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Sights + Sounds Picks: Litquake's Executive Director Norah Piehl (opens the original)
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“Sights + Sounds Picks” is our weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene through the eyes and ears of local artists. On this episode, Host Jeneé Darden speaks with the Executive Director of Litquake — Norah Piehl. Litquake is an annual literary festival that hosts all kinds of great events such as author conversations and live literary performances. It begins October 8 and runs throughout the month in San Francisco and other spots in the Bay Area. KALW will have an event on the last day of the fes
FULL SHOW: Deesha Philyaw and 'The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman' // Litquake 2026 // The 52nd World Fantasy Convention Comes to Oakland (opens the original)
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Welcome to “The Sights + Sounds Show with Jeneé Darden, " where every week we tap into the Bay Area arts scene and bring you rich conversations with artists. On today’s show: award-winning author Deesha Philyaw talks about her long-awaited debut novel “The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman.” Then, the Bay Area book scene is about to tremble and rumble as Litquake prepares to host their 27th literary festival. Finally, writers and readers from around the world are coming to Oakland for an in
Deesha Philyaw address issues in the Black church with her debut novel 'The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman' (opens the original)
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Author Deesha Philyaw rocked the literary scene back in 2020 with “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.” The juicy, short-story collection earned her a PEN/Faulkner award, an LA Times Book Prize and made her a finalist for National Book Awards. Her long-awaited, debut novel is getting a lot of buzz. “The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman” is about a woman who grew up poor and becomes wealthy as the first lady of a megachurch. But money doesn’t buy her happiness. She enters a national beauty p
The California Symphony celebrate their 40th season (opens the original)
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Host Jeneé Darden always knows its fall when the leaves turn reddish-brown, the days get shorter and the California Symphony prepares to take the stage. This year marks their 40th season. Their opening show “American Connections” takes place this weekend at the Lesher Center for the Performing Arts in Walnut Creek. California Symphony Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera shared what they have planned for audiences this year. This interview made Donato KALW's first, live, in-person guest at
Fantastic Negrito marks decade-long career with 'Alive' album (opens the original)
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We're continuing our discussion about Fantastic Negrito's milestone year. It’s been a decade since he released is album “The Last Days Oakland,” which earned him his first Grammy. Also, 11 years ago he became the first artist to ever win NPR’s Tiny Desk concert. Fantastic Negrito’s new album is “Alive.” The songs are live recordings of performances he has done on stages in Europe and the U.S. There’s a song about computers and AI that Host Jeneé Darden loves. She caught up with Fantastic Negrito
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