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Music From KQD in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

Let me tell you, friends, after some tough years during the pandemic, the arts community has roared back.

And it feels to me that every single day of

October is packed with different things to do in the Bay Area. So this morning, we've got some folks

from KQED's crack arts and culture team. They're going to walk us through what they're most

excited about for the fall. And y'all can tell us, too, what you're most interested in seeing

or doing as the days get shorter and the sweaters get fuzzier. It's all coming up next,

right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. I should have brought my kazoo in so I could hit that

kazoo solo to start us off. It's exciting. It's the fall arts preview,

our pretty regular series with our KQD Arts and Culture Team, the best in the biz, or as I like

to think of them, our own in-house alt-weekly. We've got the boss with us, Gabe Maline. Welcome.

Hi, Alexis. We've got Sarah Hodgkes, who covers fine arts film and all that stuff, even the bad stuff sometimes, Sarah. Absolutely. Hi, Alexis. Yeah, thanks for coming in. And, of course, we have Nastia Bonovcaya, who is all things, music, party, dance, queer joy, et cetera. Great to have you, Nastia. Thanks for having me. Happy to be here. Before we get into the actual

events, I just wanted to pass this kind of perception I have of the art scene right now. Arts and

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