Entertainment
By Martina Castro on Aug 22 2011 - 5:30pm
When we imagine Antarctica, we often think of an empty place: big expanses of ice, almost no other people on the entire continent. It might even seem like a quiet place. But it’s not.
There’s the colony of Adélie penguins with their chicks, the elephant seals, and of course, the sounds of the ice...
By Holly McDede on Aug 20 2011 - 9:04am
BAY AREA BOOK WORLD BREAKING NEWS
To honor the 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse, Moe's Bookstore in Berkeley is offering 10% discounts throughout August ... if you eat at Chez Panisse. So if you eat there everyday for ten days, that's a 100% discount! Please note: That’s not really true. But you...
By Laura Flynn on Aug 19 2011 - 3:35pm
Photo credit: Laura Flynn
While the new school year is quickly approaching and summer is winding down, this weekend is full of fun, creative, and engaging community building events. Welcome to your Arts/Culture/Weekend!
Starting Thursday
The 2011 San Francisco Improv Festival...
By Martina Castro on Aug 18 2011 - 4:55pm
California is home to the largest U.S. women’s prison, located in Chowchilla. Women represent the fastest growing sector of the prison population nationwide and in the state. And the Habeas Project says about two-thirds of women behind bars report they are survivors of domestic abuse. One of those...
By Roman Mars on Aug 17 2011 - 4:45pm
Take a listen to BART’s radio stream, and aside from the occasional protest, BART communications is a little boring. But when you add one more layer of sound, it becomes a live experience that’s both simple and unexpected.
On the web, it’s called “You Are Listening To,” and it’s built out of three...
By Callie Shanafelt on Aug 16 2011 - 5:27pm
After Congress reached an agreement on the debt ceiling two weeks ago, President Obama said he and his cabinet are turning their attention back to creating jobs.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: They are redoubling their efforts to focus on what matters most to the American people. That is, how are we going...
By Stephanie Foo on Aug 16 2011 - 5:17pm
This month, we’ve been bringing you the sounds of Central Market, past and present. We took you to the Warfield Theater of the 1920s, then back to the eighteenth century to visit the old Hibernia Bank. And today, we take you to our final stop on this tour of the sights and sounds of Central Market...
By Holly McDede on Aug 15 2011 - 4:53pm
In San Francisco, Fillmore-based Marcus Books has been a hub for the neighborhood’s black community since it opened in 1959. Founders Julian and Raye Richardson believed it was the first African American bookstore in America. A lot has changed since it opened – these days, the Narrative of the Life...
By Alexandra Muller on Aug 15 2011 - 3:26pm
Lake Tahoe attracts many nature-loving Bay Area locals, but the sparkling blue lake, known as the "Jewel of the Sierra," is starting to rust. In the late '60s, the lake was clear to an average depth of over 100 feet. Last year, clarity was just over 60 feet. Reports point to algae growth, due to...
By Martina Castro on Aug 11 2011 - 5:54pm
Awhile back, we took you deep into outer space:
CHRISTOPHER HEDGE: You’re always going to have a whoosh sound when you go through something in a planetarium, so I was thinking, “Well what if those whooshes were made with the real signatures of what you’re going through?”
KALW’s Martina Castro spoke...
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