m Employment Law: Special Topics -- YLR KALW 7PM PDT 26 September 2018 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:25:39 +0000 Host: Jeff Hayden, certified criminal law specialist, California Board of Legal Specialization, State Bar of California. Jeff welcomes employment law specialists: -- Margaret Grover, Esq., Partner, Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP, Oakland, CA. Maggie is a 30-year attorney practicing employment law and member of the Labor and Employment Section of the California Lawyers Association (CLA). -- Ellen Mendelson, Esq., San Francisco, CA. The law office of Ellen A Mendelson focuses on representing public and other employees. With over 25 years experience, Ellen is a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the CLA. -- Douglas Robbins, partner in Wood, Robbins LLP, San Francisco, California. Wood Robbins focuses their Employment Law practice in three areas of Employment Litigation: Trade Secret Litigation; Misclassification (Independent Contractor/Employee) Litigation; and Wage & Hour Litigation. Douglas is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Bar Association. Full Article
m Farmworkers & Meatpacking Workers Say They Aren't Being Protected From COVID-19 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll talk about farmworkers and meat processing plant workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. Full Article
m Why Is It Taking So Long To Ramp Up COVID-19 Testing In The US? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:41:04 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll get an update on why COVID-19 testing in the US has slowed down. In order to relax shelter in place policies, we need widespread testing. What will it take to get there? Full Article
m 'Shelter In Place' Has Increased Domestic Violence Calls. What Support Is Available? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:58:07 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’re hearing how people experiencing domestic violence are receiving support while sheltering at home during the COVID-19 crisis. Organizations around the globe are seeing an increase in domestic violence calls. Full Article
m Media Roundtable: The COVID-19 Crisis In Iran - US Media Outlets Face Layoffs, Furloughs & Closures By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:03:09 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, which continues to be the worst hit country in the Middle East. The virus has infected more than 76,000 people in Iran. More than 4,800 have died. Full Article
m One Planet: Tackling The Climate Crisis As We Mark The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day By www.kalw.org Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:43:35 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll mark the 50 th anniversary of Earth Day by discussing the Trump administration’s drastic changes to US environmental policies. Full Article
m Farmworkers Are 'Essential' During COVID-19, But Are Left Unprotected And Underpaid By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with Dr. Ann López , executive director of the Center for Farmworker Families about how California's farmworkers are still unprotected, months after the COVID-19 crisis began. Full Article
m FRONTLINE's 'Coronavirus Pandemic' Traces How The US Became The World's Virus Hotspot By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we speak with veteran science journalist Miles O’Brien about his new FRONTLINE documentary Coronavirus Pandemic. Full Article
m Media Roundtable: The COVID-19 Outbreak In Ciudad Juárez Factories & The Paycheck Protection Program By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 07:00:04 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, factory workers in Ciudad Juarez are protesting to demand the closure of assembly plants along the US-Mexico border. Many are still open despite the growing coronavirus death toll among the workers. Full Article
m One Planet: Lessons From The Deepwater Horizon Disaster & The Future Of The Fossil Fuel Industry By www.kalw.org Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:45:20 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we're speaking with journalist and author Antonia Juhasz about the 10th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which spewed over 130 million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, making it the worst oil spill in US history. Full Article
m Experts Say Two Million People Per Week Must Be Tested Before Reopening By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're speaking with epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves about the current status of testing for COVID-19 across the US. Full Article
m How Will The US Economy, Small Businesses & Workers Recover From COVID-19 Losses? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:55:20 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're speaking with Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about how the US government has handled the COVID-19 crisis. He says the public safety net is not working and the US is on course for a second Great Depression. Full Article
m The COVID-19 Crisis In Indian Country Exposes Broken Treaties & US Obligations By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:05:37 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing how COVID-19 is affecting Indian Country. There are nearly 1,900 confirmed cases across the Navajo Nation and 60 reported deaths. Full Article
m Media Roundtable: Amid Pandemic, Brazil's Poor Pay A High Price & COVID-19 Outbreaks On Cruise Ships By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 07:42:24 +0000 On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and its impact on p oor and marginalized communities . So far, more than 81,000 people have tested positive and at least 6,000 have died. Full Article
