Arts and Culture

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Parfait Bassale and Migrations Arts Project Artists

Airs at: Tue, 11/17/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae encores profiles of West African guitarist and singer Parfait Bassale, Bhutanese poet Dilip Sunar with interpreter Suprina Koirala and the Tongan Sewing Circle led by Kato Kakala Kavapalu and Kolini Fusitua. All were featured in Dmae's special yearlong project Migra... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews installation artist Laura Fritz about her show APEX at the Portland Art Museum

Airs at: Tue, 09/10/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday Sept. 10, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews installation artist Laura Fritz about her show APEX at the Portland Art Museum now through Feb. 23, 2020. Fritz talked about using wooden molding to create boxes and tables which contain unnerving voids, ref... Read more

A Look Into the Dark Crystal, Friday the 13th on Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 09/13/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
KBOO's own Jenna joins the team, along with a surprise guest, to discuss the Jim Henson company's The Dark Crystal, the movie, and now a TV show.  Read more

Fall at the Library, 2019

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Multhnomah County Library staffers LeFoster Williams and Milo Reed will share their favorite reads and tell us about upcoming Fall 2019 programs.  Kids go back to school, adults go back to work and we all go back to a good book whether in print, on disc or online. Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Mary Weaver Chapin of the Portland Art Museum about Paris 1900, which is on now through Sept. 8, 2019.

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
THIS IS A REBROADCAST OF A SHOW FROM JULY 2019. On Tuesday Sept. 3, 2019 at 11:30 am Joseph Gallivan interviews Mary Weaver Chapin of the Portland Art Museum about Paris 1900, which is on now through Sept. 8, 2019. Chapin, the museum’s Curator of Prints and Drawings, talks ... Read more

Buscando America on 09/03/19

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Se conforma La Asamblea De Migrantes Africanos en Tapachula Chiapas frente a la agresión y criminalización del Instituto Nacional de Migración y la Guardia Nacional en México. Luís Narvaez periodista chileno, hace una analogía entre el cantautor Víctor Jara y el poeta españ... Read more

Eclipsed at Corrib

Airs at: Tue, 09/03/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features the seventh season of Corrib Theatre's focus on  plays by contemporary Irish playwrights. We'll talk with founder and artistic director Gemma Whelan about the upcoming season that includes Eclipsed by Patricia Burke Brogan, James X by Gerard Mannix Flynn, a... Read more

Live in studio, Oregon Koto Kai & Interview with Jennifer DeRoss, author of Forgotten All-Star: A Biography of Gardner Fox

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
It's a 5th Monday on the Sampler, what shenanigans will the Crew be up to this week?! Joining us by phone will be Jennifer DeRoss, who's written a biography of one of the mainstay writers at DC Comics, Gardner Fox. We also planned to look at what comic books were on sale in... Read more

Fall Membership Drive in FULL EFFECT on the Sampler!!

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ONCE AGAIN ON THE SAMPLER!! Today the Sampler crew is back with music, reviews and shenanigans. Did you hear about the new Dark Crystal series? Oh yes, we have thoughts! And perhaps we'll chat some about media incorporating CGI, puppetry, and live action co... Read more

Membership Drive Time on the Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Back again, the Sampler crew with music, reviews and shenanigans. We'll chat the Dark Crystal, play more from the Alderidge Society Mystery DnD Theater, and have some lively tunes for your listening pleasure. And please call 877-500-5266 during the show to donate to KBOO an... Read more