Member Magazine SEPTEMBER 2018 KQED Perks KQED Member Days at the Asian Art Museum Join KQED at the Asian Art Museum for member days, Friday, September 28, and Saturday, September 29. Discover the bold artistic vision of 17 contemporary artists whose success has brought economic growth and social transformation to the Mithila region of India at Painting Is My Everything: Art from India’s Mithila Region. The artists, many of them women, work within a traditional painting style to express personal experiences and viewpoints. Admission is free to KQED members plus one guest (total of two persons per current KQED MemberCard or membership information from On Q magazine and valid ID). Tickets are based on day-of availability only. asianart.org Great American Read Panel Discussion with Michael Krasny Listen to Bay Area authors and booksellers debate the merits of the 100 best-loved novels list from PBS’ The Great American Read, at Mill Valley Public Library’s Main Reading Room on Friday, September 7, 7-9pm. Moderated by Michael Krasny, host of KQED’s Forum, members of the panel will share their favorite novels, thoughts on what was left off the list and predictions for the top ten. Voted on by the public, the winning book will be revealed on the finale episode, airing on Tuesday, October 23 on KQED 9. millvalleylibrary.org/pbsread Photos (top to bottom): courtesy Asian Art Museum; KQED. On Q September 2018 KQED Public Radio Christiane Amanpour to Anchor KQED Public Television New Late-Night Public Affairs Show Amanpour and Company premieres Monday, September 10, on KQED 9 Christiane Amanpour will lead PBS’ new flagship Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, two George Polk late-night public affairs program with Amanpour and Awards, three duPont-Columbia Awards, and the Courage Company. Replacing Amanpour on PBS, a simulcast of in Journalism Award. She is an honorary citizen of Sarajevo CNN’s Amanpour, the one-hour program will feature wide- and a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of the ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders Press and the Safety of Journalists. and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting “I’m delighted to expand my role at PBS from interim Get magazine online: kqed.org/OnQ the world, from politics, business and technology to arts, to permanent along with this remarkable diversity of science and sports. voices and views,” says Amanpour. “Never has the time Produced by PBS and WNET in collaboration with for exploring our world and America’s place in it been so CNN, Amanpour and Company will center the conversation urgent. And I am also thrilled to be a female filling this role on global and domestic news with contributions by at this time!” Photos (cover; inside): courtesy Matt Dutile; Getty. prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan. The new series will Amanpour and Company premieres Monday, also air on CNN International weekdays. September 10, at 10pm and airs Monday Amanpour has earned every major television through Friday at 4pm and Tuesday through Saturday at midnight on KQED 9. journalism award, including 11 News and Documentary KQED.org 3 Vote for America’s Best-Loved Novel The Great American Read returns to KQED 9 on Tuesday, September 11 All summer, KQED has been asking, You’re invited to vote for your favorite themes such as Heroes and What We Do “Which novel has had the biggest impact from a list of 100 novels, which includes for Love, and they will feature interviews on your life?” The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, with some of the biggest names in It all started with a groundbreaking The Color Purpleby Alice Walker, The literature including Gillian Flynn, George TV series from PBS hosted by Meredith Call of the Wild by Jack London, Beloved R.R. Martin, Armistead Maupin and Vieira called The Great American Read. by Toni Morrison, The Outsiders by S.E. Jason Reynolds (pictured). Designed to spark a national conversation Hinton, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan You can share your pick for about reading, literacy, and the books and more. America’s Best-Loved Book, find KQED that have inspired, moved and shaped us, The series culminates in the first-ever coverage of all things book-related and The Great American Read is an eight- national vote to choose America’s Best- contribute to the conversation at part series that returns to KQED 9 on Loved Book, which will be announced kqed.org/greatamericanread. Vote at Tuesday, September 11, at 8pm. when the grand finale airs on Tuesday, pbs.org/the-great-american-read/vote. The Great American Read explores October 23. the power of literature and the joy of Tune in each Tuesday to explore The Great American Read returns reading through the lens of America’s the varied worlds and varied genres of Tuesday, September 11, at 8pm on , courtesy Nutopia/PBS. best-loved novels — as chosen by you. books on the list. Episodes will