Arts-Waves on Cover to Cover

02.19.07 - 3:00pm

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02.05.07 - 3:00pm

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01.29.07 - 3:00pm

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Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis In 1699, at age 52, artist/naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian sailed from Amsterdam to South America to study metamorphosis. She stalked the tropical forests studying caterpillars and butterflies for two years, but her observations were mostly dismissed and forgotten. Nature writer Kim Todd discusses Merian’s work, and … Continued

01.22.07 - 3:00pm

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Game of Shadows The Federal Government has threatened journalists nationwide for refusing to reveal sources of information that the feds want to further their prosecution efforts in various cases. S.F. Chronicle investigative reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams talk with Denny SMithson about the current status of the case concerning their book Game of Shadows: … Continued

01.15.07 - 3:00pm

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Denny Smithson interviews author, journalist, and film producer, Barbara Becnel. She was a close friend and advocate for Crips co-founder, Stanley Tookie Williams. She edited Williams’s series of children’s books which spoke out against gang violence. Ms. Becnel also co-produced the film, Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story and most recently ran as a democratic … Continued

01.08.07 - 3:00pm

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12.25.06 - 3:00pm

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Good stories bring people together, and host Madafo Lloyd Wilson has great stories to share! Today, we bring you part one of "A Season’s Griot 2006" focuses on the many wonderful ways a story can be told. Host Wilson highlights the work of the Kings and Queens of Storytelling, a collective whose members artfully demonstrate … Continued

12.18.06 - 3:00pm

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12.11.06 - 3:00pm

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12.04.06 - 3:00pm

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Malin Alegria talks about her first novel, Estrella’s Quinceanera