On the January episode of "Behind the Screen", Natalie Butto hosts a live studio discussion with guests sharing insights about the booming film industry in Oregon, recent legislation, and future outlook.
Guests are:
Oregon Media Production Association Board members and Producers Ryan Crisman (President) and James WilderHancock (Government Affairs Committee); and
Host Laura McCandlish interviews acclaimed memoirist and poet Mary Karr, author of the bestselling The Liar's Club about her hardscrabble East Texas childhood and Cherry, her drug-laced, angst-filled coming of age story. With her characteristic dry wit, Karr now returns with Lit. In the searing yet hilarious memoir, Karr descends into alcoholism and madness as a young mother and struggling poet, only to be saved by an unlikely faith. In December, Lit made The New York Times' "The 10 Best Books of 2009" list.
While mainstream media wallows in President Obama's State of the Union speech, the world rolls inexorably - or perhaps execrably - on. OSU discovers that wildfires are not as bad for forests as logging. In downtown Portland one man set fire to himself and City Hall was evacuated because of a burning bagel (Presumably, the bagel did not set fire to itself...) A couple of enterprising businessmen from - Where else?
Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Christopher Messer who built his first flotation tank over 30 years ago and now operates the Deep Haven in Southeast Portland. Flotation tanks were developed by John Lily in the 1950's to study the effects of sensory deprivation, and they have been shown to facilitate healing and profound relaxation.
KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR FRIDAY 29 JANUARY 2010 ******************* Happy Friday! This is Margaret with your COMMUNITY CALENDAR for 29 January 2010.
This evening at seven, In Other Words Women's Books and Resources invites you to a show by feminist "freak folk" musicians Timmy Straw and Kristen Gass. This will take place at In Other Words, located at 8 NE Killingsworth Street in Portland. ****************** katie@inotherwords.org 503-232-6003 ******************
Come dance, watch performances, have drinks, at a Salsa/Tango fundraiser for the earthquake victims of Haiti. This event will be held TONIGHT, from 9:30 pm to 2 am at PEAR, located at 338 NW 6th Avenue, in downtown Portland. Suggested donation and sliding scale at the door. More information at 503-560-1266. www.pearmentor.org
Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Christopher Messer who built his first flotation tank over 30 years ago and now operates the