Arts/Culture

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Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 11/20/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
A repeat presentation of the autobiography by Jerry Lewis about his early years when he was pardnered with Dean Martin and they became the most sensational comedy team in history. How they came together, how they structured their act and some of the amazing things that happ... Read more

Artists Adding Value to the Valley (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 11/23/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Tune in to Part 2 of my conversation with artists Bruce Burris and Kris Askew, along with comic cartoonist and artist Patrick Hackleman.  In this session, Bruce talks about a recent artist’s grant he was awarded.  (He was one of only five recipients in Oregon!)  We also con... Read more

Christian Scott at PDX Jazz

Airs at: Wed, 01/31/2018 at 7:45pm - 8:45pm
Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah performs at 8 p.m. February 20 at the Star Theater.  Read more

Jennifer Robin and Sunbathe

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Another crazy fun show with live music and special guests. The band Sunbathe will be setting up in the big studio. We will also have a return visit from Portland writer Jennifer Robin to share some passages from her new book. And, joining us by phone, will be drummer David ... Read more

Up and Over + StreetBooks: grassroots groups helping vulnerable people today

Airs at: Wed, 12/12/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Today on The Radio Activist, at 9am hosts Suzanne LaGrande and Lisa Loving interview youth educator and mental health advocate Javonnie Shearn about her current winter coat drive for teenagers, her work on the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and as vice chair of the ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 12, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole, bringing us these segments: 1. Bill Resnick and labor activist Diane Feeney discuss the future of the labor movement and the job of building a green economy. 2. Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review the 2014 film "Marwenc... Read more

Me'shell Ndegeocello

Airs at: Mon, 11/12/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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White Dancing Elephants

Airs at: Thu, 12/27/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  In luminous, vivid, searingly honest prose, the stories in White Dancing Elephants center on the experiences of diverse women of color—cunning, bold, and resolute—facing sexual harassment and racial violence, as well as the violence women inflict upon each other. Combini... Read more

Whereas

Airs at: Thu, 12/20/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  WHEREAS confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators. Through a virtuosic array of s... Read more

The Collected Stories

Airs at: Thu, 11/29/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions—distilled works of “unsettling brilliance” (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story.  “Diane Williams has spent her long... Read more