Crosscurrents

Here are some readings from our series New Arrivals, a pocket-sized book tour with Bay Area authors. Today we’re featuring stories that speculate about the near-future, and imagine very different possibilities. 

Today, we’re getting ready for San Francisco’s Carnaval! Then, poetry to help us face the truth of climate change.

Continuing the legacy of their founder, Carlos Acetuno, Fogo Na Roupa has grown into a multi-generational Carnaval dance and percussion group.

Nationally acclaimed poet and author Mary Mackey lives in Berkeley. Her latest collection of poems takes on a challenging topic: what’s left, and where there’s hope, in the wake of climate change.

How three unhoused plaintiffs in Berkeley are using the Americans with Disabilities Act to fight against encampment sweeps. And, authors writing for the younger generation.

As encampment management policies become stricter all over the Bay Area, unhoused people are using the courts to fight back. Here, the story of one man's fight to stay in his RV shines a light on what's at stake for the future of lawsuits like his. Then, we hear from the reporter for a roundup of these lawsuits — and, to talk about why it might get harder for unhoused people to bring cases like these ones, even as local laws continue to change.

Today, readings from our series New Arrivals. It’s a pocket-sized book tour with Bay Area authors, and today we’re featuring three books for younger readers. 

The Golden State Valkyries have taken the court! And we’re going to be right there with them for their first season with the WNBA. It's a new season of BOUNCE!

And check out the whole season of "BOUNCE: The Valkyries First Season In The Bay" here!

Today, how both healthcare workers and patients navigate the unknown. Then, we hear from a local actor who was recently nominated for a Tony Award. 

An excerpt from the first episode of the new season of “The Nocturnists” and meet Doctor Emily Silverman, the founder and host of the series.