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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

Chloe Cooper on Zines about Disability and Sexuality

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Chloe Cooper, Personal Agent with United Cerebral Palsy Connections If you are interested in finding one of Chloe's zines or want to be interviewed by her to be in an upcoming zine, you can contact Chloe one of 3 ways:  chloerosecooper2@gmail.com     text- 503-936-3268   In... 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 They talk about how they used historical documents to come up with the design of animals and plants surro...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

Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee January 21st, 2024

Airs at: Sun, 01/21/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for Oh Gee Pee Oh Gee

Stephen O'Donnell, author of Half-Light

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Stephen O’Donnell, author of the new story collection Half-Light. Stephen is a Portland-based painter, whose work is widely collected both here in the U.S. and abroad. He’s best known for his self-portraiture, working mainly in the genre known... Read more

Repeat from Nov. 6, 2023 featuring Rebecca starring Ida Lupino

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Due to this winter weather and lots of extra work Fortunato has had to send in a show from last November featuring a radio adaptation of Rebecca starring Ida Lupino and lots of music. Will be back with a new show next week. Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/21/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Portland Jewish Hour
Music for Tu b'Shvat, the birthday of the trees Read more

Matthew Cortese: " Japan: A destination and a dream"

Airs at: Fri, 01/19/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Once Upon a Time
    As an introduction to Japan, we are listening to Japanese Jazz and the version of "Take Five".   Then, Matthew, tells us about the first time he learned about Japan. He was in the first grade. His teacher spoke about a country called Japan. Since then, he started th... Read more

Playful Presence: Conversation with a Painter/Nomad

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2024 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Playful Presence
Taj talks with Roxanne Patruznick, who paints and lives a nomadic lifestyle. More info on Roxanne's art:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/GummyEmpire More info on Taj's creativity coaching: https://www.tajbaker.com Read more