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OPB's weekly journal of arts and creative work.
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FIrst pilot! First segment! A Roundtable of theater pros and critical types talk about the intersection worlds of what theaters can market, and what they decide to program. Also, kiwi pop phenom Aaradhna.
Our second pilot, first half. We start with a quick chat with the new Artistic Director fo the Oregon Ballet Theatre. Then game developer Steve Gaynor checks in on his company's runaway hit, Gone Home. Also, we Honey-Badger-nasty with the founders of the Portland Film Festival.
Today's show starts with a check in on Portland's arts tax. Then we visit Jackson Middle School, where the arts are already a part of everything kids do. And we check out the Warhol exhibit on view at the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute.
Final segment of this week's pilot. The guy tasked with cleaning public art in Portland, Corvallis Artists' Call and Response exhibition, and Asian-American women in comedy.
2nd segment - we check out Portland Opera's CD release of a Phillip Glass work they staged last year. Also the Blow talks about their first record in 7 years.
Today's pilot kicks off with hat tips to Carrie Mae Weems and Trimpin. Also, remember the old Oregon Trail video game? We go to the live simulation staged in Salem last month.
Wordstock is a veritable Tour de Strayed this year. One of Portland's most celebrated writers, Cheryl Strayed, will share the stage with fellow book club rock star Ayana Mathis Thursday night for the festival opener, and she'll chair a noon Saturday panel about lyrics and literature. We dug into the Think Out Loud Archive for Dave Miller's conversations with Strayed. Here's a taste of what we're cooking up for this week's show. Watch for the full show Saturday.
One of our favorite guys. Nick Jaina on what he's reading and writing. Listen for him on this week's pilot.
Ifanyi gets the skinny on the Reel Music Film Festival, and talks with video director and auteur Alicia Rose about her work. We say goodbye to guest curator David Biespiel. Also, OPB Music welcomes J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound.
Our field trip to Powell's continues. We dig into the archives for Cheryl Strayed. Guest Curator David Biespiel talks about the intersection of politics and literature. And April chats up Powell's CEO Miriam Sontz.
We're on a field trip to Powell's City of Books this week! Nick Jaina, Jay Ponteri, and more. Our guest curator this week i poet and Attic Institute founder David Biespiel.
Poet, essayist, and Attic Institute founder David Biespiel drops in for our recent literary field trip.
A segment from the Sept 14th pilot. 00:56 Novelist Mitchell Jackson drops by to chat with Dave Miller. 10:21 Ifanyi Bell gets Jackson and some old friends talking about growing up black in Portland.
We are all over the road, getting face time with Washington Book Award winners, including Amanda Coplin. Also Ifanyi checks in with Scotty Iseri's project, educating the short set through with music.
Tonight at the Mission Theater in Portland, Portland pianist Darrell Grant and friends will pay tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet. The group had a catalytic effect on many musicians' thinking and style during the 50's and 60's, bringing both style and substance. Grant and vibraphonist Mike Horsfall sat down to talk about the tribute show with April.
Khaela and Melissa dish on their seven year (!!!) process, making their new, self-titled record. They're playing in Portland Sunday Oct 20.
Mother and Daughter, duo Joann and Arielle Eckstut have teamed up to help us understand why the sky is blue, a rose, red and why the grass is actually greener on the other side. In their new book, the duo discuss how our perception of color has shaped culture.
Dating back to the era of silent films, when many theaters employed a house pianist, music has played a fundamental role in the moviegoing experience. With a variety of events for audiences to explore, this year's Reel Music Film Festival looks to the past and future of music and video.
Portland's iconic funnyman returns to Portland for a few days. He stops by State of Wonder to tell us tales from Los Angeles, the city he now calls home. Hear about how he's doing, who he's hanging out with and that his love for the Trailblazers remains steadfast.
An outgoing Oregon Arts Commission member shares thoughts on the departure of the Commission's Executive Director, Chris D'Arcy, who was asked to leave.
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