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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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 months ago
157 — Chido Govera—The Mushroom Queen of Zimbabwe
A mushroom farmer, food activist, business entrepreneur, foster mother to more than a dozen girls—Chido Govera is a kitchen visionary in Zimbabwe—a p…
5 years, 5 months ago
156 — The Amish Pandemic Sewing Frolic
It was Friday, April 10th, 2020. The pandemic was really starting to roar. PPE was scarce and the supply chains were already breaking down. Every hos…
5 years, 6 months ago
155 - Frances McDormand in Nomadland
Frances McDormand talks about her extraordinary new film—Nomadland directed by Chloe Zhao, based on the nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving in the T…
5 years, 6 months ago
154 — Hunting & Gathering with Angelo Garro
With all of us thinking of home and family and of all the things we love and miss, we thought we’d spend some time with Angelo Garro – a Sicilian bla…
5 years, 7 months ago
153 — The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski
In 1966, a young Marine took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, Michael A. Baronowski made tapes of his life…
5 years, 7 months ago
152 — Winona LaDuke—First Born Daughter
For Winona LaDuke the best part of running for Vice President in 1996 and 2000 on the Green Party ticket with Ralph Nadar was meeting so many people …
5 years, 8 months ago