m One Planet: COVID-19 And The US Food System Crisis By www.kalw.org Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 07:20:20 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we're discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the US food supply. Across the country, farmers are destroying tens of millions of pounds of fresh food. Full Article
m Why Are Meat Processing Plants Reopening After Major COVID-19 Outbreaks? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're getting an update on the COVID crisis in meatpacking plants. At least 31 meat processing plants owned by Smithfield, JBS and Tyson Foods have had coronavirus outbreaks. Full Article
m How California's For-Profit Nursing Homes Became COVID-19 Hotspots By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing rampant coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes around the country. In California, approximately one-third of all COVID-related deaths are tied to nursing facilities. Full Article
m SF Has Filled Less Than 3,000 Hotel Rooms For The Unhoused. Advocates Say It's Not Enough. By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’ll get an update on how San Francisco is handling its unhoused population during #COVID19. Last week, advocates staged a protest outside of Mayor London Breed’s house to demand more hotel rooms for people without homes. Full Article
m What Systemic Changes Are Needed Now That Millions In The US Are Newly Uninsured? By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000 On this edition of Your Call, we’re speaking with award-winning health journalist Trudy Lieberman about the current state of US health coverage since the Affordable Care Act passed 10 years ago. Full Article
m Media Roundtable: The EU Warns Of 'Recession Of Historic Proportions' -- Big Pharma & COVID-19 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:05:50 +0000 On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Italy and other hard hit European countries. According to The European Commission, Europe’s economy will shrink by 7.4 percent this year. Full Article
m Neil Cameron: Newcastle United are selling their soul to worse than Mike Ashley By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:28:24 +0100 WOULD you still celebrate a cup final win for your team if you knew for absolute certain the game had been rigged? Full Article
m Matthew Knox on pressure of wonderkid status, Manchester United trials and training at Rangers and Spurs By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:30:00 +0100 He was Scottish football's next big prospect. Full Article
m Hibs star Darren McGregor hopes city rivals Hearts manage to find a way to stay in Scottish Premiership By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:49:36 +0100 HIBERNIAN stalwart Darren McGregor hopes city rivals Hearts are handed a relegation reprieve, insisting the electric Edinburgh derby is the highlight of the season for most Easter Road stars. Full Article
m Football teams to be allowed to make five substitutions per game when play resumes after coronavirus By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:53:05 +0100 FOOTBALL teams will be allowed to make no fewer than five substitutions in a game when play restarts following the coronavirus pandemic after the International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved a temporary rule change. Full Article
m SPFL come under fire for "giving clubs hope" in resolution as reconstruction plans are suddenly shelved By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 19:31:07 +0100 THE SPFL were tonight criticised for giving Scotland’s clubs hope that league reconstruction was a possibility in their controversial end-of-season resolution. Full Article
m Falkirk chairman slams Premiership "cabal" and claims they were "deceived" over reconstruction By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 22:58:07 +0100 Falkirk chairman Gary Deans tonight slammed Ladbrokes Premiership clubs for scuppering league reconstruction hopes - and called for change at the top of Scottish football. Full Article
m Former Hearts chairman Leslie Deans urges club to take legal action against SPFL and clubs who 'voted for Hearts ejection from league' By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:42:15 +0100 Former Hearts chairman Leslie Deans has urged the club to take legal action against the SPFL as well as those who voted to end the season early, effectively relegating the Jambos. Full Article
m ‘Testmatch’ @ A.C.T. - French Film Noir Series - Symphonia Caritas - SFSYO Conductor Daniel Stewart By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:39:48 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with actors Meera Rohit Kumbhani (pictured, left) and Avanthika Srinivasan (right), cast members of the world premiere of Testmatch , which runs at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater through December 8. Full Article
m Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna - Ermelinda Rediscovered - Leif Ove Andsnes - The Art of Memoir Writing By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:03:31 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with cellist and singer Amanda Zidow (pictured), who plays the role of the Island Queen Prospera, in Cirque du Soleil’s production Amaluna , currently visiting the Bay Area. Full Article
