Crosscurrents

This month, a transitional housing program for unhoused people in Oakland is closing. Then, how poetry can invite us to celebrate the threads that connect us to one another.

Today, we’re going to feature some of the musicians who have provided a soundtrack for Bay Area protests, the Brass Liberation Orchestra.

Struggling with homelessness can make it hard to maintain simple routines. Today, the artist inviting the unhoused community to come as they are. Then, one new novel is inspired by the legacy of environmental racism.

Today, we'll see how an encampment in Berkeley is coming together with the help of one resident.

One new novel from an Oakland writer is inspired by the legacy of environmental racism.

April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate in proper style Bay Poets has been exploring the Poetry Center at SF State’s amazing archives. Today, we wrap up the series and poetry month by talking about San Francisco’s current Poet Laureate, Genny Lim.

Poets have always given a voice to social movements. So today, we bring you a conversation with San Francisco’s first Latino Poet Laureate about how this art from shows up now. 

A Palestinian folk dance group is bringing their people’s story to the big stage. Blending the old and the new into one struggle for freedom. And, a first generation immigrant from the Palestinian and Lebanese diaspora shares poetry. Plus, how the wrongful conviction of two Filipino-immigrant nurses inspires a dance production in San Francisco.

Dabke is an Arabic folk dance with roots in Palestine. In Oakland, one troupe is bringing the generations-old dance to the big stage on April 26th- along with the story of their people’s struggle for freedom. 

Today we will be listening to musician and poet Camellia Boutros read an excerpt from her poem.