KPFK 90.7 FM: Programming Highlights Information about programs and specials https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:01:14 +0000 en Copyright 2026 KPFK 90.7 FM Aiir http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LA Theatre Works, Sunday, June 7 at 10:00 pm, Jeanne Sakata's "Hold These Truths" starring Ryun Yu During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures. Includes an interview with playwright Jeanne Sakata Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/la-theatre-works-sunday-june-7-at-1000-pm-jeanne-sakatas-hold-these-truths-starring-ryun-yu/ o237-863-6a20c07bef8b1 Donna Walker Programming Highlights Hold These Truths is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in December 2018.

Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Ryun Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi
Matthew Floyd Miller as Additional voices
Suzy Nakamura as Additional voices
Matt Walker as Additional voices
Greg Watanabe as Additional voices
Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson
Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
Recording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes  

]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/85224 Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, June 5 at 2:30 pm with singer/songwriter John Ford Coley (England Dan & John Ford Coley) and actor Petey McGee ("Primary Trust" at Mark Taper Forum) Host Donna Walker welcomes guests actor Petey McGee, starring in Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Primary Trust," now playing at the Mark Taper Forum; and, in the second half, singer/songwriter John Ford Coley of the iconic pop duo England Dan and John Ford Coley. John will be at the Downey Theatre, June 6, performing their great hits including "I Really Want to See You Tonight," "Nights Are Forever Without You," "Love is the Answer," "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again"). Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:20:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/pacifica-performance-showcase-friday-june-5-at-230-pm-with-guests-singer-songwriter-john-ford-coley-england-dan-and-john-ford-coley-and-actor-petey-mcgee-primary-trust-at-mark-taper-forum/ o237-863-6a1f56ab09082 Donna Walker Programming Highlights PACIFICA PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE, arts & culture to enlighten, enliven and educate, with host Donna Walker, covers the best in film, theatre, music, and the arts.

Archives of this show can be heard here - https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=pperf

Email: Donna_Walker@kpfk.org

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]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/85207 LA Theatre Works, Sunday, May 31 at 10:00 pm, "Zeni: Dean of the Diamond" Starring Michael Sun Lee Kenichi Zenimura – known as “Zeni” – loved baseball. As a young man in the 1920s he developed a Nisei baseball league in Fresno, California, and later organized barnstorming tours that brought the likes of Babe Ruth to the West Coast and Japan. And despite being sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II, he knew that somehow, baseball would be the key to improving the lives of his fellow detainees. Special thanks to Bill Staples, Jr., and the Nisei Baseball Research Project for sharing their research and expertise to inspire and accurately depict the historical events of this project. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:55:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/la-theatre-works-sunday-may-31-at-1000-pm-zeni-dean-of-the-diamond-starring-michael-sun-lee/ o237-863-6a1d10838d756 Donna Walker Programming Highlights This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in October 2024.

Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg

An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Keiko Agena as Kiyoko Zenimura
Derrick Kemp as Willy, Doctor
John Miyasaki as Hiro Tanaka
Rob Nagle as Coach Hanley R. Slagle (Coach Hank)
Michael Sun Lee as Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni)
Thomas Winter as Harvey Zenimura
Additional voices by:
Tristan Chung
CJ Cruz
Genki Hall
Rosie Narasaki
Tristan Pravong
Paul Yen

Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Prepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogensen
Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll
Designed by Mark Holden and Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez

]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/85173 Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, June 2 at 2:00 pm, with guest Jeff Bergman, voice-over artist extraordinaire Phil and Ted welcome a cast of characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Tasmanian Devil, Yosemite Sam, Speedy Gonzales, Yogi Bear,  George Jetson, Garfield, Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble...and Morgan Freeman! Voice-over artist and impressionist Jeff Bergman has entertained us with classic cartoon characters from Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera. following in the giant footsteps of the great Mel Blanc. Sun, 31 May 2026 16:50:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/phil-and-teds-sexy-boomer-show-tuesday-june-2-at-200-pm-with-guest-jeff-bergman-voice-over-artist-extraordinaire/ o237-863-6a1d0f649b15c Donna Walker Programming Highlights Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show is a free-form, comedy/talk live radio show heard in Los Angeles on KPFK and as a podcast. Co-hosted by long-time collaborators Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt, the show features special guests and Hollywood stars in fun and deep conversations.

