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Wider Window Poetry: Ken Yoshikawa

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Featured guest Ken Yoshikawa reads from Quiver and Monster Colored Glasses. Extra poems by Cedar Sigo. Read more

Rainy Day Listening with Music and Film Reviews

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Taking it easy today on The Sampler. Fortunato has put together another selection of fine music to enjoy with a hot drink on this rainy day. (Which will sound good even if it is not raining. ) Also dropping by will be DK Holm and Jeff Godsil from KBOO's Film @ 11 to review ... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Thomas Orr

Airs at: Tue, 11/17/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday November 17, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Thomas Orr about his show Transitory Refuge and Other Questions which runs now through November 18 at Eutectic Gallery in North Portland. Orr talks about taking a breather during the panicky pandem... Read more

Anti-Racism author Kenrya Rankin

Airs at: Thu, 11/12/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
With Joe Biden’s victory in last Tuesday’s presidential election, a new administration takes charge in January, and they’ll be facing some pretty big challenges. Along with COVID-19, climate change, and the battered economy, the unmasking and encouragement of racism and whi... Read more

I Am A Cat by Natsume Sōseki

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/17/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Observations on human society by a feline observer written by Natsume Sōseki . We are re airing one of our favorite programs featuring Ayanna Berkshire. With a special appearance by Professor Lisa Neville to discuss the work of Japan's greatest writer, Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Fuller Rosen Gallery's Bri Rosen and EM Fuller

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Art Focus Tuesday November 10, 2020 at 11:30am, Amanda Clem interviews EM Fuller and Bri Rosen, directors of Fuller Rosen Gallery. Listen as we talk about what it's like to run a gallery —not to mention move physical locations—during the pandemic.  Fuller Rosen Gallery ... Read more

Jonathan Hill at the Portland Book Festival

Airs at: Thu, 11/12/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Jonathan Hill is an illustrator, educator, and author who has been instrumental in making the art form of comics more visible through his work with Literary Arts' annual Portland Book Festival.  He's taught at the Oregon College of Art and Craft and Pacific Northwest Col... Read more

Ajai Terrazas Tripathi

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with Ajai Terrazas Tripathi, Portland actor, director, producer and playwright.   is collaborating on two Shakespeare virtual projects: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Northwest Children's Theater & School (Nov. 12 - Dec. 6) and Macbeth (Nov 11, 12, 13) at Specul... Read more

Three Composers Walk Into A Bar ...

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2020 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for:  Vinyl Pajama Party
This morning on the show,  Halley has a real treat awaiting you - a fine trio of composers/arrangers/musicians for your dinning and dancing delight! All three of these gents share a common theme: Today, the 10th of November, is their birthday! It's what you've been waiti... Read more

Getting Ready For a HAPPY Thanksgiving, with Film at 11, Friday, NOv. 20

Airs at: Fri, 11/20/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Getting ready for Turkey Day, the Film at 11 crew talk about Ghost World (Jeff Godsil), Three Outlaw Samurai and Dragon Inn (Gremlin Time's Matthew), and reviews of I am Greta, Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, the new documentary from Werner Herzog, and the Criterion ... Read more