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Triangle Productions + White Bird Dance

Feb 09, 2013 Comments Off by

A spotlight on two different productions:  Dmae Roberts talks with Ritah Parrish and Wendy Westerwelle in  Triangle Productios 25 Questions For A Jewish Mother and later in the show, White Bird’s Walter Jaffe tells us about New Zealand dance troupe Black Grace, presented by White Bird Dance in their Portland premiere. (Aired Tues Feb. 12th at 11am on [...]

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Documentaries of PIFF 36

Feb 02, 2013 Comments Off by

Get an overview of the 36th Portland International Film Festival with Bill Foster, executive director of the NW Film Festival. He’s joined by Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom whose documentary Alien Boy: The Life And Death of James Chasse. Dmae Roberts has this overview of PIFF 36  plus more about Portland filmmakers featured at the festival [...]

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Winter Media Seminars

Dec 24, 2012 Comments Off by

Are you starting to feel left behind in the digital divide? Do you know someone who doesn’t understand social media and would like help handling it?  Are you a professional looking to make yourself more employable or wanting to fund your projects? MediaRites is offering low-cost weekend afternoon seminars to help you with your creative projects.
Instructors [...]

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Scott Carrier, Writer & Radio Veteran

Jan 28, 2013 Comments Off by

Hear about the work of Peabody-winning radio producer and writer, Scott Carrier. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Carrier has produced documentaries that have been heard on nearly every major public radio show including This American Life. His stories have been published by Harpers, Mother Jones, Esquire and Rolling stone and is the author of [...]

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Susan Mach’s Two Plays

Jan 21, 2013 Comments Off

Dmae Roberts talks with Playwright Susan Mach about her two new world premieres. Playwrights can labor for years (and do!) without the fortune of a professional production. This fall Mach opened two plays, The Lost Boy at Artists Repertory Theatre and A Noble Failure at Third Rail Repertory Theatre.Both shows are running as part of the Fertile [...]

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Fertile Ground 2013

Jan 11, 2013 Comments Off

Host Dmae Roberts talks with Nicole Lane, festival  director of Fertile Ground about the 5th annual Portland festival. Also on the show, Polaris Dance Theatre Artistic Director Robert Guitron of Groovin’ Greenhouse and composer Richard Moore of Rain! The Musical at David Poulshock Productions. (Encores Jan. 19th at 11am on KZME 107.1 FM)
Hear Nicole Lane  talk about  the [...]

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Hope in 2013?

Jan 09, 2013 Comments Off

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The holidays are over. The world didn’t end as predicted by the Mayan calendar and there is still abundant life on earth. For many around the country, however, there have been difficult times. Last month there was horrific news of two shootings — one close to home and another on the other side [...]

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ZooZoo + Santaland Diaries

Dec 15, 2012 Comments Off

Hear the last December  holiday special featuring the final ZooZoo at Imago Theatre and ‘Santaland Diaries’ at Portland Center Stage. The long-running holiday hit ZooZoo  is saying farewell and we’ll hear from two performers in the show.
And in the latter part of the show, popular actor Darius Pierce joins us to talk about his solo show [...]

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Seeds Of Hope + Peter Pan

Dec 08, 2012 Comments Off

A look at professional holiday youth productions: Seeds of Hope at Do Jump! and Peter Pan at Northwest Children’s Theatre & School. We’ll hear from director Aaron Wheeler-Kay at Do Jump! and Managing Director/Co-Founder Judy Kafoury at NWCT which celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new commissioned adaptation of  the classic Peter Pan.
(encores 11am Sat 12/15 on KZME [...]

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Portland Revels “Appalachian Christmas”

Nov 29, 2012 Comments Off

A mix of live music, clogging (yes!) and conversation  with Portland Revels Appalachian Christmas recorded live in the KBOO studio. We’ll hear about this yearly tradition of presenting the music and dance of traditions around the world.
Around the country there’s a tradition of Revels which is a season celebration of holiday traditions during Christmas. Portland Revels has [...]

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