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  • Main Stage West – July 24, 2017

    Main Stage West
    2017-18 Season Preview

    Grace
    North Bay Premiere by Craig Wright
    September 8th – 24th, 2017

    Mary Shelley’s Body
    World Premiere by David Templeton
    October 13th – 29th, 2017

  • Main Stage West 2019-2020 Season Preview

    Main Stage West
    2019-2020 Season Announcement

    BodyAwareness
    September 6 – 22, 2019
    A play by Annie Baker
    Directed by John Shillington
    It’s Body Awareness Week at Vermont College. Phyllis, the organizer,

  • Main Stage West Presents The Seafarer (Aired: November 28, 2019)

    The Seafarer
    Main Stage West
    November 29 – December 21, 2019

    The Seafarer is a chilling story about the

  • Maine Lobster, Chris Sawyer – August 6, 2017

    This week, we offer everything you’ve always wanted to know about lobster, with friends from Maine, talking about and sharing two kinds of the extraordinary Maine shellfish, the well-kept secret New

  • Maintaining That Festival State-Of-Mind – August 5, 2015

    Last week—in my report on Dezi Gallegos’ new show, ‘Yesterday Again’—I spent a lot of time talking about newness, originality, world premieres, fresh spins on old themes…  You know.. Stuff we

  • Make ’em Bleed Blood Drive – February 6, 2018

    Resurrection Roller Girls is out for blood again. They are holding a Make ’em Bleed blood drive on Saturday, February 10th from 10 am to 4 pm. This time Team Phoenix

  • Making Tamales at the Library? You Bet! (Aired: January 23, 2020)

    You can get books at the library. You can borrow DVDs andeven cameras.

    But, the library might not be the first place you’d expectto learn how to make tamales. That’s

  • Maktub – March 21, 2018

    Maktub
    Rialto Cinemas
    Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 @ 1:00 pm and 7:30 pm

    Welcome to the 3rd JCC Sonoma County Israeli Film Festival!

    Maktub (Pronounced macTUBE) means “written” in Arabic, and

  • Maktub – March 27, 2018

    Maktub
    Rialto Cinemas
    Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 @ 1:00 pm and 7:30 pm

    Welcome to the 3rd JCC Sonoma County Israeli Film Festival!

    Maktub (Pronounced macTUBE) means “written” in Arabic, and

  • Mamma Mia – May 30, 2018

    High atop Mount Tamalpais, at about the 2,000 foot level, sits the Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre where the “great outdoor theatre adventure” known as The Mountain Play has been produced for the

  • Man Files Lawsuit Against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Force (Aired: July 2, 2020)

    35-year old La’Marcus McDonald is suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in a federal lawsuit filed at the end of last month. McDonald, who is Black, says that a deputy slammed

  • Man Files Lawsuit Against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Force, Part 2 (Aired: July 8, 2020)

    Man Files Lawsuit Against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Force, Part 2 (Aired: July 8, 2020)

  • Man of La Mancha – August 25, 2017

    Man of La Mancha
    Cinnabar Theater
    September 1st – 24th, 2017

    A mixture of romance, humour and tragedy, framed within a rich musical score featuring the timeless anthem “The Impossible Dream,”

  • Man of La Mancha – July 20, 2017

    Man of La Mancha
    North Bay Stage Company
    July 21st – August 6th, 2017

    Man of La Mancha – The Musical Tale of Don Quixote

    Winner of five Tony Awards including

  • Mandolin Convention – November 14, 2018

    2018 CMSA Convention
    Flamingo Hotel – Santa Rosa, CA
    November 14th – 18th, 2018

    Held at the beautiful Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa, the 2018 convention is hosted by the

  • Marc Katano Studio Tour – March 23, 2017

    Marc Katano Studio Tour
    Sonoma, California
    Saturday, March 25th, 2017 @ 1:30pm

    Join us for a studio tour with Marc Katano as he personally shows us his paintings and talks about

  • March 2, 2014 – Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival; Susanna Solomon

