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Capitán Pijama: En el Purgatorio No Sirven Ravioles; Music for Monsters

Airs at: Fri, 08/28/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 08/29/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta
Una noche con El Capitán Pijama, la música de Jesús Bojalil. Capitán Pijama y La Orquesta Roja de Cucamonga, con "En el Purgatorio No Sirven Ravioles" y "Music for Monsters", de 1994. Read more

Carol Lay - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 08/27/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  Carol Lay has been creating comics — both alternative and mainstream — since the 1980’s.  She’s a writer, illustrator, painter, and animator whose work ranges from surrealist canvases to Wonder Woman story arcs.  Her weekly comic Story Minute ran in newspapers for twenty... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood 8/28/20

Airs at: Fri, 08/28/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
We have a very special Mr. Jones's Neighborhood for you today, mainly because there's very little of Mr. Jones himself in this episode. After a brief rant intro, host Ken Jones (no relation) hands things over to Kent Russell and Karen Russell to talk about Kent's new book I... Read more

It's Another Crazy Fun Monday !

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with another great selection of music. This is really it! Also, DK Holm from KBOO's Film @ 11 joins the Sampler with some quick reviews and a look at the Criterion release of the great Jean Renior film Toni. You don't want to miss this one! This is IT! Thi... Read more

Because of You I Learned To Love

Airs at: Tue, 08/25/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents a piece from one of the first personal storytelling series on public radio: Legacies: Tales From America that ran on NPR in 1994. This episode is a 28-minute docu-play Because of You, I Learned to Love  produced by Nora Moreno Cargie.  In this personal piec... Read more

More 2020 Vision from Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 08/28/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
This week the team turns its eyes and insight onto a vast mix of titles. DKH discusses a few recent streaming films, and later reviews a new BFI Film Classic on Touch of Evil. Jeff Godsil revives an interest in the Wall Street thriller, Boiler Room, while Matthew of KBOO's ... Read more

Amanda Clem and Zemie Barr on Master of Appropriation Found Photography in the Work of John Baldessari

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday Aug. 18 at 11.30 a.m. Amanda Clem talks to Zemie Barr of Blue Sky Gallery about the show Master of Appropriation Found Photography in the Work of John Baldessari. Read more

Another BFI Film Classic reviewed at Film at 11, Thursday, 20 August 2020

Airs at: Thu, 08/20/2020 at 12:00pm
Produced for Film at 11
    The first thing we see in Babette’s Feast is a meal. But it is not the repast of the title, rather a charity lunch prepared by two sisters in an isolated town on Jutland comprising a harsh Lutheran sect. The sisters are old maids, but interestingly they have a French ... Read more

Horatio Law's Urban Studies

Airs at: Tue, 08/18/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks to Horatio Hung-Yan Law about creating art in solitude and while walking. Horatio is long-time Portland-based artist who has created large installations and public artwork in many locations here but also in other parts of the country. Lately he's been taking ... Read more

First Cow and other indie films on Film at 11, Friday August 21

Airs at: Fri, 08/21/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
This week Film at 11 opens with  Jeff Godsil resurrecting Captain Blood, and his love of Olivia de Haviland, then Britta Gordon reviews First Cow. DKH discusses Babette's Feast. and the new BFI Film Classics volume of the film, and Matthew of Gremlin Time wraps things up wi... Read more