In a Clinton-esque speech, Joe apologizes for his marital infidelities and urges voter support for his wife, running for mayor of Santa Monica. Joe interviews a Baptist minister about his faith. Having just watched a National Geographic television program, Larry expresses his contempt for primitive peoples and baboons at the Frankfurt Zoo. Joe tells the … Continued
Part 1 of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe’s influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the year 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives … Continued
Elfie is an historic figure. An ex-marine,who had been a labor reporter in Chicago, he came to Fresno in 1953 to edit the Valley Labor Citizen. He went on to document via photos, the farm worker movement, the UFW and social justice movements. George, a long time friend of KPFA and KFCF, often featured on … Continued
Alan Alda and Swoosie Kurtz star in John Guare’s award-winning work. In a Fifth Avenue apartment high above Central Park, art dealer Flanders Kittredge and his wife Ouisa are trying to interest a moneyed friend in a $2 million investment. When an unexpected young guest arrives, claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier, the … Continued
A special musical edition of Africa Today , hosted by Greg Bridges.
Larry’s gives his mother the birthday gift of a family photograph with her husband air-brushed out. Joe’s tells the story of a child prodigy friend. Larry and Joe debate the merits of their respective neighborhood country clubs. Maude tells the story of her wild youth. At her birthday, Larry recites “The Runaway Bunny” to his … Continued
James Marsters stars in Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Earnest, “that name which inspires absolute confidence.” Wilde’s effervescent wit, scathing social … Continued
