Sights + Sounds

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Sights + Sounds episodes

June 25 The AfroFuturism Lounge returns to BayCon
The sci-fi/fantasy convention BayCon is returning to the South Bay. This is the convention’s 42nd year and there will be an AfroFuturism Lounge you can check out. The lounge will feature screenings, interactive sessions, panel discussions about the genre and activities for youth.
16 min
June 18 Sights + Sounds Picks: Drag Queen and Actress Mary Vice
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," drag queen and actress Mary Vice gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
6 min
June 18 Adam Nimoy's memoir 'The Most Human' // Andre Ward's memoir 'Killing the Image' // 'Paper Bag Plan' film
On today’s show, author and filmmaker Adam Nimoy, the son of “Star Trek” actor Leonard Nimoy, talks about his memoir, and how he and his father healed their relationship. Then, Oakland boxing legend Andre Ward on the personal battles he defeated from his youth, and forgiving his father. And, a touching movie by an Oakland filmmaker, about a father fighting a terminal illness while trying to care for his disabled son.
52 min
June 11 Sights + Sounds Picks: The Golden Gate Park Band's Music Director and Conductor German Gonzalez
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Golden Gate Park Band's music director and conductor German Gonzalez talks about three of the Golden Gate Park Band’s summer concerts.
6 min
June 11 'Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really' // Golden Gate Park Band's Summer Season // Black Family Reunion 2026 in San Francisco
On today's show, a feminist version of Dracula is giving audiences thrills and thoughts at the San Francisco Playhouse. Then, we’re jamming and jitterbugging with the Golden Gate Park Band’s conductor. And a beloved Black arts center in San Francisco is gearing up for a temporary closure, and fun events for Juneteenth weekend.
52 min
June 05 Young Oakland poets share their work from 'When the Stars Bloom in Oakland: An Anthology of Poems by Fourth Graders'
The “Sights + Sounds” team met several of the young poets from the anthology during a literary festival at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland.
17 min
June 04 Sights + Sounds Picks: Horror Author Tamika Thompson
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," horror author Tamika Thompson gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
6 min
June 04 Flor Y Canto Literary Festival Returns to the Mission and Chapter 510 Empowers Young Oakland Writers
On today’s show, an upcoming literary festival honors writers in the San Francisco Mission. Then, a writing center celebrates 10 years of teaching Oakland youth the joys of writing, and publishing kids too.
50 min
May 28 Sights + Sounds Picks: Poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," poet and literature Prof. Adrienne Danyelle Oliver talks about three other poets who are reading at our “When We Exhale” live event.
6 min
May 28 'The Curse of Hester Gardens' horror novel // Bay Area Video Coalition's 50th anniversary
On today’s show, a novel about a haunted housing project in Michigan, where the real monster is systemic oppression. Then, an organization that has trained Bay Area filmmakers for decades turns 50. What’s next for them in this new media landscape?
54 min

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