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The Luckman Fines Arts Complex At CalState LA
This event is currently sold-out. If you'd like to be added to the waitlist, click the banner! Luciana Souza / Trio Corrente Saturday April 27, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy 8pm
Culture Clash May The 40th Be With You! May 4, 2024 In Northridge At The Soraya At CSUN 8pm
LADAMA Sunday May 5, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater @ 7pm
GIPSY KINGS Featuring Tonino Baliardo "Generation Tour" Thursday May 16, 2024 Oxnard Performing Arts & Convention Center
14th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival Friday May 24 -Sunday May 26th 2024 Monterey County Fairgrounds
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum 2024 Repertory Season June 1 - October 20 2024 Celebrating 50 + Years Of Magic @ Theatricum
Todd Rundgren LIVE At The Saban Theatre Thurs. June 20th Libbey Bowl Sun. June 23rd 2024 ME/WE Tour
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KPFK, under a policy adopted by the Pacifica National Board, is now accepting underwriting from local businesses, community organizations, and other non-profits, that are aligned with Pacifica’s Mission Statement. Underwriters will receive weekly on-air announcements acknowledging their support for KPFK, listing on a dedicated page on our website, and a rotated listing in KPFK’s weekly Dispatch newsletter emailed to over 18,000 of our listeners. KPFK has the strongest broadcast signal in Southern California, with listeners from Santa Barbara to San Diego to the greater Palm Springs area, and online at KPFK.org. We are listener-sponsored, commercial-free Pacifica Radio for all of Southern California.
For more details about how you can become an underwriter of KPFK, email mnovick@kpfk.org with your contact info and "Underwriting" in the subject line or click this link to fill out the preliminary contact form: https://kpfk.org/community-underwriting-intake-form
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Set during the Great Depression,The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family’s trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together. A heart-wrenching full cast adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Steinbeck and the 1990 Tony Award Winner for Best Play, Frank Galati’s adaptation finds its timeless heart in the generous spirit of the common man. Original music composed and performed by the Joel Rafael Band: Joel Rafael, Jamaica Rafael, and Carl Johnson.
Phil and Ted welcome radio and audio producer extraordinaire and colleague, Bill Kates for a fun hour of radio stories. An early interest in acting and art led to his lifelong study of film and animation, which he continued during his 30+ years in radio broadcasting, producing for major market radio at WBCN, Boston, K-Rock in New York City, and XM Radio (later Sirius/XM) in New York City, where he specialized in unique, musical and comedic radio production.
Student protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the U.S. arms industry have rocked campuses from coast to coast. The nonviolent protests, which have been characterized as “antisemitic” for their criticism of Israel, have been met with an intensifying police crackdown as university administrators threaten academic discipline and arrests. On Wednesday, local and state troopers violently arrested dozens at the University of Texas at Austin. Meanwhile, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Columbia University in New York City, the site of a high-profile student encampment and one of the first to be met with police action, where he called on university president Minouche Shafik to resign. We hear from two Jewish students involved in protests at their schools. Joshua Sklar, a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin and an organizer with Jewish Voice of Peace Austin, says concern over campus antisemitism is insincere, and that, in fact, “The people who are being targeted are Muslim students, Arab students, and especially Palestinian students.” Sklar and Sarah King, a member of Columbia University Apartheid Divest who was arrested at the campus’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, also point out that a large percentage of protesters are Jewish anti-Zionists concerned about their safety from state repression. “The threat is really coming from Columbia University, which has set the police on hundreds of its students who are entrusted to its care,” says King.
Amnesty International has released its annual report assessing human rights in 155 countries. The report highlights Israel’s assault on Gaza with evidence of war crimes continuing to mount, as well as U.S. failures to denounce rights violations committed by Israel. It also points to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, and the rise of authoritarianism and massive rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. We speak to Agnès Callamard, the organization’s secretary general, who warns “the international system is on the brink of collapse” and decries the failure of rights mechanisms and Israel’s top ally, the United States, to rein in its “unprecedented” assault on Gaza.
KPFK's Rebel Alliance News is our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, your uncensored source of progressive news, information and commentary, with international, national, state-wide and local coverage. Interim news director Ziri Rideaux has recruited a team of unpaid newsgatherers, reporters, commentators and anchors to cover local, state, national and international news, including Angela Birdsong, Jack Kennedy, Polina Vasiliev, Ann Garrison, Don DeBar, Dan Nowman, Marcy Winograd and others. We are looking for more beat reporters and volunteer stringers from OC, San Diego, and covering local government, housing and policing issues in Southern California including LA City and County and other municipalities. Email news@kpfk.org
On today's BradCast: Honestly, I tried. But it was really hard to find any part of the case heard by the corrupted U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that wasn't just absolutely ridiculous. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] For nearly three hours this morning, the nine Justices themselves --- including a number of its [...]
Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: National Weather Service warns Summer 2024 will be hotter than usual; Power outages have surged in the U.S. along with extreme weather, study finds; Poll finds most Americans support climate action but few have heard about Biden's sweeping climate policies; PLUS: California hits [...]
Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) last week in a historic win for organized labor.
Several elite college campuses such as those of Columbia University, New York University, Harvard and Yale were closed on Monday following major protest actions in support of Palestinian rights and against Israel’s on-going genocide in Gaza.
Currently heard Tuesdays at 7am on KPFK Archives of the program can be found HERE |
Soemthing's Happening is KPFK's long-running overnight program midnight to 6:00 AM Tuesday-Friday with segments of holistic health, meditation, psychology, philosophy, political economy, science fiction and fact, old radio and more, created and long curated by the late Roy of Hollywood, Roy Tuckman, and KPFK has been maintaining it since he passed in the framework and format he developed and evolved over the decades.
Monday overnight to Tuesday features political economy, including a new segment developed exclusively for radio for KPFK by filmmaker Robert Lundahl and producer Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone, about indigenous land and water protection in the face of extractivism industries. Extended video versions are available on YouTube. Equal Rights and Justice from WBAI also airs in that early morning.
Tuesday overnight to Wednesday is holistic health, with About Health and Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA, Grassroots (formerly Green Street News) and Food Sleuth Radio from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Whole Mother about pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing from sister station KPFT.
Wednesday overnight to Thursday features anti-fascist programming from David Emory with "For the Record," the Grayzone Radio from Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate, also developed for radio on KPFK's initiative, Final Straw Radio from young anti-authoritarians from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York.
Thursday overnight to Friday focuses on philosophy, psychology and consciousness/enlightenment, with Alan Watts, an old radio break, episodes from Sounds True - Insights from the Edge with Tami Simon, The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and at 3:00 AM, Caroline Casey the Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA in Berkeley, a long-running feature on Something's Happening. We have also been running lectures from the "History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps" from Kings College in London.
Each hour is separately posted on the stations archives for easy listening - Something's Happening A hours 1-3, and Something's Happening B hours 1-3 each overnight. Check it out! Dynamite radio for night people also available 24-7 on kpfk.org (for listening, not download).
Dam removal on California's rivers is a highly visible and inspiring recognition of the benefits of natural services provided by healthy ecosystems.
Tracker picks up where we left off last week looking at the removal of the dam on the Matilija River in Ventura County, as she reviews and reports on the progress of LA River rewilding.
We discuss the role of tribal communities and efforts led by women to restore and rebalance, in light of Governor Newsom's recent announcement supporting removal of three additional dams in the state alongside ongoing efforts to free the Klamath.
Extended video version here, with awesome overhead footage from drones.
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Members and Officers of the Local Station Board, 2024
Rodrigo Argueta Vargas
Christina Avalos
Doug Barnett
Veronica Becerra
Mike Bressler
Tatanka Bricca, Chair
Rachel Bruhnke
John Cromshow
Ace Estwick
Vic Gerami
Aryana Gladney
Jan Goodman, listener director
Wendell Handy
Nikki Haun, Vice chair
Michael Heiss
Sue Cohen-Johnson
Evelia Jones, listener director
Oye Oyeyipo
Robert Payne
Nancy Pearlman
Myla Reson, staff director
Oscar Ulloa
Harvey Wasserman, listener director
Carlos Zavala
Ex officio, non-voting: Michael Novick, interim General manager
Secretary: Leslie Dione Emge
Treasurer: Kim Kaufman (serves ex officio on PNB's National Finance Committee)
Pacifica National Board and Local Station Board meetings, as well as those of their committees can be found here:
Pacifica Foundation Info can be found on the foundation's website at www.pacifica.org.
The Pacifica National Board (PNB) can be reached by email at PNB@pacifica.org.
The Local Station Board (LSB) can be reached by email at LSB@kpfk.org.
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March 10, 2024 Pacifica National Board Directors Report
On January 25th the 2024 Pacifica National Board directors from all 5 Pacifica stations: KPFA Berkeley; KPFT Houston; WBAI New York; WPFW Washington DC and of course KPFK Los Angeles were seated. Also seated were two directors representing over 200 Pacifica affiliate radio stations.
The board met again on February 1st and 15th and March 7th.
Director Susan Young representing KPF T in Houston was elected to serve as Chair of the Pacifica National Board (PNB). Director Minerva Sanders representing Pacifica sister station WPFW in Washington DC was elected to serve as PNB Vice Chair.
Former PNB Chair Julie Hewitt also from WPFW in Washington DC was elected to serve as Secretary for the National Board and Kim Kaufman is now serving as Recording Secretary for the PNB.
On Feb. 1st the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. During open session the Board no motions were passed:
February 1, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:
The PNB met in closed session to discuss confidential personnel information and constructive communications with one of our lenders. No decisions were made.
