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Shalanda Sims

Airs at: Tue, 06/09/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents a feature conversation with Shalanda Sims, actress, writer, director and founder/artistic director of World Stage Theatre. We'll hear about their new film "Growing Up Black in Oregon: A Conversation" and about the work she's doing as an essayist and artisti... Read more

TV v. Movies, this week on Film at 11, June 12, 2020

Airs at: Fri, 06/12/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week pits TV (Space Force, Unforgotten, Quiz, and other) versus movies, in this case, Shirley, a fictionalized account of writer Shirley Jackson, while Britta Gordon chooses Richter: The Enigma, by Bruno Monsaingeon. from Panoply and Jef Godsil examines an overlooked g... Read more

Vanishing by Cai Emmons

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Cai Emmons, author of the new story collection Vanishing, from Leapfrog Press. Cai’s a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, whose previous novels include Weather Woman, The Stylist, and His Mother’s Son, which won an Oregon Book award for... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski of the Portland Art Museum about Being Present.

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday June 2, 2020, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski of the Portland Art Museum about Being Present. This meta show is a critique of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts, which flourished in the 1970s and 1980s. Being Present will be up until November, with... Read more

June Busts Out – Movie-Wise – on Film at 11, Friday June 5, 2020

Airs at: Fri, 06/05/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Back with another new episode, today Film at 11 covers some recent releases, including the low-budget science fiction film  The Vast of Night, and the documentary about sexual harassment in hip hop, On the Record, and later the career in making westerns of Delmer Daves, fol... Read more

45th Parallel + World Stage Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae continues coverage of Portland arts groups creatively pivoting during the pandemic. First up  45th Parallel Universe and their Friday night Portland Social Distance Ensemble.  She talks with executive director Ron Blessinger and tech volunteer Danny Rosenberg who creat... Read more

"Pride," Nastashia Minto

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  The Occasion
The theme for June is "Pride," and the featured guest is Nastashia Minto. Nastashia is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The Depth and Length to It. An African American woman born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents, she grew up in poverty ... Read more

The Quarantine Episode

Airs at: Sat, 05/30/2020 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
We'll be broadcasting slices of life created in quarantine and lockdowns from around the US, Ireland and France. Broadcaster's Note: The original mission statement for this show was to broadcast audio that is focused on the environment and nature in hopes of highlighting a... Read more

So much to choose from! Some great ideas for streaming, et cetera on Film at 11, Friday May xx

Airs at: Fri, 05/29/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
A quick survey of what is available this week. First there is an account of recent releases, including the thriller  Extraction and the fourth-in-a-series, The Trip to Greece. Then Friend-of-the-Show Britta Gordon discusses Fists in the Pocket, available on Kanopy, and Frie... Read more

Remembering Animator Bruce Bickford - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For half a century, Bruce Bickford ran a one-man clay animation production house, constructing surreal miniature worlds in a cavernous Seattle studio and bringing them to life through the magic of stop-motion.  Bickford gained notoriety in the 1970's as the fertile mind ... Read more