m Groundhog Day the Musical - The Donna Summer Musical - Scrooge in Love! - Chez Joey By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 22:45:26 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with Rinabeth Apostol (pictured, right) and Ryan Drummond (left), who are the lead actors in the San Francisco Playhouse production of Groundhog Day the Musical , which runs through January 18, 2020 at SF Playhouse (450 Post Street) in San Francisco. Full Article
m Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - A Christmas Carol @ A.C.T. - The Nutcracker 75th Anniversary By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:25:00 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, guest host Noah Griffin talks with actors John Skelley and Benjamin Papac (pictured) about the exclusive West Coast production of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , in which they play the parts of Harry Potter, and his son, Albus Potter. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child runs at San Francisco’s Curran Theater (445 Geary St.) in San Francisco, through June 20, 2020. Full Article
m AASC’s ‘Cinderella’ - NCCO & Anne Sofie von Otter - Kung Pao Kosher Comedy - Peter Robinson By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:51:43 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the performing arts, guest host Leah Garchik talks about the African-American Shakespeare Company's unique annual holiday offering of Cinderella , with AASC founder and executive director Sherri Young and lead actress Funmi Lola (pictured). Cinderella, the often told tale of a scullery maid determined to take her life into her own hands and make it better, runs for 4 performances, December 20-22 at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. Full Article
m 2020 Fresh Festival of Dance, Ming Luke and the BCCO, 2020 San Francisco Tape Music Festival By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 21:41:32 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW's weekly radio magazine of the performing arts, host David Latulippe will be talking with choreographer/performer Kathleen Hermesdorf about San Francisco’s 11th annual FRESH Festival of Experimental Dance, Music + Performance , held over three weekends from January 6 - 26 at the Joe Goode Annex (401 Alabama St.) in San Francisco. Full Article
m Mimi’s Suitcase - PolySHAMory - The Violins of Hope By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:37:07 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with multilingual playwright and actor Ana Bayat , about her one-woman show, Mimi's Suitcase , an autobiographical story about identity, immigration, women’s rights, and involuntary displacement. Full Article
m The Pianist of Willesden Lane - Will Eno’s ‘Wakey, Wakey’ - 12th Mostly British Film Festival By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:58:07 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with concert pianist, actor, and author Mona Golabek, about her one-woman show The Pianist of Willesden Lane , presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts (500 Castro St.) in Mountain View, through February 16. Full Article
m The Case of the Vanishing Firefish - California Symphony: Brahms Fest - Snapshot @ West Edge Opera By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:22:27 +0000 This week, on another web-exclusive edition of Open Air, KALW’s weekly radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with co-founder and director Vinita Sud Belani from theatre company EnActe Arts, about The Case of the Vanishing Firefish , a fantasy fiction voyage inspired by both Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code . Full Article
m The SpongeBob Musical - 'Chicago' in San Jose - Il Trovatore - MindTravel @ Aquarium of the Bay By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:08:31 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s weekly radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with actors Lorenzo Pugliese and Daria Pilar Redus (pictured), who play the parts of SpongeBob SquarePants and his squirrel girlfriend Sandy Cheeks, in The SpongeBob Musical , which is in town through February 16. Full Article
m Sting in his musical ‘The Last Ship’ - Volti: ‘Almost Speechless’, the voice as an instrument By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:25:32 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author, activist, international rock star, and 17-time Grammy Award-winner Sting (pictured, center), who is in town to star in his own new musical, The Last Ship , playing at the Golden Gate Theatre (1 Taylor St.) in San Francisco, through March 22. Full Article
m Mads Tolling ~ Left Coast Chamber Ensemble ~ Pacific Musical Competition By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 19:05:01 +0000 This week, you'll hear about the 2020 Pacific Musical Competition, whose finalists perform at the Live Finals and Winners Showcase, which will be held on March 8, 2020 in the Main Hall at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco from 10am to 7pm. For over a century, the Pacific Musical Society & Foundation has nurtured the growth of gifted musicians by awarding merit-based scholarships to promising students in the Bay Area and surrounding regions. Each year they hold a competition for instrumentalists, pianists, vocalists, chamber groups, and composers in various age categories. --- A talk with two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Mads Tolling , about his upcoming show at Yoshi’s in Oakland (510 Embarcadero West), together with his Mads Men (Colin Hogan on keys, Daniel Lucca Parenti on bass and Eric Garland on drums). Featured guest artists are vocalists Kim Nalley and Kenny Washington. ---- From the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble , a talk with flutist Stacey Pelinka and artistic Full Article
