Arts and Culture

The Talking Earth 04/20/2009

Airs at: Sun, 04/19/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
Barbara LaMorticella hosts. Read more

NW Classical Theatre's "Richard II" & Theatre Vertigo's "Freakshow"

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Director JoAnn Johnson and Artistic Director Grant Turner of Northwest Classical Theatre. Company. They're presenting an all-female version on Shakespeare's "Richard II"...and in the second half of the show, Tom Moorman drops in to tell us about "Fre... Read more

John Law!

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Radiozine
S.W. Conser interviews artist, author, filmmaker, and culture-jammer John Law about his explorations of off-limits structures, his history with San Francisco's prankster brigades The Suicide Club and Cacophony Society, and his co-founding of the Burning Man Arts Festival.  ... Read more

Stumptown Comics Festival preview

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Words and Pictures
Dark Horse Comics president Mike Richardson returns to Words & Pictures to preview the 2009 Stumptown Comics Festival, running April 18-19 at the Lloyd Doubletree Hotel.  The festival is preceded by a benefit dinner on April 17 for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.  Mayor ... Read more

Passin' Arts' "A Sunbeam" and ART's "Distracted"

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Actors Shelley B. Johnson and Andrea White of Passin' Art Theatre about their production of "A Sunbeam by John Henry Redwood. And in the second half, Allan Nause, artistic director of Artists Repertory Theatre discusses "Distracted" by Lisa Loome... Read more

Fabulous Bear at TOJT AND Image Theorist W.J.T. Mitchell

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Tears of Joy theatre presents "Fabulous Bear” with Performers Kris Woolen, Jonathan Owicki and Hannah Long.  Check out the puppet show on the Facebook Page!  And in the second half, Frank Reynolds talks with Image Theorist W.J.T. Mitchell who’s givin... Read more

"Goodnight Moon" at NWCT and People Speak Out about Arts

Airs at: Mon, 03/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts talks with Sarah Jane Hardy, director for  Northwest Children's Theatre's production of "Goodnight, Moon" a new musical based on the classic children's bedtime poem.  Also featured are actors Lea Zawada and Aiden Jung who sing a duet from the musical. And in th... Read more

Local Producers Discuss Literary Journal: "Ink-Filled Page"

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek interviews local producers Ali McCart, Kristin Thiel, Joseph Riippi, and Scott Parker, of "Ink-Filled Page," a quarterly journal of fiction, nonfiction and artwork from Indigo Editing & Publications.  Read more

IFCC budget cuts and Bodyvox Foot Opera Files

Airs at: Tue, 03/17/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Stage and Studio
Host/Producer Dmae Roberts talks with Adrienne Flagg, creative director, and Kimberly Howard, managing director, of the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center about the proposed withdrawal of funding by Portland Parks and Rec after 26 years.  Find out how a potential loss of ... Read more

Busy Week

It was a busy week for sure.  Not only did I host the Bread and Roses show, featuring Della Rae of DonorsResource.org and Janna Mock-Lopez of Goodness Magazine, which was such a treat to pull together, but I also came back the next day to create Saturday's, An Evening of Af... Read more