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Special Series: The -Ism Storytellers, Astoria

The -Ism Storytellers Project in Astoria, Oregon features artists and community people about living and working in a small town by the coast.

Special Series: The -Ism Storytellers, Queer Elders

((L-R) Storytellers: Tim Seelig, choir director, Reid Vanderburgh, singer, Kathleen Saadat, poet/activist, Horatio Hung-Yan Law, visual artist and Host/Curator Sandra de Helen, writer.)

Stories bring people together in shared humanity. Personal stories can uplift, move and connect. In 2025, Dmae … Read the rest

Crossing East: Relations

For more than a year, Dmae Roberts has been conducting interviews about the historic and current relationship between African Americans and Asian Americans debuts. What began as a documentary featuring the Crossing East Archive collected for MediaRites‘ 8-hour … Read the rest

From Tonga to Tonkin

Dmae Roberts presents a  two-part Stage & Studio focusing on the songs and stories of Tongan sewing circle in Portland as well as a play celebrating the heroic stand of Senator Wayne Morse, one of two congressman to vote Read the rest

Stories From Home

Dmae Roberts talks with Polo Catalani of the Colored Pencils Art and Culture Council about their “Stories From Home” event featuring immigrant and refugee writers and musicians. We’ll be featuring two of the artists at the event–Palestinian American writer Mohammad Read the rest

Shake It – A Modern Polaroid Love Story

Stage & Studio presents a documentary special about our cultural love of Polaroid pictures, the pre-digital era Instagram! Tune in for Shake It – A Modern Polaroid Love Story a one-hour documentary co-produced by Megan Jones and Vanessa Lowe.… Read the rest