Kitchen Sisters + Radiotopia

Today, we join an esteemed and eccentric group of producers in launching Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a gathering of the best story-driven, creative, cutting-edge radio shows on earth — shows like 99% Invisible, The Truth, Strangers, Theory of Everything, Love...

New Home Movies from the Lower Ninth Ward

One of the most visionary high schools in the country is the Oxbow School in Napa.  Jonathan Demme is coming to do a benefit for their Scholarship Fund on January 18, screening his new documentary about post-Katrina New Orleans. For tickets or to make a donation,...

Lou The Glue, Rest in Peace

Dear Friends, Lou “The Glue” Marcelli died at 3:00 this morning. He was 85 years old. Many of you may remember Lou from the first Hidden Kitchens story. Lou was the “Commodore” of the Dolphin Club, one of the oldest swimming and rowing clubs on...

A Conversation with Leslie Cockburn

Leslie Cockburn is a journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on 60 Minutes, PBS’s Frontline, and in the New Yorker and Vanity Fair. She’s just written her first novel, Baghdad Solitaire, a thriller about a female trauma surgeon set in...