Arts/Culture

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Film at 11

      ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––   Every Friday from 10:30 am - 11:00 am Panel reviewing the latest films, from the multiplex to the art houses to the Northwest Film Center, and streaming films.  Occasional special shows for seasonal or current events. Focus ... Read more

JAZZ Music's Hidden Voodoo & The Postmodern Moment

Airs at: Sat, 01/19/2019 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Back in the day when Congo Square is the epicenter of artistic expression. When music's exclusive role is to interrogate myriad moans, chants, cries, and  people tropes in an integrative moment of protest, spirituality, and healing. Voices and souls from the Underground, th... Read more

Ep 77. It Takes A Village To Take Out The Trash

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2019 at 12:00am - Thu, 01/31/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Village Vibes Podcast
Trash talk at it's finest this week. But uh we threw some gems in there too ya'll! Remember K and B are the best of friends forever! LOL. Read more

Buscando America on 01/15/19

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Recordando el triunfo de la Revolución Cubana y al poeta cubano mexicano Iván Portela Bonachea mejor conocido "el poeta de las dos islas" en alusión a Cuba e Irlanda. Jorge Rodríguez pastor de la Iglesia Metodista de Las Naciones habla de la delegación de Interfaith Movemen... Read more

Formosa Moon by Joshua Samuel Brown and Stephanie Huffman

Airs at: Fri, 01/18/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Our Radiozine guests today are Joshua Samuel Brown and Stephanie Huffman, authors of the new book Formosa Moon, from Things Asian Press. Formosa Moon is part memoir, part travel guide, in which Josh and Stephanie tell the story of their move from Portland, Oregon to Taiwan ... Read more

Ernest Ranglin

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2019 at 2:15pm - 3:15pm
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PlayWrite: Social Transformation Through Drama

Airs at: Wed, 01/16/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande interview Bruce Livingston, Executive Director of PlayWrite, Coach/actor Victor Mack and playwright Jaclyn, from Mt. Scott LC High School.  PlayWrite brings professional coaches and actors together with youth to write and direct their own ch... Read more

Fertile Ground 2019

Airs at: Tue, 01/15/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Host Joseph Gallivan features theatre productions in the 10th anniversary of Fertile Ground, Portland's largest city-wide Festival of New Works. Fertile Ground 2019 Festival Director Nicole Lane gives us an overview of the festival. She is joined by performing artists Bill ... Read more

Space Patrol: The Spies From Planet X

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Back again for a whole new year! The Sampler crew will start things off with another episode of Space Patrol - The Spies from Planet X. Also joining Fortunato and Just Jess will be film critic, DK Holm to discuss among other things the concluding episode of the current seas... Read more

Interview with Kristin Berger

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Poetry and Everything
Kristin Berger is the author of four poetry collections: Echolocation (Cirque Press, 2018), How Light Reaches Us (Aldrich Press, 2016), For the Willing (Finishing Line Press, 2008), and Refugia, forthcoming from Persian Pony Press in 2019.  From 2009-2011, she served on th... Read more