by kitchensisters | Nov 18, 2020 | The Keepers
“Donald Trump is not much of a note-taker, and he does not like his staff to take notes. He has a habit of tearing up documents at the close of meetings. (Records analysts, armed with Scotch Tape, have tried to put the pieces back together.) No real record...
by kitchensisters | Nov 16, 2020 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay: David Johnson Photograph Archive at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library. Johnson spoke with pictorial curator Jack Von Euw about his photo “Boy and Lincoln” taken in 1963: “The NAACP was sponsoring a demonstration downtown in San...
by kitchensisters | Nov 10, 2020 | The Keepers
“Their deaths fell into a kind of archive of silence…” Listen to poet Valzhyna Mort talk about her new book, Music for the Dead and Resurrected, on NPR’s Morning Edition
by kitchensisters | Oct 21, 2020 | Events & Appearances
JULES FEIFFER: A CONVERSATION World Premiere & Live Panel Discussion Jules Feiffer is an American legend, whom the Library of Congress has recognized for his “remarkable legacy” as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children’s book...
by kitchensisters | Oct 15, 2020 | The Keepers
#KeeperoftheDay – The Pearl Jam Archive. The Kitchen Sister Present… a story about two keepers from the Pacific Northwest, John Burton & Kevin Shuss, the official/unofficial archivists for Pearl Jam. Listen to Pearl Jam: It’s a Rock Band, Not...
by kitchensisters | Oct 7, 2020 | The Keepers
From the October 5, 2020 issue of The New Yorker: “The Anthology of American Folk Music” is probably the most significant example of how a particular collector’s preferences can shape a canon. Read the article here. And check out the new boxset from our pals at...
by kitchensisters | Sep 7, 2020 | Podcast, Youth on Fire
Meet Itumeleng “Itu” Banda — a young, South African activist, award-winning radio host, and undeniable role model. A boundary-breaker and a storyteller. We met Itu at the 2019 International Congress of Youth Voices in Puerto Rico and recorded her stories. Motivated by...
by kitchensisters | Aug 25, 2020 | Podcast, The Keepers, Youth on Fire
Picture this: 131 young people, 13 to 26 years old, from 37 countries—youth activists from around the globe— students, writers, poets, marchers, community leaders all gathered together in San Juan, Puerto Rico in August 2019, the week after the scandal-ridden...
by kitchensisters | Aug 20, 2020 | The Keepers
The Kitchen Sisters · COVID-19 Sound Map #KeeperoftheDay The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted routines in every corner of the globe. Photographers have been quick to document how the world looks different: public squares, streets, and airport terminals devoid of...
by kitchensisters | Jul 17, 2020 | The Keepers
“Ola Mae Spinks, a librarian and descendant of slaves who went to the Library of Congress in 1972 to bring order to a vast but scattered archive of interviews with former slaves, thus helping to preserve them for scholars, died on June 16 at her home in...
