Arts/Culture

KBOO News In Depth: Tesla City Stories

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Today, August 20th, is National Radio Day, a day to celebrate radio, and recognize the importance of our medium. At one time, not too long ago, radio was the nation’s primary channel for news and entertainment. With the advent of newer media, namely TV and the internet, the... Read more

Okay Fine Whatever by Courtenay Hameister

Airs at: Thu, 08/23/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

On today’s show, our guest is Courtenay Hameister, Portland-based author of the new book Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things, in conversation with Gigi Little, editor of City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portl... Read more

Aretha Franklin: A Tribute

Airs at: Sat, 08/25/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Produced for: The Motif: Re-Imagine a Jazz Sensibility

Join host Yugen Rashad as he ties together the political spiritual and soulful sides of Aretha Franklin. A Tribute not to be missed! Read more

Buscando America on 08/21/18

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

Gerardo Calderon presenta Huehuetlatolli, un libro bilingüe para niños, interactivo, musical y que compila tesoros de tres culturas originarias de México. Samantha Perez-Alicea nos invita un taller de Bomba, un género afro puertorriqueño que proviene de las rebeliones de e... Read more

John Goodwin of the Portland Art Museum

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Eric Bartels interviews John Goodwin, the new Major Gifts Director at the Portland Art Museum. A North Carolina native, the former Director of Premium Experience for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and a member of the museum's Board of Regents since 2015 brings a backgr... Read more

A Hector Lassiter Short Story by Greg MacDonald

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/21/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

In our first part we present " Through the Valley of the Shadow of Roosevelt's Nose", by Greg MacDonald. Crime novelist and sometime screen writer, Hector Lassiter, known as"'the man who writes was he lives and lives what he writes", has been hired by Alfred Hitchcock to s... Read more

OSF's New Works

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae features two new premiere productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. First up we talk with Jessica Ko who plays a vengeful ghost in the U.S. premiere of Snow in Midsummer by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig adapted from a classical Chinese drama about injustice and traum... Read more

The Monday Sampler

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Today's featured radio adventure finds Space Patrol's Commander Cory on a mysterious planet that hides far beyond the orbit of Pluto, Planet X. There will also be high jinks by the Sampler Crew: Fortunato, and Just Jess, who will be welcoming guests and playing music. Read more