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| Title | Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New writers forum: May 23, 1968 (Episode 6 of 7) |
New writers forum Episode 6 of 7. Kenneth Rexroth hosts a program of young poets reading their work. The program was broadcast live from the Straight Theatre in San Francisco May 23 1968. Poets included were: Paul Saffran, Jessica von Hagedorn, Stephen Schwartz, Larry Moore, Carol Tinker, and Jon Turpin. |
Turpin, Jon., Saffran, Paul., Schwartz, Stephen., Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982, Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949-, Moore, Larry, 1942-, Tinker, Carol, 1940-, Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Poetry | BB1854.06 | |
| New writers forum: November 16, 1967 (Episode 2 of 7) |
New writers forum Episode 2 of 7. Robert Duncan presides in a program of readings from the 1964 Open Space Group. Includes Ebbe Borregaard, George Stanley, Joanne Kyger, and Robert Duncan (reading the poetry of Harold Dull), each taking turns. Recorded Thursday November 16, 1967 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians. |
Borregaard, Ebbe., Kyger, Joanne., Duncan, Robert Lipscomb, 1927-, Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Dull, Harold, Stanley, George, 1934- | American Women -- Poetry | BB1854.02 | |
| New writers forum: October 19, 1976 (Episode 1 of 7) |
First episode in a monthy series of "New Writers Forum" recorded at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarians in Berkeley, CA Episode 1 of 7. Readers are: Brother Antoninus, George Hitchkock, Laura Ulewicz, and Kenneth Rexroth, and Rexroth introduces each of the writers. |
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982, Hitchkock, George., Brother Antoninus, 1912-1994, Ulewicz, Laura., Poetry., New writers forum., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Authors and journalists | BB1854.01 | |
| Night of the Virgin Shark: Didi Favreau / produced by Charles Amirkhanian |
Charles Amirkhanian plays experimental works by members of his class at U.C. Extension, San Francisco; and introduces the work of Didi Favreau, a woman who has composed music on tape based exclusively on the sounds of office machinery. Her art is an outcry against the slavery of women and is an interesting contrast to her former output as an urban folk recording artist. Tape 1 contents: 1. Oh Hell, Oh Hell, Armanita Yuen[sp?]; 2. Accident, Kiki Bridges; 3. Musical Game, Ginny Scott; 4. Digging Graves at the Bottom of the Subconscious, Michael Harp and James Conaway. Tape 2 contents: Works by Didi Favreau: 1. Rainbow Colors; 2. MTST Song #3; 3. Song for the Office Worker; 4. Yes; 5. Song of the Xerox Room; 6. The Waitress; 7. untitled tape piece; 8. Lament; 9. The Typewritten Letter; 10. The Spoken Letter; 11. Istanbul; 12. MTST Song #1; 13. Baby Blue; 14. Istanbul (reprise) w/ Amirkhanian continuity. Remainder of recording: player piano music furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence of Kensington, and other pieces (not IDed). |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Favreau, Didi, Bridges, Kiki, Experimental music., Amirkhanian, Charles. | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1148 | |
| Nikki Bridges interviewed by Sidney Roger |
In this recording, Sidney Roger interviews the wife of labor leader Harry Bridges, Nikki Bridges, Bay Area chairwoman of the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, a coalition of women and organizations formed to go to Washington on January 15, 1968 to present their petition to redress grievances against Congress for the continuation of the Vietnam war. Roger makes much mention of "woman power" and Bridges provides specifics of how to join the organization and particulars of the upcoming protest. |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements, Jeannette Rankin Brigade, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bridges, Nikki | American Women -- Vietnam conflict, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB1248 | Commentary of Sidney Roger. (CD) |
| Ntozake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo |
Author Ntozake Shange reads from her novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (St. Martin's Press, 1982) at Cody's bookstore in Berkeley, CA in September 1982. Shange describes the book before reading excerpts from it and is then interviewed by KPFA's Ginny Z. Berson. Reading at Cody's recorded by Pam Scola. This recording is identical to AZ0675. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Shange, Ntozake., African American women authors | American Women -- Authors and journalists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | AZ1340 | Ntazake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (CD) |
| Nuclear disarmament: moving forward / Charlene Spretnak, Willis Harman and Bill Wahpepah |
An excerpt from the "Nuclear Disarmament: Moving Forward" conference sponsored by Meeting of the Ways, held in San Francisco, September 23-25, 1983. Charlene Spretnak (1946 - ), author and ecofeminist, speaks about the founding ideas of the Green Party in Germany and how it influenced the nascent American Green Party. Willis Harman (1918 - 1997), social theorist and futurist, speaks about the need to rethink ideas of Western industrialism. Bill Wahpepah (1937 - 1987), American Indian activist (Kickapoo and Sauk Fox), speaks about the need to include struggling minorities in the peace movement. Moderator of the panel is not introduced. Tape ends before Wahpepah's speech concludes. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Greens/Green Party USA, Peace movement. | American Women -- Politicians and politics, American Women -- Peace and Antinuclear activism | AZ1105 | |
| Ode To Gravity| The Music Of Germaine Tailleferre |
Ode To Gravity| The Music Of Germaine Tailleferre| Produced by KPFK and Amirkhanian| Recorded on December 29, 1973. - CONTENT: Charles Amirkhanian talks with one of the greatest women composers, Germaine Tailleferre at her home in Paris. Tailleferre was one of the members of the radical group of composers known as Les Six. Others in the group were Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honeger, Daruis Milhaud, Louis Durey and Georges Auric. Music in included within the program. Several selections of music by Tailleferre from her 1973 performance at the Holland Festival performance of her Concertino for Harp and Orchestra. - Broadcast on March 19, 1975. Note on box "RESTRICTIONS : NONE". |
Tailleferre, Germaine., Amirkhanian, Charles., Women composers., Groupe des six (Group of composers), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | AZ1064 | |
| Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware. |
African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life in America, and her experiences in the music industry. An easy going interview held just before the closing of New York's Fillmore East. She talks about Black musicians in America, her childhood, being a woman in the performing world, her metaphysical view of the human experience, and the development of her music. Odetta sings Paul McCarney's "Every Night" which she says expresses, "where she's at so many times." Program also includes Odetta's recordings of "Hit or Miss", Elton John's "Take Me To The Pilot", and "Give a Damn" (Bob Dorough / Stuart Scharf). Interview recorded at KPFA on April 14, 1971. Broadcast on KPFA on May 20, 1971 and WBAI on May 27, 1971. ,Listen to a clip: |
Black singers -- Biography., Odetta, 1930-2008, African Americans, Women, SINGERS & SINGING, MUSIC PROGRAM, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BC0047 | Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware. (CD) |
| Off we go ... / produced by Jan Legnitto. |
What kind of women join the Air Force, how are they discriminated against by the military, and is the role of women changing in the service? This program explores these questions with interviews with Air Force recruiters, WAF's and other people who are employed by the United States Air Force. Interviews conducted by Jan Legnitto and Pat Roberto. Music by the United States Air Force Singing Sergeants. Narration by Arthur Godfrey. Produced by Jan Legnitto for the KPFA Public Affairs Department. Technical production by Stan Johnston. Contains sensitive language. |
Women and the military, Legnitto, Jan., Women soldiers -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, United States. Air Force. | American Women -- Work and unions | BC0932 |