Arts and Culture

Cartoonists in Afghanistan - Never-Before-Aired Stories

Airs at: Thu, 09/09/2021 at 11:30am - 12:30pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In October of 2010, political cartoonists Ted Rall and Matt Bors joined S.W. Conser in the KBOO studios for a live interview about the unembedded fact-finding trip they took through Afghanistan two months earlier. Due to time constraints, many of their additional storie... Read more

Boogie Pachanguero - Lenguas ecuatoriales

Airs at: Fri, 09/10/2021 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Boogie Pachanguero

Saludos mi gente!! Tonight, on our dancing trip, we are in tribute to the roots of our dancing tropical rhythms. In particular, we are in the south american regions along the Equator, to raise the languages of all who are the roots of our musical identities. They may be sti... Read more

Y2K Bugs To Electronic Rust

Airs at: Thu, 09/16/2021 at 3:00am - 4:30am

Produced for: The Last Hour

Listen to 90 minutes of some of Thomas James' favorite electronic music artists that recorded music between 1998-2002 and still create music today and have recorded between 2018 and 2021. Artist List: Amon Tobin, THYS, Noordpool Orchestra, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Sleepne... Read more

Venice VR '21

Airs at: Tue, 09/07/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Amy Dotson about Venice Virtual Reality Expanded ‘21, which is a sampling of VR entries to this year’s Venice Biennial Film Festival. Dotson is the Curator of Film & New Media at the Portland Art Museum a... Read more

More Fall Mood Films at Film at 11, for 10 September, 2021

Airs at: Fri, 09/10/2021 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

Britta Gordon starts off commenting on Pablo Larrain's Neruda, from 2016 on Kanopy, and Jeff Godsil takes another look at Godard's Contempt, and Natalie Lasko in conversation about two series of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder films on the Criterion Channel in September. Read more

Buscando America on 08/31/21

Airs at: Tue, 08/31/2021 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

En este episodio escucharás una conversación con Trixia Trix Larix, artista, pintora, albañila, madre, viajera, compartiendo sobre su trabajo en Haití ayudando a personas víctimas del terremoto en 2010. El sábado 28 de agosto, cientos de migrantes, la mayoría haitianos, pa... Read more

Third Eye Bookstore

Airs at: Thu, 09/02/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Charles Hannah and his wife Michelle Lewis are the co-owners of Third Eye Books, Portland's only Black-owned bookstore. Charles shares what motivated the couple to open a bookstore at a time when independent stores are challenged by mega-sellers like Amazon. He expresses ... Read more

Wider Window Poetry, Selected Poets

Airs at: Mon, 09/06/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Produced for: Wider Window Poetry

Readings by Richard Blanco, Lawson Inada, Amanda Gorman and others Read more

Intisar Abioto

Airs at: Tue, 08/31/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Intisar Abioto about her family’s residency at Building 5 in Northwest Portland. Abioto talks about her photo portraits of Black people which hang in the large warehouse space, printed on transluce... Read more