Audiograph

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Jazz meets spirituality at the St. John Coltrane Church Oct 07, 2021

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In this week's Audiograph we head to San Francisco's Fillmore district, once known as the 'Harlem of the West,' jammed with clubs overflowing with song. While the district has changed over the decades, reverance for one musician in particular has not — a tenor saxophonist who has been canonized and praised for half-a-century. The St. John Coltrane Church celebrated it's 50th anniversary this month.

Remembering The Stud: San Francisco's Oldest Gay Bar Jun 01, 2020

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Last week The Stud officially announced that they will reopen in a new location on Folsom street. So, we want to bring you back to what it was like and what made it so special.

Crushing gender and cultural barriers with the Chulita Vinyl Club Jun 06, 2019

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Second Fridays at the Legionnaire Saloon in downtown Oakland are not just any bar night. In this week's Audiograph, we're going to a dance party that feels like a family reunion.

Saying goodbye to the Mission's Lucca Ravioli Apr 18, 2019

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In this Audiograph, we head to Lucca Ravioli, a San Francisco landmark since 1925. After being in business on the corner of 22nd and Valencia Streets for almost a century, the building went up for sale and the longtime Italian market & delicatessen is closing its doors. At the end of this month, the familiar hand painted signs on the storefront will be coming down.

Año Nuevo Island is off-limits to humans — but not these scientists Apr 04, 2019

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In this Audiograph, Jessie Beck, a biologist with Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, captains the inflatable boat commute to Año Nuevo Island.

Hall of Justice, San Francisco's oldest working jail Mar 28, 2019

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Last call on BART Mar 14, 2019

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Finding Home In San Jose's Grand Century Mall Feb 07, 2019

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From Audiograph, signature sounds of the Bay Area:

Bringing retro video games to the Mission — on the roof of a car Mar 22, 2018

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It’s Friday night on the corner of 16th and Valencia in San Francisco’s Mission District. Shops are closing up and folks that live out here are settling into vacant doorways. The traffic on the street sounds frustrated; revving, waiting, and beeping as the last of the commuters surface from the BART station and breeze by.

Guess this Bay Area sound! February 23, 2018 Feb 26, 2018

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This is Audiograph — the Bay Area’s sonic signature. We’ll play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area. Your job? Listen to the sound in the player above, figure out where it was recorded and what it is, then call to let us know.

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