focus on KQED 9. Jason Reynolds Photo: 4 MindShift Returns with New Episodes On Q September 2018 The popular education podcast begins its third season TheMindShift podcast is back with Listeners will hear how teacher home Listen to new episodes of MindShift new stories that explore innovation visits can transform parent-teacher every other Tuesday, beginning in education. Over the course of the relationships, helping parents see how Tuesday, August 28, on Apple six-episode season, hosts Ki Sung and they can effectively partner in their child’s Podcasts, NPR One, Google Play or Katrina Schwartz, who also produce education; how far a public high school wherever you get your podcasts. KQED Public Radio KQED’s MindShift blog, will introduce goes to develop an inclusive experience listeners to a fascinating cast of educators, for the crucial transition to high school; kqed.org/mindshiftpodcast researchers, parents and students who are how to address childhood trauma so it MindShift is sponsored by PBS Learning Media. developing effective strategies to improve doesn’t become an obstacle to learning; Funding for KQED News is provided by The James Irvine how kids learn. It’s easy to see a child’s and what parents and communities can Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, the College Futures Foundation, the Silicon Valley Community education as a path determined by grades, do to help kids grow. Foundation, the Westly Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Craig Newmark Charitable Fund and the test scores and extra curricular activities, Launched in August 2016, the members of KQED. but learning is about more than the MindShift podcast aims to improve KQED Public Television points schools tally. learning for all. MindShift began in 2010 The third season explores the as a daily blog and has grown its audience intangible — and often overlooked through social media, weekly email — elements of academic success: newsletters and a podcast. emotional safety, trust and relationships. Get magazine online: kqed.org/OnQ KQED.org 5 Arts Bay Brilliant Profiles Local Changemakers Meet the makers who are defining Bay Area arts and culture This fall, KQED Arts will launch Bay Meet some of this year’s honorees consistently thought-provoking Brilliant, a multimedia web series that and check out the full list at exhibitions. She has used her centrally celebrates ten artists and makers who kqed.org/baybrilliant. located downtown gallery as a vital are defining Bay Area arts and culture. Jessica Bejarano has brought platform for black women artists with This year’s honorees fuse creativity, classical music into the 21st century as exhibits like Black Women Breathing and art and social justice in practices that the fearless music director of the San Viral: 25 Years from Rodney King. range from traditional art-making to Francisco Civic Orchestra, the oldest Community organizer Quynh-Mai community building. community orchestra on the West Nguyen is a busy figure both onstage With collections of immersive Coast. Under Bejarano’s leadership, the and off: she has worked with Silicon photographs, in-depth interviews and orchestra has become one of the most Valley De-Bug and the School of Arts intimate audio storytelling, Bay Brilliant diverse classical music groups around & Culture at the Mexican Heritage takes you into the studios, hearts in terms of race, age, sexual orientation Plaza in San Jose, she sings with the and minds of ten radical innovators and economic opportunity, bringing folk duo Q&A, and she writes poetry who make the Bay Area a beloved down the barriers of access and produces the Sonido Clash music hub of creative ingenuity. The online for performing musicians. festival. Working to bridge the Asian series features musicians, filmmakers, Over the past few years at American and Latinx cultures in gallerists, arts administrators, Oakland’s Betti Ono Gallery, Anyka San Jose, Nguyen helps the South courtesy Jean Melesaine/KQED. playwrights and more — trailblazers Barber has proven herself to be an Bay thrive. helping shape the artistic narratives of oft-talked-about curator, with her their respective communities. Bay Brilliant is a multimedia web series, available only at kqed.org/baybrilliant. Jessica Bejarano, Funding for KQED Arts is provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Yogen and Peggy Dalal, Diane Photo: B. Wilsey, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the California Arts Council, the William and Gretchen Kimball Fund and the members 6 of KQED. The Fire Tapes Presented by On Q September 2018 Snap Judgment and The Bay Join us on Saturday, September 22, , for an evening of storytelling Wildfires are getting bigger, fire seasons are Emceed by Snap Judgment’s Glynn KQED Public Radio Glynn Washington getting longer, and Californians are losing Washington and hosted The Bay’s Devin their homes, their communities and even Katayama, The Fire Tapes will look at their lives.