Arts/Culture

Through the Looking Glass: another Film at 11 repeat for Friday May 8

Airs at: Fri, 05/08/2020 at 10:30am - Sat, 05/09/2020 at 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

We're reviving this special Stonewall episode of Film at 11 with Steffen Silvis, Next week, we hope to have a new episode, even if recorded with a built in computer mike. Read more

A Fortune for Your Disaster

Airs at: Thu, 05/21/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

“A Fortune for Your Disaster proves that, if you pay attention, Black people have defined and still define themselves for themselves amid roses and dandelions, cardinals and violets, the blues of music and police uniforms, prayer and swagger, Kehinde Wiley paintings and... Read more

Hannah Lillith Assadi and Achy Obejas on Take Us To A Better Place

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Hannah Lillith Assadi and Achy Obejas, contributors to the story anthology Take Us To A Better Place, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You can download a free copy of the ebook at https://www.rwjf.org/fiction. Hannah Lillith Assadi... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Melanie Flood

Airs at: Tue, 05/05/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 11:30am Amanda Clem interviews Melanie Flood—artist, gallery owner, and educator. https://www.melanieflood.com/ https://www.instagram.com/melanie.flood/ Melanie Flood Projects https://www.melaniefloodprojects.com/ https://www.instagram.co... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Dr. Thabiti Lewis, Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Ballers of the New School is one of the first and best books to come along that effectively explains contemporary athletes and the public response to them. It challenges the well-worn narrative of sport as America's most significant site of racial progress by scrutinizing ... Read more

Wider Window Poetry: Jennifer Perrine

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Wider Window Poetry

Featured guest Jennifer Perrine with additional poems by Joy Harjo Read more

May the Fourth: Octavia's Brood and the Politics of Sci-Fi

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In a two-part segment, we first hear political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal reflect on the popularity of Star Wars as a political myth of imperial innocence in post-Vietnam America.* This is followed by Joe Clement talking with science fiction scholar and activist Walidah Imari... Read more

Tracy McLaughlin | REAL ESTATE RESCUE

Airs at: Sat, 05/02/2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: Open Air

COVID-19 & Real Estate. There is some concern and hesitation among buyers and sellers across the country right now. How do you move forward with a big life decision when there is so much uncertainty? Tracy McLaughlin, author of the new book Real Estate Rescue, is here t... Read more

ArtsWatch's Bob Hicks - Looking Ahead

Airs at: Tue, 05/05/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae talks with Bob Hicks, two-time Pulitzer nominated veteran journalist/editor at The Oregonian and senior editor of Oregon ArtsWatch, about the current state of the arts in Portland and throughout the country. After seven weeks of shelter-at-home because of the COIVID... Read more