joyce Maynard, whose latest book is a memoir, “The Best of Us,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. The author of several novels and multiple memoirs, Joyce Maynard’s latest book deals with her unexpected relationship and marriage in her late sixties, followed shortly thereafter with her husband’s diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. It’s both a love story and a harrowing tale of coping with a fatal disease.
Ryan Weible, director of the Bay Area professional premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s first show, “Saturday Night,” a 42nd Street Moon production at the Gateway (formerly Eureka) Theatre in San Francisco, which runs March 28-April 15, discusses the show, its history, and his own history in theatre and as a director, with host Richard Wolinsky.
