August 5, 2025 - 11:29 am
A few months ago we were fortunate enough to be joined in-studio by the founder of Mosaic Mercer Island Open Mic Night Abby K and two regular performers Dave Hill Jr. and John Riziki. Mosaic Mercer Island Open Mic happens on the first Thursday of every month at Aljoya Garden, Mercer Island. They invite
June 27, 2025 - 2:24 pm
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.
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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
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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 …
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,
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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.
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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
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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, 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, 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.
