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“Voices from Inside”shines light on art by the Black Prisoners’Caucus

June 27, 2025 - 2:24 pm

91.3 KBCS · Voices from Inside-Story and photos by Jennie Cecil Moore

On a leafy street in Seattle’s Central District, a two-story family home has welcomed visitors as a gallery space since 2019. Wa Na Wari, which means “our home” in the Nigerian language of Kalabari, is featuring art from the Black Prisoners’ Caucus from June 6th – July 13th, 2025. The center for Black art and belonging is showcasing beadwork, poetry, sketches, paintings, and video work centered on incarceration.

Ross Ishikawa’s Illustrations Illuminate Japanese American History

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June 10, 2025 - 11:48 pm

Bellevue College and the King County Library System are partnering to celebrate alumnus Ross Ishikawa, a Northwest artist who illustrated the graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse,” at an event on July 31 on the campus of Bellevue College. As part of King County Library’s 2025 One Bellevue One Book: Intergenerational Book Club, Ishikawa will discuss

Join KBCS at the 54th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival

Northwest Folk Life 2025

May 18, 2025 - 2:45 am

Join KBCS at the 54th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival, taking place May 23-26 at Seattle Center. The theme and cultural focus for this year’s festival is Ikigai (Pronounced: Ee-kee-guy), meaning “A life worth living”. The concept of Ikigai marks the next phase in our cultural focus exploration that began by looking inward at our personal …

Elimination of Public Media Funding Requested by White House

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May 13, 2025 - 11:59 am

The White House has put forth an annual budget that requests eliminating public media funding at the federal level for FY26. The proposal asks Congress to eliminate nearly all $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports more than 1,500 non-profit stations across the country, including KBCS. As it stands,

The Caravan with John Gilbreath Returns to KBCS

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May 8, 2025 - 8:46 pm

We’re excited to announce that long-time KBCS program, The Caravan, hosted by John Gilbreath, will return to KBCS on Tuesday, May 13th.

KBCS Message on White House Executive Order to Cut NPR and PBS Funding

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May 2, 2025 - 1:44 pm

We are deeply concerned by the executive order to cut NPR and PBS funding. On May 1, 2025, the White House directed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and federal agencies to end funding for NPR and PBS. While KBCS is not directly affiliated with NPR, we stand firmly with our colleagues in public media

50th Anniversary of the end of Vietnam War

Friends of Little Saigon For KBCS.

April 30, 2025 - 6:00 pm

April 30th marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Army and the end of the Vietnam war. Many thanks to Nam Nguyen, Executive Director of WA State Commissions on Asian Pacific Affairs, and Jennie Cecil Moore, Independent Journalist and Producer and KBCS Contributor for this interview featured on our

Auntmama – DJ Appreciation Spotlight

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Auntmama, Co-Host of Sunday Folks, Sunday's at 9am

April 24, 2025 - 6:00 am

In 2001, Mary Anne Moorman (Auntmama) was awarded a contract with Bellevue College to create an operational plan for KBCS. Consulting led to telling stories on Walkin’ the Floor and in 2003 she began co-hosting Sunday Folks on Sunday’s, 9am to Noon. “Playing music for the KBCS community is an honor.”

Levi Sweeney DJ Appreciation Post

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Levi Sweeney, Host of Retro Radio Theatre, Saturday at Midnight

April 10, 2025 - 6:00 am

Hi, I’m Levi Sweeney. I’m one of the newest hosts at KBCS, and I host the 12 AM to 1 AM Saturday show The KBCS Retro Radio Theatre. I’m a pioneer in applied AI audio and radio dramas. If you tune in to my late, late, show at midnight, you’ll hear me playing the character of “Jack Newman,” unlicensed, back-alley dealer of Old Time Radio.

Roots Rock + Soul-Wednesday Wax

needle on vinyl

April 9, 2025 - 4:57 pm

KBCS 91.3FM Roots Rock + Soul brings listeners selections from the KBCS music library. Host Greg shares sound selections until 7pm Monday through Friday with Wednesday’s dipping into a selection from the KBCS Vinyl Library. And today, April 9th, we share The Lebron Brothers Orchestra and their first release, Psychedelic Goes Latin! Starting off this

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