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Previewing Portland Youth Philharmonic's 100th Season Opening Concert with David Hattner and Nolan Tu

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
It’s fall here in Portland, traditionally the beginning of the holiday season, and this year we have even one more reason to celebrate. It’s the 100th birthday of Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest-running youth orchestra, and certainly the first to turn 100!... Read more

Roz Chast

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  The New Yorker’s David Remnick said of bestselling author and cartoonist Roz Chast: “She’s got a very recognizable style of squiggly lines and neurotic characters.” Roz's work has appeared in The Village Voice, The National Lampoon, Scientific American, Mother Jones,... Read more

Soul Jar: Thirty-one Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors

Airs at: Thu, 11/09/2023 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we celebrate the launch of the new anthology Soul Jar: Thirty-One Fantastical Tales by Disabled Authors, from Forest Avenue Press. Our guests are the collection’s editor, Annie Carl, and two of those 31 contributors – Ellis Bray and Simon Quinn. The ... Read more

Stormy Day Spampler Featuring Ida Lapino and Ronald Coleman in Daphne Du Maurie's Rebecca

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
For a rainy portland afternoon let's settle in a warm drink, a classic radio mystery drama and some music.  Featured today will be a reairing of the Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film production of the best selling novel by Daphne du Maurier "... Read more

Film at 11 returns to normal with some reviews of recent films, for Friday, 1 December 2023

Airs at: Fri, 12/01/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Film at 11 returns to normal with some reviews of recent films, for Friday, 1 December 2023: • Matthew of KBOO's story book program looks at Hollywood in the Fifties • Our Los Angeles correspondent contemplates Straight Time   Read more

Heather Watkins

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Heather Watkins about her show Elemental Things which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art through Nov. 28. Watkins talks about turning line drawings into sculptures, her method of pouring ink on paper then... Read more

A reprise of our WHITE ZOMBIE episode for Friday, 3 November, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 11/03/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week we reprise our popular  deeper dive into the 1932 horror film, White Zombie, which Matthew reviewed earlier. Read more

The Afrominimalist's Guide to Living With Less

Airs at: Thu, 11/02/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     When Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never intended to become "The Afrominimalist". She just wanted to tame the chaos in her closet! But after struggling with the austerity and whiteness of mainstream minimalism, Christine realized why minimalism... Read more

Special Halloween Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Music to help you get set for Trick or Treaters. Also today, a rebroadcast of one of our favorite scary radio dramas, The House In CyprusCanyon. Robert Taylor and Cathy Lewis star as a young couple whoive bought a new house. First there's the locked closet that has no ke... Read more

Philip Krohn High Water

Airs at: Tue, 10/31/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
photo credit, courtesy of AUXART   On Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Philip Krohn about the installation called High Water which is in Building 5, 2516 NW 29th Ave, Portland, on weekends through November 12. High Water is made from sa... Read more