Arts/Culture

National Cartoonists Society in Portland

Airs at: Thu, 06/08/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

The National Cartoonists Society has been honoring cartoonists, animators and comics artists since 1946, and has finally brought their Reuben Awards event to Portland. Author and "comics chronicler" R.C. Harvey joins us to talk about the history and the changes within t... Read more

Poetry, Politics, and Truth

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Patsy Kullberg interviews poet and activist Judith Arcana about her new collection of poetry, Announcements from the Planetarium. They take up the question of poetry in relationship to truth and politics. Arcana hosts the KBOO program Poetry and Everything every fourth M... Read more

Hot Topics

Airs at: Mon, 06/05/2017 at 3:30pm - Sun, 06/11/2017 at 3:30pm

Produced for: This Is How We See It

We talk to independent film maker Les Butchart (Highway 29 Motion Pictures) about the state of film making in N.C. The terror attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester England. Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes are seen in Paris together. Should girls be taught to expect ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 5th, 2017

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes.. Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou of the Earth island Institute on Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord. Patsy Kullberg interviews poet and activist Judith Arcana about he... Read more

Arvie Smith speaks to Eric Bartels

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Eric Bartels interviews painter and educator Arvie Smith about education and the arts. Arvie Smith transforms the history of oppressed and stereotyped segments of the American experience into lyrical two-dimensional master works. His paintings are commonly of psycholog... Read more

Vanport Mosaic Festival: Sharon Maxwell

Airs at: Wed, 05/31/2017 at 5:30pm - Thu, 06/01/2017 at 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

The Vanport Mosaic Festival took place last weekend, commemorating what was Oregon’s second largest city before a flood destroyed it in 1948. KBOO reporter Theresa Mitchell interviewed Sharon Maxwell, a Portland writer and activist, as well as former City Council candidate,... Read more

Tod Davies: The Importance of Story

Airs at: Thu, 06/01/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Tod Davies is a celebrated screenwriter, author, and founder of the independent publishing house Exterminating Angel Press. Her early adventures working with youth in the streets of Liverpool roused her passion for the power of storytelling and helped inspire her trilog... Read more

Interview with Shirley Minor, Daughter of Vanport Survivor

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm

Produced for: Evening News

Today was the last day of the Vanport Mosaic Festival, celebrating the history and impact of Vanport, once Oregon's second largest city before it was destroyed by a flood and neglect in 1948. It was located in the area that is now Delta Park. Shirley Minor's father was pres... Read more

Vox Pop: Hollywood Transit Center

Airs at: Mon, 05/29/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

Three days after a vicious hate crime on a MAX train--in which two girls were targeted for the color of their skin and perceived religion, and three men who intervened were stabbed, killing two--Portlanders continue to stop by the Hollywood Transit Center to process what ha... Read more

30 Years of ACT UP; and Art by Tarts: a sex worker art show.

Airs at: Tue, 05/30/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

Solidarity: global and local; past and present. How do we organize to confront a crisis? We'll be talking with folks who have answered the call for community-and-activism on issues of sexuality, safety, health, and well-being. In the first half of the hour, we'll be ta... Read more