Arts/Culture

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Old Mole Variety Hour June 5th, 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes.. Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou of the Earth island Institute on Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord. Patsy Kullberg interviews poet and activist Judith Arcana about he... Read more

Arvie Smith speaks to Eric Bartels

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
  Eric Bartels interviews painter and educator Arvie Smith about education and the arts.  Arvie Smith transforms the history of oppressed and stereotyped segments of the American experience into lyrical two-dimensional master works. His paintings are commonly of psycholog... Read more

Vanport Mosaic Festival: Sharon Maxwell

Airs at: Wed, 05/31/2017 at 5:30pm - Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Vanport Mosaic Festival took place last weekend, commemorating what was Oregon’s second largest city before a flood destroyed it in 1948. KBOO reporter Theresa Mitchell interviewed Sharon Maxwell, a Portland writer and activist, as well as former City Council candidate,... Read more

Tod Davies: The Importance of Story

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Tod Davies is a celebrated screenwriter, author, and founder of the independent publishing house Exterminating Angel Press.  Her early adventures working with youth in the streets of Liverpool roused her passion for the power of storytelling and helped inspire her trilog... Read more

Interview with Shirley Minor, Daughter of Vanport Survivor

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today was the last day of the Vanport Mosaic Festival, celebrating the history and impact of Vanport, once Oregon's second largest city before it was destroyed by a flood and neglect in 1948. It was located in the area that is now Delta Park. Shirley Minor's father was pres... Read more

Vox Pop: Hollywood Transit Center

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Three days after a vicious hate crime on a MAX train--in which two girls were targeted for the color of their skin and perceived religion, and three men who intervened were stabbed, killing two--Portlanders continue to stop by the Hollywood Transit Center to process what ha... Read more

30 Years of ACT UP; and Art by Tarts: a sex worker art show.

Airs at: Tue, 05/30/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Solidarity: global and local; past and present. How do we organize to confront a crisis? We'll be talking with folks who have answered the call for community-and-activism on issues of sexuality, safety, health, and well-being.    In the first half of the hour, we'll be ta... Read more

Breaking News...

Airs at: Sun, 05/28/2017 at 5:45pm - Sun, 06/04/2017 at 5:45pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Peter Thomas and Matt Jordan from Atlanta Housewives come to blows at a Charlotte Radio Station.  Shemar Moore has new show on CBS this Fall.  Matthew Knowles gives interview about his relationship with daughter Beyonce.  Steve Harvey's letter to his staff and the controver... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour, Or Two

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 10:00pm - Tue, 05/30/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
On tonight’s special Memorial Day show, we focus on two favorite things of our men and women in uniform, any uniform -- Sex and Cannabis. To help get things started, we invited Portland-based sex educator, storyteller, producer, and podcaster Amory Jane to talk about cannab... Read more

Good With People + Relations Preview

Airs at: Tue, 05/30/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae welcomes Devon Allen, co-artistic director of Our Shoes Are Red/The Performance Lab. She and co-producer Matt DiBiasio are performing a two-person play. In David Harrower's Good With People a woman encounters the man who bullied her son 14 years earlier when they we... Read more