by kitchensisters | Mar 6, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Janis Joplin, who worked at her local library when she was a teen. In this clipping from the Port Arthur News, she stands in front of a poster on display at the Gates Memorial Library, one of several she designed for the library. (As the paper...
by kitchensisters | Mar 5, 2019 | The Keepers
Daniel Lofredo Rota wrote to tell us about a project he is undertaking to revive his grandfather’s Ecuadorian music record label from the 1950s… Hello Kitchen Sisters, I am very pleased to have heard of your podcast. as a keeper myself, i feel that maintaining...
by kitchensisters | Feb 28, 2019 | The Keepers
Listener RJ Ramey called The Keepers Hotline to tell us about Monroe Work (1866-1945), who was hired by Book Washington as Director of Research and Records at Tuskegee Institute and worked to document every known lynching in the United States. Ramey created a website,...
by kitchensisters | Feb 27, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay #KeeperoftheCheeks – Free The Cheeks: Twerk Church. On KALW’s Crosscurrents, Alyia Renee Yates takes us to Twerk Church. “Twerking and empowerment, they kind of go hand in hand.” Listen here.
by kitchensisters | Feb 26, 2019 | The Keepers
“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.” -T.S. Eliot
by kitchensisters | Feb 25, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Le Musée de f.p.c. “We just started collecting slowly, not intentionally and we wake up 30 years later and we have this beautiful collection…” Listen to Beverly McKenna, who co-founded McKenna Museums with her husband Dr. Dwight McKenna,...
by kitchensisters | Feb 22, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Wim Wenders: The Entire Caboodle. Just in time for the Academy Awards. On the latest episode of The Kitchen Sisters Present… filmmaker Wim Wenders talks about his early influences — the Cinémathèque Française, Henri Langlois, Lotte Eisner...
by kitchensisters | Feb 21, 2019 | Events & Appearances, Workshops
Dear Friends, The Kitchen Sisters and Heritage Radio Network are teaming up to present our Interviewing, Recording & Podcasting Workshop in NY {Bushwick} Monday night, March 4 at HRN HQ! A few seats are still available and we’d love to see you there. You don’t...
by kitchensisters | Feb 19, 2019 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019 RIP Karl Lagerfeld. This legendary clothing designer was also an extraordinary keeper. As the New York Times wrote for his obituary: “He also started collecting: furniture, books, magazines — even apartments. He...
by kitchensisters | Feb 18, 2019 | Hidden Kitchens, The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay for #PresidentsDay – LBJ Presidential Library Oral History Collection. While doing research for our Hidden Kitchens story, Black Chef, White House, we came across an oral history done with Zephyr Wright at the LBJ Presidential Library. Wright was...
