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Culture in Motion

Airs at: Wed, 01/17/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Host Mic Crenshaw, PRE-RECORDED. Only on KBOO 90.7FM Portland.   ----- Read more

Little Bird Reviewed

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  A few months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a challenge to a federal law designed to keep indigenous children from being taken from their families and put up for adoption outside of their tribes. Oregon writer and photographer Matt Witt tells us about a riveting TV se... Read more

Film at 11 for 19 January, 2024, looks at some old and new films

Airs at: Fri, 01/19/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Today,  we are joined by Matthew of KBOO’s Gremlin Time to reach into the past and look again at The Rocketteer, based on the distinctive comic book, followed by a compare and contrast with the recent animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. But first,  we offer a whir... Read more

Folk Espresso - Maidin Mhalth - St. Brigid's Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2024 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Folk Espresso
Women musicians in the Irish tradition are the focus of this special St. Brigid's Day episode of Folk Espresso. St Brigid’s Day, also called Imbolc or Imbolg, is traditionally celebrated on February 1 and marks the beginning of spring. Join host Kevin Grgurich for a Maidin ... Read more

Chris Chandler

Airs at: Tue, 01/16/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Chris Chandler about his show Elemental Forms, which is on now at Elizabeth Leach Gallery through March 2. Chandler talks about his use of typeface as a starting point in abstraction, his analog vers... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads Runyon & Dick Powell appears as Diamond

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/16/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Tonight we reair a couple of cozy stories for a winter evening set in mid 20th Century New York City. Up first, Katherine Dunn reads Damon Runyon's Tight Shoes, a story about local politics.  And in the second hour, Dick Powell returns as Private Eye Richard Diamond who fin... Read more

Heriberto Montes de Oca: Caballero Águla; Morphosis in Blue

Airs at: Fri, 01/12/2024 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/13/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta

KBOO

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/1975 at 5:30am - 7:00am
Produced for Folk Espresso

Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving on 01/11/24

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2024 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Don't Shoot Portland Founder and Director Teressa Raiford chats about the organization's 10th anniversary of holding a community march on MLK day, plus new work, art gallery shows and how listeners can get involved. Celebrating 10 Years of Reclaiming Martin Luther King Jr.,... Read more

For Film at 11, Feb. 2, 2024, a survey of the westerns of Randolph Scott directed by Budd Boetticher

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00pm
Produced for Film at 11
This week, the full episode of Film at 11 is dedicated to a survey of the suite of westerns directed by Budd Boetticher with Randolph Scott, released in the mid-'50s, and often written by Burt Kennedy. The opportunity to do so arises from the recent release of a set of five... Read more