Jeneé Darden
Executive Producer/Host, Sights & SoundsJeneé Darden is an award-winning journalist, author, public speaker and proud Oakland native. She is the executive producer and host of the weekly arts segment Sights & Sounds as well as the series Sights + Sounds Magazine. Jeneé also covers East Oakland for KALW. Jeneé has reported for NPR, Marketplace, KQED, KPCC, The Los Angeles Times, Ebony magazine, Refinery29 and other outlets. In 2005, she reported on the London transit bombings for Time magazine. Prior to coming to KALW, she hosted the podcast Mental Health and Wellness Radio.
Her first book, When a Purple Rose Blooms (Nomadic Press), is a collection of essays and poetry about her personal journey through Black womanhood. Her work is also published in the books Previously on X-Men: The Making of an American Series and We've Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health.
Jeneé holds a BA in ethnic studies from UC San Diego and a master’s in journalism from the University of Southern California. When she’s off the clock, Jeneé enjoys dancing, performing her poetry, concerts, karaoke, traveling and watching superhero films. Follow her at www.jeneedarden.com.
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On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Oakland author Aaron Hundley gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today's show we hear from a trio of young, Oakland musicians who recently performed at the Kennedy Center. Then, an exhibit that celebrates Filipino activism in San Francisco's SOMA district. We end with an East Bay comic book store hosting a big event in Alameda this weekend. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," writer and Grateful Dead fan Dan Sullivan gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today's show: author Aaron Hundley talks about his novel, writing and Black men. Then, singer and songwriter B. DeVeaux tells us the inspiration behind their debut album "Chrysalis." -
On today's show, what it takes to put on a big music festival like Outside Lands, then a local DJ throws R&B parties and a documentary about the late blues/folk/jazz singer Barbara Dane. -
On today's show: we hear about an exhibit that honors the life and work of artist Ruth Asawa, then a photo book takes viewers back to the early days of the Grateful Dead and a film festival that shines a spotlight on Black activism. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Senior Producer of KALW's Crosscurrents Victor Tence shares his favorite restaurants in the Bay Area. -
On today's show: we are going to Books Inc. in Alameda, where host Jeneé Darden interviews author and retired Oakland librarian Dorothy Lazard about her memoir. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," San Francisco visual artist Kurt Schwartzmann gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today's show, a documentary about Oakland activists who travel throughout California after being inspired by Octavia Butler. Then listen to interviews from the Bay Area Book Festival. One is with an Oakland author who writes about social issues in Latinx horror. The other is a children's book author who writes about a little girl not wanting to move.
