Arts/Culture

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The Amazing Acro-Cats!

Moe Bowstern inteviews Samantha Martin and Polly Smith of The Amazing Acro-Cats.  The Amazing Acro-Cats, and their human staff, are devoted to promoting cat-training awareness and supporting feline adoption and rescue across the country. Our mission is to show cat lovers ... Read more

Documentaries From the Streets of Portland

Airs at: Thu, 06/23/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  Jenn Chavez talks with Ibrahim Mubarek about the Clinton Street Theater's upcoming documentary screening Right 2 Survive: Breaking the Chains, a series of short films about the rise of the grassroots homeless advocacy group Right 2 Survive. And S.W. Conser asks comedy w... Read more

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  How to Set a Fire and Why, Jesse Ball’s singular, blistering new novel, tells the story of a teenage girl who has lost everything—and will burn anything.  Lucia’s father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she’s living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aun... Read more

A Pacific Underground Special

Airs at: Tue, 06/21/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Stage & Studio Guest Host Alan Montecillo presents a Pacific Underground special on two Asian American writers and performing artists: Kristina Wong and Regie Cabico. Kristina Wong is a solo performer, writer, and cultural commentator. Her new show, The Wong Street Journal... Read more

John Corey Whaley on "Highly Illogical Behavior"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Host Bethany Grabow talks with John Corey Whaley, author of the new book Highly Illogical Behavior. The novel, peppered with Star Trek: The Next Generation references, tells tale of Solomon, a teen with a severe anxiety disorder who hasn’t left the house in over three ye... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 06/24/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Sue Perlgut was a co-founder and collective member of the 1970-1976 feminist theater collective It's All Right to Be Woman Theatre. She continues as a theater artist and is a documentary filmmaker. Sue is currently working on a multi-media performance, Women's Wisdom Play. ... Read more

Nuestro Canto live on Movin' On 6/17/16

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Nuestro Canto (Gerardo Calderon and Nelda Reyes) has gathered music from the indigenous groups living currently in our communities in the U.S such as the Nahuas, Purepechas, Mayas and Zapotecos and performs them in its original form and language, featuring ancient and nativ... Read more

Good in the Hood on KBOO News

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Good in the Hood is holding it's 24th annual multicultural music, arts, and food festival on Saturday, June 24-26. Good in the Hood is the largest community parade in the PNW. KBOO News spoke with Samuel Thompson to learn more about this yearly Portland tradition.  Read more

Art Focus hosted by Andre Middleton w/ guest Mia O'Connor and Natalie Figueroa

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Mia O'Connor is a 22 year old Portland native. She started dancing at age 3, joined pre professional dance company Jefferson dancers (2008-2012) after graduating from Grant HS, she moved to NYC to dance at the Ailey school. Once she returned to Portland, in January 2015 she... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with pioneering artist and filmmaker Kathy Zielinski, we talk more about her experiences riding the technological waves from hand-drawn 2-D feature films to computer-generated imagery, the importance of pose and expression in bot... Read more