Arts/Culture

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 15, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Monster Who Came up the River: Native peoples hold rich traditions of storytelling, passed on by elders from one generation to the next. These stories speak of resilience, w... Read more

The Thin Green Line

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

November is National Native American Heritage Month. Today, Jan Haaken talks with Cathy Sampson-Kruse, a member of the Waluulapum Band, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, about an upcoming benefit screening of "NECESSITY Part II: Rails, Rivers & the Th... Read more

International Cinema gets a handshake in this week's Film at 11, for 26 November, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 11/26/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

Today we take a look at the Criterion Collection publication of Johnnie To's Throw Down, while Jeff Godsil ponders Luis Buñuel's Belle du jour, and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time compares the recent Disney movie Jungle Cruise to the earlier 2015 film from Colombia, Embrace ... Read more

Aminder Dhaliwal - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2021 at 11:30am - 12:45pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

As the Portland Book Festival recovers from the Covid pandemic, we welcome the return of Aminder Dhaliwal, whose new book Cyclopedia Exotica grew out of a serialized online comic, just like her earlier book Woman World. Aminder has worked as a storyboard director for the... Read more

Shawn Levy, author of A Year in the Life of Death

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2021 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

Today on Jonesy, we welcome Shawn Levy, author of the new book of poems A Year in the Life of Death, from Portland’s University of Hell Press. Inspired by an obituary for Adele Mailer in the New York Times, Shawn decided to write 100 poems based on obits published in the Ti... Read more

Buscando America on 11/09/21

Airs at: Tue, 11/09/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

En esta transmisión escuchamos el segundo bloque del Mictlán Rebelde Sonoro Mictlan Xibalba Neh, un acto político cultural para honrar a nuestras muert@s y muertos, por la verdad y la justicia. Convocaron las/los/les compas adherentes a la sexta, a colectiv@s, individu@s, ... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 11/07/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

Liz Schwartz hosts a belated celebration of Canadian Thanksgiving with an all-Canadian lineup of Jewish music featuring Beyong the Pale; Kleztory; Lenka Lichtenberg and Louis Danto. Read more

BTTE Episode 304: PDX Pop Now! Special

Airs at: Sun, 11/07/2021 at 12:00am - 2:00am

Produced for: Back To The Egg

The most special of all specials: this one was 4 hours long due to the time warp! It was a real treat to be able to play all my favorites, plus a handful of tracks from Volume 18, hot off the cd press! Thanks to PDX Pop Now! for all they do for the scene and the city. p.s.... Read more

Dystopias new and old are the order of the day this week on Film at 11, for Friday 12 November, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 11/12/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

Among new movies is Britta Gordon on El planeta, and Jeff Godsil describing Cecil B. de Mille's The Sign of the Cross, with Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time re-visiting The Man in the White Suit, and in the book corner, a new monograph on Tarkovsky's Stalker. –––––––... Read more

David Hattner previews Portland Youth Philharmonic's 98th season opener

Airs at: Thu, 11/04/2021 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Many of the in-person events we look forward to every year in Portland were canceled last year, or went online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, we have a very effective vaccine now, and hope for the future of live events. Several of my favorites, maybe yours too,... Read more