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On tonight’s show: We’ll be hearing about Taskforce Haiyan, a local effort to support the 4 million people in the Philippines who were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan. Taskforce Haiyan Then we’ll learn about Kearny Street Workshop’s artist reception in Oakland focusing on finding home where the heart is. Photo from makanamusic.com We’ll round out the … Continued
On tonight’s show we’ve put together a retrospective on Occupy for second anniversary of the Occupy Oakland General Strike, produced by Apex members during the encampment at Oscar Grant Plaza: Protestors with the Chinese Progressive Association are part of the 99% (Photo by Bea Quiz’em) We’ll revisit a sound collage from the early days of … Continued
The Revolutionary Optimists via thirdi.org. Tonight’s show spotlights the annual Thirdi South Asian film festival, this year celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema and women filmmakers. Tune in and find out about this year’s films centred around gender and sexuality and a country spotlight on Pakistan. Community calendar, news updates and more. With Host … Continued
ASPIRE member, Fiona. Photo by Robynn Takayama Last Thursday in San Francisco, undocumented immigrants and their supporters sat down in front of a deportation bus. It was part of an action to shut down Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. They managed to delay the bus for several hours, and 26 people were arrested. Apex Contributor … Continued
On this week’s installment: Seibi Lee, photo by Margo Moritz Chinese Canadian Seibi Lee is the Pricipal Dancer of the Chitresh Das Dance Company. Seibi began her Kathak studies with Pandit Chitresh Das in Toronto, Canada in 1991. Realizing the importance of studying intensely and directly with Panditji, Seibi relocated to the Bay Area in 1998. … Continued
Photo via synbiowatch.org. On tonight’s show, we broadcast excerpts from a conversation between Gopal Dayaneni and Dr. Vandana Shiva. It was part of an event held in Berkeley last month called Seeding Labs, Ceding Seeds: Regional and Global Impacts of the Biotech Bonanza. World renowned environmental philosopher and activist Vandana Shiva illuminates the corporate assault … Continued
Nayomi Munaweera speaks with Nonogirl and Tara Dorabji about her debut novel, Island of A Thousand Mirrors, which delves into the painful history of Sri Lanka’s civil war with unflinching honesty, compassion, and heart. We’ll be offering Nayomi Munaweera’s novel as a gift for those of you who support KPFA during this fund drive. Tune into … Continued
With Host Preeti Mangala Shekar
A memoir by journalist Alison Singh Gee The arts are in the house tonight. First up we’ll be hear from organizers of Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture. Returning to the Bay Area in October, APAture features emerging Asian and Pacific American talent in a multidisciplinary arts festival. We’ll talk with Alison Gee Singh about her memoir, Where the Peacocks Sing, following her … Continued
