Podcast

Book Launch: Sail Cowabunga! A Family’s Ten Years at Sea
Occidental Center for the Arts
Sunday, November 11th, 2018 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

”No, we didn’t make it

Scampering across balconies, rooftops, and even Mick Jaggers house, to string antenna wire across London, Arnold M.D. Levine details the antics and achievements of the pirate radio movement in the UK in his fun and informative memoir Banned by the BBC, How I Became a Radio Pirate, a memoir of 1970's London.  Levine is a Sonoma County radio broadcaster and host of Tommy's Holiday Camp on KOWS-Occidental and joins Suzanne M. Lang in conversation. 

 

A Novel Idea airs on the first and fifth Sundays of every month at 10:00 am on KRCB 104.9 – Sonoma County’s NPR station / streaming @ krcb.org/radio /Download the FREE KRCB mobile app @ iTunes & Google Play!

 

Samantha Hanan, manager of the Bodega Bay Farmers Market, and Nora Bulloch of the Northern California Center for Well-Being, discuss the upcoming ReThink Your Drink Tasting and Contest and explore the

Word By Word host Gil Mansergh celebrates Valentine’s Day by chatting with the esteemed voice-over actor and teacher Samantha Paris with her new memoir Finding the Bunny.

Bobbi Block grew up

Samantha Ramey returns to Mouthful, this time to discuss her newest endeavor, the Estero Cafe in Valley Ford, along with an update about this year’s Bodega Bay Farmers Market, which recently

Suzanne Lang talks with best-selling author Samantha Rose on her memoir Giving Up the Ghost, a Daughter’s Memoir. Samantha is the daughter of author and syndicated columnist Susan Swartz, who died by suicide in early 2020.

Also featured is a conversation Suzanne had with Swartz on her first novel, Laughing in the Dark, which had just been released at the time of her death.

It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, March 16^th at 10am PDT on KRCB 104.9.

 

Love, Hate, & Other Filters is Samira Ahmed’s novel of a young Muslim American woman finding her way through contemporary cultural challenges. Samira is in conversation with Suzanne M. Lang on

JCC Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival
Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 @ 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm

The 23rd JCC Sonoma County Jewish Film

Sonoma County is one of many jurisdictions across the nation grappling with how to hold law enforcement accountable for abuse and misconduct. In November, voters will decide whether to pass an initiative that would strengthen the agency charged with reviewing allegations against law enforcement. But in other jurisdictions, District Attorneys are taking the lead on reform.  News Director Steve Mencher spoke with Chesa Boudin, District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco. Since taking office in January, Boudin has moved quickly to ramp up police oversight. But there’s a fundamental dilemma. 

 

 

 

 

 

San Francisco Festival of the Mandolin
Croatian American Cultural Center
Sunday, April 28^th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Our 19th Annual Festival will take place Sunday, April 28.
We

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
Home for the Holidays – Brassy & Sassy
Green Music Center
Sunday, December 7th, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

No one does holidays better than the San

For more than 50 years, one of the pleasures of summer life in the Bay

During this coronavirus crisis, low wage workers are most atrisk of losing their economic footing when they become sick.

Residents of Six Bay Area counties — San Francisco, SantaClara, San

The national movement for racial justice following George Floyd’s killing has found a stage in Sonoma County. Libby

Good news for renters in the city of Santa Rosa!

The Santa Rosa City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to extend the city’s prohibition on rental housing price gouging. The ordinance

A new regional plan aims to take on affordable housing across the bay area. But some aren’t so sure it’s the best idea.

At their meeting Tuesday night, Santa Rosa city

The Santa Rosa City Council is expected to decide on July 7 whether to require employers in the city to

Renting in the City of Santa Rosa could soon become easierfor tenants who receive rental assistance from the federal government.

The Santa Rosa City Council voted Tuesday to bar landlordsfrom discriminating

The Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese released the names of 39 clergy members accused of sexual abuse on Saturday. Does this step represent a new era of transparency for the church?

