Arts/Culture

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Black History Festival NW 

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features the first ever Black History Festival NW with festival director Shalanda Sims about this extension of her Black History Month play Who I Am Celebrating Me Black History play which will have its 12th performance this year (Feb. 11 & 12 at 7:30pm). With her w... Read more

Penny Arcade performs in Portland in February; and talking LGBT issues at Concordia University

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
This week on Preference, we'll be talking with performance artist Penny Arcade. She is in town this month to perform in a Boom Arts production, Longing Lasts Longer, on February 1st, 2nd, 8th, and 9th.  "Penny Arcade Aka Susana Ventura is an internationally respected perfor... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 29th 2018

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole  Greenwashing and Global Climate Justice: Bill Resnick talks to John Foran about corporate greenwashing and what must and can be done to save the planet.  John Foran is professor of sociology at the University of Califo... Read more

Betty Before X author Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the sp... Read more

Live in Studio: Steve Cheseborough

Airs at: Sat, 01/27/2018 at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Blues Junction
Acoustic blues artist Steve Cheseborough is a cult figure among aficionados of 1920s-30s-style blues. His chilling re-creations of Bo Carter, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and other early blues masters turn any setting into a jook joint for the night. Cheseborough ... Read more

The future of Black Portland: A SWOT Analysis

Airs at: Sat, 01/27/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Royal Harris guest hosts a portion of the show to discuss the future of Black Portland: A SWOT Analysis. He and his guests will be looking at how we build, retain and grow the community looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The rest of the show will ... Read more

Speculative Fiction in the Revolution

Airs at: Fri, 01/26/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
We are made up of stories, and build our societies on the stories we tell. Speculative fiction challenges us to reimagine the world. Ursula K. Le Guin has been one of the greatest authors in the field. She passed away last Monday, after writing science fiction, fantasy, ess... Read more

Profile: Dr Lonnie Smith

Airs at: Sat, 02/17/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  On February 17, from 4-5 pm, the show will focus on the career of Dr Lonnie Smith, the last of the masters of the Hammond B-3 organ, who is performing at the PDX Jazz Festival on Friday Feb 23. Rick Mitchell will be talking with Dr. Lonnie Smith by phone at some point in... Read more

Portland Jewish Hour

Airs at: Sun, 01/28/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
Host Liz Schwartz interviews internationally renowned klezmer fiddler Alicia Svigals about Beregovsky Suite, the first solo recording she's released in 20 years. This album, a collaborative project with Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Uli Geissendoerfer, brings to life long-l... Read more

Ursula K. Le Guin: "Out Here"

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
  "Women's writing tends to get disapeared when they die..." -Ursula K. Le Guin Portland's own Ursula K. Le Guin passed away this week at the age of 88. She was a novelist working mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction but she also authored children's books, s... Read more