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Catalina Jazz Club November & December Highlights: Celia Cruz Tribute Sunday November 17, 2024 David Benoit Nov. 29-30 + Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Dec. 27-28
Walt Disney Concert Hall 2024/2025 Season Is Happening Now! Gustavo Dudamel Music & Artistic Director
Iris DeMent Live At The El Rey Theatre Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:30pm
An Evening With Gregory Porter Tuesday December 31, 2024 At The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood 8pm
The Temptations And The Four Tops Sunday January 19, 2025 Live At The Dolby Theatre 8pm
The following candidates have been elected as delegates and will be seated on the KPFK Local Station Board at the December meeting:
NEW LISTENER DELEGATES, in order of finish:
Nikki Haun, Carlos Zavala, Christina Avalos, Adam Wolman, Nancy Niparko MD, Chipasha Luchembe, Jack Neff, Marisol Bielma, Ian Johnston
NEW STAFF DELEGATES, in order of finish:
Ninel Centeno, Jeanine Rohn, Myla Reson
NEWLY ELECTED DELEGATES WILL BE SEATED IN DECEMBER ON THE LOCAL STATION BOARD.
You can email the LSB members at LSB@kpfk.org
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At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, civil society members held a People’s Plenary called “Pay Up, Stand Up: Finance Climate Action, Not Genocide” outside negotiation rooms in which U.N. member states attempted to hammer out a global climate finance deal. In the face of the conference’s restrictions on protest, civil society members unfurled the names of Palestinians who have been killed, reading out the names of those killed by Israel’s military aggression and calling for an end to ecocidal violence worldwide. We hear from three people who participated in the action, including Palestinian activist Jana Rashed and Sudanese activist Leena Eisa — both of whom call on nations to stop providing fuel for genocides being perpetrated against Palestinian, Lebanese and Sudanese people — and the plenary’s co-chair Lidy Nacpil, who calls the gathering a “celebration” of marginalized voices at the climate summit.
We continue our look at COP29’s ongoing negotiations for an international climate finance agreement, which is still under contention as of Thursday morning due in large part to wealthy countries’ refusal to commit to a proposed monetary target on the financing of developing nations’ transition from fossil fuels. Countries that have already industrialized off the backs of fossil fuel exploitation have a “responsibility” to offset these “injustices,” according to Indian climate activist Harjeet Singh. “Developed countries are trying to pose themselves as climate leaders … but back home they’re expanding fossil fuels,” says Singh. “The core of the issue remains finance. Unless money is put on the table, the transitioning away from fossil fuels is not going to be a reality in developing countries.”
KPFK's Rebel Alliance News, our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, is on an indefinite hiatus while we retool our all-volunteer evening newscast to overcome persistent problems.
We are looking for more beat reporters and volunteer stringers from OC, San Diego, and covering local government, housing and policing issues in Southern California including LA City and County and other municipalities.
Email comments@kpfk.org if you can contribute to our local, national and international newsgathering efforts.
Based on the Vanity Fair article by Hayley Phelan, co-directors Hayley Pappas' and Smiley Stevens' revelatory, riveting HBO docuseries further examines the evolution of Guru Jagat, the creation of the Ra Ma Institute and the stunning abuses perpetrated by Yogi Bhajan, 3HO, and teachers within the Kundalini yoga movement since its inception in the 1960s to its current presence in the wellness movement.
Clifford Odets, one of America's great dramatists, rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and his long-suffering wife. A searing and emotional play of love and redemption. Also starring Stacy Keach.
Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Back-to-back major storms slam the Pacific Northwest; Climate change intensified every hurricane in 2024, new study finds; US has huge cache of rare earth elements buried within its coal ash waste dumps; PLUS: NY Gov. revives congestion pricing to rein in traffic and [...]
Will he ever face any punishment for his many crimes? That is among the many issues covered on today's BradCast. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] FIRST UP... The fight over Donald Trump's absurd selection of alleged statutory rapist Matt Gaetz as the next U.S. Attorney General continued in Congress today, as Republicans on [...]
Palestinians are exhorting the world to act. Among them is Dr. Ahmed Abdeen, a 29-year-old aspiring neurosurgeon who was working in Gaza’s European Hospital when his medical training was cut short and he was evacuated from Gaza in early 2024.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he plans to declare a national emergency on immigration and rely on the U.S. military to deport millions of immigrants.
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Somethings Happening is KPFK's long-running overnight program midnight to 6:00 AM Tuesday-Friday with segments of holistic health, meditation, psychology, philosophy, political economy, science fiction and fact, old radio and more, created and long curated by the late Roy of Hollywood, Roy Tuckman. KPFK has been maintaining it since he passed in his honor and memory and in the framework and format he developed and evolved over the decades, which continues to evolve.
Monday overnight to Tuesday features political economy, including Le Show, with Harry Shearer now on at midnight with real-life absurdities from the headlines. Equal Rights and Justice from WBAI also airs at 3:00 AM in that early morning.
