Fresno Free College Foundation

ANNUAL BANQUET

Featuring   

MATTHEW LASAR

Media Historian and Author of Pacifica Radio and Uneasy Listening

Sunday October 1^st at Love & Garlic

Tickets $40 per person  

Special Offer:  People who purchase a Annual Banquet ticket will get a $10 discount on a ticket for Brunch with Amy Goodman.  Take advantage of this offer soon, as seating is limited to 300 for the brunch event.

Tickets are available at the Movies video shop at 1435 N. Van Ness or at the Foundation office (559) 233-2221.  

Historian Matthew Lasar will the featured speaker at the 2006 Fresno Free College Foundation Annual Banquet held on October 1^st.  Matthew is author of the definitive history of Pacifica Radio.  The first book, Pacifica Radio, the Rise of an Alternative Network covered the early years of the network and was recently followed by a second volume, Uneasy Listening:  Pacifica Radio's Civil War, which covers the period from the mid 1960's to the present.  Both books are very well written and impeccably researched.  Matthew's intellect and wit are impressive as he traces the cultural and political currents that shaped KPFA in Berkeley , and accompanied Pacifica 's gradual expansion to a five-station network.  Lasar, an admitted partisan in the conflict, gives a first-person account, calling it "the worst crisis in the history of community radio".

Matthew Lasar cut his media teeth as a reporter for the KPFA news and a documentary producer before he obtained his PhD in History from UC Berkeley.  He is an engaging speaker with a deep knowledge and historical perspective on community media and it's importance.  He is currently teaching at the University of California at Santa Cruz , appears frequently on KPFA and hosts the web site www.lasarletter.com

The FFCF Annual Banquet will be held on Sunday October 1^st  beginning at 5:30 pm at Love & Garlic, located at 5351 N. Diana Street in Fresno .  Tickets are $40 per person for a dinner buffet that includes a fresh and locally grown gourmet cuisine.  The FFCF will also present its annual Free Speech Award to a local citizen.  People who buy a Banquet ticket will get a $10 discount on the Amy Goodman brunch, as long as tickets last.