Steve Poltz is an amazing singer-songwriter with an international
following. He’s been recording and performing solo, just him and a guitar,
since 1998. But he started out as a founding member of the indie-rock band,
The Rugburns, back in San Diego in the 1980s.
Steve h...
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Despite the latest efforts by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who by the way
is facing his own considerable legal problems, marijuana is available by law
in about 60 percent of the U.S.
Recreational cannabis is legal in eight states, with California the latest
additi...
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It's the 5th Friday of the month, third to last day of the year, and
this season's final episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood, the children's show
for reluctant adults. Host Ken Jones (no relation) welcomes Lawrence
Howard and Lynne Duddy of Portland Story Theater.
Lawre...
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It’s the holiday season, a time when most of us look forward to the
traditional music and concerts that help put us in a reflective and joyful
mood.
One such tradition is the Portland Youth Philharmonic’s annual
Concert-at-Christmas, which this year takes place Tuesday,...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Meg Kearney, author of the new book When You Never
Said Goodbye, a novel in poems and journal entries. When You Never Said
Goodbye is the final book in a trilogy following the teen years of Lizzie
McLane, an adopted daughter searching for her bi...
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Monday Sampler host Fortunato welcomes Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall
and David Koff, artistic director of Fake Radio, as they talk about their
live on-stage version of "It's A Wonderful Life".
The kind folks at Fake Radio, who have been performing this show annua...
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On today's Digital Divide, guest host Ken Jones talks with Ellen Ullman,
author of the new book Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology.
Ellen is both a techie and a masterful writer. After earning an English
degree at Cornell in the early 70’s, she’s worked profes...
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The holiday season has arrived, and it wouldn’t be Christmas without a
showing of the classic film “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
This year, we must have been extra good in Portland, because we’ve been
gifted with a live on-stage version of the radio version of this holiday
...
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It's all treats and no tricks on tonight's Halloween Eve special edition of
The Holy Crowley Hour, or Two. Our guest is comedic genius Philip Proctor
of the Firesign Theatre, calling in from his home in Southern California.
The Firesign Theatre was a big influence on man...
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