Arts and Culture

Joe Sacco: Footnotes in Gaza - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  As part of the 20th anniversary commemoration of Words and Pictures, we revisit our January 2010 conversation with Portland artist and self-styled "war junkie" Joe Sacco. Sacco has carved out a niche in the publishing world for his war reportage comics.  For more than t... Read more

Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays, authors of Kitchen Heat: a Restaurantland Romance

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays, authors of the new novel Kitchen Heat: A Restaurantland Romance. Kathleen and Clark are writing partners and a couple in real life, going on 26 years of marriage. Their previous books include four novels in The ... Read more

Aristeo: The Sacred Machine (1985); Eagle Warrior (1989)

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
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The Dark Days Have Passed

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns as the days get a little bit longer. Featured on today's show will be a reairing of a recent review by DK Holm and Matthew of a just released box set of 5 video discs from The Critirion Collection of a series of westerns released in the late 1950's starrin... Read more

We Are Each Other's Harvest by Natalie Baszile

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
 In the 1920s, there were over one million black farmers; today there are just 45,000.  "We Are Each Other's Harvest" explores this crisis, through the farmers’ personal experiences. In their own words, middle aged and elderly black farmers explain why they continue to farm... Read more

Gerardo Calderón: Artesano de la Música

Airs at: Fri, 01/26/2024 at 10:00pm - Sat, 01/27/2024 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Programa dedicado a nuestro querido amigo Gerardo Calderón  Read more

For Friday, 26 January. 2024, a report of our special episode on Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Airs at: Fri, 01/26/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
In another very special edition of Film at 11, Lisa Neville, who teaches Film at Cortland University, Cortland New York, Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time, join us for a half hour discussion of the film Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, from 1942. We trace it as a piece... Read more

Cascade Festival of African Films and The Nyback Show

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Portland Community College has hosted the Cascade Festival of African Films for 34 years, inviting filmmakers from the African diaspora to Oregon and welcoming the community to attend screenings free of charge. This year's festival co-directors, Eugenie Jolivett Fontana ... Read more

Back at Last !

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with lots of music to help you clean up after our recent winter storm. Featured in the second hour will be a repeat presentation of Katherine Dunn reading a short story of local politics titled Tight Shoes by Daymon Runyon. Set in the years of the Great De... Read more

Lincoln High School Mural

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artists Shu-Ju Wang and Lynn Yarne about the new mural at Lincoln High School called Restoration Roadmaps. They talk about how they used historical documents to come up with the design of animals and plants surro... Read more