A twice-monthly radio show on KWMR as a podcast—about the power, diversity and possibilities of community.
Voices of the Valley is a twice-monthly radio show on KWMR (and distributed internationally) as a podcast—about the power, diversity and possibilities of community. What does truly living in community mean to you? Twice a month we interview a dynamic and diverse cast of extraordinary ordinaries—people being people having a quietly profound impact on their local community. Along the way we learn what community can mean in 21st century America.
Join us for an incredible conversation with Judith Selby Lang about art, perception, beach plastic, and the importance of place. We talk about how one person's garbage becomes another person's brilliance, and how great art can not only change how we perceive the world, but how making art can also possibly save it!
For some 25+ years, Judith Selby Lang has made the San Geronimo Valley her home. Although she and her artworks have traveled near and far from Forest Knolls to Point Reyes Station, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York, British Columbia, Zürich, and beyond, she is always grateful to return to the Valley, the place that is the creative springboard for her launch into the wider world.
The uplifting and transformative nature of her multi-dimensional art practice reflects her commitment to creating positive symbols and life-affirming images to energize the conversation about social, political, and environmental issues.
Her ephemeral public artworks have graced the San Francisco Civic Center Plaza, the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, and Stanley Harbor, Hong Kong. As a dynamic speaker about the creative life, she has presented at the Pitzer Institute for Entrepreneurship in Claremont, CA, Applied Brilliance in Jackson Hole, WY, and the Newseum in Washington, DC.
Join us for an incredible interview with American musical legend, (and Woodacre resident) Harold Jones, where we talk about his collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, and so many more!
Harold Jones was born and raised in Richmond, Indiana and attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago on a scholarship, then took work where he could find it, including theaters and night clubs. In 1962 as a young member of the Paul Winter Sextet he played at the White House playing for the Kennedys. In 1967, he was invited to New York for what was intended to be a two-week engagement with Count Basie's orchestra but which lasted five years. Jones played on fifteen albums with Basie.
Harold Jones has played with some of the greatest Jazz, Blues, R&B musicians in the world including Natalie Cole, BB King, Ray Charles Elvin Bishop (also a local) Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera, Amy WInehouse, Tony Bennet and Lady Gaga to name but a few.
"In community lies the heart of the world"
In this fantastic innaugural episode I interview the new executive director of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, Alexa Davidson; fourth generation Marin County resident who grew up in the San Geronimo Valley. We discuss our exciting vision for the podcast, a little history of her growing up in the valley, and what community means to Alexa. We also discussed the extraordinary number of musicians and artists that have graced our valley, people like Janis Joplin and Jerry Garcia, as well as touching on her amazing talent as a singer.
We closed with updates about our current paver campaign to raise money for our new courtyard and stage, upon which we will welcome the great musician Jesse DeNatale on August 18th as part of our Summer Music Series. Thanks for listening and supporting your local community center.
