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Nordic Noir on Film at 11, Friday May 15, 2020

Airs at: Fri, 05/15/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Film at 11 returns with a new episode. This one includes news about Agnes Varda, the state of movie watching, and a round-up of current streaming and DVD movies. Also, The Monday Sampler's Fortunato makes a guest appearance.  Here is the Willamette Week interview with Dan H... Read more

Shary Flenniken - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 05/14/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Shary Flenniken is one of the most influential figures in the history of underground comics.  Her comic Trots & Bonnie burst onto the pages of the National Lampoon in the early 1970's, and with its mix of radical politics, coy sexuality, absurd situations, approachable ... Read more

Bubblegum by Adam Levin

Airs at: Thu, 05/14/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Adam Levin, author of the new novel Bubblegum, from Doubleday. Adam’s work includes the novel The Instructions and the story collection Hot Pink. He's been a New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award winner, a recipient of a National Endow... Read more

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Headless Monk

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Back for another month and we start off with a jam pack show. In the second hour we will feature a classic radio drama featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in an ordinal Mystery called The Case of the Headless Monk. But before that Emily... Read more

Reinvention - Laura Lo Forti of Vanport Mosaic

Airs at: Tue, 05/12/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with Laura Lo Forti, co-director of Vanport Mosaic who took on the challange of reinventing a month-long festival of live events in Portland into a virtual one online. Through May 30th, The Virtual Vanport Mosaic Festival features poets, storytellers, dancers,... Read more

Alfa Gunga Din, Zaratustra de Alejandro Jodorowsky y Los Divinos Placeres de Rafael Corkidi

Airs at: Fri, 05/08/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 05/09/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
This Friday evening we have prepared from our own collection three rare recordings.  We will start with Alfa-Gunga-Din, from 1968, under the direction of Alexandro Jodorowsky, which includes versions of songs by Gilberto Gil, Bacharach, Purcell, Bach Hendrix and the Beatle... Read more

Through the Looking Glass: another Film at 11 repeat for Friday May 8

Airs at: Fri, 05/08/2020 at 10:30am - Sat, 05/09/2020 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
  We're reviving this special Stonewall episode of Film at 11 with Steffen Silvis,  Next week, we hope to have a new episode, even if recorded with a built in computer mike.      Read more

A Fortune for Your Disaster

Airs at: Thu, 05/21/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “A Fortune for Your Disaster proves that, if you pay attention, Black people have defined and still define themselves for themselves amid roses and dandelions, cardinals and violets, the blues of music and police uniforms, prayer and swagger, Kehinde Wiley paintings and... Read more

Hannah Lillith Assadi and Achy Obejas on Take Us To A Better Place

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Hannah Lillith Assadi and Achy Obejas, contributors to the story anthology Take Us To A Better Place, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You can download a free copy of the ebook at https://www.rwjf.org/fiction. Hannah Lillith Assadi... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Melanie Flood

Airs at: Tue, 05/05/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 11:30am Amanda Clem interviews Melanie Flood—artist, gallery owner, and educator.   https://www.melanieflood.com/ https://www.instagram.com/melanie.flood/   Melanie Flood Projects https://www.melaniefloodprojects.com/ https://www.instagram.co... Read more