Arts/Culture

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NW Singer-Songwriter Jim Page

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Legendary Northwest singer-songwriter Jim Page was in Portland for Winterfolk (the annual fundraiser for Sisters of the Road Cafe), and he took time out to do an interview for KBOO's Old Mole Variety Hour with Desiree Hellegers. In the course of their conversation, he pl... Read more

Animator Gail Noonan

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Gail Noonan's short films celebrate human relations and the natural world with a sweeping range of artistic techniques, from collage to stop-motion animation.  Her work cuts against the grain with humor and heart, tackling themes of justice and liberation, poetry and sex... Read more

Winter Festival Lineup

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  As winter drizzles on, there are two golden opportunities this month to get out and see the world without leaving Oregon: the Cascade Festival of African Films and the Portland International Film Festival. Ben Popp has been gathering together regional filmmakers for the ... Read more

Sean The Bus Driver on Astral Traveling 02/04/18 SuperBowl Sunday Edition

Airs at: Sun, 02/04/2018 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Interspace Radio
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Chitra: The Girl Prince

Airs at: Tue, 02/06/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features  Chitra: The Girl Prince co-directed by Sarah Jane Hardy and Anita Menon. We'll hear from both artists about their second epic collaboration which began with their critical success The Jungle Book. They worked with writer Avantika Shankar who travelled from... Read more

Sam Muller interviews Julian Hunter

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Sam Muller and Julian Hunter met recently at a bookstore, and became fast friends Sam and Julian attended the opening of 50 Years of KBOO at the Oregon Historical Society, where Sam interviewed Julian about his art practice, his Iranian background, and much more. We thank... Read more

Arturo Meza: A la Siniestra del Padre.

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/03/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
  Esta noche en La Ruleta estaremos escuchando la obra A La Siniestra del Padre de Arturo Meza, que consiste en dos cassettes. El concierto fue presentado en 1992 en el teatro J. Jimenez Rueda de la Ciudad de Mexico, con Meza y Esbirros. Estaremos tocando las grabaciones de... Read more

Podcast: A Radio Geekly Dives Deep Into Concepts Of Gentrification

Produced for:  A Radio Geekly
In this special podcast, A Radio Geekly expounds on the idea of gentrification as applied to geek culture. In this special hour-long piece, we take a look at code switching between gentrification and consumerism. How does the term gentrification actually apply? What is gent... Read more

The best in Protest Music

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
 The best in Protest Music will be deconstructed and celebrated on Feb 2 2018 from 8pm-10pm on "From the Grassroots", a radio show and Podcast,  where  we agitate for social change with music and political commentary . Joining LaNita Duke will be Art Historian Professor Dia... Read more

Black Women in Music Part Three

Airs at: Sat, 02/24/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
From 4pm to 5pm join Ms Mona Black-McDonald for Black Women in Music during February tribute to Black History Month.    Ms Black-McDonald is an aficionado of jazz and soul vocalist stretching back into the seventies. Tune in for the journey. Each hour will showcase a voca... Read more