Crosscurrents

"EARTHQUAKE! Shaken, But Standing Strong" is an immersive historical show and tour of the surviving Haas-Lilienthal House that will take place on April 17 and 18.

Uncuffed producer Michael Callahan shares a story about how sometimes the roles get reversed when he's parenting from prison. 

For poetry month Oakland poet James Cagney walks us down memory lane with an ode to the home he grew up in. Here is his piece 'What Remains Eternal.'

Today, a conversation with Congressional candidate Marie Hurabiell. Then, the return of the East Bay literary festival Beast Crawl. And, we honor poet Bob Kaufman.

KALW’s State of the Bay has been inviting the candidates for California’s 11th district to come on their show. And we’ve been airing segments of those conversations here on Crosscurrents this month.Today, the final candidate in the series: Marie Hurabiell.

April is National Poetry Month and Downtown Oakland has some of the best Bay Area poets delivering powerful prose. That’s because they’re part of the annual Beast Crawl, Oakland’s longest running literary festival. 

April is National Poetry Month but it is also the birthday month of one of San Francisco's most iconic poets, Bob Kaufman. To mark the occasion, Bay Poets host Josiah Luis Alderete reads one of Bob’s piece "Suicide" from his first book “Golden Sardine” published by City Lights Books in 1967.

Today, a local voice actor and kids podcaster talks about his experience with autism. Then, one new play features four Berkeley teenagers seeking figurative and literal harmony during a summer of music school. And, a local poet reminds us to take a breath.

Today we feature an award winning Bay Area creator who says being neurodivergent is exactly what helped him excel at what he does. Jonathan Cormur is a San Mateo county based voice actor, host of the award winning kids podcast Dorktales Storytime. 

The play “Girls, Girls, Chance, Chance, Music, Music" is about four talented teens who spend their summer in Berkeley at a prestigious music program for girls. And like life, some days there’s harmony and other days they have to deal with the hard notes. The show includes themes of friendship, self-discovery and how music helps many of us survive.