Arts/Culture

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Many Restless Concerns by Gayle Brandeis

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

Countess Elizabeth Bathory, also known as The Blood Countess and Countess Dracula, was a noblewoman and serial killer in 16th Century Hungary. She was accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women. The Countess avoided prison and execution due to her powerful con... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews Christine Miller and Brittany Vega

Airs at: Tue, 02/18/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 11:30am Amanda Clem interviews Christine Miller and Brittany Vega about their exhibtion American Hex at Fuller Rosen Gallery. Miller and Vega’s varied practices center on the artist as collector, and use their personal archives to shed li... Read more

Such a Fun Age

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Kiley Reid's debut novel, Such a Fun Age, which very skillfully discloses issues of race and class. Especially impressive is how she lets her characters tell the story and raise the issues, rather than acting as an omniscient narrator. The no... Read more

Book Mole: Such A Fun Age, by Kiley Reid

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Book Mole, Larry Bowlden, reviews Kiley Reid's debut novel: Such A Fun Age. Larry joins other critics in praising the book's fresh and engaging treatment of contemporary race and class issues. You can find it at the Multnomah County Library. Read more

Art Talk Bus Stop

Airs: 4th Wednesday of every month, 11am–12pm Art Talk Bus Stop is a 1-hour, youth-centered podcast about how artists do their work and make a living. Each month we interview an artist, maker, or creative worker about their career path. Participating students learn to rese... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 17, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: A dramatic reading of excerpts of Nikole Hannah-Jone's essay, "Our Democracy's Founding Ideals Were False When They Were Written; Black Americans Have Fought to Make Them True." Sharon Grant reads, Bill Resnick introduces. Boo... Read more

The Return of Paris Brewer Part Two:Live Keys and Strings

Airs at: Sun, 02/16/2020 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Produced for: Interspace Radio

DJ Meta Hosts: Soulful Intimate Evening from one heart to all hearts. Paris returns to play a set of music on keys and strings. Read more

La' Tevin Alexander

Airs at: Tue, 02/18/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Stage and Studio

Dmae features La’ Tevin Alexander, actor, director and artistic director of Confrontation Theatre, a company he founded which is co-producing Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau with Portland Playhouse. The show, directed by Vanport Mosaic's Damaris Webb, runs February 19th... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 02/16/2020 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Portland Jewish Hour

Host Liz Schwartz interviews Eric Stein from Beyond the Pale, a Toronto-based klezmer group currently on their first visit to the Pacific NW. BTP will be performing at The Old Church in Portland on Sunday, 2/16. More information can be found here. Read more