Arts/Culture

Leanne Kent Norden, Portland Ceramic Artist

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Once Upon a Time

Leanne Kent Norden is a ceramic artist residing in Portland with her husband, cat, four ducks, and garden. Her relationship with ceramics began in high school in Southern California, then grew while she was a student at Tulane University, and continued when she moved... Read more

GLAAD it's Queer Awards Season

Airs at: Sat, 05/18/2024 at 10:00pm - Sun, 05/19/2024 at 12:00am

Produced for: Queery

May 2024 saw the 35th GLAAD Media Awards and the 67th Eurovision Song Contest, providing a lot of opportunity to explore up and coming queer artists! The GLAAD Media Awards began in 1990, representing content created in 1989. It is the longest running US awards show... Read more

AAPI Heritage Live Broadcast

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2024 at 5:00pm - 8:30pm

Produced for: Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, Special Programming: Public Affairs

On May 16th, we took a moment to celebrate and acknowledge Asian American Pacific Islander heritage. We broadcast live from the annual fundraising event organized by APANO and APANO Action Fund (AF), held at Avenue, in Portland's Lloyd District. This year's theme, ... Read more

The Sampler brings some music for a partly cloudy day

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

Featured on today's show willbe The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Miles Davis, Teddy Wilson, Herbie Mann, Gene Harris, Frank Sinatra and many more. Read more

Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 05/23/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Jonesy

The Talented Mr. Jonesy is off gallivanting in Italy, we’re not sure exactly where, so we’ll be re-airing a favorite episode from the archives. This one’s from KBOO’s long-running program Between the Covers and features an interview with Kimberly King Parsons for her sto... Read more

Reflecting on Reflections Coffee and Books

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

We flipped the script for this program. Black Book Talk co-host O B Hill is our guest, along with Gloria McMurtry. They are the founders of Reflections Coffee and Books which, for 17 years, drew fans to the crossroads of MLK Blvd and Killingsworth St. More than a cof... Read more

Justin Taylor, author of the new novel Reboot

Airs at: Thu, 05/09/2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Jonesy

On today's episode, we welcome Justin Taylor, author of the new novel Reboot, from Pantheon Books. Justin’s previous books include the memoir Riding with the Ghost, the novel The Gospel of Anarchy, and two story collections: Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever and Fli... Read more

Sounds Unsound late May '24

Airs at: Sun, 05/26/2024 at 12:00am - 3:00am

Produced for: Sounds Unsound

Sounds Unsound!!! Read more

Parties and sinking ships on Film at 11 for Friday, 10 May, 2024

Airs at: Fri, 05/10/2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Produced for: Film at 11

Jeff Godsil discusses the romance from History is Made at Night. Then W. C. Fields in It's a Gift. We look at the latest BFI Screen Classics book on Visconti's The Leopard. __________________________________________________________ Back in the 1920s, the... Read more