Phone Volunteers Needed For Spring Fund Drive
KPFT's Spring Pledge Drive is quickly approaching, and we're in need of phone volunteers to answer pledge calls. Our spring drive will run from April 30th through May 18th, 2014, and we greatly appreciate any time you are able to spend with us!

If you've previously volunteered during fund drive and are interested in signing up, check the online schedule to review available shifts HERE. Then, CLICK HERE to sign up for your preferred shift(s).

If this will be your fist time to volunteer, we invite you to attend a one hour phone training session at KPFT on Saturday, April 19th. Sessions will be held at 1:00pm and 2:00pm. To reserve a seat at one of these sessions, please contact Lydia at 713-526-4000 ext. 314.





Houston International Festival celebrates Australia
April 26-27 and May 3-4, 2014 -- Downtown Houston

Celebrating its 44th year, the Houston International Festival has 80 musical and cultural acts for your entertainment this year. These will include five stages of music (including the Bud Light World Music Stage and Center Stage Presented by the Houston Arts Alliance Folklife and Traditional Arts program), dance, and cultural performances in addition to global markets, international cuisine, fine wine and beer. The festival will take place on April 26-27 and May 3-4 from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Downtown Houston.

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KPFT is a media sponsor of the Bud Light World Stage, where all entertainment tastes will be engaged with a mix of funk, rock, reggae, Latin music, R&B, jazz, blues, zydeco and more.

The 2014 entertainment line-up for the festival includes:

Laura Mvula 
Los Malditos Cocodrilos 
The Family Stone 
Asleep at the Wheel 
NXSIVE Australia Tribute Band 
Elida Y Avante 
Los Skarnales 
Trudy Lynn 
Los Tam y Tex 
Zenteno Spirit 
Texavia 
El Rectorado Del Son 
Endurance 
Conjunto X 
Melloh Rhythm 
Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man 
Craig Morrison 
Natya Upasana Dance Academy 
Galaxy Reggae 
The New Mastersounds 
El Gran Silencio 
Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires 
Two Tons of Steel 
Cuadro La Tempestad Flamenco Company 
The Neutral Sister Kyra Noons 
La Sien 
Yoko Mono 
The Allen Oldies Band 
Funky Mustard 
Colombian Folkloric Ballet 
Cameron McCarthy 
Lazos De Mi Tierra 
Caporales San Simon 
Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws 
Mariachi and Ballet Folklorico Palmview 
Lucia y Valdemar Flamenco 
Bryan Marshall 
Milton Larkin 
Son Vallenato Mariachi 
Omid Aski Laridjani 
Campos 
Chinelos Family Lopez + Banda Hermanos 
Pistoleros De Tejas 
New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band 
Mr. O 
KoumanKe'le' African Dance & Drum Ensemble
Feather Face 
Young Girls 
Spain Colored Orange 
The Suffers 
Soraya & La Zambra 
Ruben Moreno 
Herschel Berry 
Sancho & the Lovetones 
Paul Ramirez 
Steve Krase 
Richard Cagle and The Voodoo Choir 
LGM 
Electric Attitude 
Sister Sister 
The Flamin’ Hellcats 
Spantapajaros 
Black Queen Speaks 
CowBell Kings 
Mitch Jacobs Band 
Dune TX 
Soul Dig 
Carnival Talk 
The FootNotes 
Niki Diaz 
Travis Caudle 
Anne McCue 
Where the Girls Are 
David G. Cortes 
Cameron McCarthy 
Mark Towns 
Dustin Prinz 
Omid Aski Laridjani 
Rick Price 
Lois Albez 
Rhonda Roberts & Good Spear 
Desi Kids 
Tinkus BoliviaHouston 
Katumbella 
Mixteco Ballet Folklorico 
Solero Flamenco 
Ambassadors International Ballet Folklorico 
Collective Sound Cloggers 
Zhuravli Ukrainian Dancers of Houston 
Caporales San Simon Houston 
Society Of Chinese Performing Arts 
SGI-USA Houston IYE 
Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko 
Urban Gypsy 
Gypsy Dance Theatre 
Ari-rang Korean Folk Dance Group 
Vivalda Dula 
Tribal Lillies 
Sirsy 
Campana y Cumaco Drum Group 
Areito Folkloric Group 
Ballet Folklorico Azteca de Houston 
Haraka 
Archie Bell 
Triple 
Guillermo Serpas 
The Olympian Dancers 
Avaghys 
Jianqui 
Anjali Center for Performing Art 
HCC African Dance and Drum Ensemble
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Bayou City Food and Film Festival at 14 Pews
May 2 - 4, 2014 -- 800 Aurora St

