Monday, September 9, 2019: Life of a Web Series

Kate speaks with Kyle Chu, writer-actor and co-creator of the web series CHOSEN FAM, which will have its first pilot screening party on Wednesday, September 11 at El Rio at 6:30 pm.* CHOSEN FAM follows the members of all-QTPOC Indy rock band navigates relationships, growing up and growing apart in the Bay Area DIY music scene.  Kate talks with Kyle about the how and why of making a web series (what she calls a "baby TV show") on a shoestring and what current and former shows she admires.

* The screening at El Rio will also be a fund raiser to help launch the first series of CHOSEN FAM.

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Also on today's show:
Story, Art, Action! Muralismo
Youth Climate Warriors 

EVENTS:
Women of the Resistance at Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th St
now thru Sept 27th

Poster portfolio continues the homage to Balmy Alley murals.

June 9, 2014: Preview the film KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER

Interview with Sam Feder

We preview the film KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER with filmmaker Sam Feder.

KATE BORNSTEIN IS A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER will be at the Roxie in San Francisco on Saturday, July 14th at 12:30 PM. Tickets are available at http://sfindie.com/festivals/sf-docfest/.

For more about Kate Bornstein go to http://katebornstein.typepad.com/.

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Also on today's show:
Radical queer writer & activist Yasmin Nair
Diana Whitten discusses her film, VESSEL
Tribute to revolutionary activist Yuri Kochiyama

April 14, 2014: Kaya Press - 20 Years of Innovative Publishing

MIGRITUDE: Tara Dorabji talks with Shailja Patel, whose one-woman show Migritude, is now a book published by Kaya Press, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week with a reading at City Lights.

Patel talks about the saris that her mother gave her and how that inspired her to write Migritude. She used these saris to weave a story about the women who migrate from India to East Africa. Patel has performed her show imany places around the world. Shailja will read from her book at City Lights 20th anniversary celebration on Thursday, April 17, 2014, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco. The reading will be followed by tiger-themed party at Leapo Lounge in Chinatown.

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Also on this show:
THE GERMAN DOCTOR: Kate Raphael talks with filmmaker and novelist Lucia Puenzo, whose film THE GERMAN DOCTOR (WAKOLDA), adapted from her novel, opens next week.

YOU, ME, AND THE FRUIT TREES: Filmmaker and activist Tracey Quezada talks about what's wrong with the criminal justice approach to child sexual assault and what we can do to address this public health problem as a community.

November 25th: Worlds beyond what we can see: Arab-American playwright Mona Mansour

Urge for Going now at Z Space

Mona Mansour talks about growing up on the west coast with an American mother and Lebanese father and how she came from being an actor to writing plays. Her play "Urge For Going" the second in a trilogy, tells the story of Palestinian refugees in a Lebanese camp.

Urge for Going is showing now through December 8th at Z Space at 450 Florida Street in San Francisco. Tickets can be purchased on their website box office.

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