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Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 06/07/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Aside from the usual round up of current releases the bulk of the show will be given over to a discussion of the forthcoming June 14 event at the Hollywood Theater celebrating black filmmakers in Portland. Sponsored by Open Signal, the screening event features the work of s... Read more

Lizzie Borden Audio

Airs at: Wed, 05/01/2019 at 8:00am - Fri, 05/31/2019 at 7:45pm
Produced for:  Lizzie Borden Audio
One of the greatest southern writers of all time as well as a Borden scholar in her own right, Miss King wrote an acerbic and entertaining essay while spilling all the inside info on the Borden clan. This essay was first published in 1992 and was recently re-released upon h... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 5/27/19

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/28/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
Welcome to the special Memorial Day edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the radio show for war criminals who have not been pardoned by the president. Not yet anyway. Our guest tonight has one of the best sci-fi podcasts in the known universe. Sarah Rhea Werner is the creator... Read more

GAMBATTE at Vanport Mosaic

Airs at: Tue, 05/28/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with activist, choreographer and dancer Chisao Hata who debuts a performance piece called GAMBATTE: An American Legacy at the Vanport Mosaic Festival which currently has events throughout Portland and runs through June 5th. GAMBATTE, a Japanese phrase that rou... Read more

Lanny

Airs at: Thu, 07/18/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Max Porter's innovative hybrid of fairy tale, fable, and myth cunningly evokes the freewheeling fantasies of children at play. . . .The result is a puckish celebration of imagination and free spirits rising above the buzz of societal scolds and the anxieties of parental... Read more

Animation and Community

Airs at: Thu, 05/23/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Whitman at the Whitsell is the name of an animation and poetry celebration honoring the 200th birthday of American poet Walt Whitman.  Producer Marilyn Zornado has organized a gathering of Northwest-based artists, including Devon Damonte, Teresa Drilling, Deanna Morse, a... Read more

Eric Alexander

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2019 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Les McCann

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2019 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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KBOO News In Depth: Felicity Fenton

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Our News In Depth guest today is Felicity Fenton, author of the book User Not Found, from Portland’s Future Tense Books. User Not Found is a long-form essay about Felicity’s attempt to withdraw from the Internet, especially social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter,... Read more

Excerpts from "The Comedians" by Kilph Nesteroff, part 2

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/21/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
We continue with more readings from the book by Kilph Nesteroff, "The Comedians; Drunks, Thieves Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy" This month we cover the rise of Las Vegas and the change that comedy went through in the late 1950's with the work of Lenny Bruce ... Read more