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We’re offering a pair of tickets to Front Line and Ninja Kids as a thank you gift to KPFA subscribers on a film focused edition of APEX Express. Selekta LapuLapu and producers from KPFA API SPECIALS and “ROOTS KOMMUNIKATIONS” combine forces to bring you coverage of a selection of films from the upcoming San Francisco … Continued
We kick off our coverage of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and feature an in-studio performance by Good Night Robot! Briar March’s award-winning documentary, There Once Was an Island, places a human face on the devastating effects of climate change. Donors to KPFA can receive the beautifully shot DVD and tickets to … Continued
A photo of the community s/heroes featured in last season’s lookbook. You can view more on Retrofitrepublic.com. (Photo by Shaun Tiangsing) On this week’s show we talk about our body, our health, our beauty: APEX Contributors Ellen Choy and Marie Choi interview Jenny Ton and Julia Rhee, co-founders of Retrofit Republic, a sustainable, … Continued
Tonight as part of Winter KPFA Fund Drive tune in as R.J. Lozada and Karl Jagbandhansingh go over what APEX did this year, the importance of Ethnic, and Independent media. This is your opportunity to show a vote of confidence for what APEX Express, and KPFA, mean in today’s complicated media landscape. You can … Continued
Tonight, we have a live band in studio on APEX! Bandung 55 is a newly formed Bay Area- based funk/soul/hip hop band, made up of 6 Filipino activists/organizers/musicians. They’ll bless APEX with a few live performances throughout the night, and we’ll sit down with them for intimate interviews to hear their history as a band … Continued
This week we talk about urban biking with Asian Pacific American leaders in the bike community. We also hear from Alleluia Panis and Cherríe Moraga about Moraga’s new play, New Fire: To Put Things Right Again. See below for more information. Fixing a flat at the Bikery Riders from Longfellow Elementary P.O.K.E.R. Familia riders We … Continued
Guest Singer for The Little Bits at Sunday Streets Following up on last week’s epic recap of 2011, this week we feature the MUSIC of 2011 including songs by Makana, Ras Ceylon, Hopie Spitshard, Rocky Rivera, Kiwi, Blue Scholars, Goh Nakamura, The Invisible Cities, The Little Bits, Senbei, and a rousing music video by Magnetic … Continued
BAYAN USA marching to the Oakland Port during the General Strike Tonight, we bring you a special 2011 year-in-review show featuring: Eddy Zheng and youth from Community Youth Center. Reflection on the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami with updates on the floods in Thailand and the typhoon in the Philippines. Ellen Choy talking about the … Continued
