Arts/Culture

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Cascade Festival of African Films, Remembering Obo Addy

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Last week, Jan Haaken spoke with director AJ Wone about his new documentary DiaTribe, which screened at the opening night of the Cascade Festival of African Films. The film is a loving tribute to Portland-based Oby Addy, Ghanaian drummer and educator who died in 2012. The f... Read more

Remembering Quanice “Moose” Hayes & Sylvia Dollarson

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
February 9 marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of 17-year-old Quanice “Moose” Hayes at the hands of Portland Police The event was marked by hourly online screenings of the film Silent Voices, : The film was written by Moose’s grandmother Donna Hayes. We bring audio f... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 02/13/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz brings you an hour of love-themed Jewish music from around the world just in time for Valentine's Day. Read more

Black History & Future Month Series: Master Artist Michael

Airs at: Fri, 02/11/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
In celebration of Black history and future Month KBOO is hosting a weekly series every Friday at 6pm throughout February! We’ll hear from black creators about a variety of topics ranging from arts, culture, abolition, media and more! This week I speak with Master Artist Mi... Read more

Tex Tex, Iconoclasta, El Nirgal

Airs at: Fri, 02/11/2022 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/12/2022 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Old Mole Variety Hour for February 14, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Police Reform: During the protests following the killing of George Floyd the police were on the defensive and the City Council discussed replacing the police in responding to menta... Read more

Valentine's Day Madness

Airs at: Mon, 02/14/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This year some crazy fun for Valentine's Day as KBOO's now offical Program Director Azia Hawthorne joins Fortunato to present a line up of Romantic Music and Listener's Valentines. that have been sent into the station. Also, The Lux Radio Theater adaptation of  the great sc... Read more

Retro Boogie vol.1

Airs at: Fri, 02/11/2022 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Boogie Pachanguero
Good evening!! Tonight, the caravan is going back to its roots. Get yourselves comfortable and allow yourselves to immerse into the depths of the British Invasion, coupled with cumbia, vallenato and salsa classics. Sweet dancing!!!!! Read more

Stacy Brewster, author of What We Pick Up

Airs at: Thu, 02/10/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
Produced for:  Jonesy
Today on Jonesy, we welcome Stacy Brewster, author of the new story collection What We Pick Up, from Portland’s Buckman Publishing.   Stacy is a fiction writer, poet, and screenwriter based here in Portland. Born in Los Angeles and raised both there and in the San Francisco... Read more

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism

Airs at: Tue, 02/15/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday February 1, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Sara Krajewski,[ PRONOUNCED krah-JESS-kee] the curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Art Museum, about the show “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism” which runs February 19 to June 5. Kraje... Read more