Plus: Eating Taiwanese in the Bay | Queer Dance Music History
| Eating Taiwanese in the Bay | Thursday, May 19 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | Join Food Editor Luke Tsai and Check Please! Bay Area's Cecilia Phillips as they share treats from Taiwanese food stops all over the Bay Area. Audiences are offered small bites from local chefs. | | |
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| Songs for Ukraine: Mariana Sardovska & Kitka | Friday, May 20 | 7:30 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: $5 | | |
| | | KQED Live is thrilled to share this special addition to our Spring calendar. European critics call Lviv-born vocalist, composer and actress Mariana Sadovska "Ukraine's Bjork." The New York Times compares her vocal power and expressive range to rock star P. J. Harvey. Renowned for merging Ukrainian folk song with contemporary sounds and social activism, Sadovska has been tirelessly offering her evocative voice to raise international awareness of, and aid for, the embattled people of her homeland since Russia’s invasion in February.
KQED Live presents this rare San Francisco appearance and dialogue with Sadovska, who will be joined in solidarity by longtime collaborators from Oakland's beloved women's vocal ensemble Kitka to perform a set of haunting Ukrainian polyphonic folk songs expressing the fragility, fierceness, and resilience of the Ukrainian spirit. | | |
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| If Cities Could Dance: Voguing, Boogaloo, Bollywood and You | Wednesday, June 1 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | Join us for an exciting evening of dance lessons from local Bay Area dancers featured in KQED's Webby Award-winning digital video series If Cities Could Dance! The dancers will break down some of the fundamental moves for Voguing, Boogaloo, and Bollywood that anyone can pick up. We’ll also be screening episodes of the series throughout the evening, featuring dancers showcasing their hometown moves. Finally, strut your stuff and show off what you’ve learned with a dance party featuring KQED’s own Nastia Voynovskaya as your DJ — who’ll be dishing tracks from all traditions. Let’s get down! | | |
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| Wrestlemedia I | Thursday, June 2 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | KQED Live pulls back the curtain on the world of professional wrestling and invites you inside the ring with the experts. Learn the difference between a chokeslam and a brainbuster from some of the stars of the Bay Area underground. A diverse and quirky roster of wrestlers drop by for knockdown drag out interviews, and a live demo (if we can sneak this one past our lawyers). | | |
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| Cephalopod Week: Movie Night | Friday, June 10 | 7 PM
In Person: $18, Children: $8 | Livestream: $5 | | |
| | | Join for an evening of talk, tentacles, and talent, featuring original short films from the Science Friday and Deep Look vaults, followed by conversations with cephalopod experts, interactive games, and other ceph-tastic fun. Dive deep with us in-person or plant your suckers at home—no matter where you are, now you can tune in to celebrate your favorite sea creatures! | | |
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| The Japanese Tea Garden: A Bay Curious Walking Tour | Saturday, June 11 | 6 PM
In Person: $20 | | |
| | Bay Curious sets out to answer listeners’ questions about our home. One of those questions — about the origin of the fortune cookie — led us to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.
But what we found when we got there was another story altogether: the garden, which dates back to the World’s Fair of 1893, holds a sprawling family history and is a microcosm for how California has treated Japanese Americans since the 1800s to today. In this walking tour, actress Sango Tajima — aided by Head Gardener Steven Pitsenbarger — leads us through a theatrical history of the garden, and the people who created it. | | |
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| Mighty Real: A Queer Dance Music History | Thursday, June 16 | 7 PM
In Person: $15 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | KQED Arts Associate Editor Nastia Voynovskaya hosts a discussion and dance party that leads us through the rambling history of queer dance music in the Bay with Steve Fabus, Nicky (Tita Aida) Calma, DJ Black and David Harness. | | |
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| ¿Donde Estan Mis Superheroes? | Thursday, June 23 | 7 PM
In Person: $10 | Livestream: Free | | |
| | | Who was your favorite superhero growing up? Writer and performer Baruch Porras-Hernandez explores the lives of queer people who walk on the wrong side of the tracks to do the right thing with his new graphic novel ¡ESPECTACULAR! Join us to experience this live-narrated multimedia adaptation packed with fantastic new queer Latinx superheroes! Come dressed in their own superhero-inspired costume! | | |
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