Arts and Culture

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Playwright Sandra de Helen + Worship In Pink event

Airs at: Tue, 10/25/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts visits with playwright Sandra de Helen who’s receiving a reading of her play in NYC. We’ll also spotlight a community celebration of breast cancer survivors at the Worship In Pink event in the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Atrium. Featured music by NW musician ... Read more

Portland Theatre Special

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts presents an all theatre one-hour special with Milagro Theatre, Portland Playhouse and Third Rail Repertory Theatre. We'll explore what the mid-size companies up to this season. First, Olga Sanchez, artistic director ofMilagro Theatre, talks about Viva La Revolu... Read more

3 Leg Torso

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Host Dmae Roberts presents the founders of the popular Portland group, 3 Leg Torso, Bela Belogh & Courtney Von Drehle. The original 'meester' street performers have turned 3 Leg Torso into a world class eclectic band. They'll presenting pieces from their new hit CD "Animals... Read more

Journalist Carole Simpson's memoir, "Newslady"

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Newslady is the memoir of Carole Simpson a trailblazing African American woman journalist. Simpson was the first woman the first African American woman national network television correspondent, the first African American woman to anchor a national network newscast and the ... Read more

defunkt theatre: Passion and Risk

Airs at: Tue, 10/04/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Host/Producer Dmae Roberts goes backstage with defunkt theatre with an audio tour and a candid talk with the company's three co-artistic directors: Matthew Kerns, Grace Carter and Lori Sue Hoffman. The ensemble company has cast two female lead actors in David Mamet's Glenga... Read more

Dancers Gregg Bielemier & Catherine Egan at Imato Theatre +OSF

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts talks with dancers Gregg Bielemier and Catherine Egan who are featured in Imago Theatre's Zugzwang (Sept. 29 - Oct. 22). This is the fifth installment of creator Jerry Maowad's Opera Beyond Wordsseries. And in the last part of the show we'll also learn how the ... Read more

Vanessa Diffenbaugh's "The Language of Flowers"

Airs at: Tue, 09/20/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Host/Producer Dmae Roberts talks with author Vanessa Diffenbaugh about her debut novel The Language of Flowers. This debut novel has been a hit in Europe and has recently launched in America. The book tells parallel stories of a young woman raised in the foster care system ... Read more

T:BA:11 Report, "I've Forgotten Everything"

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T:BA Mid Week Report, tEEth, Radio Show, New Musics

Breath “What is Time Based Arts?” is the question to most people who aren’t abreast to this event. And it remains the question, even to our veterans. We can read those definitions from the art world, the dictionary, the wiki’s, but it’s not the described. And, in taking t... Read more

Backstage with Triangle & Open Studio with Heather Soderberg

Airs at: Tue, 09/13/2011 at 12:00am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae Roberts presents two audio tours. First we go backstage at Triangle Productions's new space. Managing Director Don Horn shows us around "The Sanctuary" and tells us how he produces a season of plays. Then we go to Cascade Locks, OR and talk with sculptor Heather Soderb... Read more