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KPFK’s 50th Anniversary!

This Sunday, KPFK, Southern California’s original listener-sponsored radio station will officially turn 50 years old! On July 26th, 1959, the music of Beethoven first played on 90.7FM at noon  announcing the arrival of regular programming to the listeners. Topical shows on religion and politics followed as the rest is history. Since that time, as part [...]

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Luke’s Lecturing Leap

Gregorio Luke, the former director of the Museum of Latin American Art, has been tirelessly lecturing on artists such as Frida Kahlo, Miguel Covarrubias, and Rufino Tamayo in his new life as a public intellectual. He is driven by a vision that sees the history and the appreciation of Mexican art coming to the masses. [...]

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Subversive Historian – 05/28/09

The Show Trial of Antonio Gramsci Back in the day on May 28th, 1928, the show trial of the influential Italian intellectual Antonio Gramsci commenced. As a journalist, political activist and parliamentarian, Gramsci was arrested in November 1926 after the fascist government of Mussolini issued so-called “Exceptional decrees.” As a person who helped co-found the Italian [...]

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SolArt Radio on KPFK!

In case you missed it (no excuses – it ran perfectly situated at halftime during the Lakers playoff game!) Sali Heraldez of SolArt Gallery Cafe & Radio was a guest of the Feminist Magazine show on 90.7 FM tonight! She spoke eloquently about the role of her space has played over the years in the [...]

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SolArt Radio #3: Endangered Progressives & LaXicans!

SolArt Radio is going strong in the first month of its existence with an exclusive premiere from the musical collaboration known as “Laxican!” Featuring musicians from War like Pancho Tomaselli and Sal Rodriguez, Laxican is redefining the Latino funk foundations for a new LA generation! You’ll be the first to hear their OG cut from [...]

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