Sights + Sounds

Frameline's Executive Director Allegra Madsen talks about the film festival celebrating its 50th anniversary, and their remaining events this week.

The sci-fi/fantasy convention BayCon is returning to the South Bay. This is the convention’s 42nd year and there will be an AfroFuturism Lounge you can check out. The lounge will feature screenings, interactive sessions, panel discussions about the genre and activities for youth.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," drag queen and actress Mary Vice gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

On today’s show, author and filmmaker Adam Nimoy, the son of “Star Trek” actor Leonard Nimoy, talks about his memoir, and how he and his father healed their relationship. Then, Oakland boxing legend Andre Ward on the personal battles he defeated from his youth, and forgiving his father. And, a touching movie by an Oakland filmmaker, about a father fighting a terminal illness while trying to care f...

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Golden Gate Park Band's music director and conductor German Gonzalez talks about three of the Golden Gate Park Band’s summer concerts.

On today's show, a feminist version of Dracula is giving audiences thrills and thoughts at the San Francisco Playhouse. Then, we’re jamming and jitterbugging with the Golden Gate Park Band’s conductor. And a beloved Black arts center in San Francisco is gearing up for a temporary closure, and fun events for Juneteenth weekend.

The “Sights + Sounds” team met several of the young poets from the anthology during a literary festival at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," horror author Tamika Thompson gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

On today’s show, an upcoming literary festival honors writers in the San Francisco Mission. Then, a writing center celebrates 10 years of teaching Oakland youth the joys of writing, and publishing kids too.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," poet and literature Prof. Adrienne Danyelle Oliver talks about three other poets who are reading at our “When We Exhale” live event.

On today’s show, a novel about a haunted housing project in Michigan, where the real monster is systemic oppression. Then, an organization that has trained Bay Area filmmakers for decades turns 50. What’s next for them in this new media landscape?

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," poet and literature Prof. Adrienne Danyelle Oliver talks about three other poets who are reading at our “When We Exhale” live event.