Sights + Sounds

On today's show, a throwback to our first "Sights + Sounds After Dark" live event featuring love stories and poems by Nazelah Jamison, Norma Smith and Sumiko Saulson. Singer B. DeVeaux graced the stage with beautiful music. Then the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Electric Ex, KALW’s Tarik Ansari, talks about how his past relationships inspire his music.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," retired Oakland librarian and author Dorothy Lazard gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

On today’s show, dancers reflect on San Francisco’s queer music and nightlife culture from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Then, we hear from one San Francisco writer and visual artist who is displaying her art that spans 40 years. And, an art exhibition honoring "Star Trek" character Lt.Nyota Uhura that invites us to rethink how memory and time move in non-linear ways when it comes to Black people’s past, present and future.

A dancer production reflects on San Francisco’s queer music and nightlife culture from the ‘70s and ‘80s.

What do you do when you turn 80? San Francisco writer and visual artist Shizue Seigel is displaying her own art that spans more than half of her life.

An art exhibition, inspired by the "Star Trek" character Nyota Uhura, invites us to rethink how memory and time move in non-linear ways when it comes to Black people’s past, present and future.

On today’s show, we look back at our live event “Creepy Tales,” featuring eerie stories from award-winning writer Thaddeus Howze, KALW’s Hana Baba and award-winning poet James Cagney. Then, Oakland horror author Cynthia Gómez transports readers back to 1968 in a novella about an Oakland Latina witch.

On today's show, a majestic statue from Mexico is putting smiles on people’s faces in the Fruitvale neighborhood, and sending a message about immigration. Then, a children’s book about a Vietnamese-American girl who accidentally tears a family heirloom. We hear from the author and illustrator of this sweet story. Finally, a jazzy, soulful musical transports audiences to the Fillmore in the 1950s.

A majestic statue from Mexico is putting smiles on people’s faces in the Fruitvale neighborhood, and sending a message about immigration.

A children’s book about a Vietnamese-American girl who accidentally tears a family heirloom. We hear from the author and illustrator of this sweet story.