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Bowie by Mike Allred

Airs at: Thu, 02/13/2020 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Mike Allred burst onto the independent comics scene in the 1990's with such deceptively bright and splashy titles as Madman, Atomics, and Red Rocket 7, bringing a combination of surrealism, depth psychology, and pop culture to the superhero and science-fiction genres. P... Read more

Episode 5: Velvet Barbie

Airs at: Tue, 02/04/2020 at 7:30am - 8:30am

Produced for: Anything But Ordinary

Human T-Shirt Cannons, Karaoke, and Dad Bands: OH MY! 3A Artistic Director Sarah Tiedemann spends time with Genghis Barbie's Danielle Kuhlmann (AKA VELVET BARBIE). Tune in to learn where The Barbies got their name and how they come with their [fantastic] arrangements (am... Read more

PNCA student Kristin Derryberry interviews Portland-based multi-disciplinary artist David Eckard about Placards and Placeholders

Airs at: Tue, 02/04/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

PNCA student Kristin Derryberry interviews Portland-based multi-disciplinary artist David Eckard about Placards and Placeholders at PCC Sylvania. Eckard is still trying to see if object and image can possibly represent a life being lived that honestly recalls and reconciles... Read more

Black History Festival NW + Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 02/04/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae spotlights the 14th annual Black History Festival NW 2020. It’s a celebration of culture and heritage created by Shalanda Sims running throughout February. She’s also the creator of Who I am Celebrating me –a Black history play that’s part of the festival. We’ll al... Read more

In the Dream House

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

“In the Dream House…confronts the issues of credibility, self-doubt, and disbelief that all too frequently arise when survivors of domestic abuse speak out. But the work also stands as an intervention explicitly aimed at the silences, erasures, and lacunae of the culture... Read more

"Brown Sugar Babe" by Charlotte Sherman

Airs at: Thu, 02/06/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Author Charlotte Sherman writes, "I love being brown and wanted to write a poem to highlight the splendor of this underestimated color for young boys and girls, so they too will love the skin they are in. When I first heard a beautiful, radiant, brown-skinned child say... Read more

Ep 99. LIVE! WITH HIGH GOOD PEOPLE ft. Tiare Darnell

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2020 at 12:15am - Sat, 02/29/2020 at 12:15am

Produced for: Village Vibes Podcast

*High* everybody! In December, we had the honor of sitting down with Portland's finest cannabis connoisseur, our friend Tiara Darnell! We did our first ever live show to talk about Tiara's *dope* podcast called @highgoodpeople , the struggles of podcasting and doing it all ... Read more

Ep 98. It Takes A Village To F*$k It All Up! ft. Morgan Jones

Airs at: Wed, 01/29/2020 at 12:00am - Sat, 02/29/2020 at 12:00am

Produced for: Village Vibes Podcast

Sooo we’re not sure how else to say this but we’ve got THE BEST OF THE BEST ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK! *insert Meg Thee Stallion tongue* Please don’t sleep on this conversation we had with @portlandmorgan !! Relive all your GoT feelings (mostly the hurt ones), hear her take on ... Read more