Crosscurrents

The hunger strike in California prisons and being put away in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), long-lasting consequences of having a juvenile criminal record, an East Oakland man changes his path away from criminality, and local musicians Te Pura O Te.

One year later, the People’s Library transforms into a community space; Fruitvale Station re-frames cinematic portraits of African American males; a new exhibit explores Muslim women's art and voices; KALW's Seth Samuel is engaged to KALW's Alyssa Kapnik!! and local blues artists Stu Allen and Mars Hotel.

Prison hunger strike continues; Brothers in Pen: Creative writing from San Quentin; [freespace]: a temporary space for lasting change; this week's Audiograph answer revealed! And local songwriter Beth Marlin.

Broken Windows.

Controversial Plan Bay Area adopted by regional planners; Homeless Haircuts, Revisited; A new book chronicles African American history in the Bay Area; and Give a hand to the Golden Gate Park Band!

A special show about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. Local musicians are Wild Moth.

The social work of Meals on Wheels, an interview with San Francisco's poet laureate Alejandro Murguia, and singer Kelly McFarling on the importance of San Francisco as home.

Tech startups give power back to the family farm; Hear Here: Ryan Lee's love affair with bread; Sacred Harp: the punk rock of choral music; and local pianist Mike Greensill.

Fracking: a small town deals with big oil; raising a polar bear; and local group Joyful Noise Jazz Band.

The Bay Area's reaction to the Zimmerman verdict, remembering the oft-forgotten people who die in San Francisco's Tenderloin, Richmond fights the banks over home foreclosures, and local musicians Down & Outlaws.