Tuesday overnight to Wednesday is holistic health, with Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie, dealing with mental liberation as HipHop artivist and scholar, Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA, Food Sleuth Radio from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Whole Mother about pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing from sister station KPFT.
Wednesday overnight to Thursday features an anti-fascist focus, with programming from David Emory's "For the Record," the Grayzone Radio from Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate', also developed for radio on KPFK's initiative, Final Straw Radio from young anti-authoritarians from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York.
Thursday overnight to Friday focuses on philosophy, psychology and consciousness/enlightenment, with Alan Watts, The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein from the Pacifica affiliates unit, an old radio break with drama, mystery, science fiction and comedy, and at 3:00 AM, Caroline Casey, the Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA in Berkeley, a long-running feature on Something's Happening. We have also been running occasional lectures from the "History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps" from Kings College in London.
Each hour is separately posted on the station's archives for easy listening - Somethings Happening A hours 1-3, and Somethings Happening B hours 1-3 each overnight. Check it out! Dynamite radio for night people also available 24-7 on kpfk.org (for listening, not download).
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If you can volunteer for assisting in social media promotion and marketing, video production and editing, or news gathering and beat reporting for KPFK, fill out this form to apply.
KPFK, under a policy adopted by the Pacifica National Board, is now accepting underwriting from local businesses, community organizations, and other non-profits, that are aligned with Pacifica’s Mission Statement. Underwriters will receive weekly on-air announcements acknowledging their support for KPFK, listing on a dedicated page on our website, and a rotated listing in KPFK’s weekly Dispatch newsletter emailed to over 17,000 of our listeners. KPFK has the strongest broadcast signal in Southern California, with listeners from Santa Barbara to San Diego to the greater Palm Springs area, and online at KPFK.org. We are listener-sponsored, commercial-free Pacifica Radio for all of Southern California.
For more details about how you can become an underwriter of KPFK, email mnovick@kpfk.org with your contact info and "Underwriting" in the subject line or click this link to fill out the preliminary contact form: https://kpfk.org/community-underwriting-intake-form
We will send you more information about the program and what it offers.
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Members and Officers of the Local Station Board, 2024
Rodrigo Argueta Vargas
Christina Avalos
Doug Barnett
Mike Bressler
Tatanka Bricca, Chair
Rachel Bruhnke
Rick Cooper
John Cromshow
Ace Estwick
Vic Gerami
Aryana Gladney
Jan Goodman, listener director
Nikki Haun, Vice chair
Michael Heiss
Sue Cohen-Johnson
Evelia Jones, listener director
Brenda Martinez
Oye Oyeyipo
Robert Payne
Nancy Pearlman
Myla Reson, staff director
Oscar Ulloa
Harvey Wasserman, listener director
Carlos Zavala
Ex officio member, non-voting: Michael Novick, interim General manager
Secretary: Lee Thorpe, non-member
Treasurer: Steven Meeks, non-member (serves ex officio on PNB's National Finance Committee)
Pacifica National Board and Local Station Board meetings, as well as those of their committees can be found here:
Pacifica Foundation Info can be found on the foundation's website at www.pacifica.org.
The Pacifica National Board (PNB) can be reached by email at PNB@pacifica.org.
The Local Station Board (LSB) can be reached by email at LSB@kpfk.org.
Information about governance meetings can be found at https://kpftx.org
PNB Directors' Reports are now on a blog - click on blogs on the top navigation menu above.
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KPFA Radio Berkeley - UpFront Producer Sought -
UpFront is a mostly-live morning public affairs show that delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through engaging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 am on 94.1 FM and at kpfa.org. This producer will have primary responsibility for setting up most days’ shows, with help from the show’s host and interns. More info here
KPFK is seeking to fill several pro bono (unpaid) interim management and coordinator positions.
These include:
interim unpaid development director to form and guide a development task force to raise funds for the station;
interim unpaid social media marketing manager to coordinate social media promotion efforts at and by the station;
interim unpaid volunteer coordinator to recruit and supervise volunteers for diverse tasks at the station.
Those interested in applying for these unpaid interim positions, please contact interim GM Michael Novick at gm@kpfk.org.
Pacifica Foundation Radio seeks an experienced leader for the position of General Manager of its Los Angeles station, KPFK 90.7 FM For more information and to apply, click HERE or see http://pacifica.org/jobs_kpfk.php |
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11:00am - 1:00pm
Music from around the world and around the block.With a special focus on stringed instruments and eclectic styles!
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Disability rights and creativity with Jolie Mason, Tamara Johnson and others from disabilityrightsca.org
Long Beach Dub Allstars Saturday November 23, 2024 Live At Brouwerij West In San Pedro 6:30pm-11pm
at Brouwerij WestA John Legend Christmas With Adam Blackstone Live At The Youtube Theater Tuesday December 3, 2024 8pm
at YouTube TheaterThe Elovaters with Little Stranger, Naâman Sunday December 8, 2024 Live At The Fonda Theatre 7pm
at The Fonda TheatreIris DeMent Live At The El Rey Theatre Tuesday December 10, 2024 7:30pm Doors open at 6pm
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