Travel the world in 16 days through the Portland International Film Festival. Now in it's 34th year, PIFF draws more than 35,000 people each year to several venues in Portland to watch more than 100 films from all over the globe. Host Dmae Roberts talks with Bill Foster, executive director of the Northwest Film Center who puts the festival together each year.

THE MELTING POT

WINTER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SPECIAL 2011

We will be showcasing Featured Label INTERCHILL RECORDS. That means well be focusing on their artists Bluetech, Gaudi, Kaya Project and more. We will be offering Autographed copies of Bluetech's Satori Social, as well as Compilations and Full Length releases from their catalogue as "Thank You Gifts" for your contribution as a new or renewing member. Featuring Bios, discogs, interviews and more. If you are not familiar with the label you will know it well by the end of the show. We have just added BLUE SPECTRAL MONKEY as our Featured DJ!!

Host Dmae Roberts presents a membership edition of Stage & Studio featuring Native American Storyteller Ed Edmo from Tears of Joy Theatre's "Bridge of the Gods." This play tells the tale of the legendary Klickatat version of the fight between two chieftain brothers that caused the great land bridge in the Columbia Gorge to fall. "Bridge of the Gods" is written by Ed Edmo featuring poetry by Elizabeth Woody and designed by Lillian Pitt. The show runs Friday Feb. 4th through 13th.

Dmae will be offering two family packs of tickets and a pair of tickets to the show.

What to call yourself when you don't have a name? That's what Dmae Roberts grappled with most of her adult life. In a country that likes to think it celebrates cultural diversity, race and identity continue to be a complex topic. As Dmae charts four decades of history, we hear from her perspective what it's like to be a "Secret Asian Woman."