    We have a two-segment Word By Word: Conversations With Writers show this month from North Bay Public Media, KRCB FM. Host Gil Mansergh invites you to first meet with the Festival

  • March 6, 2013 – The Big Read, Emily Dickinson

    This month’s Word By Word program features conversations with writers writers from two distinctive Sonoma County activities – the National Endowment for the Arts March, 2013 Big Read focusing on the

  • Marcus Ganister - DJ for a Day (Aired: June 16, 2022)

  • Margaret Jenkins Dance Company – June 13, 2017

    Margaret Jenkins Dance Company: Dancing in the Sculpture
    Paradise Ridge Winery
    Sunday, June 18, 2017 @ 5:00pm

    The Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation proudly presents the MARGARET JENKINS DANCE COMPANY performing within

  • Margaret Wilkerson Sexton and Jessica Winters Mireles (Aired: March 29, 2020)

    Suzanne M. Lang talks with two authors whose novels reflect on gender and family, race and ethnicity, and the effects

  • Maria Foscarinis and Chris Cabral on A Novel Idea

    maria book Suzanne Lang is joined by trailblazing housing advocate Maria Foscarinis in conversation on her book And Housing for All: The Fight to End Homelessness In America.

    Cabral image184 uai 774x1032Adding to the conversation is Chris Cabral, CEO of Petaluma’s COTS (Committee on the Shelterless).

    It’s A Novel Idea, Sunday, May 18th at 10:00 am PDT.

    Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

     

  • Maria Hunt + Vance Petrunoff – August 30, 2009

    Mouthful focuses on two topics – First, Maria Hunt talks about her new book “The Bubbly Bar,” filled with innovative sparkling wine cocktails. Next, we take a road trip to Bulgaria,

  • Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble – January 30, 2017

    Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble
    CD Release Concert
    Saturday, February 4, 2017 @ 8:00pm

    Featuring Mariah Parker (composition, piano, santur)
    Paul McCandless (reeds, horns)
    Matthew Montfort (guitars)
    Ian Dogole (global

  • Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble – July 17, 2018

    Mariah Parker’s Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble
    Occidental Center for the Arts
    Saturday, July 21st, 2018 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

    Mariah Parker is an accomplished composer, bandleader, pianist and santurist.

  • Marian Burros in Vermont, and John Toulze in studio on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: September 25, 2022)

    marian burros 1240533Host Clark Wolf visited with legendary food writer, Emmy Award winner and retired New York Times reporter Marian Burros at her home in Northern Vermont where they talked about the state of food in America, her famous plum tart recipe (number one forever at the New York Times), how cookbooks sometimes need to be updated, covering hard news food issues, and a whole lot more.

    toulze fig nxLater in the show, Clark welcomes John Toulze, Managing Partner of the beloved the Girl & the Fig. They talk about the history of that landmark Sonoma (the town) restaurant over the last quarter century on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary. They also explore the realities of serving 400-700 people a day with locally grown ingredients and working in collaboration with farmers, staff, neighbors, and friends.

     

    Savoring Sonoma: The Hour, every second and fourth Sunday nights at 6:00 pm PDT, on KRCB 104.9.

     

  • Marian Lindner, Marilyn Campbell, and Linda Loveland Reid – January 10, 2016

    This month’s Word By Word: Conversations With Writers was prompted by Diane Peterson’s recent Press Democrat article about the collaboration between Redwood Writers and Copperfield’s Bookstores.

    Entitled the “Redwood Author

  • Marie Gewirtz + Annie Vercelli – September 11, 2011

    This week on Mouthful – Marie Gewirtz, president of the Harvest Fair Board of Directors, and Annie Vercelli, head of the Professional Food Competition, discuss the upcoming 2011 Sonoma County Harvest

  • Marilyn Dear Nelson and her husband Chris Nelson on A Novel Idea (Aired: January 21, 2024)

    nelsonsRed Cloud image003When Marilyn Dear Nelson and her husband Chris Nelson started digging into her ancestry and the life of great grandfather, JW Dear, they discovered a sweeping story of grit, courage, brutality, and friendship. The resulting book is RED CLOUD AND THE INDIAN TRADER, THE REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP OF THE SIOUX CHIEF AND JW DEAR IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE FRONTIER.
    The Nelsons join Suzanne Lang in conversation Sunday, January 21st at 10 am PDT.
    Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.
     
