91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230210 Childrens Film Festival Seattle 2023 Children’s Film Festival Seattle, is finishing up this weekend. There’s still time for you to catch a flick with a kid, or to satiate your inner child. The festival features over 150 films from dozens of countries. Showings are at Northwest Film Forum in
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230209 NAAM AACE The Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) is possibly the only museum in the country to house a choir. NAAM was closed for renovation until January, 2023. During the pandemic, the African American Cultural Experience choir became the mobile arm of the museum. The choral group shares Black/US history
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With abounding gratitude for 50 years we say thank you. Thank you to the Bellevue College Students who gathered, organized and rallied for a 10 watt community radio station that went on the air today in 1973. Thank you to KING FM who donated the first equipment to make that happen. Thank you to Bellevue
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230203 KBCS Bday Raoul Van Hall KBCS was started by Bellevue College students who wanted to broadcast music and their ideas. After their initial request was declined by the college, they held a President’s office sit-in protest. They started with equipment donated by KING FM, and over time, morphed from
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Chinese New Year is January 22nd. The season is marked with celebrations involving food, feasts with loved ones, firecrackers and lion and dragon dances. We bring you an interview with Dr. Connie So, a Teaching Professor at the American Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Washington, Seattle and President of OCA Asian Pacific Advocates
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230120 Intersectional Organizing Linda Sarsour is an activist most known for her work in organizing the 2017 Women’s March, involving an estimated four million participants nationwide. Today, she leads the organizations, MPower Change and Until Freedom. Sarsour discusses what intersectional organizing looks like, as well as what she has experienced as
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91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230111 Rebekah Fonden and OPS KBCS’s Kevin Henry interviews, Rebekah Fonden, Board President of the Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS).Fonden, a survivor herself, talks about how to support survivors of the sex trade and discusses available resources. She also shares her personal story.
KBCS’s Yuko Kodama and Seward Park Audubon Center Lead Naturalist, Ed Dominguez were at Seattle’s Union Bay Natural Area in the University District, and came across the Trumpeter Swans in the winter of 2019. Producer: Yuko Kodama and Ed Dominguez Photo: Ken Schneider
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20221208 Open Studio Cambodia Lauren Iida How are Cambodian artists approaching contemporary art today? Lauren Iida is an Artist and Founder of Open Studio Cambodia, an artist collective based in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Iida founded this organization in 2018. It mentors, represents, and provides supplies and communal studio and gallery space
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20221128 Stand Up Comedian And Writer – Julie Kim Julie Kim is a Canadian Stand-up Comedian and writer for TV and film. She has toured with Canadian Comedian, Ronny Chieng and has written for TV programs such as CBC’s (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Kim’s Convenience and for actor Simu Liu as
