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New season openings abound in September. Dmae talks international and national dance with White Bird’s Walter Jaffe and Paul King and then she checks in with Sarah Jane Hardy artistic director of  NW Children’s Theatre’s ‘James and the Giant Peach’ adapted from Roald Dahl’s novel. (Encores 11am Sat (9/21) on KZME 107.1FM)
Now in it’s 16th season, [...]

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Dmae talks with artistic director Angela Mattox and dancer Linda Austin about the Time-Based Art Festival (TBA) September 12th–22nd. We’ll also hear music from Third Angle New Music Ensemble preparing for their TBA performances. 
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Angela Mattox & LindaAustin
TBA, a Portland tradition, brings together inter-disciplinary innovative  contemporary art performances, exhibits, installations in movement, performance, music, visual art, [...]

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To remember Hiroshima day, Stage & Studio features actress and dancer Chisao Hata who performed an American play in Hiroshima. Breaking the Silence is a bilingual play about the Japanese American experience. She talked with Dmae Roberts before her trip to Japan. And in the latter part of the show, we hear from Dr. Jennifer Conrad, [...]

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Nothing binds you together nor tears you apart like family, especially if it’s a Sam Shepard family. Our Shoes Are Red/The Performance Lab brings us True West, Shepard’s tale of sibling rivalry. Dmae talks with artistic director Devon Allen and actors Matt DiBiasio and Kenneth Baldino who portray the two brothers. And in the second half, [...]

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Join Dmae for a special hour-long show on summer Shakespeare. We’ll hear about Portland Shakespeare Project’s Taming of the Shrew and their companion play deconstructing Petruchio. And then we’ll travel to Ashland for a talk with actress Nell Geisslinger who’s performing a sizzling rocker Katherina in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Taming of the Shrew. And in [...]

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Summer heats up with two festivals. The Risk/Reward Festival returns for its sixth year June 21-23 in Portland. Host/Producer Dmae Roberts talks with festival director Jerry Tischleder about the popular West Coast micro-fest pushing artistic boundaries in dance, theatre and music. And in later in the show, we talk with curator/performer Eleanor O’Brien about CoHo Productions’ Solo [...]