Mouthful looks back to the founding of the first farmers market in Santa Rosa, started more than four decades ago. As the county’s signal market faces what may be its biggest

Mouthful welcomes three local farmers, all young, all passionate about farming and all involved with the Santa Rosa Farmers Market, the largest market in Sonoma County and one of only two

Fewer than half of Santa Rosa homes destroyed in the Tubb’sFire have been rebuilt, but a recent grant could help

Santa Rosa’s new mayor is beginning his first year in office. Tom Schwedhelm is Santa Rosa’s former police chief and was voted into office by his fellow city council members. Reporter

We’re continuing our conversation with the new Mayor of Santa Rosa, Tom Schwedhelm. Reporter Adia White talked with Schwedhelm about the annexation of Roseland into the city of Santa Rosa and

Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital workers demonstrated outside the hospital on Wednesday demanding more protections amid a coronavirus outbreak at their workplace that emerged in August. KRCB’s Adia White reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ever wonder what it would be like to live on theInternational Space Station?

Ten Santa Rosa

What will you be doing on this date in 31 years? You may notknow, but Santa Rosa city planners are hard at work imagining that future.

In 2009, Santa Rosa

The Santa Rosa Police Department recently completed fivecommunity listening sessions to find out how it can better serve the community.This is the first time the police department has completed a series

Protests against police brutality have continued to gain momentum throughout the nation.

Protesters in Sonoma County have marched nearly every day over the past three weeks against police brutality and systemic

Protesters in Santa Rosa gathered in courthouse square onFriday to advocate for families detained at the border.

Cities across the nation held “Lights for Liberty” vigils onFriday night to protest

The smoke and masks of autumn are gone now. But local residents, still recovering from our 2017 fires, are thinking about ways to help 2018 survivors.

Earlier this month, with

If you need a break from worrying about novel coronavirus and the stock market, join us on Sunday afternoon

The Santa Rosa Symphony’s new director and conductor is theonly musician in his family.

Francesco Lecce-Chong will conduct his first full season this fall. KRCB news director, Steve Mencher, spoke with

The Santa Rosa symphony is deepening its connections withthe community. On Sunday night, Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong will be leadingthe symphony in a free concert featuring a mulit-media presentation ofVavaldi’s Four Seasons.

Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra ~ Concerto Showcase
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Sunday, January 21st, 2018 @ 4:00 pm

Members of the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform music

Santa Rosa Symphony

Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition

Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Members of the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform music by

Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Friday, January 18th, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Members of the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform music by

Photo credit: Katrin BjorkSara B. Franklin is a writer, teacher and oral historian.  She holds a PhD in Food Studies from New York University, is the editor of Edna Lewis: At The Table With An American Original and the coauthor of The Phoenicia Diner Cookbook. Her latest book, The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America is gaining national acclaim. 

Sarah Baker with Nina Gerber and Mona Gnader!
Occidental Center for the Arts
Saturday, April 14th, 2018 8 – 10 PM

OCA welcomes back composer, pianist, teacher/vocal coach and blues, rock

Sarah Baker is a “blue-eyed soul” singer, songwriter,composer and pianist who has landed international radio airplay and performedon concert stages with legendary artists ranging from Etta James to Tom Petty.

Savage Wealth
Main Stage West
August 31st – September 16th, 2018

Striver Todd and slacker Gabe are two brothers seeking to sell their inherited lake view Tahoe home. The only

Clark Wolf welcomes Kennedy Golden, daughter of the late, great MFK Fisher. They talk about Fisher’s life, her legacy, her writing, and her last years at Last House in Glenn Ellen.

(Photo: Kennedy Golden, right, with her husband Vincent Golden/Courtesy)

 

 

 

Sonoma County Conservation Action
Environmental Grassroots Gala
Friedman Center, Santa Rosa
Saturday, June 23rd, 2018 @ 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Come celebrate and share stories with Sonoma County’s environmental

Studies show that dropping out of high school can shortenyour life expectancy. Disruptions to daily life caused

As the School Garden Network matures, schools, kids and their families benefit. Sonoma County is leading the way.

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One might think that the talents behind Downtown Abbey and Phantom of the Opera would be odd choices to make a Broadway musical out of a 2003 comedy starring Jack Black.

Our friends at Sonoma West publishers are a unique local resource. For years, they produced newspapers that reflected

Schubertiade: An Afternoon of Schubert
Petaluma Museum
Sunday, June 16, 2019 @ 1:00 pm

Join us in celebrating the story and music of Franz Schubert– A