     
     
     
  • Marin Theater Company’s “Measure for Measure” – July 17, 2019

    The Marin Shakespeare Company opens its 30thseason with Measure for Measure. The Bard’s take on justice and mercywould seem to be a perfect fit for a company that brings their Shakespeare

  • Marin Theater Company’s Noura (Aired: February 5, 2020)

    It’sChristmas Eve and a family readies their home for guests. Gifts are placedunder a tree. Food is prepared. Mass will

  • Marin Theater Holiday Preview – November 28, 2018

    If you’re trying to avoid attending the umpteenth production of The Nutcracker in your lifetime, Marin theatre companies are providing several other entertainment options for this holiday season.

    Last year,

  • MarinScapes Re~Imagined 2019 – June 7, 2019

    MarinScapes 2019
    Escalle Winery, Larkspur
    June 20th – 23rd, 2019

    This year we’ve taken inventory and created opportunity toRe~Imagine our beloved fundraiser, MarinScapes. Last year we celebrated our30th

  • Marion Nestle and remembering Marian Burros on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour

    Nestle Credit Bill Hayes In this episode of Savoring Sonoma host Clark Wolf speaks with two legendary food pros. Marion Nestle, among the world’s foremost microbiologists and nutritional experts, talks about the current status of food and safety policies, the MAHA movement and previews her upcoming book What To Eat Now, due out in November.
    Nestle and BurrosOur final segment is a conversation, recorded several years ago at her home in Craftsbury, Vermont, with Marian Burros, who died recently at 92. She covers her many years as a food reporter at the New York Times,  best selling cookbooks her famous plum torte and more.
  • Marion Nestle plus Connor Murphy of Shone Farm on Savoring Sonoma: The Hour (Aired: September 11, 2022)

    Nestle 400x400slow cooked bkMarion Nestle is arguably one of the world’s most important voices regarding food policy, politics, safety, and study. She founded the nation’s first Food Studies program, at New York University, and has authored several seminal books including Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, What To Eat, Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat, and more.

    Now she’s published a “foodoir” about how she came to late-in-life success worldwide. It's called Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics. Clark Wolf digs into this fascinating story as a preview to her visit to Sonoma County later in the fall.

    Connor 1 0Connor Murphy is the recently appointed Farm Manager at what has been called the “Nation’s Best College Farm” providing a home for its many academic and community programs. Shone Farm occupies 365 prime acres in the precious Russian River Valley and provides extraordinary opportunities via its Santa Rosa Junior College connection. We talk food, land, farming, and stewardship plus learn a bit more about what it takes to achieve this sort of position.

    Tune in for Savoring Sonoma: The Hour with host Clark Wolf, Sunday at 6pm.

  • Marissa Guggiana – October 24, 2010

    Mouthful welcomes back Marissa Guggiana, whose book, Primal Cuts: Cooking With America’s Best Butchers, has just been published. In previous visits, Marissa has talked about Sonoma Direct, which connects both chefs

  • Mark B. Perry and Beth Hahn on A Novel Idea

    Perry book Mid Century LA with Suzanne Lang as she talks with Emmy winning writer & producer Mark B. Perry on his novel depicting the squelching of authenticity and sexual identity by the ever powerful studio system, and Introducing Dexter Gaines, a Novel of Old Hollywood.

    Hahn bookAlso featured is Beth Hahn with her novel set literally in the underground of 1947 LA. It's called The City Beneath Her.

    It’s A Novel Idea every 1st, 3rd, abd 5th Sunday at 10am PT. Streaming at krcb.org.

