Weekend Magazine: Jane Eyre 2.0, LGBTQIA, And SF DocFest

You can listen to the broadcast of Weekend Magazine with KCBS Public Affairs Director Liz Saint John every Sunday morning from 3:00am-4:00am and again from 5:00am-6:00am on KCBS All News 740 AM and 106.9 FM.

Liz Saint John interviews three guests every Sunday morning covering a variety of issues and topics. She talks with representatives from Bay Area non-profit organizations, documentary filmmakers, authors, and professors.

1. Patricia Park, the daughter of Korean immigrant parents who ran a grocery store in Queens, New York, offers a retelling of the Charlotte Bronte classic Jane Eyre in her new novel Re Jane. In this modern-day telling of the story of the orphan girl, the aunt has been replaced with an uncle and the scene is filled with hipsters and jell-o shots! Listen to the podcast here.

2. Kevin Fisher-Paulson, the Captain of the Honor Guard for the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, talks about being a gay married man with children in the Bay Area. He will be on a panel of speakers at the SF LGBT Center on June 5th to discuss sexual orientation and gender identity. Listen to the podcast here.

3.  SF DocFest, the 14th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, is June 4th-18th at the Roxie, Brava & Vogue Theaters featuring dozens of films, panel discussion, and special events. The festival opens with Colin Hanks' movie All Things Must Pass about Tower records, the Centerpiece film is Finders keepers, and the closing night film is (T)error. Jennifer Morris and Chris Metzler are festival programmers. Listen to the podcast here.