Arts and Culture

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Buscando America on 08/06/19

Airs at: Tue, 08/06/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En Krónikas de Viaje un audio sobre la Chamana visionaria María Sabina.En cabina Chariti Montez, habla sobre el programa de Parks and Recreation para este verano y sobre el Festival Latino en el Cully Park.  Read more

Blue Note Records: 80th Anniversary Celebration

Airs at: Sat, 08/10/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Blue Note Records is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Founded in 1939 by a German Jewish refugee from the Holocaust named Alfred Lion, Blue Note is by far the most respected record label in jazz history. On Saturday August 10, jazz critic and radio programmer Ric... Read more

In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Airs at: Thu, 08/01/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Knot from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, nineteenth-century literature, and the company of men. And yet, Knot is starting... Read more

The Grave on the Wall

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "In this memoir, Brandon Shimoda, an American poet of Japanese descent, tells the story of his family, starting with his grandfather, who was transformed into an 'enemy alien' by World War II; and in doing so, tells a universal story of the horrors of war both physical a... Read more

No City for Old Men, OUaT ... H review, for Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
As Chekov once said, if you introduce a flame thrower in the first act, it must be discharged in the last.  Or something like that.  But let’s not talk about flame throwers and story craft. Let’s discuss Joe Maross.  If you know his backstory, you have to feel a little so... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Elise Schumock

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
You’d figure that bringing together books and beer would be a slam dunk, especially in Portland. But we didn’t get our first official bookstore/bar until November of last year. The Rose City Book Pub, located at 1329 NE Fremont, is a godsend for those of us who love to rea... Read more

No Country for Old Men

Produced for:  Film at 11
As Chekov once said, if you introduce a flame thrower in the first act, it must be discharged in the last.  Or something like that.  But let’s not talk about flame throwers and story craft. Let’s discuss Joe Maross.  If you know his backstory, you have to feel a little so... Read more

La Música de Erich Zann

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
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Joseph Gallivan interviews artist and curator  Srijon Chowdhury about “Contemporary Chicken Coup I, II, III”

Airs at: Tue, 07/30/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday July 30, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist and curator  Srijon Chowdhury [pron. SREE-jon CHOWD-ry] about “Contemporary Chicken Coup I, II, III” which is on now now at Chicken Coop  Contemporary through Sept 30, 2019.  The show is viewable by ap... Read more

Buscando America on 07/23/19

Airs at: Tue, 07/23/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Ramón Márquez, director de La72 Hogar Refugio para personas migrantes en Tenosique Tabasco,  habla de la red de organizaciones de Guatemala y México para conocer la problemática en la frontera Sur. En esta emisión escucharás sobre las intensas movilizaciones y el  paro naci... Read more