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Poetic Justice Sponsors Benefit Show at Roseland Theater

Airs at: Wed, 06/14/2017 at 2:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Poetic Justice PDX is a Portland based Poetry and and Spoken Word collective. This Friday, they will be sponsoring a Benefit Show at the Roseland Theater on 6th and Burnside in Portland. Proceeds from the benefit will go to the heroes and victims of the MAX tragedy, especi... Read more

Activism, resistance, and some poetry

Airs at: Fri, 06/23/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Pacific Underground
  How do we sustain activism and resistance in a time where political division and bigotry have become the norm? In our continuing exploration of finding sustainable answers, we talk to activist D Pei Wu about their work and try to get some insight about what path towards ... Read more

Movies at the Airport

Airs at: Thu, 06/22/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  Visitors to Portland International Airport can now enjoy short films by Oregon-based directors, thanks to the new Micro-Cinema on Concourse C which features local programming 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Hollywood Theatre Executive Director Doug Whyte brings us into... Read more

Talking Earth with John Sibley Williams

Airs at: Mon, 06/12/2017 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
Tonight KBOO's spoken word show Talking Earth will feature local poet John Sibley Williams. He is the editor of two Northwest poetry anthologies and the author of nine collections, including Controlled Hallucinations (2013) and Disinheritance (2016). A five-time Pushcart no... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 5, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Old Mole and we hear-- 1. Tom Athanasiou of the Earth Island Institute talks with Bill Resnick about Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord; 2.  Patsy Kullberg interviews local poet Judith Arcana about truth i... Read more

Poetry, Politics, and Truth

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patsy Kullberg interviews poet and activist Judith Arcana about her new collection of poetry, Announcements from the Planetarium. They take up the question of poetry in relationship to truth and politics. Arcana hosts the KBOO program Poetry and Everything every fourth M... Read more

2 Killed in Hate Attack on MAX Train

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Produced for Evening News
Our complete coverage from Monday, May 29, of the attack which occured at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday. There were five victims of the attack, which began when a man got on the train and almost immediately began verbally assaulting two teenage girls, one of whom i... Read more

Interview with Shirley Minor, Daughter of Vanport Survivor

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
Today was the last day of the Vanport Mosaic Festival, celebrating the history and impact of Vanport, once Oregon's second largest city before it was destroyed by a flood and neglect in 1948. It was located in the area that is now Delta Park. Shirley Minor's father was pres... Read more

How to Support the Victims of Friday's MAX Attack

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
A number of crowd sourcing sites have sprung up to offer assistance for the victims and survivors of Friday’s horrific attack on a Portland MAX train. Those wishing to provide support for the teenage girls who were the targets of the verbal abuse can go to https://www.youc... Read more

Digest by Gregory Pardlo

Airs at: Thu, 06/29/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between The Covers
Gregory Pardlo's Digest, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry "He explores what is American, what is African American, what is the Other, what is city, what is suburban, what is personal and what is persona. Digest offers a changing, rich landscape of verse, both haunting... Read more