  • Mark Felton and Sarah Silva – May 13, 2012

    This week on The Wine Country’s Most Delicious Hour: we continue our exploration of local farming with Mark Felton and Sarah Silva of Felton Acres, producers of eggs, meat-breed chickens, lamb

  • Mark Green – February 12, 2012

    Ever wonder what was served in the dining salon on that fateful night a
    century ago when the Titanic went down? Then you won’t want to miss this Mouthful. Mark Green

  • Mark Green’s New Book, “Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science” on Mouthful – October 6, 2019

    This week, we spend the hour with activist, musician, poet,writer, history-loving author Mark Green, whose book, “Atheopaganism: AnEarth-Honoring Path

  • Mark Green’s New Book, “Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science” on Mouthful – October 6, 2019

    This week, we spend the hour with activist, musician, poet,writer, history-loving author Mark Green, whose book, “Atheopaganism: AnEarth-Honoring Path

  • Marston Hefner and Schuyler M. Wood on A Novel Idea (Aired: August 7, 2022)

    hef picromance bookMarston Hefner is a young writer who plays with language and sentiment, with some of his pieces having a sort of absurdity that upon closer reading push through on an emotional level. Hefner joins Suzanne M. Lang in conversation.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    schuyler picschuyler bookSuzanne also talks with Schuyler M. Wood on his first installment of The Tranquility Trilogy, A Crisis at Tranquility! 
     
    It's A Novel Idea, Sunday, August 7th, 10:00 am PST on KRCB 104.9. Streaming at krcb.org.
     
     
     
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration – January 15, 2019

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Community Event
    Santa Rosa High School Auditorium
    Sunday, January 20th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

    On Christmas Day many celebrate a man known as the Prince

  • Martin Puchner, Alexandra Chasin – June 10, 2018

    From Homer to Harry Potter, literary critic and philosopher Martin Puchner takes the reader on an epic journey through the history of literature, and so the history of humanity in The

  • Mary Jo McConahay and Kate McElwee on A Novel Idea (Aired: June 4, 2023)

    JoGod bookmaryJoSuzanne Lang talks with prize-winning journalist Mary Jo McConahay on her book Playing God, American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right, which reveals the big money, unholy alliances, and far right agendas held by a faction of American Catholic Bishops.
     
     
     
     
     
    kate McAlweeSuzanne also talks with Kate McElwee, Executive Director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, a grassroots-driven movement that promotes activism and dialogue to call for women's ordination and gender equity in the Roman Catholic Church.
     
     
     
    It’s A Novel Idea, every first, third, and fifth Sunday on KRCB 104.9.
     
     
     
  • Mary Page Marlowe at the Roustabout Theater (Aired: March 9, 2020)

    Mary Page Marlowe
    Roustabout Theater
    March 13 – 29, 2020

    Roustabout’s Professional Ensemble presents the Bay

  • Mary Poppins – June 8, 2018

    The Apprentice Program of
    Roustabout Theater presents
    Disney’s Mary Poppins
    July 13 & 14, 2018 @ 7:30PM
    July 14 & 15, 2018 @ 3:00PM

    Disney’s Mary Poppins is the magical family-friendly

  • Mary Risley – December 14, 2015

    This week, Mouthful welcomes back Mary Risley of San Francisco’s sweetest little cooking school, Tante Marie’s. Chef Risley first appeared on Mouthful during its first year, back in 1996. Much has

  • Mary Shelley’s Body – June 11, 2018

    David Templeton’s “Mary Shelley’s Body”
    A Free Night of Theater
    Spreckels Performing Arts Center
    Saturday, June 16th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm

    On June 16, 1816, in the early hours of the

  • Mary Shelley’s Body – October 2, 2017

    Mary Shelley’s Body
    Main Stage West
    October 13th – 29th, 2017

    A World Premiere by David Templeton.
    Mary Shelley awakes in a graveyard to discover she has died. During one harrowing

 

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