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Portland History on Film

Airs at: Thu, 05/25/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  The Vanport Mosaic Festival is honoring the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the City of Vanport with historic exhibits, theater, and documentaries.  Jenn Chavez talks with Laura Lo Forti about the film project Lost City, Living Memories: Vanport Through the Voic... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 05/26/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
  First we talk to independent media makers and educators Devin Febbroriello of XRAY TV and Film Collective and Serpent Power Productions and Kat Meow Garcia of Open Signal: Portland Community Media Center. You'll find out about XRAY's Reel Voices summer filmmaking camp fo... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Sun, 05/21/2017 at 8:00pm - Sun, 05/28/2017 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Trumps executive order allowing churches to endorse political candidates, good or bad?  Toni Braxton says if you're not prepared to leave your cheating husband, then don't confront him about the other woman!  Lil Wayne's daughter is attacked at Clark Atlanta University.  Tu... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Randy Gragg about architect John Yeon

Airs at: Tue, 05/23/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, May 23, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Randy Gragg about architect John Yeon [PRONOUNCED YONN] about ‘Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon’ which is at the Portland Art Museum now through September 3, 2017. Art and... Read more

Reggie Lee in MAN OF LA MANCHA

Airs at: Tue, 05/23/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae welcomes actor Reggie Lee who played the role of Sergeant Wu on the NBC TV series Grimm. Did you know his career has spanned stage and screen for over 25 years? This June, he returns to the stage as Sancho Panza—the trusted squire and sidekick of Don Quixote—in Man ... Read more

POC Artist Roundtable

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
KBOO's PM News and Public Affairs Director Zeloszelos Marchandt hosts a roundtable discussion with local artists of color. Read more

Artist Hank Willis-Thomas

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Hank Willis Thomas is a photo conceptual artist who creates work focused on themes of identity, race, media and popular culture. He recently spoke at Oregon State University, and KBOO was there. Today we bring you that talk in its entirety. Read more

What The Festival 2017 Preview

Airs at: Fri, 05/19/2017 at 12:00am - 3:00am
    We'll be exploring the incredible Music and Art of this year's What The Festival 2017 (Official Event Page) with an interview with the dynamic duo of Glen & Tiffany Boyd, producers of What The Festival. We'll also be interviewing some of this year's visual artist from... Read more

Narrow River, Wide Sky by Jenny Forrester

Airs at: Thu, 05/18/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  On the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, Jenny Forrester grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester’s powerfully eloquent story reveals a rural small town comprising God-fearing Republ... Read more

Digest by Gregory Pardlo

Airs at: Thu, 06/29/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Gregory Pardlo's Digest, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry "He explores what is American, what is African American, what is the Other, what is city, what is suburban, what is personal and what is persona. Digest offers a changing, rich landscape of verse, both haunting... Read more