Arts/Culture

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Why We Like What We Like

Airs at: Fri, 11/22/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Suzanne LaGrande interviews author, artist and local celebrity Arnold Drake World about how he started making paper flowers, what he learned about marketing from third graders, and his theories about why we like what we like, the subject of his forthcoming book. For more a... Read more

Food films for the holidays on Film at 11, 7 February 2020!

Airs at: Fri, 02/07/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Portland - based food writer Heather Arndt-Anderson joins us to talk about dining in movies, food and movies, and a panoply of topics, along with Perrine Willis, to discuss the History Channel show Project Blue Book.      New Releases:    https://www.movieinsider.com/mov... Read more

Film at 11 is coming to your neighborhood, Friday the 22nd

Airs at: Fri, 11/22/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Fortunato of KBOO's The Monday Sampler joins the cast to consider openings and revivals and a few surprises.    Here's what's playing that week:     https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/2019   Coming Out Nov 21, 2019 The Knight Before Christmas Romance Netflix Origin... Read more

Hobbyist of the Midwest(Chicago) Bull Velvet (PDX) Live in Studio 11.14.19

Airs at: Fri, 11/15/2019 at 10:00pm - Sat, 11/16/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Plugged In
Hobbyist is Holly Prindle who sings and Marc Mozga who plays guitar, drum machines, drone machines, bass and melodica. Hobbyist formed in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The release of their self- titled debut album came that same year, along with the EP “Hobbyist in Dub”- ... Read more

Hobbyist of the Midwest(Chicago) Bull Velvet (PDX) Live in Studio 11.14.19

Airs at: Fri, 11/15/2019 at 10:00pm - Sat, 11/16/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Plugged In
Hobbyist is Holly Prindle who sings and Marc Mozga who plays guitar, drum machines, drone machines, bass and melodica. Hobbyist formed in 2013 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The release of their self- titled debut album came that same year, along with the EP “Hobbyist in Dub”- ... Read more

Popular Education Presents: Revolutionary with Immortal Technique

Airs at: Thu, 11/14/2019 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Popular Education
Tammy interviews Immortal Technique about everything from his new album (The Middle Passage) to the school he helped build in Afganishtan. This is really, one of the best ones yet.  Read more

Buscando America on 11/12/19

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha sobre la liberación de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y sobre la crisis actual en Bolivia en una conversación con  Gisela Rodríguez socióloga y docente del Portland State University. Krónikas de Viaje presenta al poeta chiapaneco Balam Rodrigo con poemas de su Libro Cen... Read more

Kevin Huizenga

Airs at: Thu, 11/14/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Kevin Huizenga's comics don't hew to any typical narrative structure.  In self-published zines like Super Monster as well as award-winning graphic novels like Curses, Huizenga's long-suffering protagonist Glenn Ganges moves forward, backward, and sideways in time, grappl... Read more

Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Otto Riesenberg about his show Wooden Family Photos

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday Nov. 12 at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews photographer Otto Riesenberg about his show Wooden Family Photos at the Hampton Inn in the Pearl District. Riesenberg talks about why he photographs wooden marionettes in public, how strangers react, the impact of ... Read more

The Book of Lost Saints

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  The Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older. Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, sha... Read more