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Jorge Reyes

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 07/15/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for La Ruleta

Technical difficulties, once again for Film at 11 for Friday, 14 July 2023

Airs at: Fri, 07/14/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Due to technical difficulties, we reprise our episode from April 14th of this year: Gun Crazy, My Young Auntie, and Undine.   Read more

The bed time radio show for grown-ups presents Two Curious Tales of Uncommon Events

Airs at: Mon, 07/17/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/18/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Tonight, we re air a program from May 2022. Fortunato presents two scary stories for a lovely spring evening. A classic radio drama from 1950 entitled 3 Skeleton Key. Vincent Price stars as a member of the crew at a remote lighthouse. One day, a fishing ship crashes into th... Read more

Lidia Yuknavitch, author of Thrust (rebroadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
It’s summer here on Jonesy, as it might be for you, and that means Jonesy himself is on the run, I mean traveling again, I don’t know where. What I do know is this show comes to a complete stand-still when he’s gone. So we’ll be doing what we usually do – re-airing one of o... Read more

More Music and The Writers of the Future

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with another eclectic line up of music for a summer afternoon. Joining the show from Hollywood will be John and Emily Goodman from Galaxcy Press to give folks an update on their on going Writers Of The Future contest for begining writers of Science Fiction... Read more

Ridgeway Studio and Gallery

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Marjorie Ridgeway and Jamie Cathey about their work on show at the new gallery Ridgeway Studio and Gallery. Ridgeway talks about setting up the gallery in June and using it to showcase her own work in acrylics... Read more

1/6: The Graphic Novel

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Words and Pictures
  What if the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol had succeeded?  That's the question asked in 1/6: The Graphic Novel, a speculative spin on the real events of January 6, 2021.  Writers Gan Golan (The Adventures of Unemployed Man) and Alan Jenkins, a Harvard Law School p... Read more

All Jeff All the Time in this episode of Film at 11 for Friday, 21 July

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
 It's an All-Jeff episode as our own Jeff Godsil looks at Wuthering Heights, and then revisits Raging Bull. But first, Jeff explains how he tracks down his pictures. Read more

Fire photographers

Airs at: Tue, 07/04/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews photographers Dennis Weis and Greg Muhr about their volunteer work photographing fires for Portland Fire and Rescue. They talk about shooting fires such as the Korean Church in downtown Portland and the Elks bu... Read more

Film at 11 goes to new heights for Friday 7 July, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 07/07/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Lisa Neville, and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time compare and contrast Kurosawa's Ikiru and its recent remake in English, Living. Read more