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Some new and Some Old on Film at 11 for Friday, 22 September, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 09/22/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week, Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time, looks at the new, third Hercule Poirot - Kenneth Branagh thriller, A Haunting in Venice,  while Jeff Godsil revisits To Be or Not to Be, the Lubitsch comedy from 1942, and in our DVD suite, we look at the new Criterion Blu-ray of O... Read more

Asger Jorn et Jean Dubuffet: Musique Phénoménale, 1961

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Two visual artists playing Musique Brut, recorded in 1961 and released on a very limited edition of four 10 inch records with illustrated covers. Read more

Hung Liu

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Derek Franklin about “A Question of Hu: The Narrative Art of Hung Liu” [PRONOUNCED LEE-oo]. The show is on now through December 2, 2023.  Franklin talks about Liu’s textural paintings, her use of symbolism... Read more

Playful Presence: Interview with a Multidisciplinary Artist

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/19/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Playful Presence
Taj talks with EJ Huerta, a playwright, mask maker, improviser, and actor based in Santa Barbara, California. The conversation covers the creative process, using pauses, dealing with creative blocks, how structure helps creativity, and what it's like to be a Brit in the US ... Read more

Walt Curtis Tribute

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/19/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we honor the passing of long time KBOO on air host Walt Curtis of The Talking Earth. Ten years ago I brought Walt into the studio to record him reading a story by Jack London called Hobos That Pass In The Night. About London's own years riding the rails looking for ... Read more

Music for another work day.

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns will a full line up of music.  The web archiving is not working right now so this is just the bare program with out the station announcements at the stat and end. Enjoy. Read more

Gorge Impact Film Festival

Airs at: Thu, 09/14/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The Gorge Impact Film Festival is an environmentally-themed event that's making its premiere this November in Hood River, Oregon, featuring independent films, speakers, and workshops. S.W. Conser previews the festival with three of its organizers.  Alan Hickenbottom is ... Read more

"Living While Dying" with filmmaker Cathy Zheutlin

Airs at: Thu, 09/14/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Cathy Zheutlin, filmmaker and director/writer/producer of the documentary Living While Dying, from Portland’s Peace Films. Living While Dying was an official selection of the 2018 Portland Film Festival and winner of the Resiliency in Aging A... Read more

Late Summer Fun

Airs at: Mon, 09/11/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with more music to start you week off right. Read more

Naomi Shigeta

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Naomi Shigeta [PRONOUNCED SHIG-ett-AR] about her new show “Correlate” at Augen Gallery which is on now through Sept 30. Shigeta talks about her oil painting technique when it comes to backgrounds ... Read more