Our favorite arts administrator Tomás Riley (formerly with CounterPulse) is back as co-host, and the show is music heavy (a good thing), with electro-pop from Emily Afton, a new song cycle about being black in America by Lawrence Brownlee, and the ugly pop of Skating Polly. Enjoy.
March 23 and 24: Emily Afton’s wary but positive songs deserve a wider audience
March 23: Ingmar Bergman’s warmest film, Fanny and Alexander, plays at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley
March 31: The Living Earth Show presents Affirmative Action a concert by five composers of color
March 15-July 8: An exhibition celebrates Rube Goldberg’s slapstick inventions and serious editorial cartoons
March 24 and May 6: Diana Gameros makes traditional songs fresh again
March 27: Skating Polly makes ugly pop that is so beautiful
March 29-April 1: Richard Fouts play about how the Vietnam era draft changed the lives of a generation
April 14: The Teen Poetry Slam returns to Youth Speaks
