Arts/Culture

Arbaeen, The Walk: A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

15 - 20 million people participate in the annual pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq to visit the shrine of 7th century martyr, Imam Husayn. Yet few in the West know about it. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli has written the first book about Arbaeen in English. It is called Arbaeen: ... Read more

The Untold Gaze by Stephen O'Donnell and Gigi Little

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

On this special hour-long edition of Between the Covers, we welcome Stephen O’Donnell and Gigi Little, creators and editors of the new book The Untold Gaze, which features selected paintings by Stephen, with short fiction and poetry inspired by those paintings. The texts... Read more

Buscando America on 10/16/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

En la Ciudad de Salem se celebra la hispanidad en un evento del Instituto de Cultura Oregoniana. Vicky Falcón invita a la comunidad a participar. Patricia Vázquez llama estar informados en las próximas elecciones. Genevieve Roudané habla sobre su documental The Chunta... Read more

Can Touch This

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

An offbeat collection of art designed to be poked, prodded and more has been delighting visitors to Paragon Arts Gallery in North Portland. Can Touch This co-curator Dominic Amorin is also one of the originators of Public Annex, a local collective of both disabled and... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Cai Emmons

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

There’s a famous quote, attributed to Mark Twain (as most famous quotes are): “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” But what if you wake up one morning, and find that you have the power to actually do something about it? That’s the prem... Read more

Talking Earth with Andrea Gonzalez, Grace Badik and Nastashia Minto

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Talking Earth

Tonight's edition of Talking Earth will be hosted by Amanda and Sophia Helstrom-White. Their special guests will be 3 very talented writers who have made their live reading debuts fairly recently: Andrea Gonzalez , Grace Badik and Nastashia Minto. They will be reading , ... Read more

HURL at Corrib Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Guest Host Joseph Gallivan (of Art Focus) features the US premiere of HURL as the season opener of Corrib Theatre, a company focusing on plays of the Irish experience founded by artistic director Gemma Whelan. Actor Clara Liis Hillier and Heath Hyun Houghton talk about ... Read more