The Kitchen Sisters & Friends – San Francisco, CA

Join The Kitchen Sisters live and in person for a special evening of podcasts, storytelling and special guests benefiting KALW Public Media!

For some four decades now, the Peabody, duPont-Columbia, James Beard Award-winning NPR and Radiotopia Podcast Producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva have produced hundreds of vibrant and sound-rich stories that chronicle the rites, rituals, traditions, food, culture and music of people throughout the nation and around the world. The Keepers, Hidden Kitchens, The Hidden World of Girls, Lost & Found Sound, The Sonic Memorial Project – their many NPR series are deeply layered with interviews, oral histories, archival audio, field recordings and music. Their entire archive was recently acquired by The Library of Congress.

The Sisters will be joined by David Boyer, KALW’s Director of Programming, to dig deep into their signature, pioneering sound and stories.

Special guests include collaborators:

• Manny Yekutiel, owner of Manny’s and a driving force in San Francisco’s cultural revitalization, featured in The Kitchen Sisters Present Podcast: “Manny’s: A Civic Gathering Space”
• Sitalbanat Muktari, a visionary chef whose healing journey through food is introducing Nigerian Hausa food culture to the world. Sital, Ellen Sebastian Chang and The Kitchen Sisters collaborated with her on their ground-breaking podcast “House/Full of Black Women.”
• Ellen Sebastian Chang, a director and arts educator who advocates for human rights, as in her collaboration with Sital and the Kitchen Sisters on “House/Full of Black Women.”
• Live Art by Paul Madonna. The renowned artist and storyteller will be creating live five minute portraits for guests who sit for him during this special event. To sign up for a chance to have your portrait made by Paul, be sure to check “Add-Ons” in the ticketing screen.
• More guests to be announced! The Kitchen Sisters and guests will be playing stories, telling stories, and spinning their favorite vinyl on the mighty KALW turntable.

This event supports KALW is a nonprofit public media organization broadcasting at 91.7 FM and producing news, music, and culture programs by the Bay, for the Bay.

We’re redefining how public media enriches and empowers communities by producing radio, events, education, and art exhibitions from our live events studio in Downtown San Francisco and beyond. Independent and community-supported, we rely on donations from neighbors like you to power this uplifting and empowering work.

“The Kitchen Sisters have done some of the best radio stories ever broadcast.” – Ira Glass

“The California-based producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, who work together as the Kitchen Sisters, have been producing immersive, beautifully observed, historically relevant stories for public radio since 1979. Their style is both distinctive and invisible: rich in audio delights but minimally hosted, narrated largely by interviewees. ‘The Kitchen Sisters Present,’ from Radiotopia, is a treasure trove of the duo’s recent and earlier work.”
–The New Yorker

Support KALW and receive amazing gifts from The Kitchen Sisters!

Donors making a membership level contribution of $60 will receive a limited edition print of their iconic “Lightning Hands” art, signed by the Kitchen Sisters.

Donors contributing $100 will also have the opportunity to meet Davia and Nikki for a photo opportunity and preferred seating at the event, in addition to the limited edition print.

Complimentary pizza, breadsticks, and salad will be provided by KALW sponsor Joyride Pizza.

Paul Madonna, the award-winning artist and best-selling author known for combining drawing and stories in a wide range of genres will be creating live five minute portraits for guests who sit for him during this special event.

Celebrated internationally in museums as well as in print, Paul’s unique blend of drawing and storytelling has been heralded as an “all new art form.”

You will receive the original art after the event, following the drawing being documented by Paul for archival purposes.

View add-ons to reserve the chance to sit for Paul during the event.

The Kitchen Sisters Audio Festival is a month of Bay Made episodes featuring the work of the Bay Area’s own Kitchen Sisters.

Over the course of September, we will dig deep into their 40-plus year archive of audio gems: profiles of everyday people just outside the frame of history. And we’ll talk with them about their mission, their connection to the Bay Area, lessons they’ve learned and stories they can’t get out of their minds.

Bay Made airs Monday – Thursday at 11:30 AM on KALW 91.7 FM and on demand using the KALW App.

?? 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
?? Doors open at 6:00
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Please note:

• The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
• We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
• Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
• If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location