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Two young crabbers are carving out careers on the Chesapeake Bay in a field dominated by older men. One is building a brand through TikTok. The other catches crabs one at a time.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," host Jeneé Darden gives you three reasons why you should attend our event with James Cagney at Books Inc. in Alameda.

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, 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," poet Paul S. Flores tell us about three female artists who are featured in Paseo Artístico.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," artist Bianca Levan 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," TheatreWorks’ Founder Robert Kelley gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," comedian Helen Chu gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

Author Soma Mei Sheng Frazier talks about her debut novel “Off The Books." It's about a young Oakland woman who works as an underground chauffeur. Then, Oakland author Carolina Ixta, takes us to Southern California in her new novel "Few Blue Skies." In it a high school student is fighting environmental injustice in her community, and falling in love with her classmate.

Playwright Eisa Davis talks about her new play that tells a story of four teenage girls in a prestigious, East Bay, music program. Then, the Bay Area Book Festival’s new theme inspires guests to write and re-imagine a better future. And, an immersive show in a San Francisco Victorian takes people back to the era of the 1906 earthquake.

Oakland poet James Cagney talks about his latest book "Ghetto Koans: A Personal Archive," with KALW's Jeneé Darden at Books Inc. Alameda. In these poems, James let's readers see life in the inner city through his poetic lens. Then, we re-air an interview where James discusses Black manhood and loneliness.