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Ridgeway Studio and Gallery

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Marjorie Ridgeway and Jamie Cathey about their work on show at the new gallery Ridgeway Studio and Gallery. Ridgeway talks about setting up the gallery in June and using it to showcase her own work in acrylics... Read more

1/6: The Graphic Novel

Airs at: Thu, 07/13/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  What if the pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol had succeeded?  That's the question asked in 1/6: The Graphic Novel, a speculative spin on the real events of January 6, 2021.  Writers Gan Golan (The Adventures of Unemployed Man) and Alan Jenkins, a Harvard Law School p... Read more

All Jeff All the Time in this episode of Film at 11 for Friday, 21 July

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
 It's an All-Jeff episode as our own Jeff Godsil looks at Wuthering Heights, and then revisits Raging Bull. But first, Jeff explains how he tracks down his pictures. Read more

Fire photographers

Airs at: Tue, 07/04/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews photographers Dennis Weis and Greg Muhr about their volunteer work photographing fires for Portland Fire and Rescue. They talk about shooting fires such as the Korean Church in downtown Portland and the Elks bu... Read more

Film at 11 goes to new heights for Friday 7 July, 2023

Airs at: Fri, 07/07/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Lisa Neville, and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time compare and contrast Kurosawa's Ikiru and its recent remake in English, Living. Read more

Film at 11 sees out the month with new movies for Friday, 30 June 2023

Airs at: Fri, 06/30/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
A series of quick reviews, then Jeff Godsil on The Last Detail, and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time covers the new sequel Extraction 2. Read more

Crazy Fun For Early Summer

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Featured on this afternoon's show will be a radio drama adaptation of issue #17 of The Fantastic Four, In The Clutches Of Dr. Doom. One of a short series of radio adaptations of the early issues of The Fantastic Four made around 1973. Featuring Stan Lee himself reading the ... Read more

Human Rights after the Holocaust

Airs at: Tue, 06/27/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
OJM Human Rights KBOO blurb On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Scott Miller and Judy Margles about the new permanent exhibit at the Oregon Jewish Museum, Human Rights after the Holocaust. They talk about five of the 30 articles of the UN’s ... Read more

Popurrí La Ruleta

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2023 at 10:00pm - Sat, 06/24/2023 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Esta noche se presentará una selección bastante ecléctica de discos y grupos poco conocidos pero de calidad indiscutible: Ampersan, Jodorowsky, Javier Batiz, Trilce, Cossa Nostra, Toncho Pilatos, Betsy Pecanins, Nacho Méndez, Tepetatles, Quintana Roo, Baby Bátiz, Abril, Ari... Read more

Alison Bechdel - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this episode of Words and Pictures from May of 2012, we revisit Alison Bechdel, creator of the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and author of the graphic memoirs Fun Home and Are You My Mother? Alison may be best known for the “Bechdel Test,” which orig... Read more