Arts/Culture

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Buscando America on 10/01/19

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión escucharás  Nomadxs con Indira Valey,  artista multidisciplinaria que acaba de estrenar su nuevo disco Yemas.  En Krónikas de Viaje, Karen Torrente habla sobre los 43 normalistas de Ayotzinapa a  5 años de su desaparición forzada.  La tira cómica argentina ... Read more

Amanda Clem interviews textile artist Sarah Wertzberger

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
. . .   On Tuesday October 1, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. Amanda Clem interviews Sarah Wertzberger about her exhibition Color Vision, opening at HOLDING Contemporary on Thursday, October 3.  Sarah Wertzberger is an artist and designer with a multidisciplinary studio practice, wor... Read more

Sojourner Truth Radio

Every Thursday from 8:00 am to 9:00 am Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod is a public affairs program from KPFK Radio. Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all. We draw out how those of us mo... Read more

Trevino Brings Plenty

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Trevino Brings Plenty. Extra poems by Lawrence Lacambra Ypil.   Trevino L. Brings Plenty is a poet and musician who lives, works, and writes in Portland, OR. He is singer/songwriter/guitarist for the musical ensemble Ballads of Larry Drake. He has read/performed his work a... Read more

Author Rene Denfeld

Airs at: Tue, 10/01/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae talks with Portland author Rene Denfeld about The Butterfly Girl, her sequel to the The Child Finder. Her follow up to her book about Naomi, a private investigator, an exceptional young woman who has a talent for finding lost children. In this new book follows Naomi... Read more

Squirrels Know on 09/27/19

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  Squirrels Know
Thanks to KBOO Foundation and the Marla Davis Fund for helping me keep this show going! It is a real source of inspiration. As an activist for global justice and the welfare of the animal beings, I feel blessed I am being financially supported in this journey. Even if they'... Read more

On becoming a beaver believer

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  KBOO News Director Althea Billings takes a look at beavers and their contributions towards mitigating the climate crisis and how they help shape our wild landscapes.  Read more

Certain Days 2020 Calendar for Political Prisoners

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews New York based community organizer and former Political Prisoner Daniel McGowan.  Daniel has been involved with helping to coordinate the Certain Days yearly calendar project that features the artwork and words of U.S.-based Political Prisoners.  ... Read more

08 TRIPP-P 19Sep2019

Airs at: Fri, 09/27/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 10/31/2021 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
In this episode, Hosts Cory & Lesley sit down to discuss the Global Climate Strike Movement inspired by 16 year old Swedish Activist, Greta Thunberg, and the impact that the youth of today are having on addressing climate change - such as with the lawsuit Juliana v. the Un... Read more

Lebanese Cinema on Film at 11

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2020 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Film at 11
Portlander Noor-Petra Hamiel is on hand to discuss Lebanese cinema, including the recent Capernaum. Noor is a native of the country, and in Portland is a caterer and restauranteur, but also an avid film viewer. She joins Mona and the rest for a wide-ranging discussion.      Read more