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Danni Washington and The Genius Generation
We’re excited about The Genius Generation, a new podcast hosted by Danni Washington, and we want you to get in on it. The Genius Generation — innovat…
4 years, 11 months ago
Dave Brubeck & The Ambassadors of Jazz
“A blue note in a minor key—America has its secret sonic weapon—Jazz.”
That was the headline in 1955 when the United States sent its top musicians ov…
4 years, 11 months ago
Spotlight on Black-Owned Pet Businesses
Lured in by a blackboard sign on the street in Davia’s neighborhood announcing “Spotlight on Black Entrepreneurs,” we enter the creative and growing …
5 years ago
Francis Coppola and North Beach Citizens—A Neighborhood Vision
Francis Ford Coppola talks about homelessness, life, friendship, neighborhood history, and his ideas about the future as he tells the remarkable stor…
5 years ago
Tales from Vietnamese Nail Shops in America
The women who were murdered in Atlanta were Korean, not Vietnamese. They were doing massage, not manicures. But they faced the hate and violence that…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Osaka Ramones: The All-Girl Punk Band - Shonen Knife
The impact of Shonen Knife, the 1980s all-girl punk band from Osaka—a story of cultural exchange through the cassette tape.
Shonen Knife, the three-w…
5 years, 1 month ago
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
It’s February 23, 2021— and we’ve just received word that our dear friend and North Beach neighbor, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, has passed on at age 101.
…5 years, 2 months ago
160—Can Do: Black Visionaries, Seekers, and Entrepreneurs-with Host Alfre Woodard
Stories of Black pioneers, seekers and entrepreneurs — self-made men and self-taught women, neighborhood heroes and visionaries. People who said "yes…
5 years, 2 months ago
159 — Nomadland with Frances McDormand
Sometimes you read a book and it alters the course of your life. That’s what happened to Frances McDormand. Twice. First it was Olive Kitteridge, the…
5 years, 2 months ago
158 — A Plea for Peace: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Nixon, and the Music of the 1973 Inauguration
Music and poetry were powerful headliners at the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris signaling change and new beginnings. This was not the fi…
5 years, 3 months ago