Arts & Culture

Connect the Bay: Cellist Daniela Gonzales Siu

San Francisco Conservatory of Music cellist Daniela Gonzales Siu shares with Connect the Bay that "being in a quartet is one of the things that I love doing." Traveling from the Peruvian Andes to attend one of the top music schools in the U.S., she is a firm believer in art as a way to reach people....

Connect the Bay: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

The vision of the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles is to preserve, celebrate, and promote knowledge about quilts and textiles, their creation, their beauty, and their relationship to human culture and expression. Director Camille Ann Brewer takes us on a tour for a closer look. For more informat...

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Connect the Bay: Needle Felting Stephanie Metz

Non-traditional sculptor Stephanie Metz has her studio at San Jose's Alameda Artworks collective, and fills it with her fantastic, fun, and sometimes downright weird creations. Working primarily in wool and industrial felt, she states "My artwork grows out of a sense of curiosity, play, and the desi...

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Independent Lens Rialto Screening of "Try Harder!"

Northern California Public Media is pleased to host Independent Lens documentaries with free screenings at Rialto Cinemas. In April, come to a viewing of “Try Harder!” produced and directed by Debbie Lum. At a prestigious San Francisco public high school with a majority Asian American student body,...

Connect the Bay: San Jose History Park

Original and reproduced historic buildings make up San Jose's History Park, revealing a fascinating glimpse of Santa Clara Valley’s past. Complete with paved streets, running trolleys, and an old-fashioned ice cream shop, this 14-acre site offers the charm and ambiance of times gone by. Nonprofit Hi...

Depth of Field: Jeff Kan Lee

After working for more than 45 years as a photojournalist, Jeff Kan Lee still finds joy in documenting and giving back to the community in his retirement. From hobbyist to pr of essional, photographers strive to create images that reveal something about the world we all share. Whether capturing beau...

Connect The Bay: The Crucible

Young artists Tobias and Sharay are part of the Fuego Youth Leadership Program at The Crucible in Oakland. After being mentored by adult artists, Fuego youth leaders instruct their peers in industrial arts like welding and glass flameworking. With an emphasis on creativity, self-expression and safet...

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Connect The Bay: SWEA Christmas Fair

The San Francisco Chapter of the Swedish Women's Educational Association holds a festive Christmas Fair every year, this season in Palo Alto. It is the place to find all things Swedish: from crafts, to decorations, to food and music. A highpoint is the traditional Sankta Lucia procession of youth in...

Arts & Culture

Sonoma County Suffragist Stories: Petaluma Black Pioneers

The names of eight Black Petalumans, all married couples, were found on a suffrage petition that was presented to the California state legislature in 1870. Some of these individuals were trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Union Church in Petaluma, and some of their grave sites reside in the Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma.

Arts & Culture

Sonoma County Suffragist Stories: Anna Morrison Reed

Anna Morrison Reed was a poet, lecturer, journalist, and publisher from Ukiah – and she became a leading advocate for women's suffrage in Sonoma County and statewide. Anna's story is a fascinating one, because in her early years as a lecturer, she held anti-suffrage views, but as she got older, her…

Arts & Culture

Joanne Weir at Sonoma Film Festival

Chef Joanne Weir to host special Culinary Luncheon Joanne Weir’s Wine Country Cooking Special Culinary Luncheon returns for a second year as one of the highlight events of the Sonoma International Film Festival. Chef Weir, a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, international cooking teacher…

Arts & Culture

Sonoma County Suffragist Stories: Abigail Haskell

Abigail Haskell lived in Petaluma, California in the mid- and late 1800s. She was a leader in the women's suffrage movement in Sonoma County and California.

Arts & Culture

Connect the Bay: Harpist Destiny Muhammad

A self-described "Harpist from the Hood," Destiny Muhammad is a recording and performing artist, composer and producer.

Arts & Culture

Connect the Bay: Cellist Daniela Gonzales Siu

San Francisco Conservatory of Music cellist Daniela Gonzales Siu shares with Connect the Bay that "being in a quartet is one of the things that I love doing."

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