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," visual artist Ashara Ekundayo gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
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Trina Robbins died last week in San Francisco at the age of 85. She was an artist, a writer and a pioneer for women in the male dominated field of comics. In 1985 Robbins became the first female artist to draw Wonder Woman in the superhero’s own series. She was also a self described “herstorian” who researched women and their legacy in comics.
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On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," Oakland comedian Eric Newton gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
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CrosscurrentsIn the 1970s major publishers, such as DC Comics, hired Filipino immigrants to draw for them. But they didn’t get the recognition like other artists. Works by some of these artists are featured in the “Pinoy Power!” exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum.
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On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," Americana singer Alex Jordan gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
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CrosscurrentsDerek Kirk Kim is the creator of the Image Comics series “The Last Mermaid.” It’s a post-apocalyptic story about a mermaid who lives on an Earth with little water and travels in an aquatic robot suit.
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Crosscurrents“The Far Country” takes audiences to Angel Island during the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Bay Area actress Sharon Shao talks about what being part of this production means to her.
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On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," curator and photographer Patanisha Williams gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
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On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," cartoonists Rina Ayuyang gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
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CrosscurrentsRetired boxing champion Andre Ward shares his story of overcoming hardship during his childhood in his new memoir.