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Film at 11 ushers in autumn with a menu of moody movies for September 2, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 09/02/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Soon the weather will change and everything will start ... dying, but until then, Jeff Godsil contemplates Antonioni's  The Passenger, while Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time explicates a recent documentary on Hitler's Hollywood, and Hallie joins us to discuss the 25th anniver... Read more

Otis Quaicoe

Airs at: Tue, 08/23/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Otis Quaicoe (PRONOUNCED KWAK-oo) about his show (S)kin Deep, at the Portland Art Museum through December 31, 2022. Quaicoe talks about painting portraits from photos, using black and white for skin tones, usin... Read more

a l l i n y o u r h e a d

Airs at: Wed, 09/07/2022 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for Spark Plug
SP#6 explores the hypnagogic, hyper-conceptual plunderphonics offshoot known as Vaporwave. In the mix: repurposed muzak  80s pop loops  reverb  glitchy edits  smooth grooves  anemoia  r e v e r b       Read more

Is There Enough of the Crazy?

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Back with more music for a summer afternoon. Read more

The great Polish film Ida comes under scrutiny in a very special edition of Film at 11, for Friday 19 August, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 08/19/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Lisa Neville of SUNY's Cortland University and Matthew of KBOO's Gremlin Time join us for a discussion of Ida, the Polish film from 2013 co-written and directed by Paweł Pawlikowski. The team makes a spirited deep dive into this masterwork of modern art cinema.  Read more

Small World by Jonathon Evison

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Between the Covers
On today's episode, our guest is novelist Jonathon Evison, author of the New York Times bestsellers Lawn Boy, West of Here, and All About Lulu. We talk with Jonathon about his new novel, Small World, an epic American tale that spans generations. The New York Times Book Rev... Read more

More Summer Fun

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2022 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato returns with more music for a summer afternoon. In a kind of nostalgic, pre-Bop mood. And so, featured ontoday's show will be Artie Shaw, Django Reinhart, Peggy Lee, Herb Ellis, Art Tatum, Helen Forrest Nat King Cole, Mildred Bailey, Dick Powell, Terry Wilson, Tom... Read more

Yuyang Zhang

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2022 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
On Tuesday, August 16, 2022, Joseph Gallivan interviews Yuyang Zhang [PRONOUNCED YOO-yung CHUNG) about his show Stupid Little Life, on now at Blue Sky Gallery through August 27, 2022. Zhang talks about his mixed-media digital collages and photographic diptychs which concern... Read more

Back From the Past, a previously aired Film at 11, for Friday, August 12, 2022

Airs at: Fri, 08/12/2022 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for Film at 11
Today, we re-air a very special and recent edition of Film at 11 ... after a whirlwind tour of recent theater releases, Jeff Godsil revives the John Cusack vehicle High Fidelity, while Matthew of KBOO’s Gremlin Time re-visits El Dorado, with the late James Caan. Read more