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Backstage with Triangle & Open Studio with Heather Soderberg

Airs at: Tue, 09/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae Roberts presents two audio tours. First we go backstage at Triangle Productions's new space. Managing Director Don Horn shows us around "The Sanctuary" and tells us how he produces a season of plays. Then we go to Cascade Locks, OR and talk with sculptor Heather Soderb... Read more

T:BA:11 Endurance is Key

  Endurance is Key   How to separate journalism from Journalist: do not, we are the writing, it's not set apart, it is our perspective. I am another pass holder at the festival of Time Based Arts 2011, one among many hundred, it seems. PICA is not withholding the festival f... Read more

Denis Arndt, veteran actor/director

Airs at: Tue, 09/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
On Tues, Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. on KBOO 90.7 FM, Dmae Roberts talks with actor and director Denis Arndt, veteran of major American theatres including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as well as hit television shows acting roles since then. Now Arndt has been directing and his la... Read more

Author Carla Peterson, "Black Gotham"

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, ... Read more

Street Books + Social Practice Art

Airs at: Tue, 08/30/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Host Dmae Roberts presents a collage story on Laura Moulton's Street Books produced by Tali Singer. Later, she revisits socially engaging art with Jen Delos Reyes & Harrell Fletcher of the Art amd  Social Practice program at Portland State University. Producer Macon Reed gi... Read more

Music Video Mashups at Time Based Art

Airs at: Thu, 08/25/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Behind the Screen
Brock Fansler and Eva Aguila, the creators of the Portland Community Media show Experimental Half Hour, are bringing their mix of cutting-edge music, choreography, video art, and improvised performance to The Works, the after-hours venue for PICA's annual Time-Based Art fes... Read more

S. Renee Mitchell and Remembering Carolyn

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
On this week's Stage & Studio writer/artist S. Renee Mitchell talks about the Natural and Proud People Inspiration project, a celebration of natural African-American hair. Mitchell also runs Twysted Healing Systahs, an organization that empowers women of color. And Dmae... Read more

Anime and Poster Art

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
For this month's show, Ally Fields and Kate Fletcher drop by the studio to tell listeners about the upcoming Kumoricon anime convention in Vancouver, Washington. Then, host S.W. Conser pays a visit to the Po'Boy Art studio to talk to some of Portland's preeminent poster art... Read more

Jimmy Wong shoots to internet fame

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Actor, singer, songwriter, and producer Jimmy Wong speaks with Andrew Yeh about achieving success through non-traditional channels.  His music video parody, Ching Chong (It means I Love You), has millions of viewings, he's a winner of the first youtube "NextUp" competition,... Read more

LFBJ: Lola Fair and Baby J

Airs at: Fri, 08/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Lola Fair & Baby J, singers and songwriters of the Asian-American duo "LFBJ" spoke recently with collective member, Andrew Yeh.  Before they joined forces professionally, Lola Fair and Baby J independently performed and recorded for labels in both Korea and the United State... Read more