Monday, October 8, 2018: Family Stories of Resistance and Resilience - artist Lucia Ippolito

photo of unfinished Balmy Alley mural Women in Resistance

Lucia Ippolito is the daughter of well-known San Francisco artist Tirzo Araiza, and her stepmother is Juana Alicia, one of the creators of the famed Maestrapeace mural on the San Francisco Women's Building and other iconic works. Lucia worked with her father on Mission Makeover, a mural about gentrification in San Francisco's Balmy Alley, in the heart of the Mission District.  On Saturday, October 13, Lucia and a group of women artists will unveil Women of the Resistance, Balmy's newest mural, with a block party including tables, a DJ, a shamanic invocation, Aztec dancing and live music.  Women of the Resistance also tells a multigenerational story.  Join us to hear Lucia talk about her inspirations, how the mural came together, and the impact of murals on a neighborhood fighting for its survival.

Balmy Alley Mural Unveiling & Block Party | SF

Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE

Balmy Alley | Mission and 24th St, San Francisco, CA

Listen now or Get MP3. 17:33 min

Click here for the entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Berkeley High School's Women's Union
novelist Barbara Artson

Monday, May 4, 2015: Mariposa & The Saint: From Solitary Confinement, a Play through Letters

Mariposa and the Saint: From Solitary Confinement, a Play Through Letters

In 2012, Mariposa was sentenced to fifteen months in solitary confinement. Three years later she is still there. Through letters with longtime friend and current collaborator, Julia Steele Allen, Mariposa brings her experience to the stage.

Kate speaks with writer/actor Julia Steele Allen about Mariposa and the Saint, the play she co-wrote with Sara (Mariposa) Fonseca, who is incarcerated in solitary confinement at the California Institution for Women.  Julia talks about the play, her collaboration with Mariposa, and the work of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners.

Listen now or Get MP3. 24:06






Join CCWP for two benefit performances of Mariposa & the Saint and a conversation about the shocking conditions in California’s women’s prisons and what can be done to change them.

Thursday, May 7th at Stagewerx, 446 Valencia St. at 16th, San Francisco

$15 advance thru Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds

Doors open at 7:00, Play begins promptly at 7:30

Sunday, May 10th at La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley

$15 advance thru Eventbrite, $20 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds

Doors open at 7:00, Play begins promptly at 7:30

Also Jackie Barshak previews upcoming women-produced films at the SF International Film Festival running until May 7th.

Listen to Jackie's previews or Get MP3. 4:34 min

Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
Nepal--Women Bear Brunt of Disaster