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Sounds from Scary Movies

Airs at: Mon, 10/31/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Tonight on A Different Nature, we celebrate Halloween with SOUNDS from SCARY MOVIES. Material is not from the soundtrack albums, but from the actual movies, music, sounds, dialog, even some screams. Join us tonight for two hours of blood curdling sounds, eerie music, haunti... Read more

The Ghosts of Birds by Eliot Weinberger

Airs at: Thu, 11/03/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  A new collection from “one of the world’s great essayists” (The New York Times). The Ghosts of Birds offers thirty-five essays by Eliot Weinberger: the first section of the book continues his linked serial-essay An Elemental Thing, which pulls the reader into “a vortex f... Read more

The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  "If you love stories but distrust them, if you love language and can also see how it is used as a tool or a weapon in the maintenance of status quo, then read The Winged Histories."— Marion Deeds, Fantasy Literature;  "Told by four different women, it is a story of war; ... Read more

Dog Gone by Pauls Toutonghi

Airs at: Thu, 10/27/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “This is one of those rare books that reads you more than you read it.  It’s a family story, a pet story, a spiritual journey.  It’s almost a novel, except that it’s ‘true.’  It’s kind-hearted, crazy, and moving.  I found myself laughing.  I found myself with tears to wi... Read more

Andre Middleton Interviews Matthew 'Slim Pickins' Abelman about art and satire

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Portland-based satirical narrative painter who works primarily in acrylic tackling the concepts of identity, sex, politics and religion in the hilariously volatile American 21st century. Art news Collaboration & ensembles welcomed! Because Pochas Radicales was built on a ... Read more

GremLin Time

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/18/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
For the first time in all the years of presenting Gremlin Time, Fortunato arrived at the studio without the program that was supposed to go on for the Halloween show. Also, in all the years of putting on this show, the programs that were always the most trouble, were the Ha... Read more

El Muerto Vagabundo

Airs at: Tue, 10/18/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
For its 33rd season Milagro Theatre has chosen the theme home. The season opening show is about people without homes. Join Dmae as she welcomes Milagro Theatre's new producing creative director Roy Arauz and artist-in-residence Georgina H. Escobar who conceived and directed... Read more

In The News...

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 9:30pm - Fri, 10/21/2016 at 9:30pm
Produced for:  This Is How We See It
Find out why Wells Fargo was ordered to pay $185M to some of it's customers.  Kim Kardashian robbed at gunpoint in Paris.  The 7 signs of Aging revealed.  Join us as we discuss these topics and much more! Read more

Ramiro Ramírez Duarte, Live Music with Ethnic Instrumentation

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 10:00pm - Sat, 10/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
En La Ruleta tendremos un especial con Ramiro Ramírez Duarte ex integrante del grupo La Tribu, grupo escencial e importante dentro de los avances del Etnorock y de sonidos nuevos. Tendrenos el placer de tener a Ramiro Duarte en cabina, quien compartirá música en vivo, así c... Read more

Underground USA

Airs at: Thu, 10/13/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Underground USA is a symposium at the University of Oregon's Portland campus on October 15th, paying tribute to great underground artists of the Pacific Northwest. Joining us in the studio to talk about the event is Underground USA keynote speaker Patrick Rosenkranz, au... Read more