Arts and Culture

Black Death by Zora Neal Hurston and Lena Horne starring in an episode of Suspense

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/19/2021 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

To top off Martin Luther King Day we present a short story by one of the stars of the Harlem Renaissance, writer and anthropologist Zora Neal Hurston. A woman seeks the help of a local "hoodoo man" to get retribution on the man who refuses to take responsibility for impregn... Read more

Storm Beat author Lori Tobias shares stories from the Oregon Coast

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Our In Depth guest today is Lori Tobias, author of the new memoir Storm Beat: A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast, published by Oregon State University Press. Lori has worked in journalism for over 25 years, including time at the Rocky Mountain News as a columnist a... Read more

Joan Gratz and Joanna Priestley - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this encore episode from 2009, we visit two award-winning independent animation directors at their Portland studios. Joanna Priestley is a filmmaker, teacher, producer, and festival organizer. She’s best known for her abstract animation, most notably for North of Bl... Read more

José Clemente Orozco / Julián Carrillo: Concierto para Piano en Tercios de Tono; Horizontes.

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2021 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Produced for: Espiral Radio / Spiral Radio

Muralista mexicano en la serie Voz Viva de México de la U.N.A.M., y el Concierto para Piano en Tercios de Tono y Horizontes. Read more

Old and New on Film at 11 For 22 January 2021

Airs at: Fri, 01/22/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

This week an eclectic mix as Jeff Godsil talks about Lost in Translation, Matthew of Gremlin Time on the Marvel TV show WandaVision, and finally the new BFI Film Classics on Max Ophuls's 1948 Letter From an Unknown Woman. Read more

Damaris Webb

Airs at: Tue, 01/12/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae gets caught up with Damaris Webb is an actor, director, teaching artist and co-director of The Vanport Mosaic. She's directing a film version of the first act of Martha Bakes: a Biography of a Revolution and Insurrection that never happened, a by Don Wilson Glenn fo... Read more

Rerun: Aurora Josephson interviews painter Melinda Thorsnes

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday Jan 12, 2021 Aurora Josephson interviews painter Melinda Thorsnes about her current work, including a series of anti-MAGA paintings. Thorsen talks about the life of an artist during COVID and being a binge and purge painter. Thorsnes does not have a show ... Read more

Bundolo Kriga, Las Animas, La Función de Repulsa, Ford Procó

Airs at: Fri, 01/08/2021 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/09/2021 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

7 - My friend, John Waters. The Making of Polyester with Dave Insley

Airs at: Wed, 02/24/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: The Ghost of Hollywood

On this episode of The Ghost of Hollywood, the stench is heavy as Poxy and Ragan discuss John Waters 1981 cult classic, Polyester. Poxy talks with Cinematographer Dave Insley about his work on Polyester and more! Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: "Brown Sugar Babe" by Charlotte Sherman

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Author Charlotte Sherman writes, "I love being brown and wanted to write a poem to highlight the splendor of this underestimated color for young boys and girls, so they too will love the skin they are in. When I first heard a beautiful, radiant, brown-skinned child say, “I’... Read more