First Person
The beauty of a wedding can get obscured by all the planning, flowers, cake, future in-laws…But for Dr. Erica Britton and her wife-to-be Gwendolyn Bikis, there was no way of overlooking how very special their wedding day was.
This interview was recorded at the StoryCorps Booth at the Contemporary...
When I hear about 80 degree sun shining down on my hometown in Virginia, and I'm on the other side of the country, enduring the chilly winds and fog of summer in San Francisco, I usually dream of a weekend like the one we just had.
Here are some photos that I took to capture the craze that was...
Ben Fong Torres was an editor at Rolling Stone magazine and he was portrayed in the movie Almost Famous. Here's Ben Fong Torres talking to Anne Huang as part of StoryCorps.
David Michael Magder says he always knew he was going to be a doctor. He sat down with his daughter Ruth Abusch Magder at the StoryCorps booth at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in downtown San Francisco to talk about why he chose psychiatry, and how his patients remind him to always think outside...
The moon landing, the real one, is one of the most significant moments in human history. It happened on July 20th, 1969, when Neil Armstrong took his giant steps. Some of the people who made it possible for us to hear them happen were Bay Area residents like Diane Daniels. She sat down with...
Mark Greenberg grew up in Philadelphia as the son of leftist, politically active, secular Jewish parents. It was the end of the McCarthy era, when thousands of Americans were accused of being Communists, or Communist sympathizers.
One day, when Mark was about eleven years old, he remembers that two...
Niall Battson and Rachel Gomez Battson got married about a year ago. A wedding usually brings loved ones and families together to celebrate the couple and get to know one another. But some people didn't make it to Niall and Rachel's wedding; very important people, who were influential in their...
The Bay Area is culturally and religiously diverse. The area is dotted with churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples. But there’s one temple that has yet to be built, and should be, according to comedian Will Durst. A temple to a man some people think of as their “savior.”
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Last week, Crosscurrents ran a story on the state’s efforts to reduce California’s prison population, and its simultaneous cuts to rehabilitation programs behind prison walls. We asked San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi to comment on what the city can do to prepare for having more ex-...
As a musician, you have to know how to deal with different types of crowds. Sometimes people aren't paying much attention to you, and they even talk while you're on stage. But other times, they give you standing ovations and beg for more.
Well, Chip Curry used to play in different bands his whole...
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