KPFK 90.7 FM: Programming Highlights Information about programs and specials https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:11:00 +0000 en Copyright 2026 KPFK 90.7 FM Aiir http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, Nov. 6 at 2:30 pm, with guest filmmaker J. M. Harper ("Soul Patrol") Host Donna Walker welcomes filmmaker J. M. Harper on his powerful, poignant documentary "Soul Patrol," about an all black special ops unit in Vietnam, sent behind enemy lines for surveillance and reconnaissance Their mission, their trauma, their courage and heartbreak reveal an untold story about an unknown team of young black soldiers, their mission and their recovery. Join us for a very special and important Veterans' Day tribute. Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:40:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/pacifica-performance-showcase-friday-nov-6-at-230-pm-with-guest-filmmaker-j-m-harper-soul-patrol/ o237-863-6aee3b00f14cf 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/87103 LA Theatre Works, Sunday, November 8 at 10:00 pm Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" Starring Seamus Dever and Stacey Keach The 1815 eruption of Indonesia’s Tambora volcano had a catastrophic effect on climate around the world. In North America and Europe, the following twelve months became known as “the year without summer.” Confined indoors by the relentless rain and cold, a group of friends, including 18-year old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and poet Lord Byron, began writing ghost stories to pass the time. Shelley’s tale “Frankenstein” remains, over 200 years later, a work of timeless imagination and power. Includes a post-play conversation with Leslie S. Klinger, author of The New Annotated Frankenstein. Original music by John Biddle. Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:05:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/la-theatre-works-sunday-november-8-at-1000-pm-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-starring-seamus-dever-and-stacey-keach/ o237-863-6aebd5b2de1b5 Donna Walker Programming Highlights Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" written in 1818, originally written anonymously, is one of the best known works in English literature.  Through film after film, adaptation after adaptation, Mary Shelley's tale of a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made, the Creature lives on, along with endless discussions of man's attempt to create life and play God.  From Boris Karloff's portrayal of The Creature to parodies like Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein"  it has had a considerable influence on literature, popular culture, film and stage, sparking a complete genre of horror stories.. 

Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in February 2020.

Adapted by: Kate McAll
Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Seamus Dever as Captain Robert Walton
Adhir Kalyan as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
Stacy Keach as The Creature
Cerris Morgan-Moyer as Elizabeth Lavenza, Justine Moritz
Mike McShane as Mr. Davy, Father, Donald
Darren Richardson as Henry Clerval, Judge, Old Man, Hamish
Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson
Recording Engineer and Sound Designer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
Foley Artist: Brian DeShazor
Production Manager: Erica R. Christensen
Editor and Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll

]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/87068 Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 2:00 pm with filmmakers of documentary "Nothing to See Here: Watts" Rival Bloods and Crips. Police officers. Grieving families. Together, they made a film, built trust, and helped drop homicides in Watts by over 90%. “We broke every rule — street rules, LAPD rules, community rules. We did it to save Watts.” The filmmakers of "Nothing to See Here: Watts" join Phil and Ted for a spirited, impactful discussion. Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:50:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/phil-and-teds-sexy-boomer-show-tuesday-nov-3-at-200-pm-with-guests/ o237-863-6ae8f77aa8a2e Donna Walker Programming Highlights About the Show

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/87033 Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, October 30 at 2:30 pm with guests Actress Caroline Aaron ("The Best Medicine") and actor Paul Urriola ("The Music Man") Host Donna Walker welcomes guests actor Paul Urriola who stars as "Marcellus Washburn" in Meredith Wilson's classic, beloved musical "The Music Man" now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre. In the second half, actress Caroline Aaron talks about starring in "The Best Medicine," Robin Gerber's comedic piece about suffering, as she deals with being a caretaker for her husband who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Now playing at the Odyssey Theatre. Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:10:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/pacifica-performance-showcase-friday-october-30-at-230-pm-with-guests-actress-caroline-aaron-the-best-medicine-and-actor-paul-urriola-the-music-man/ o237-863-6ae2807b4322f 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/86987 LA Theatre Works, Sunday, Nov. 1 at 10:00 pm, Arthur Miller's "The Price" Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving and Harris Yulin Arthur Miller’s deeply moving drama reunites two long estranged middle-aged brothers. Nostalgia and recrimination erupt as they sell off an attic full of furniture, their last link to a family and a world that no longer exists. This 1968 classic is a wrenching saga of plaintive gestures and missed opportunities. A co-production with the BBC. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:50:00 +0000 https://www.kpfk.org/blogs/programming-highlights/post/la-theatre-works-sunday-nov-1-at-1000-pm-arthur-millers-the-price-starring-richard-dreyfuss-and-amy-irvingreyfus/ o237-863-6adfd87e323ae Donna Walker Programming Highlights Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Arthur Miller, has written some of the greatest American plays ever written, from "Death of a Salesman," to "The Crucible," and others.  The Price is a one-act gem which The NY Times calls Arthur Miller's "The Price"  "one of the most engrossing and entertaining plays that Miller has ever written. It is superbly, even flamboyantly, theatrical, running without an intermission, complying with the classic unities of time, place and action, and Miller holds the interest with the skill of a born story-teller."

Recorded at the BBC Broadcasting House, London in March 1989.

Directed by Martin Jenkins
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Richard Dreyfuss as Victor Franz
Amy Irving as Esther Franz
Timothy West as Gregory Solomon
Harris Yulin as Walter Franz  

]]> https://www.kpfk.org/_app_pages/stations/3455/blogs/posts/86953 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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