A voice for the fast-growing 50+ podcast audience while appealing to all ages, the show is produced by Radio Pictures, Inc., a Hollywood-based creative production company. More at sexyboomershow.com.

Hosts

Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt

Phil Proctor

An accomplished humorist, author, and actor, best known as a founding member of the groundbreaking comedy group The Firesign Theatre.

Ted Bonnitt

A writer, host, and producer of national entertainment podcasts, as well as radio, television, and film programming, including with members of The Firesign Theatre.

]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/85172 Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, May 29 at 2:30 pm with guests Ellen and Willow Geer (Theatricum Botanicum) and author Amy Ephron ("Unseasonably Cold") Host Donna Walker welcomes Ellen and Willow Geer to talk about the upcoming summer season at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum; and author Amy Ephron on her latest novel, "Unseasonably Cold," a riveting mystery about a New York socialite in the 1930's who disappears without a trace. Thu, 28 May 2026 17:59:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/pacifica-performance-showcase-friday-may-29-at-230-pm-with-guests-author-lisa-alvarez-citric-acid-ellen-and-willow-geer-theatricum-botanicum-and-author-amy-ephron-unseasonably-cold/ o237-863-6a192aac9354f Donna Walker Programming Highlights PACIFICA PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE, arts & culture to enlighten, enliven and educate with host Donna Walker, covers the best in film, theatre, music, and the arts.

Archives of this show can be heard here - https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=pperf

Email: Donna_Walker@kpfk.org

Facebook: Pacifica Performance Showcase

]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/85152 Remembering Bob Weir (1947–2026) Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead and a towering figure in American music, passed away on January 10, 2026. Arnella Barbara, host of Dark Star, Dead & Music on KPFK, shares a personal tribute reflecting on his life, his music, and what his passing means to Deadheads and listeners everywhere. Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/remembering-bob-weir/ o237-863-696401b329b24 Arnella Barbara Programming Highlights 🌹⚡️ For Bob ⚡️🌹

The music has shifted.

The air itself feels altered.

Beloved Bob Weir has left this physical plane, and the long strange trip will never feel the same again. Something essential — something living and breathing — has slipped beyond our reach, and we are standing here together, stunned, heartbroken, and forever changed.

Bob was not just a musician.

He was a frequency.

A compass in the dark.

A living bridge between chaos and communion.

The Grateful Dead was never only a band — it was a universe, a language, a way of surviving this world with your soul intact. And Bob Weir was one of its great storytellers, guiding us through winding roads where answers dissolved and truth lived in the asking.

Every chord he played felt like an invitation:

to wander,

to wonder,

to feel deeply,

to belong.

I was meant to have Bob on my show this spring.

We spoke with his PR team just weeks ago.

The thought that he was still out there — still moving, still creating, still shining — makes this loss cut impossibly deep. Plans were forming. Stories were waiting. And now, all that remains is gratitude tangled with grief.

From me — the Dark Star Gurl, host of Dark Star, Dead and Music — and from Deadheads everywhere:

We are shattered.

We are grieving.

And we know, in our bones, that we will never fully recover from this.

Bob’s music didn’t just accompany our lives — it held us.

It carried us through heartbreak, addiction, joy, rebellion, awakening.

It taught us how to stay soft in a hard world, how to keep dancing even when the night felt endless.

This is not just the loss of a man.

This is the loss of a living current of American soul.

A light that shaped generations.

A voice that told us we weren’t alone.

So tonight, let us all light a candle.

Watch the flame dance.

Let the smoke drift upward so Bob can see how deeply he is loved.

Tonight, the road stretches on without you, Bob —

but your songs are still moving through us.

Your spirit still hums in the static.

Your love still binds this family together.

We will keep listening.

We will keep dancing.

We will keep carrying the music forward — brokenhearted, but grateful beyond words.

Thank you for the road.

Thank you for the courage.

Thank you for the eternal invitation to belong.

This world will never be the same without you.

And because of you, neither will we.

Forever Grateful.

Forever Dead.

Forever Bob. 🌹⚡

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