Arts and Culture

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Nuestro Canto live on Movin' On 6/17/16

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2016 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Nuestro Canto (Gerardo Calderon and Nelda Reyes) has gathered music from the indigenous groups living currently in our communities in the U.S such as the Nahuas, Purepechas, Mayas and Zapotecos and performs them in its original form and language, featuring ancient and nativ... Read more

Art Focus hosted by Andre Middleton w/ guest Mia O'Connor and Natalie Figueroa

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Mia O'Connor is a 22 year old Portland native. She started dancing at age 3, joined pre professional dance company Jefferson dancers (2008-2012) after graduating from Grant HS, she moved to NYC to dance at the Ailey school. Once she returned to Portland, in January 2015 she... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  In this extended version of our interview with pioneering artist and filmmaker Kathy Zielinski, we talk more about her experiences riding the technological waves from hand-drawn 2-D feature films to computer-generated imagery, the importance of pose and expression in bot... Read more

What Is More Important Than Fame? Liberation!

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
So many of our Master Teachers are leaving this earth- people who created art which stood for creativity and positivity; people who recognized that organization was a tool to getting free; people who achieved massive fame and made a conscious decision to commit 'class suici... Read more

Prince Vs. Bowie Memorial Bike Ride

KBOO Community Radio is a proud Co-Sponsor of the Prince & David Bowie Memorial Bike Ride on Sat. June 11th @ 7pm   Come celebrate the lives & music of these INCREDIBLE icons as we pedal and dance the night away! "We don't cry because we knew them, we cry because they hel... Read more

Animator Kathy Zielinski

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Kathy Zielinski is a pioneering artist and filmmaker who's been called "The Queen of Animated Villains" for helping bring to life such characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid and Jafar in Aladdin. Wbile visiting Portland for an ASIFA event, she sat down... Read more

Art Focus with host Andre Middleton

Airs at: Tue, 05/31/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
Two years ago the former Consul General of Japan Hiroshi Furusawa attended a meeting at which tempers flared among members of some local ethnic communities. He was concerned about what he witnessed and began to consider ways in which he could make positive changes. He co... Read more

Sounds Unsound late May 2016

Airs at: Sun, 05/29/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Sounds Unsound
New music, and some older stuff. Experimental, psychedelic, industrial, avant-noise.... Read more

Insane Music for Insane People Vol. 12

Airs at: Fri, 05/27/2016 at 10:00pm - Sat, 05/28/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
Coninuation of the series of Belgium produced cassettes from the Insane label. This is Vol. 12 and will be adorned with other underground material. Read more

The Language of Food

Airs at: Fri, 05/27/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
If food were a language, what stories do we tell? This month, Pacific Underground explored what food signifies for us as Asian and Pacific Islande-Americans, what it means to us at different times of our lives, and, in a lot of ways, how we perceive ourselves. First, we sha... Read more