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Valentine's Day Madness

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This year some crazy fun for Valentine's Day as KBOO's now offical Program Director Azia Hawthorne joins Fortunato to present a line up of Romantic Music and Listener's Valentines. that have been sent into the station. Also, The Lux Radio Theater adaptation of  the great sc... Read more

Retro Boogie vol.1

Airs at: Fri, 02/11/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Boogie Pachanguero
Good evening!! Tonight, the caravan is going back to its roots. Get yourselves comfortable and allow yourselves to immerse into the depths of the British Invasion, coupled with cumbia, vallenato and salsa classics. Sweet dancing!!!!! Read more

Stacy Brewster, author of What We Pick Up

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for Jonesy
Today on Jonesy, we welcome Stacy Brewster, author of the new story collection What We Pick Up, from Portland’s Buckman Publishing.   Stacy is a fiction writer, poet, and screenwriter based here in Portland. Born in Los Angeles and raised both there and in the San Francisco... Read more

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism

Airs at: Tue, 02/15/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday February 1, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski,[ PRONOUNCED krah-JESS-kee] the curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Art Museum, about the show “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” which runs February 19 to June 5. Kraje... Read more

Maus author Art Spiegelman

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  In the wake of recent book bannings in school libraries, most notably of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel Maus, S.W. Conser and Bill Dodge revisit their earlier Words and Pictures conversations with Spiegelman. Included in this episode are excerpts ... Read more

16 - Raising Hell with Robin Vidgeon

Airs at: Fri, 03/18/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for The Ghost of Hollywood
  Tune in for episode 16 as Poxy & Ragan interview legendary cinematographer, Robin Vidgeon, whose work with Director, Clive Barker, culminated in the horror classics Hellraiser and Nightbreed. An honorary member of the British Society of Cinematographers and winner of th... Read more

Mysterious regions are on display on Film at 11, for Friday, 18 February, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 02/18/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Today, we offer Jeff Godsil on Mysterious Island, Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time on The Dam Busters, and in the book corner a new account of the making and meaning of The Great Escape.   ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––   The Great Escape for Friday, ... Read more

Music for the mid-winter blues

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
It's another grey day.  Fortunato returns with a great line up of music. Featuring Norah Jones, Eddie Henderson, Dan Hicks, Carla Bley, Betty Carter, Stephen Grapelli, Ray Bryant, Dr John, Bobby Hutcherson and Dexter Gordon among others. It will be a show for listeners who ... Read more

Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition

Airs at: Tue, 02/08/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday February 8, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Maryanna Ramirez and Edmund Holmes about Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition, which is on now through April 30 at Portland State University. Gallery Director Remirez and artist and Nike designer Holmes talk abou... Read more

A mix of new and old this week on Film at 11, Friday, 11th February, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 02/11/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Moonfall, Death on the Nile, Jeff Godsil on Sexy Beast, and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time, on John Woo's Hard-Boiled. Read more