Arts/Culture

Art of the Nabis

Airs at: Tue, 12/21/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday December 21, 2021, Joseph Gallivan interviews Mary Weaver Chapin [pronounced CHAY-pen], the curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum, about Private Lives and the Nabis. Chapin discusses this show of private and domestic scenes by four French pain... Read more

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement and special guest Dennis Gravy review the classic Christmas-time cartoon, "A Charlie Brown Christmas". They consider anti-commercialism, alienation, cultural appropriation, white supremacy, and why the "workers revolution" that seems to promise an answer to Char... Read more

Holiday stories from Portland Story Theater's Lynne Duddy and Lawrence Howard

Airs at: Thu, 12/23/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Jonesy

One of our favorite holiday traditions here on Jonesy is watching A Christmas Story, the 1983 movie directed by Bob Clark, who also directed Porky's (1981), another of our holiday favorites. A Christmas Story is based on the holiday memories of writer and radio monologuist... Read more

Katherine Dunn reads the Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/21/2021 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Once again we present our holiday favorite as Katherine Dunn, also know as Red Ryder, presents the Father Christmas Letters written for his children by J.R.R.TolKien. There will also be some surprises. Read more

It's Christmas Time Again !

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Fortunato has gotten that Artifical Xmas Tree, with the ten year warranty, out of the closet. He's reached up to that high shelf where those boxes of ornaments sits all year and has put together a Deck the Halls Holiday Special. Featuring Katherine Dunn reading some of the ... Read more

Christmas' Pasts'

Airs at: Tue, 12/21/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am

Produced for: Vinyl Pajama Party

It's 1999 - AGAIN ! Join "Halley", as she takes you back to a show that was only ever heard LIVE on KBOO, December 21st, 1999. (As a side note: This was well before WE THREE KINGS PRODUCTIONS™ took over the VPP holiday shows) It's a Festive mix of music and comed... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 20, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Sharon Grant hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Climate Insurgency: Bill Resnick interviews Jeremy Brecher, a writer and activist, who cofounded the Labor Network for Sustainability and wrote the book Climate Insurgency, a Strateg... Read more

Native Storytelling in the Film Antlers

Airs at: Mon, 12/20/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Jan Haaken talks with Grace DiIlon about Antlers, a film set in a decaying mining town in Oregon where people are threatened by Wendigo, a cannibalistic character that has deep roots in Native storytelling. Grace served as an Indigenous advisor to the film and she talks wit... Read more