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," award-winning visual artist Anna Sidana gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today's show a muralist for the Warriors encourages us to dream big. Then, we visit the West Oakland studio of a painter who created pieces for the Valkyries. And, an artist tells a touching story about a MUNI driver who changed his life. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," the new music director of the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers Caroline McCaskey gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today’s show, activist Ericka Huggins talks about women’s prominence in the Black Panther Party. Then, we meet Caroline McCaskey, the new music director of the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers. And "The Compton's Cafeteria Riot" play transports audiences back to the 1966 uprising of transwomen and drag queens in the Tenderloin against police violence. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," artist Bianca Levan gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," TheatreWorks’ Founder Robert Kelley gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today's show, two Filipino nurses who were wrongly convicted of lethal crimes in the 1970s inspire a dance production about generational trauma and racism in the justice system. Then, a local band brings their own special indie rock/electronica sound, and the lead singer is Host Jeneé Darden's KALW co-worker! Finally, a musical about travelers stranded in a special Canadian town following the tragedies 9/11, and the kindness of strangers. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," comedian Helen Chu gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area. -
On today’s show, a dramatic play about a girls high school basketball team in the Deep South. Then an artist who creates beautiful work by cutting paper. A literary festival is roaring back into Downtown Oakland. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Host Jeneé Darden and Producer Porfirio Rangel give their arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
