by kitchensisters | Apr 16, 2021 | Hidden Kitchens, Podcast
This week on the podcast, we talk with Francis Ford Coppola about homelessness, life, friendship, neighborhood history, and his ideas about the future as he tells the remarkable story of North Beach Citizens, the volunteer organization he spearheaded twenty years ago...
by kitchensisters | Mar 9, 2021 | Podcast
On this episode of The Kitchen Sisters Present, Shonen Knife – a story of cultural exchange through the cassette tape. But also a story of an era in history just before the stronghold of the looming internet drastically changed, among so many other things, the way we...
by kitchensisters | Feb 24, 2021 | Podcast
Our dear friend and North Beach neighbor Lawrence Ferlinghetti passed away on Monday at age 101. In honor of Lawrence we’re sharing a story we produced for his 99th birthday, featuring the work of sound designer Jim McKee who, for more than 20 years, recorded and...
by kitchensisters | Feb 16, 2021 | Podcast
Sometimes you read a book and it alters the course of your life. That’s what happened to Frances McDormand. Twice. First it was Olive Kitteridge, the HBO series she produced and starred in based on the book by Elizabeth Stroud. This time it’s Nomadland. Academy Award...
by kitchensisters | Dec 14, 2020 | Podcast, The Keepers, Workshops, Youth on Fire
Dear Friends, Sending our best to you and your family as 2020 crawls to a close. A throughline of hope and activism ran through all our stories in this year of unraveling, upheaval and possibility. Stories of people who are grappling with the now, with where we are...
by kitchensisters | Dec 8, 2020 | Podcast, The Keepers
2020 is mercifully drawing down. Here at The Kitchen Sisters we have a tradition of creating a radio special based on the themes we’ve been chasing across the year. Our host for the Special, The Keepers: Archiving the Now, is the Academy Award-winning actor and...
