Arts and Culture

Music for a mid-winter Monday

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato returns for another week, with a program of music and comedy to help you start the week. Featuring Cal Tjader, Jimmy Heath, Sarah Vaughan, Tommy Castro, Billie Holiday, Cy Oliver, Jeff Beck, Lynard Synrd, Bob & Ray, and many more. Read more

BP - Accordion restart

Produced for: Boogie Pachanguero

Señoras y señores de la audiencia, el acordeón los saluda! The caravan is catching up with the accordion, an instrument that has given us joy before and keeps on powering our dancing step. From oldies to new sonideros, los intérpretes acordeóneros están aquí para comenzar e... Read more

Aristeo: Tambores Salvajes; Frontera de Extremos

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/14/2023 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

Tad Savinar

Airs at: Tue, 01/17/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Tad Savinar about his new show Musings from the Future, which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art though Feb 25. Savinar talks about the parlous state of politics and the planet, time spent at home dur... Read more

No Man Of Her Own starring Barbara Stanwyck

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2023 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/17/2023 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

After she is rejected by her unborn child's father, Helen boards a train, which crashes on the way to San Francisco. Surviving the accident, she is misidentifed for another prenant woman who was also on board and did died in the accident. The Harkness Family, having never ... Read more

Lynn Steger Strong, author of Flight

Airs at: Thu, 01/19/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Lynn Steger Strong, author of Want, graces Between the Covers with an interview on her new novel Flight, a poignant inquiry on social class, love, and family. Lily King calls Flight "arresting and powerful". Read more

Bill Plympton's Analog Animation

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Bill Plympton has spent four decades going against the grain of the animation industry, self-financing his short films and features and drawing each frame with pencil and paper. Nominated twice for Academy Awards and taking home a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival,... Read more

Our last conversation with Cai Emmons

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2023 at 11:00am - 11:30pm

Produced for: Jonesy

Today’s episode is a sad one for me. It’s the last interview with one of my favorite authors and guests – Cai Emmons. I first met Cai in October 2018 when she came to the KBOO studios for a live, in-person interview on her novel Weather Woman. Due to the pandemic, our subs... Read more

Helen Swift of the Portland Art Museum

Airs at: Tue, 01/10/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Helen Swift of the Portland Art Museum about “Human | Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints” which is on now through May 7. Swift, who is the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art, pla... Read more

Pablo Casals: J.S. Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Violoncello

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2023 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature