Arts/Culture

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Blue Note Records: 80th Anniversary Celebration

Airs at: Sat, 08/10/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Blue Note Records is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Founded in 1939 by a German Jewish refugee from the Holocaust named Alfred Lion, Blue Note is by far the most respected record label in jazz history. On Saturday August 10, jazz critic and radio programmer ... Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 30

Airs at: Wed, 08/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
All feedback, comments and suggestions can be emailed to: TPOL@KBOO.ORG The Politics of Living show is currently looking for contributors and guests. For more information, please email: TPOL@KBOO.ORG Hosted by: Vicky Mazzone   Content Contributors   Dennise M. Kowalcyz... Read more

Immigrant Poets

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Tonight we hear from a wide variety of Immigrant Poets, including: Muna Abdulahi based in Minneapolis MN. buttonpoetry.com Juan Felipe Herrera was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States in 2015. poets.org and the Poetry Foundation Marilyn Chin was born in Hong Kong ... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 08/04/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz previews the upcoming observance of Tisha b'Av, the Ninth of Av in the Hebrew calendar. In Jewish history, this is a day of mourning and fasting, to commemorate the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem.  Read more

HAPI AAPI Artist Panel

Airs at: Fri, 08/02/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Producer Matt Lim attends the HAPI (Hapa, Asian, and Pacific Islanders of Portland) AAPI Artist Panel and listens to some of Portland’s most talented API artists talk about their work. Dmae Roberts (writer, theater, filmmaker, radio producer), Emma Rust (comic artist, yo... Read more

In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Airs at: Thu, 08/01/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Knot from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, nineteenth-century literature, and the company of men. And yet, Knot is start... Read more

The Grave on the Wall

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "In this memoir, Brandon Shimoda, an American poet of Japanese descent, tells the story of his family, starting with his grandfather, who was transformed into an 'enemy alien' by World War II; and in doing so, tells a universal story of the horrors of war both physica... Read more

No City for Old Men, OUaT ... H review, for Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 07/26/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
As Chekov once said, if you introduce a flame thrower in the first act, it must be discharged in the last.  Or something like that.  But let’s not talk about flame throwers and story craft. Let’s discuss Joe Maross.  If you know his backstory, you have to feel a little ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Elise Schumock

Airs at: Mon, 07/29/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
You’d figure that bringing together books and beer would be a slam dunk, especially in Portland. But we didn’t get our first official bookstore/bar until November of last year. The Rose City Book Pub, located at 1329 NE Fremont, is a godsend for those of us who love to ... Read more

No Country for Old Men

Produced for:  Film at 11
As Chekov once said, if you introduce a flame thrower in the first act, it must be discharged in the last.  Or something like that.  But let’s not talk about flame throwers and story craft. Let’s discuss Joe Maross.  If you know his backstory, you have to feel a little ... Read more