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Wider Window Poetry with Claudia Savage

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
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Strangers On A Train by Patrica Highsmith

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/16/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we present a radio adaptation of the film Strangers On A Train, originally adapted from a novel by Patrica Highsmith. Ray Milland stars as the young tennis pro Guy Haines and Frank Lovejoy appears as the charming psychopath Bruno Antony. Two strangers meet in the cl... Read more

Autumn Settles In

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
As the winds continue, and the rain comes down, it's a good day to stay inside and listen to some music on The Monday Sampler Read more

Estrella de Fácil Retorno, Enmedio: Vale Ver, La Tribu: Cuahutémoc Águila Solar

Airs at: Fri, 11/12/2021 at 10:00pm - Sat, 11/13/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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International Cinema gets a handshake in this week's Film at 11, for 26 November, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 11/26/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Today we take a look at the Criterion Collection publication of Johnnie To's Throw Down, while Jeff Godsil ponders Luis Buñuel's Belle du jour, and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time compares the recent Disney movie Jungle Cruise to the earlier 2015 film from Colombia, Embrace ... Read more

Aminder Dhaliwal - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2021 at 11:30am - 12:45pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  As the Portland Book Festival recovers from the Covid pandemic, we welcome the return of Aminder Dhaliwal, whose new book Cyclopedia Exotica grew out of a serialized online comic, just like her earlier book Woman World. Aminder has worked as a storyboard director for the... Read more

Shawn Levy, author of A Year in the Life of Death

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
Today on Jonesy, we welcome Shawn Levy, author of the new book of poems A Year in the Life of Death, from Portland’s University of Hell Press. Inspired by an obituary for Adele Mailer in the New York Times, Shawn decided to write 100 poems based on obits published in the Ti... Read more

Dystopias new and old are the order of the day this week on Film at 11, for Friday 12 November, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 11/12/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Among new movies is  Britta Gordon on El planeta, and Jeff Godsil describing Cecil B. de Mille's The Sign of the Cross, with Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time re-visiting The Man in the White Suit, and in the book corner, a new monograph on Tarkovsky's Stalker.      –––––––... Read more

David Hattner previews Portland Youth Philharmonic's 98th season opener

Airs at: Thu, 11/04/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Many of the in-person events we look forward to every year in Portland were canceled last year, or went online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, we have a very effective vaccine now, and hope for the future of live events. Several of my favorites, maybe yours too,... Read more

Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience

Airs at: Tue, 11/02/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday November 2, 2021, Joseph Gallivan interviews Fanny Curtat about “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience,” which opens at the Oregon Convention Center on November 19. “Beyond Van Gogh” leads viewers through giant projections and animations of Vincent Van Gogh’s... Read more