On Feb. 15th the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. During open session the Board took the following actions:
Coordinating Committee: Darlene Pagano (KPFA), Evelia Jones (KPFK), Egberto Willies (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW), Heather Gray (Affiliate WRFG fm Atlanta)
Governance Committee: Fred Dodsworth (KPFA), Jan Goodman (KPFK), Marianne Martinez (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW), Kaja Brown (KRDP 90.7 fm Phoenix, AZ)
National Finance Committee: Darlene Pagano (KPFA), Myla Reson (KPFK), Susan Young (KPFT), Paul DeRienzo (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW)
Audit Committee: Zach Kaldveer (KPFA), Evelia Jones (KPFK), Egberto Willies (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Irene Adams (WPFW)
February 15, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:
The PNB met in closed session with its FCC council. The Executive Director will be working to address the Letter of Inquiry.
On March 7th the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. The Board adopted the following resolution moved by Harvey Wasserman and seconded by Jan Goodman:
Pacifica Executive Director Stephanie Wells provided an update for the 2024 National Election Supervisor (NES) job opening.
March 7, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:
The PNB met in closed session to address legal matters pertaining to the Pacifica Foundation response to the FCC Letter of Inquiry, and the future of the Pacifica Archives. The PNB made no decisions.
Respectfully submitted by Jan Goodman, Evelia Jones, Myla Reson and Harvey Wasserman
Pacifica National Board Directors representing KPFK 90.7 fm
Pacifica National Board Motions on Terms for Those Elected in 2023 Elections
Whereas there were insufficient funds to hold elections in 2022, which was year 2 of Pacifica’s 3-year election cycle in which half of the delegates would be elected;
Whereas the PNB passed a motion on October 20, 2022 providing that delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 would continue to serve in 2023 if Pacifica failed to hold elections;
Whereas delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 were either in their first term and therefore eligible to run again, or in their second term and therefore ineligible to run again, according to the Pacifica bylaws, and the delay from 2022 to 2023 in holding elections does not change that eligibility status;
Whereas Pacifica is in the midst of the election cycle for 2023, with the record period having passed, the period for candidate nomination having closed, the ballots not yet sent to members, and ballots slated to be sent to voters in the second half of August; and
Whereas it is important for voters to understand before they cast their votes the length of terms to which successful candidates would be elected and serve;
Therefore be it resolved that all candidates running in the 2023 delegate elections are running for two-year terms, and that the elections.pacifica.org website and the ballot shall reflect this information. Pacifica elections would return to the Article Four, Section 3 schedule of holding elections in years one and two and no elections in year three (i.e., elections in 2024 and 2025 but not in 2026).
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KPFA Radio Berkeley - UpFront Producer Sought -
UpFront is a mostly-live morning public affairs show that delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through engaging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 am on 94.1 FM and at kpfa.org. This producer will have primary responsibility for setting up most days’ shows, with help from the show’s host and interns. More info here
KPFK is seeking to fill several pro bono (unpaid) interim management and coordinator positions. These include:
interim unpaid development director to form and guide a development task force to raise funds for the station;
interim unpaid social media marketing manager to coordinate social media promotion efforts at and by the station;
interim unpaid volunteer coordinator to recruit and supervise volunteers for diverse tasks at the station.
Those interested in applying for these unpaid interim positions, please contact interim GM Michael Novick at gm@kpfk.org.
Pacifica Foundation Radio seeks an experienced leader for the position of General Manager of its Los Angeles station, KPFK 90.7 FM For more information and to apply, click HERE or see http://pacifica.org/jobs_kpfk.php |
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Democracy Now! goes beyond the rhetoric and party politics offered by the mainstream media. Instead, it highlights grassroots efforts to enhance and ignite democracy in the U.S.
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7:00am - 8:00am
Interviews with frontline organizers from across the globe that focus on strategy and tactics, grassroots movements, revolutionary thinkers, strategists, and leaders.
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Democracy Now! goes beyond the rhetoric and party politics offered by the mainstream media. Instead, it highlights grassroots efforts to enhance and ignite democracy in the U.S.
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Harrison brings his free-range perspective which blends commentary, satire, and fact-based research
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Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is an award-winning weekly one-hour public affairs program. AR provides information, analyses, and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media. Guests analyze national and international issues.
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This event is currently sold-out! Waiting list available (click link for more info) Luciana Souza / Trio Corrente Saturday April 27, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimo...
at The NimoyDudamel Leads Beethoven and Strauss Thursday May 2, 2024 8pm - Sunday May 5th at 2pm Walt Disney Concert Hall
at Walt Disney Concery HallGoldenvoice + Latin Alt HD3 present ISAAC ET NORA Live at the Fonda Theatre Friday May 3, 2024 9pm show (doors open at 8pm)
at The Fonda TheatreCulture Clash May The 40th Be With You! May 4, 2024 In Northridge At The Soraya 8pm At CSUN
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