Cronicas De La Raza 24 Feb 2009 – KPFA FM

Posted onFebruary 25, 2009

NOTE: Due to tonight’s speech tonight by President Obama to a joint session of Congress, La Raza Chronicles will begin broadcast at 7:30 pm PST. KPFA will carry the speech in its entirety.

Tonight on La Raza Chronicles: musicologist guest, Petra Rivera discusses the history of Reggeton. Guest, former Argentine political prisoner, Olga Talmante, shares vital information about the Chicana/Latina Foundation scholarships. We’ll hear prize-winning poet Francisco Alarcon’s latest eco-poetry and the famed Mexican grito that is both laughing and crying.

Produced by Vanessa Bohm, Julieta Kusnir, Carmen Andrea Rivera, Ventura Longoria, Amelia Gonzalez and Nina Serrano.

Live on the air – Tuesdays 7 pm PST:
KPFA 94.1 FMSan Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FMBerkeley
KFCF 88.1 FMFresno

Live on the web at: http://www.kpfa.org/

Hear the webcast (available after broadcast)
PLAY NOW:
La Raza Chronicles – February 24, 2009 – stream @ KPFA FM

Mp3 / iTunes podcast:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Hear previous broadcasts of La Raza Chronicles :
http://larazachronicles.org

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=16

Cronicas De La Raza 17 Feb 2009 – KPFA FM

Posted onFebruary 17, 2009

Tonight we celebrate African-American History Month with Afro-Cuban music. We ride through the Streets of Atzlan and check out the news headlines from the Americas and a guerilla music hoax. We focus on a commentary on Colombia; a special report on Ecuador with independent Journalist, Cyril Mychalejko, about Ecuador’s new environmental laws and the struggle of Ecuador’s indigenous peoples to protect the environment; and a conversation on Venezuela with San Francisco Consul General, Martin Sanchez. All spiced with Latino music and a calendar of upcoming local events.

Tonight’s show produced by Ventura “Mr. Chuch” Longoria, Vanessa Bohm, Carmen Andrea Rivera, Emiliano Echeverria and Nina Serrano.

Live on the air – Tuesdays 7 pm PST:
KPFA 94.1 FMSan Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FMBerkeley
KFCF 88.1 FMFresno

Live on the web at: http://www.kpfa.org/

Hear the webcast (available after broadcast)
PLAY NOW:
La Raza Chronicles – February 17, 2009 – stream @ KPFA FM

Mp3 / iTunes podcast:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hear previous broadcasts of La Raza Chronicles :
http://larazachronicles.org

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=16

La Raza Chronicles / Cronicas de la Raza 10 February 2009 – KPFA FM

Posted onFebruary 11, 2009

This week the KPFA fund drive special features excerpts from the documentary “The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”, how Cuba, following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, responded to their oil crisis with a Green Revolution and agricultural innovations. La Raza Chronicles returns with its regular program on February 17th.

We encourage you to donate generously in support of the programing we bring you throughout the year. KPFA offers books, CDs, DVDs, and other premiums for subscribing to the station during the drive, by phone or on the web. Go to the KPFA website at: www.kpfa.org .

Meanwhile, enjoy some previous features from La Raza Chronicles:

August 5, 2008:
Vanessa Bohm brings a special report on the Bolivian referendum elections. Julieta Kusnir discusses The International Seventeenth AIDS/HIV Conference in Mexico City with Oscar Raul Lopez the Director of Health Policy at the Latino Commission on AIDS. And Nina Serrano discusses the recent events in El Salvador with Alexis Stoumbolis of CISPES. [more]

PLAY NOW – 5 August 2008:

April 22, 2008:
This program honors Pachamama: Mother Earth, this beautiful planet we must defend against polluters & defilers who are, in part, our very dear selves. Featuring Rafael Jesus Gonzalez‘ beautiful new poem for Earthday, a report on Immigration by Oscar Hernandez,a commentary by Carlos Munoz Jr. on Cesar Chavez, and special guest Claudia Reyes from Mujeres Unidas y Activas on preparations the May Day celebration. [more…]

Hosted by Nina Serrano.

PLAY NOW – 22 April 2008:

Frida Kahlo webcast
La Raza Chronicles presents a special program focusing on the iconic, legendary and revolutionary Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, through conversation, poetry, music and sound mix. Nina Serrano discuses the Frida Kahlo current exhibit at the SF MOMA with curator, John Zarobell; Rafael Jesus Gonzalez recounts his first encounter with a Frida Kahlo painting, and Adrian Arias reads his new Poem “Frida at the Mirror.” Also featuring “La Llorona” in a post-modern version by Omar Sosa and Greg Landau. [more…]

Live on the air – Tuesday 7 pm :
KPFA 94.1 FMSan Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FMBerkeley
KFCF 88.1 FMFresno

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=16

Posted onFebruary 10, 2009
  • Gracias for your subcriptions to KPFA.
  • We return with our regular program Feb 17
  • August 5, 2008, April 22, 2008 and the Frida program

Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Cronicas De La Raza comes to you con entrevistas, cultura y musica de la comunidad sin fronteras.

Hosted by Nina Serrano.

Live on the air – Tuesday 7 pm :
KPFA 94.1 FMSan Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FMBerkeley
KFCF 88.1 FMFresno

PLAY NOW:
La Raza Chronicles – July 29, 2008 – stream @ KPFA FM

Mp3 / iTunes podcast:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, July 29, 2008

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=16

03 Feb 2009 – KPFA fund drive

Posted onFebruary 3, 2009

La Raza Chronicles is preempted this week for a KPFA fund drive special, and will return after the drive with news of the Americas, community affairs, health, musica and poesia…
We encourage you to donate generously in support of the programing we bring you throughout the year. KPFA offers books, CDs, DVDs, and other premiums for subscribing to the station during the drive, by phone or on the web. Go to the KPFA website at: www.kpfa.org
Meanwhile, enjoy some featured programs from La Raza Chronicles:
Featuring the music of Afro-Peruvian vocalist and folklorist, Susana Baca. Nina Serrano also interviews live guests: theatre director Eric Aviles and actress/writer Maceo Cabrera Estevez about her one-woman show,” Amor Cubano: in a bottle, a tube and a small packet.” [more…]
Frida Kahlo webcast
La Raza Chronicles presents a special program focusing on the iconic, legendary and revolutionary Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, through conversation, poetry, music and sound mix. Nina Serrano discuses the Frida Kahlo current exhibit at the SF MOMA with curator, John Zarobell; Rafael Jesus Gonzalez recounts his first encounter with a Frida Kahlo painting, and Adrian Arias reads his new Poem “Frida at the Mirror.” Also featuring “La Llorona” in a post-modern version by Omar Sosa and Greg Landau. [more…]
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Live on the air – Tuesday 7 pm :
KPFA 94.1 FMSan Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FMBerkeley
KFCF 88.1 FMFresno

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=16