Arts and Culture

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Creating the Isle of Dogs

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Portland animator Paul Harrod has built sets for Pee-Wee's Playhouse, sculpted California Raisins for Will Vinton, and directed episodes of the breakthrough animated TV series The PJs. During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul answered a call from film... Read more

Gail Noonan, the Laughing Feminist - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this extended conversation with animator Gail Noonan, S.W. Conser asks about the early artistic adventures with the Winnipeg Film Group that helped spark Gail's four-decade-long career in the world of Canadian independent film and led to her recent retrospective at Po... Read more

Men On Boats

Airs at: Tue, 03/06/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae features the first of Women's History Month shows starting with Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus, a play about the first expedition of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon, performed with an all-female cast at Third Rail Repertory Theaetre. We'll talk with directo... Read more

Umbilical Hospital & The Brief Alphabet of Torture

Airs at: Thu, 03/15/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

VI KHI NAO was born in Long Khanh, Vietnam. She is the author most recently of Umbilical Hospital; the short stories collection, A Brief Alphabet of Torture, which won FC2’s Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize in 2016; the novel, Fish in Exile (Coffee House Press, 2... Read more

Remembering Quanice Hayes

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Pacific Underground

On February 16th, Whitenoise Project held an event in memory of Quanice Hayes, one year and a week after he was shot and killed by police. Join Pacific Underground as we replay some of the recorded audio from that event and talk about the connections between art and acti... Read more

Combined Culture Radio- Episode 22

Airs at: Wed, 02/21/2018 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Produced for: Combined Culture Radio

Cassius + August

Airs at: Tue, 02/27/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae featured two African American stories in the final show during Black History Month. First up we talk with Oregon Children's Theatre about their production of And in This Corner: Cassius Clay. We'll talk with artistic director Stan Foote, co-director Jerry Foster art... Read more

F. Steel

Airs at: Mon, 02/26/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

F. Steel (Fernando Escárcega Vélez), born in Toluca, Mexico on July 17, 1953. In 1964 he arrives in Chiapas. He has lived in the city of Toluca, Oaxaca, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitan and Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán. As a musician he started in Oaxaca (1968) where he lea... Read more

Sean The Bus Driver on La Ruleta on 02/23/18

Airs at: Fri, 02/23/2018 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/24/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

Guest Host Linda Leavitt

Airs at: Sat, 03/03/2018 at 9:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Music from the True Vine

Linda Leavitt will guest host Music from the True Vine to do an International Womens Day special. Women are some of the finest and most popular musicians in bluegrass today and this is a great opportunity to feature historic, influential, and new recordings. Linda ... Read more