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KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY October 27th 2009

Airs at: Tue, 10/27/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Community Calendar
KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY October 27th 2009 This is Paula with the KBOO Community Calendar for Tuesday, October 27th 2009. Today at 5 pm is the Dedication and Grand Opening Celebration of Simon and Helen Director Park. Director Park is located between SW Park and SW... Read more

Fall Film Festivals

Airs at: Thu, 10/22/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Behind the Screen
S.W. Conser and Natalie Butto profile the inaugural PDX African American Film Festival, the 36th annual Northwest Film and Video Festival, the Siren Nation Women's Arts Festival, and Stage 13's monthly evening of Russian cinema and culture. Read more

Exquisite Corpse Dance Concert

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae Roberts talks with Dancers Jim McGinn and Carla Mann and Composer Heather Perkins talk about their upcoming dance concert titled "Exquisite Corpse."   Read more

Coho Productions' "Fool For Love" by Sam Shepard

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Director Megan Kate Ward tells us about "Fool For Love" by Sam Shephard at Coho Productions.  (Photo: Val Lundrum and Chris Harder)  Read more

A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Airs at: Thu, 10/15/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
Comics artist  Josh Neufeld met and talked with survivors of Hurricane Katrina while volunteering with the Red Cross in 2005.  The result of these conversations is the graphic chronicle A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, a critically-acclaimed collection of first-person ac... Read more

Josh Kornbluth - Ben Franklin: Unplugged

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Actor, Writer, Filmmaker, Monologuist Josh Kornbluth of "Haiku Tunnel" fame. He's in Portland performing his one-man show "Ben Franklin: Unplugged" at Portland Center Stage.   Read more

The Beggar's Opera - Opera Theatre Oregon

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
 Dmae Roberts talked with Stephen Marc Beaudoin and Michael Herman creators of "The Beggar's Opera" from Opera Theatre Oregon. They're joined by singer Beth Madson Bradford to give an in-studio concert just for KBOO during our membership drive. If you're still interested in... Read more

Rupert Bazambanza: Smile Through the Tears

Airs at: Thu, 10/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
As part of KBOO's Africa Special, artist Rupert Bazambanza joins Words & Pictures by telephone from Kigali, Rwanda, to talk about his graphic novel Smile Through the Tears, a memoir of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi population of Rwanda.Special thanks to Trillium Shann... Read more

KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY October 13th 2009

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Community Calendar
KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY October 13th 2009 This is Paula with the KBOO Community Calendar for Tuesday, October 13th 2009. Today from 10 am to 5 pm, visit the Portland Art Museum for the Joseph Park exhibit. There you can view six of the artist’s oil paintings inspi... Read more

Brothers of the Baladi

Airs at: Tue, 10/06/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
 Host Dmae Roberts talks  with the Portland music group The Brothers of the Baladi, a Grammy-nominated band specializing in Middle Eastern/World Music. This is a membership drive edition of Stage and Studio with CDs of their music as thank-you gifts for your support! We hav... Read more