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Lebanese Cinema on Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Portlander Noor-Petra Hamiel is on hand to discuss Lebanese cinema, including the recent Capernaum. Noor is a native of the country, and in Portland is a caterer and restauranteur, but also an avid film viewer. She joins Mona and the rest for a wide-ranging discussion.      Read more

Godzilla and Hallowe'en Horror this week on Film at 11, Oct. 25

Airs at: Fri, 10/25/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
KBOO's Fortunato of the Monday Sampler stops by to discuss the new giant Godzilla set from the Criterion Collection, and some of the more obscure horror films from the 1930s and 1940s.    Openings: https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/2019 Countdown Thriller STXfilms N... Read more

EcoFilm and Dance Film Festivals

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  For KBOO Radio's Fall membership drive, we bring you a special hour-long edition of Words and Pictures, featuring filmmakers from Portland EcoFilm Festival and Portland Dance Film Festival. The Portland EcoFilm Festival's Dawn Smallman joins us in the studio, along with... Read more

The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld

Airs at: Wed, 09/25/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Rene Denfeld, author of the new novel The Butterfly Girl, from Harper Collins. The Butterfly Girl is Rene’s second novel featuring private investigator Naomi Cottle, aka The Child Finder. The first book is aptly titled The Child Finder, and Rene a... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Laura Mueller, art curator at the Portland Japanese Garden, about Noritaka Tatehana

Airs at: Tue, 09/24/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019 at 11 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Laura Mueller, art curator at the Portland Japanese Garden, about Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty. This is a show of the art of the young Japanese artist who shot to fame when Lady Gaga started wearing h... Read more

The Holy Crowley Hour on 9/23/19

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/24/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Holy Crowley Hour
Welcome to the Autumn edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the radio show for people who don’t own a radio. Our special guest is the legendary audio theater producer, director, and writer Dirk Maggs. Dirk is perhaps best known for adapting the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ... Read more

Buscando America on 09/17/19

Airs at: Tue, 09/17/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Programa musical y campaña de recaudación de fondos para el otoño con el lema de "Mic to the People // Micrófono para la gente". En cabina Ivonne Rivero y Luna Flores. En Krónikas de Viaje conmemorando el golpe de estado en Chile.  Read more

"Bodies Piled Up", a Continental Op mystery by Dashiell Hammett, and Dick Powell as Richard Diamond

Airs at: Mon, 09/16/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/17/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective, known as The Continetal Op, investigates a multiple murder discovered in a downtown San Francisco hotel room, which leads to a deadly shoot out inside a North Beach speakeasy.  Also, a radio mystery drama featuring Dick Powell as forme... Read more

1984 at Artists Rep and The Wolves at Portland Playhouse

Airs at: Tue, 09/17/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents a special one-hour membership edition of Stage & Studio on KBOO. We feature  Damaso Rodriquez, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre to talk about the adaptation of 1984 by George Orwell as well highlights of the whole 2019/20 season. And in the se... Read more

Hollywood Babylon

Airs at: Thu, 09/12/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Hollywood Babylon is the new series of 1930's feature films, produced before the censorious Hays Code, that tackled such timely topics as corruption, prostitution, and drug use.  Curated by Chantell Richardson and Dan Halsted, this series screens at the Hollywood Theatre... Read more