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Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - Ty Curtis and Ryan Sadler

Airs at: Fri, 06/25/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On today's show, we preview the upcoming 2021 Waterfront Blues Festival "Upriver" which runs from July 2nd through the 5th at a new socially-distanced location -- the Lot at Zidell Yards. It's a little different than previous Waterfront Blues Festivals, but after the pandem... Read more

Kenny Helphand

Airs at: Tue, 06/22/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Kenny Helphand [PROUNCED HELL-fand] about the internationally famous landscape architect Lawrence Halprin, who designed downtown Portland’s Open Space Sequence, which includes the Keller and Lovejoy Fountai... Read more

Summer At Last

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato is set up in the back yard  with lots of music to enjoy the summer. Read more

Murder My Sweet

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/22/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight, we present a radio adaptation of the film noir classic Murder My Sweet starring Dick Powell as private eye Philip Marlow. First an excon wants Marlow to find a woman who used to work at a nightclub that has changed ownership since the excon was sent up. Then a styl... Read more

The ever-current M receives new attention on a Film at 11 special, for Friday June 18 2021

Airs at: Fri, 06/18/2021 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
With two new monographs, we are reminded of the continuing relevance  of Fritz Lang's 1932 M, and thus consider M by Anton Kaes in the British Film Institute series of Film Classics, via Bloomsbury, and M, by Samm Deighan, in the Devil's Advocates series from University of ... Read more

Judy Cooke and her show Form First

Airs at: Tue, 06/15/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Judy Cooke about her show Form First, which is at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery though June 26, 2021. Cooke talks about the wooden forms she designs and then paints and collages, the hidden influence... Read more

South American Electroacoustic Music

Airs at: Mon, 06/14/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Electroacoustic music from Uruguay (1970), Argentina (1971), and Cuba (1984) Read more

Pre Summer Moods

Airs at: Mon, 06/14/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
It's June in Portland, yet summer is still appears to be a long way away. Fortunato presents two hours of music to help you wait for summer to get here. Featuring Dinah Washington, Jo Stafford, Lee Morgan, Wynton Kelly June Christie, Red Garland and many others. Read more

Carlos Avilez, Lucrecia, Three Souls in My Mind: El Blues del Eje Vial, Manchuria: De Veras Me Atrapaste

Airs at: Fri, 06/11/2021 at 10:00pm - Sat, 06/12/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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BOOTLICKER: THE INTERVIEW

Airs at: Wed, 06/09/2021 at 10:00pm - Thu, 06/10/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Life During Wartime
    On this episode of Life During Wartime, Rose Lewis spins up a sweet summertime session. Foat Dawg raids the airwaves. Wolfman interviews Canadian Hardcore punk band, Bootlicker, about their upcoming LP release on Static Shock and Neon Taste Records. Matt C plays all t... Read more