Arts and Culture

Thom Bray returns as Dickens in “A Christmas Carol: A Victorian Reading”

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2024 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News, News In Depth

For many of us, the holiday season means multiple viewings of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and there’s no shortage of films, and stage productions, to choose from. We’re especially favored here in Portland with a version that comes directly from Mr. Dickens himself,... Read more

Psychedelic Rock Posters

Airs at: Tue, 12/24/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

On Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Mary Weaver Chapin, the Curator of Graphic Arts at Portland Art Museum, who will discuss the show “Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s,” which runs now until June 15, 2025. Ms. Weave... Read more

I.C.P. Instant Composers Pool 007/008 (The Chocolate Box), 1971

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: A Different Nature

Holiday music and stories

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Produced for: The Monday Sampler

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The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 11:00pm - Tue, 12/17/2024 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Once again we present our holiday special, featuring the humorous and alarming adventures of Father Christmas and his friend The North Polar Bear. Writtenby JRR Tolkien as treats for his children at Christmas. The stories would appear, in an envelope either found with the p... Read more

El Klan: Love is A Swedish Thing; Los Belmont’s a Go Go; Spiders: Back; Los Zignos

Airs at: Fri, 12/13/2024 at 10:00pm - Sat, 12/14/2024 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

"Once Upon A Time"

Airs at: Fri, 12/20/2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Produced for: Once Upon a Time

Christopher Luna is a poet, collage artist, editor, writing coach and teacher who served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Clark County from 2013-2017. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Pr... Read more

1/6 - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2024 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In the runup to the second presidential term of Donald Trump, we revisit our June 2023 conversation with the creative team behind 1/6: The Graphic Novel, a speculative spin on the real events of January 6, 2021. Writers Gan Golan (The Adventures of Unemployed Man) and Al... Read more

Willamette Radio Workshop presents "A Radio Christmas Carol"

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Produced for: Jonesy

Christmas is coming a little earlier than usual to Jonesy. A lot of us are going through difficult times, and we can all use a little Christmas spirit. What better way than our own holiday tradition, re-airing Willamette Radio Workshop’s “A Radio Christmas Carol”, which I h... Read more