Arts and Culture

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James Dixon: EDI and Beyond

Airs at: Tue, 06/16/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features James Dixon, actor, director, EDI consultant and activist who recently joined the Fuse Theatre Ensemble. James and Dmae have a frank discussion about how Predominantly White Institutions (PWI) can create a safer and more equitable creative environment while... Read more

The Sampler presents Sherlock Holmes and The Demon Barber

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2020 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with some 1920's Sweet Jazz, classic R & B and some surprises to help get through the day. Featured today is another episode from the long running radio drama series featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce entitled The Adventure of The Demon Barber of Fle... Read more

Escalón, Gerardo Enciso, Hongo, Mask

Airs at: Fri, 06/12/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 06/13/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Música de Guadalajara de los 80's. Escalón con la voz de Jaramar Soto con Carlos Esege en los teclados con el disco Hermano de la Muerte. Gerardo Enciso y el Poder Ejecutivo con el disco A Contracorriente. El grupo Hongo de 1980 y el grupo Mask con José Fors en los vocales,... Read more

Keith Knight, Gentleman Cartoonist - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Rapper, cartoonist, and social activist Keith Knight is a longtime fan of the Portland comics scene as well as community radio.  He was delighted to make a detour to the KBOO studios during his visit to the 2006 Stumptown Comics Festival, where his slideshow and stage pe... Read more

Shalanda Sims

Airs at: Tue, 06/09/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents a feature conversation with Shalanda Sims, actress, writer, director and founder/artistic director of World Stage Theatre. We'll hear about their new film "Growing Up Black in Oregon: A Conversation" and about the work she's doing as an essayist and artisti... Read more

TV v. Movies, this week on Film at 11, June 12, 2020

Airs at: Fri, 06/12/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
This week pits TV (Space Force, Unforgotten, Quiz, and other) versus movies, in this case, Shirley, a fictionalized account of writer Shirley Jackson, while Britta Gordon chooses Richter: The Enigma, by Bruno Monsaingeon. from Panoply and Jef Godsil examines an overlooked g... Read more

Vanishing by Cai Emmons

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Cai Emmons, author of the new story collection Vanishing, from Leapfrog Press. Cai’s a fiction writer, playwright, and screenwriter, whose previous novels include Weather Woman, The Stylist, and His Mother’s Son, which won an Oregon Book award for... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski of the Portland Art Museum about Being Present.

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday June 2, 2020, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski of the Portland Art Museum about Being Present. This meta show is a critique of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts, which flourished in the 1970s and 1980s. Being Present will be up until November, with... Read more

June Busts Out – Movie-Wise – on Film at 11, Friday June 5, 2020

Airs at: Fri, 06/05/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Back with another new episode, today Film at 11 covers some recent releases, including the low-budget science fiction film  The Vast of Night, and the documentary about sexual harassment in hip hop, On the Record, and later the career in making westerns of Delmer Daves, fol... Read more

45th Parallel + World Stage Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae continues coverage of Portland arts groups creatively pivoting during the pandemic. First up  45th Parallel Universe and their Friday night Portland Social Distance Ensemble.  She talks with executive director Ron Blessinger and tech volunteer Danny Rosenberg who creat... Read more