The Bayou City Food & Film Festival (BCFFF) is an exciting new festival celebrating the culture, art, and science of food from around the world.  This eclectic, three-day festival– held the first weekend in May features a great selection of food films in an intimate setting, along with chefs, food activists and lively receptions and parties.

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BCFFF presents the Houston premieres of:  Sweet Dreams a powerful documentary charting Rewand's Rebirth, Small Bites a collection of short food documentaries produced entirely by students at the University of Houston, All In This Tea follows the American tea connoisseur David Lee Hoffman as he travels to remote tea-growing areas of China, Growing Cities examines the role of urban farming in America and asks how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat, Symphony of the Soil an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil, Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers a zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic, SOMM takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into a mysterious world - the Court of Master Sommeliers and the massively intimidating Master Sommelier Exam.







Discovery Green Thursday Concert Series for the Spring
May 8, 2014 - 6:30 pm Twang-a-Rama!

Discovery Green brings back its Thursday Concert series, beginning with Bill Kirchen & Too Much FUN and The Hollisters.  

Bill Kirchen’s signature twang is the foundation of the top ten hit Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody. Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, and Doug Sahm are just a few of the legends that have featured his dynamic guitar playing in their music.

Houston honky-tonk favorites, The Hollisters, kick off the show!







The 27th Annual Art Car Parade 2014
May 10 - Allen Parkway - Cars Roll at 2 pm

Presented every year by The Orange Show Center for the Visionary Art, the Art Car Parade is the largest and most bodacious celebration of art cars in the world! The parade attracts over 250 entries of cars (and other vehicles) from the US, Canada and Mexico.

The parade route opens at 11 am so you can get a close-up look at the entries, and the cars, including KPFT's entry into the parade, the "Geo-Political Statement" will roll at 2 pm.  KPFT is also bringing along the Generasian Radio crew for your musical enjoyment all morning long. 

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And as if the Art Car Parade wasn't enough fun, on May 9, from 6-11 pm, you can attend The Legendary Art Car Ball, replete with music, costumes, food and drink, at 1200 Smith St.







KPFT and Roark Smith win Texas Music Awards
For the 3rd year in a row, Roark Smith wins Disc Jockey of the year, and KPFT wins Best Radio Station at the Texas Music Awards on March 22! Read more about it at this link: Academy of Texas Music news release





Rocks Off Salutes KPFT's 44th
44 Genres for 44 years

[from The Houston Press]:

We were thinking of a novel way to pay tribute to KPFT's anniversary without having to rehash the times it was bombed off the air by the KKK again, but we didn't need to. It eventually dawned on us tally up all the different kinds of music the station plays, and stop at 44 because that's what anniversary this is. Bear in mind this doesn't count the shows for which playlists were not available on the KPFT Web site, including wonderful ones like Bailando In Texas, Soular Grooves, Son Pacifica and The Chestnut Tree (check that one out sometime), but is no trouble at all to find 20-something shows to pick and choose from...


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Tune in Weekdays for Open Journal
Connect with our communities

Weekday mornings at 9, you are invited to call 713-526-5738 to join in the Community Conversation with Duane Bradley. At 9:30, Community Spotlight features KPFT listener-supporters hosting programs on various topics.

Mon., April 21: KPFT Local Station Board Report to the Community, hosted by a panel of LSB members

Tue., April 22: Weltanshauung, hosted by Mike DeLeonardis

Wed., April 23: Author Jason Mott interviewed by Ernesto Aguilar about the creative writing process and his bestseller, The Returned, which has spawned French and American TV adaptations

Thu., April 24: Only Connect -- Exploring people and places that make Houston great, hosted by Sarah Gish, with guest Judith Hoffhein. Their topic is Houston Peace Camp, a camp that teaches children about peaceful living.

