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Caption: Dancers at Dance Mission Theater, Credit: Thomas Levy
Some people who take dance classes regularly have a saying: “Dance is my church.” Dancer Stella Adelman says just that about going to Afro-Cuban f...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Plympton, San Francisco, CA 4/17/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Bill Plympton talks mundane dreams, the honesty of hand-drawing, and the passion behind the passion.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Length: 26:41
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actress Adria Tennor, Rapper ThraxxUP, and You by Caroline Kepnes, in our audiob...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:58
Caption: Artist OREE ORIGINOL's artwork on display on the corner of 24th and Byrant in the Mission., Credit: Todd Whitney
If you have walked the streets of the Bay Area recently -- you might have seen posters featuring the names and faces of Oscar Grant, Renisha McBrid...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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The internet has transformed classroom education around the world. Here in Minneapolis, the Cowles Center for Dance is doing something unique--offe...

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Participant Dare Turner takes a restful moment while on her Odyssey. For her, the experience of looking through the suspended frames was transformative: “I think I saw my future, in a way.”, Credit: Sasha Wizansky
Imagine this for a moment: What if everything about today was curated just for you? Who you meet, what you see, even how you feel?

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Melvin McCosh was a poet, musician and bookstore owner who sold out of his home, and later in Dinkytown and the West Bank. KFAI producer Britt Aamo...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actress Kristina Anapau, Screenwriter Mike Kravinsky, and the New York Times Bes...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Roland Stock
Roland Stock, after retirement, re-kindles a youthful dream of being a guitar maker, and builds a dream guitar using Brazilian Rosewood.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:00
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According to Native American creation stories, the Ojibwe were guided to Minnesota by visions to migrate west until they came to a place where food...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
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At Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, travelers are finding more than just moving sidewalks, shops and restaurants. KFAI's Allison Herrera...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
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For centuries, religion has sparked the design of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings. But what is that process? What built elements make ...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:53
Caption: Greg Vaughan
Billboards, business logos, street signs, window lettering; If you drive down any Main Street you’re surrounded by signs. But how did they get ther...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:31
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"Way To Go” is an interactive virtual reality experience showcased at the New Frontier during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

  • Added: Jan 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
Caption: Hungarian-born Blues musician Little G Weevil., Credit: Tanner Latham
Little G Weevil is a Hungarian-born Blues musician living in Kennesaw, Georgia. When he talks, you know he had to come from Budapest. But when he s...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Oscar Isaac, San Francisco, CA 12/5/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Oscar Isaac talks punctuated silence, suits of armor, and preparing for Star Wars, Episode VII.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:19
Caption: Credit: Russian Public Library via Wikipedia Commons
Silent film may be a thing of the past, but scoring music to flickering screen classics isn't. This documentary focuses on three Minneapolis bands ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 2
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If Vincent Van Gogh lived in the Bay Area now rather than the Netherlands in the 19th century, maybe he would have been a popular video game design...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Some of all Parts, is a San Francisco rap group made up of old high school buddies Carlos Teasdale, Daniel Velarde, and Joe Truss. Truss is Assista...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Singer-songwriter Willie Nile discusses his latest album as well as other things in his career.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:02:27
Caption: In the stacks at Oddball Film and Video.
Ever wonder what happens to films too bizarre for the big, or even small screen? Many of them end up at Oddball Film and Video, a stock footage com...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
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If you look beyond the new restaurants, cafés and boutique shops, on Valencia Street there are hints of what gave this neighborhood the reputation ...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 08:24
Caption: Martha Villa (center) with friend and model Kristina Orlova (right) and burlesque performer Dixie DeLish at San Francisco’s 2013 Zombie Prom. Villa did her own makeup as well as Orlova’s., Credit: San Francisco Zombie Prom
From the outside, Martha Villa’s home blends in with the other modest buildings in her quiet Outer Richmond neighborhood. Inside, however, it’s a ...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "With Wind," an instillation at Alcatraz by the Chinese dissident, Ai Weiwei, Credit: Sandhya Dirks
Ai WeiWei has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2011, but that has not stopped him from making work internationally. He just opened a massiv...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jennifer Perfilio, SF Trolley Dances, Credit: Andy Mogg
Every October, the free outdoor dance festival known as San Francisco Trolley Dances takes audiences on guided tours on public transit with live pe...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1