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Portland Youth Philharmonic Closes Its 101st Season

Airs at: Wed, 04/30/2025 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, closes its 101st season this Sunday, May 4th at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The program, titled “The Search for Beauty”, includes Robert Schumann’s Manfred Overture, Valerie Coleman’s T... Read more

More Music for the 1st Monday in May

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Featured on today's show are Joshua Redman, Cal Tjder, Peter Green, Horace Silver, Zahir Hussain, Christopher Cross, Shocking Blue, Sue Foley, LouAnn Barton, The Ventures and more. Read more

La Ruleta Romántica

Airs at: Fri, 04/25/2025 at 10:00pm - Sat, 04/26/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta, La Ruleta
Selección de canciones favoritas de Amaury Pérez, Alberto Cortéz, Victor Manuel, Guadalupe Pineda, Emmanuel, Joan Manuel Serrat, Betsy Pecanins, Joan Manuel Serrat, Arturo Meza, Real de Catorce y algunos mas. Read more

Nina Paley - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Animator Nina Paley is one of the most independent of filmmakers.  Her two feature films, Sita Sings the Blues and Seder Masochism, tackle patriarchal themes in religious narratives, and reimagine them from a feminist point of view. A fierce advocate of copyright abo... Read more

Elaine Pagels, author of Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus

Airs at: Thu, 04/24/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's show, we welcome Elaine Pagels, author of the new book Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus from Doubleday. Elaine is the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Her previous books include Why Religion? ... Read more

Harry Lime and the Man Of Mystery

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Harry is hired by a mysterious billionare to find out a secret. Joining Fortunato will be Proffessor Kitty to discuss some of the interesting themes and characters in today's production. Read more

More Alarms At Night by James Thurber

Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/17/2020 at 12:00am
A humourous rememerance by New Yorker writer and cartoonist James Thurber of his growing up in columbus Ohio at th start of the 20th Century. Read more

Katherine Dunn Reads . . .

Produced for:  Gremlin Time
  A collection of stories read by Katherine Dunn, as Red Ryder, for KBOO's Gremlin Time. Broadcasted on KBOO every Saturday morning from 1979 to 1983..   Read more

Film at 11 for Friday, April 18, 2025 looks at a lot of new streaming shows

Airs at: Fri, 04/18/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Mona Bowen joins us to survey several new streaming TV shows, among them, The Studio, MobLand, Pulse The Bondsman. The Residence, North of North, and Your Friends and Neighbors. Read more

Film at 11 fr May 2 2025 bring 3 women into your life

Airs at: Fri, 05/02/2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Both the  British Film Institute and the Criterion Collection have issued major statements on Robert Altman's dream film, 3 Women, from 1977, and we cover both of them today.  Read more