Fri., April 25: Sex Trafficking Liberation Radio -- The deadline is looming in the battle to reverse the 2013 Supreme Court of Canada decision which decriminalized brothels, pimping, and buying sex in Canada

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To host a program during the Community Spotlight segment of Open Journal, complete the online application: http://kpft.org/forms-open_journal request.php

Approval and confirmation of scheduled date will be via email from Ernesto Aguilar, KPFT Program Director.








Remembering Gay Radio Pioneer Jimmy Carper
KPFT's own After Hours host

One of our own has passed. Jimmy Carper, a host and producer of KPFT's Saturday night fixture, After Hours, will be remembered by fans and listeners for his decades of volunteer service to KPFT and to the community at large.

"Remembering a Gay Radio Pioneer" - 
January 28, Houston Chronicle.

Click here to Download the special memorial episode of After Hours [mp3]


















Current Volunteer Opportunities at KPFT
Check the event(s) you are interested in:

  Spring 2014 Fund Drive
  Answer phones during the Spring Fund Drive, April 30 - May 18, 2014

  International Festival KPFT Outreach - April 26, 2014
  We need people to staff KPFT's booth at I-fest and also to pass out KPFT materials to the crowd.

  International Festival KPFT Outreach - April 27, 2014
  We need people to staff KPFT's booth at I-fest and also to pass out KPFT materials to the crowd.

  International Festival KPFT Outreach - May 3, 2014
  We need people to staff KPFT's booth at I-fest and also to pass out KPFT materials to the crowd.

  International Festival KPFT Outreach - May 4, 2014
  We need people to staff KPFT's booth at I-fest and also to pass out KPFT materials to the crowd.

  Art Car Parade KPFT Outreach - May 10, 2014
  KPFT has a booth with DJ's at the Art Car Parade and we need people willing to talk to the crowd about KPFT and pass out KPFT literature and gifties.

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Think you might have a good idea for a radio program? Put your peace & justice message on FM radio for thousands to hear with our daily community access segment. Or tune in every day to connect with yet another aspect of what's happening in Houston.

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Openings on HD3/
Web Schedule

KPFT has immediate openings for programming on its HD3/web streaming grid on Mondays (1-5 p.m.), Tuesdays (11 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Fridays (1-3 p.m.).

Our HD3/web streaming channel is KPFT's pioneering schedule offered to online listeners and owners of HD Radios. As the only Pacifica radio station broadcasting in HD, KPFT features for HD Radio owners our regular FM stream with fuller sound on HD1, Rice Radio on HD2 and local programming on HD3. Don't own an HD Radio? No problem. KPFT's web player gives listeners access to programming on HD3.

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Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Throughout the day we air short announcements that help our listeners find out about events, community resources, or issues affecting the health and safety of the public. Typically 60 seconds, these PSAs must be non-commercial in nature and consistent with the overall mission of KPFT and the Pacifica Foundation.

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Local Station Board & Committees

Schedule for upcoming meetings:

Please visit the page below to find meeting dates, minutes, and other information related to KPFT's various committees and Local Station Board.


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Houston's diverse communities represent more than the cardboard capitalist consumer the system would have us become. We simply refuse to give up fighting on issues important to us and our future. If you're not involved, the first step towards change is showing up and adding your efforts. Let's all come together and make waves! If you are organizing a progressive or creative event you don't see listed here, submit it by emailing our Calendar Curator!


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Houston International Festival celebrates Australia
26 April 2014 / 11:00 am
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Houston Peace Festival 2014
26 April 2014 / 12:00 pm
--> see complete event details

Bayou City Food and Film Festival at 14 Pews
2 May 2014 / 11:00 am
--> see complete event details

Discovery Green Thursday Concert Series for the Spring
*sponsored by KPFT
LIVE MUSIC :: 8 May 2014 / 6:30 pm
--> see complete event details

The 27th Annual Art Car Parade 2014
PARADE :: 10 May 2014 / 11:00 am
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