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SATURDAY JUNE 20 -- a Classic from the 16 years of West Coast Live archives - Today from MAY 26, 2007. Next Live Broadcast, the 4th of July! Aware of the fate of the oceans, JULIA WHITTY, author of a collection of short stories and a new book about the fate of coral reefs.. She also wrote the cover story of the current Mother Jones magazine about loss of species by 2100.
MAL SHARPE, man-on- the-street meets man-about-town, from the surreal to the jazz-honed, Mal knows from zeitgeist.
HELEN SIMPSON, author of the set-in-England In the Driver's Seat and Four Bare Legs in A Bed and other books, from London, with brilliant and droll insights and writing about love and relationships and children and, well, life.
MIKE LIPSKIN, a man who just doesn't take the piano out for a walk, he takes it out for large-gaited strides.
TERESE GENECCO, where BETTE MIDLER collides with MELISSA ETHERIDGE, and KAYE BALLARD dances with ROSEMARY CLOONEY, and other high concepts lead to TERESE GENECCO!
Music from the refreshed pianist MIKE GREENSILL.
SATURDAY JUNE 27 -- a Classic from the 16 years of West Coast Live archives - Today from June 23, 2007. Next Live Broadcast, the 4th of July! DANIEL HANDLER, Adverbs, a lemonly non-snickettly collection of storiesMIN JIN LEE, author, Free Food for Millionaires her new novel just out WAILIN' JENNYS, 3-part harmonies CRYSTAL ZEVON, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, the memorist talks about her rocking rolling lifeMIKE GREENSILL, the man who knows the white keys from the black keys
LIVE SATURDAY JULY 4th, 10 AM- Noon - "Independence Day"at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:
the Declaration of Independence, in Annual Reading by members of the theater audience.
ROY ZIMMERMAN, singing political satirist.SOPHIA RADAY, author of Love in Condition Yellow, the memoir of an unlikely marriage, when a Berkeley liberal marries an Oakland police officer and soldier.other sparkling guests to be announced.STEVEN OKAZAKI, Emmy and Academy Award winning film maker, whose latest, The Conscience of Nhem En, takes us into Cambodia through the eyes of a Cambodian photographer who documented innocents. An HBO film.VERONICA CHATER, author of Waiting for the Apocalypse, the memoir of a Catholic family which seeks a purer Catholicism in Portugal than in an Jose -- but are there ever surprises in this moving and funny account.KATE CHRISTENSEN, author of The Great Man, and her new novel Trouble
The citizen MIKE GREENSILL at his piano which once slept in the Lincoln bedroom.
LIVE SATURDAY JULY 11, 10 AM- Noon - "Art in Plein Sites" featuring the new roof garden at the at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art -- . As for ways to get to the show, at 151 Third Street, here's a map.. You will be let in to the theater before the official opening, and may stay to enjoy the rest of the museum after the broadcast. Sedge welcomes:
GLEN DAVID GOLD, author of Sunnyside and Carter Beats the Devil, both comic novels.
KAREN JOY FOWLER, whose books include Wit's End and The Jane Austen Book Club.JOHN ZAROBELL, , painter and curator, collections, exhibitions, and commissions, SFMOMA on the outdoor spaces..SANDRA PHILLIPS, senior curator of photography, of one of the stellar collections of photography in the world, at SFMOMA.Other great guests To Be Announced!
The sound sculptor MIKE GREENSILL, at his surreal piano.
SATURDAY July 18th - Sedge selects a classic from the 16 year archive.
to be announced
LIVE SATURDAY JULY 25th, 10 AM- Noon - "Summer Fruits" from the BAY WOLF Restaurant in a special broadcast. Limited seating today. As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:
WAYNE MONIZ, author of Under Maui Skies,
KASPER HAUSER, sketch comedy troupe, whose publications include Skymaul and Obama's Blackberry.Other guests To Be Announced
The gourmet MIKE GREENSILL, in his toque.
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Recent West Coast Live Shows
LIVE SATURDAY May 23, 10 AM to Noon. our 800th Show! - at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:
MARIEL HEMINGWAY , who is advocating holistic living and simple lifestyles, including with her book, Mariel's Kitchen. because It is clean and it is good.
LISA M. HAMLITON, whose book Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, depicts growers as stewards of the land and their pace of life.SLAID CLEAVES , the singer-songwriter of uncommon grace, wit and heft.
MATTHEW AMSTER-BURTON,, the Seattle food-writer's account Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater, confesses to encouraging his five-year old to try new foods.
KARL and CARL (Michael O'Brien and Geoff Bolt, or is it Geoff Bolt and Michael O'Brien?) mark our 800th show with indelible ink on our linen shirt, with travel insights for the summer.
The genial MIKE GREENSILL, at his piano today. Please subscribe to the mailing list for full details. We look forward to seeing you at the show.
LIVE SATURDAY May 30, 10 AM- Noon - "Living Journalism"at the San Francisco Ferry Building, site of CUESA's San Francisco Farmers' Market -- . As for ways to get to the show, here's a map. Sedge welcomes:
JON CARROLL, veteran magazine editor and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, the original blogger before the name was known,
ELLEN ULLMAN, whose books include The Bug, has written on the world we are becoming through computers.BRUCE BRUGMAN , founder and publisher of The San Francisco Bay Guardian.PEGGY ORENSTEIN , author of Waiting for Daisy and contributor to the New York Times Magazine.
MERLE KESSLER and J. RAOUL BRODY, with some newspaper songs.
WESLA WHITFIELD with some newspapering songs. She's at the Rrazz room with our house pianist, her devoted roommate
The genial MIKE GREENSILL, with the Mike Greensill Trio today.
SATURDAYS JUNE 6 & 13, 2009 - We broadcast on June 6th and 13th from The NAPA RIVER INN at Silo's Jazz Club), 530 Main Street, Napa, CA 94581, 707-251-5833, Coffee, tea, refreshments available in the lovely 'hood.
Sedge's June 6th Guests include: - DEBORAH MADISON and PATRICK McFARLIN, a founding chef of Greens with the illustrator of What We Eat When We Eat Alone. We'll ask you, too!
- SHAWNA YANG RYAN, author of the novel Water Ghosts,the tale of real-life immigrants' enclave in early 2oth century California,
- JEFFREY ROTTER, author of The Unknown Knowns, a tale of international terrorism and water parks.
- JOHN NÉMETH , harmonica virtuoso and his blues band.
- COYOTE GRACE , the singer-songwriter duo
- MIKE GREENSILL, Napa/St. Helena up-valley lad at his own piano.
SATURDAY JUNE 13, 2009 - We broadcast on June 13th from The NAPA RIVER INN at Silo's Jazz Club), 530 Main Street, Napa, CA 94581, 707-251-5833, Coffee, tea, refreshments available in the lovely 'hood.
Sedge's June 13th guests include: - ANNIE BARROWS, author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. and the Ivy and Bean books.
- LUIS ALBERTO URREA, author of Into the Beautiful North, and The Devil's Highway,
- The RHYTHM ANGELS, Celeste Krenz and Rebecca Folsom, in their American folk and roots duet.
- The JULIANE BAND , the Napa-based eclectic acoustic band.
- CLAIRE PEASLEE, naturalist, from PRBO Conservation Science.
- MIKE GREENSILL, Napa/St. Helena up-valley lad at his own piano.
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FOR MORE DETAILS about the 2009 shows, please see SCHEDULE PAGE, or, sign-up for the mailing list. We feature occassional web specials. THANKS!
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West Coast Live Entertains and Enlightens
West Coast Live is a weekly two-hour radio variety show produced live-to-satellite Saturday mornings in front of San Francisco theater audiences and broadcast around the world. The show entertains and enlightens its audience with music, ideas and humor from a rich mix of writers, thinkers, comedians, and musicians, drawn mostly from the Pacific Rim and the Western United States, but also from further afield as feels right to do. Think Bill Moyers meets David Letterman, according to one reviewer. Our uniquely Western sensibility is conveyed not only by our guests, but also by remote broadcasts from Yosemite to Alaska, and by the sound of Bay water lapping against the piers that begins each show.
Imagine the pleasure of watching a radio show come-to-life before your eyes, with the chance to be with world-renowned authors and musicians in an intimate setting of live performance and spontaneous interview.
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Welcome to West Coast Live's web site - the first and longest running web site in public radio history! The WCL web site launched in 1994. The WCL site is undergoing a major transformation this season, so please look in again from time to time for more information on the show, related events and new features.
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