m Hindsight is 2020: Reimagining Women’s History – Pocket Opera’s 2020 Season By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:36:38 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts in times of Coronavirus , host David Latulippe talks with AJ Baker, founder and executive artistic director of 3Girls Theatre Company , about their 8th New Works Festival, titled Hindsight is 2020: Reimagining Women’s History . The festival runs from runs from March 20-29 at Z Below (470 Florida St.) in San Francisco. Full Article
m Bay Area Performing Artists Cope with COVID-19 By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:53:00 +0000 On this week's Open Air, a talk (by phone) about what the cancellation of virtually all performing arts venues have on various artists, including a talk with conductor Martin West about the San Francisco Ballet, with Bill English, co-founder of San Francisco Playhouse, and with freelance musicians Mads Tolling and Matt Szemela. Plus regular contributor Peter Robinson shares possible home and outdoor activities during "shelter in place". RESOURCES and diversions: The San Francisco Symphony's award winning "Keeping Score" video series The Metropolitan Opera streaming archive The Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall From our friends at KQED: "Emergency Funds for Freelancers, Creatives..." The Actors' Fund The Santa Cruz Symphony Musician Relief Fund Listen to the March 19, 2020 broadcast of Open Air with David Latulippe anytime! Full Article
m Open Air is Back! – Brian Copeland & The Marsh - Ben Jones & 42nd Street Moon – Peter Robinson By www.kalw.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:37:11 +0000 Open Air, KALW’s weekly radio magazine about the Bay Area Performing Arts, is back! Full Article
m West Edge Opera Festival Full Steam Ahead - Mezzo-Soprano Leandra Ramm By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:16:47 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks, appropriately socially distant, with Mark Streshinsky, general director of West Edge Opera , about the annual summer festival, thus far going full steam ahead from July 25th through August 9 th at The Bridge Yard in Oakland. Full Article
m Valley of the Moon Music Festival - Joshua Kosman - Opera San Jose - Classic Hollywood Musicals By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:38:37 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts in Times of Corona, host David Latulippe talks, appropriately socially distant, with Eric Zivian and Tanya Tomkins (pictured), directors of Valley of the Moon Music Festival (VMMF), about how they are coping with the current crisis. Full Article
m Open Air’s Corona Radio Theater presents: Word for Word & Tobias Wolff’s ‘Firelight’ – on Zoom By www.kalw.org Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 02:21:00 +0000 Regular contributor and critic at large Peter Robinson explores how My Fair Lady turned Shaw’s Pygmalion into a fine musical. ===================== his week on Open Air, KALW’s live radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts in Times of Corona, we raise the virtual curtain for the first installment of Open Air’s Corona Radio Theater . Featuring this week is theater company Word for Word ; renowned for bringing short stories from the page to the stage, fully theatricalized; and their reading - on Zoom - of Tobias Wolff's story, Firelight . Full Article
m Up Next in Open Air’s Corona Radio Theater: San Francisco Playhouse & ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’ By www.kalw.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 02:11:38 +0000 This week on Open Air, KALW’s live radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts in Times of Corona, the virtual stage of Open Air’s Corona Radio Theater features San Francisco Playhouse , and their production of one of the most celebrated plays in the history of American radio, Lucille Fletcher’s Noir thriller Sorry Wrong Number . Full Article
m Visual Instruction for Marching Band By pacific-crest.org Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 23:22:03 +0000 AUTHOR: Rudy Ruiz | DATES: May 20, May 27, June 3 | TIME: 6 pm each day In this three-part training, Rudy Ruiz, addresses the art of quality visual instruction. From fundamental principles, to teaching strategies, to finding a teaching gig, Rudy addresses all aspects of this topic over three one-hour webinars. Full Article Virtual Studio
m Pacific Crest Campaign to Raise $210,000 By pacific-crest.org Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 04:05:06 +0000 Pacific Crest is a recognized leader in the marching arts community. We are here today because of supporters like you. We will survive these harsh times, and we are eager to build on 2019’s historic success. But we need your help to get there. When DCI cancelled the 2020 season, we got right to work: […] Full Article Uncategorized
m Leadership in Marching Band By pacific-crest.org Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 21:21:50 +0000 AUTHOR: Mark Kveton | DATES: Monday - Friday, June 22 -26 | TIME: 2 - 4:30 pm each day This five-day course is tailored for any student looking to hone and enhance their leadership skills -- open to current as well as prospective leaders, including drum majors, section leaders, and color guard captains. Full Article Virtual Studio
m Joshua-Guerrero Martinez By pacific-crest.org Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 14:50:16 +0000 Joshua-Guerrero Martinez Drum Major Camp Instructor JOSHUA ADAM has been a part of the percussion community since 2001. He is currently the Captain Head at West Covina High School, and has been a musician with the Disneyland Resort since 2011. His marching experience is with Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps in 2008 & 2009 […] Full Article Staff Bios