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The Tesla City Stories – Black Friday Bonanza!

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A monthly night of vintage radio comedy and drama — live onstage in Portland, Oregon! Straight outta 1944! Laughs! Chills! Romance! Danger! Booze! Eats! Cash bar! Live Foley! 1940’s live music! Prizes! Audience participation! THIS MONTH, November 29th, 2019 shows: New installment of “The Off-key Life of Viola Harper“. Viola finally lands a chorus part in an actual show, but a new rival, “Golden Toes” Tedesco, is determined that Viola’s star turn is a flop! “The Off-key Life of Viola Harper” is a sitcom detailing the travails of a hapless, would-be Broadway chanteuse. Viola’s a small town girl in the big city trying to make her show biz dreams come true. She’s got a lot of what it takes to make it – a positive…

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$9 – $26

CANCELED – Fake Radio presents “The Day The Earth Stood Still”

The Vault Theater and Event Space 350 E Main Street, Hillsboro, OR, United States

Fake Radio returns to The Vault to present a live recreation of Lux Radio Theater’s 1954 Broadcast of The Day The Earth Stood Still! An alien named Klaatu lands his spacecraft on Earth just after the end of World War II. He brings an important message to the planet that he wishes to share with representatives of all nations. However, because communication is difficult due to Cold War fears, Klaatu is forced to try an alternative approach: he disguises himself as a common human on Earth. Then, after finding help from a few unlikely Earthlings, Klaatu shocks the entire planet into finally listening to his important message about the future of humanity. Our previous guest star Kevin McDonald from "The Kids in the Hall" has…

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$20 – $40

Wordlights Hour on Shady Pines Radio

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings, presented by NovaPDX & Rocking Frog Cafe and curated by Portland poet Igor Brezhnev, continue as an internet radio show on Shady Pines Radio. Huge thanks to Shady Pines Media for providing us with this platform to share our poetry. Tune in every Saturday from 6PM to 7PM at www.shadypinesradio.com to hear poems by poets from Portland and elsewhere. To submit your audio recordings of poems for our show send them to wordlightspoetry@gmail.com. Please introduce yourself, tell the listeners how to find your work online and read a poem or two, under 7 minutes. You can also submit your poetry albums to our collection to feature on the radio, if you do, please include a link where your album can be…

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Free

The Tesla City Stories – Season 6 Premiere!

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A monthly night of vintage radio comedy and drama — live onstage in Portland, Oregon! Straight outta 1944! Laughs! Chills! Romance! Danger! Booze! Eats! Cash bar! Live Foley! 1940’s live music! Prizes! Audience participation! Jealousy is the theme when The Tesla City Stories brings you a night of laughs and light-hearted intrigue on March 28th with all-new (for this century anyway) episodes of a pair of your favorite shows! Join us as we kick off 2020 with: March 28th, 2020 shows: New installment of “Blevins to Betsy“. Threatened by crooner Bobby Villanova’s attentions towards Betsy, Blevins takes comfort in the knowledge he’s still first in the hearts of radio fans. He is, isn’t he? “Blevins to Betsy” is a romantic-comedy set in the world of…

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$9 – $26

Wordlights Hour on Shady Pines Radio

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Tune in every Saturday from 6PM to 7PM at www.shadypinesradio.com to hear poems by poets from Portland and elsewhere. Read more below about the show and submitting your recordings! On May 2nd, among others we'll broadcast poems sent in by Greg Bee, Alejandro Jimenez & Jacqueline Suskin! Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings, presented by NovaPDX & Rocking Frog Cafe and curated by Portland poet Igor Brezhnev, continue as an internet radio show on Shady Pines Radio. Huge thanks to Shady Pines Media for providing us with this platform to share our poetry. --- We will be pre-recording the shows on Wednesdays to air on Saturday, since our first two live shows have been prone to tech glitches—so send in your recordings early. Thank you! --- To…

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Wordlights Hour on Shady Pines Radio

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Tune in every Saturday from 6PM to 7PM at www.shadypinesradio.com to hear poems by poets from Portland and elsewhere. Read more below about the show and submitting your recordings. You can submit your poetry as an audio recording to us. In the audio recording, please introduce yourself, tell listeners where to find your work online and any other message you want to share, and of course your poems. If you have any virtual events you are a part of feel free to share how to find them. Please make the recording up to 7 minutes and give about 5 seconds of silence at the start and at the end of the recording. Send the recording to wordlightspoetry@gmail.com and if there are any links you want…

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Wordlights Hour on Shady Pines Radio

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Tune in this Saturday from 6PM to 7PM at www.shadypinesradio.com to hear poems by poets from Portland and elsewhere. This is our last regular show. We may do more shows or other virtual events if we get enough submissions and general interest in the show. It's been a ride. Stay safe and healthy, friends! -- Read more below about the show and submitting your recordings. You can submit your poetry as an audio recording to us. In the audio recording, please introduce yourself, tell listeners where to find your work online and any other message you want to share, and of course your poems. If you have any virtual events you are a part of feel free to share how to find them. Please make…

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The Occasion Radio Hour: Mothers

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Occasion is a themed poetry show airing monthly on fourth Mondays from 10pm-11pm. Hosted by Jennifer Perrine, The Occasion features interviews with poets, who offer a selection of their “greatest hits,” read poems written specifically for the show’s theme, and recommend some of their favorite poems by other authors. Every episode offers something old, something new, something borrowed, and something true. The theme for May is "Mothers," and features guest poet Traci Brimhall. If you're not able to listen in on 90.7 FM or online, the recording will be available on the KBOO website. https://kboo.fm/program/occasion https://www.jenniferperrine.org/ https://tracibrimhall.wordpress.com/

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Literary Arts presents the 2020 Oregon Book Awards

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Due to the ongoing public health crisis, we will not be hosting our 33rd Annual Oregon Book Awards Ceremony at Portland Center Stage at The Armory on June 22. However, we are excited to announce that the Oregon Book Awards Ceremony will take place in a different format. “The 2020 Oregon Book Awards” a special from Literary Arts: The Archive Project Monday, June 22, 2020 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. OPB Radio (where to listen) This year’s finalists are listed here.  This special, statewide broadcast will celebrate the finalists and announce the winners of the 2020 Oregon Book Awards. It will be hosted, as originally planned, by writers Omar El Akkad and Elena Passarello. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate these awards in a way…

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Many Roads to Here

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The stories of immigrants and their journeys to the U.S. over countless miles from myriad countries will be streaming on a local radio station under a new collaboration. The Immigrant Story, a Portland based nonprofit, and Portland Radio Project have partnered on the podcast, “Many Roads to Here,” in which immigrants tell, in their own words, their passage to America. Produced by a group of coast-to-coast volunteers, Many Roads to Here utilizes the power of storytelling as immigrants share their hopes, resilience, courage and love. Each episode features one immigrant’s story. Since 2017, The Immigrant Story’s mission was simple: share the stories of immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and Dreamers to foster empathy and build a more inclusive community. After three years of reporting and disseminating…

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