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Lighthouses and The Wasteland

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
    Down to Rapture, up to Columbia and out the Wasteland . . .         )'(       Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 10/21/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Bread and Roses
Independent filmmaker Gigi Williams, actress Ashley Williams, and counselor Dori Lyon talk about making the new short film "Angela's Sacred Heart." The film is based on Gigi's experiences with sexual assault, and the role of Gigi is played by her real-life daughter, Ashley.... Read more

The Ghosts of Birds by Eliot Weinberger

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  A new collection from “one of the world’s great essayists” (The New York Times). The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot Weinberger: the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay An Elemental Thing, which pulls the reader into “a vortex f... Read more

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
  "If you love stories but distrust them, if you love language and can also see how it is used as a tool or a weapon in the maintenance of status quo, then read The Winged Histories."— Marion Deeds, Fantasy Literature;  "Told by four different women, it is a story of war; ... Read more

Dog Gone by Pauls Toutonghi

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Between The Covers
  “This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it.  It’s a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey.  It’s almost a novel, except that it’s ‘true.’  It’s kind-hearted, crazy, and moving.  I found myself laughing.  I found myself with tears to wi... Read more

Andre Middleton Interviews Matthew 'Slim Pickins' Abelman about art and satire

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
Portland-based satirical narrative painter who works primarily in acrylic tackling the concepts of identity, sex, politics and religion in the hilariously volatile American 21st century. Art news Collaboration & ensembles welcomed! Because Pochas Radicales was built on a ... Read more

GremLin Time

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/18/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
For the first time in all the years of presenting Gremlin Time, Fortunato arrived at the studio without the program that was supposed to go on for the Halloween show. Also, in all the years of putting on this show, the programs that were always the most trouble, were the Ha... Read more

Amy Livingstone, Sacred Art and Spiritual Ecology

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
Amy Livingstone is the proprietor of Sacred Art Studio in Portland. Amy explores the intersection of theology, ancestral ways of knowing, environmentalism, and spiritual ecology. Her work is informed by her love for the earth and engagement with many forms of creative expre... Read more

El Muerto Vagabundo

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
For its 33rd season Milagro Theatre has chosen the theme home. The season opening show is about people without homes. Join Dmae as she welcomes Milagro Theatre's new producing creative director Roy Arauz and artist-in-residence Georgina H. Escobar who conceived and directed... Read more

Back To The Egg presents: MELTED RADIO

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for Back To The Egg
IMU-PDX I Melt Up I am you, meltingUpwards “Possibly Not for Listening” Taking favorite tracks and screwing them up for your melted approval – melting them up for your screwy approval? or not… Genre?  What’s that I hear? Oh yeah, categories are: Things that make you g... Read more