Episodes
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
The Prairie Blossoms' Karen Kitchen & Mel Kubik
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Our host Susannah Mars talks to Karen Kitchen and Mel Kubik of The Prairie Blossoms and breathes in their music. These brilliant artists perform contemporary and traditional Native American music in many different languages, including Cree, Creek-Seminole, Cherokee, Paiute, Dakota, English, French, Lakota, Osage, Pima, Polish, Spanish, and more.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Will Eno & Larissa FastHorse | Kate Ristau & Erin Fitzpatrick Bjorn
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Up next on Adventures in Artslandia, with too much time on her hands and in need of a lift, our fearless host Susannah Mars drops two interviews this week! She chats with Will Eno and Larissa FastHorse — two wonder playwrights, one East Coast and one West, both of whom have produced in Portland. Then, author Kate Ristau and 2009 Librarian of the Year Erin Fitzpatrick Bjorn gather virtually to celebrate the release of Ristau’s new book, “Shadow Queen.” It’s a socially distanced yet audibly intimate party.
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Musician and Composer Kenji Bunch
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Up next on Adventures in Artslandia, our fearless host Susannah Mars chats with composer and violist Kenji Bunch of Fear No Music who was a recent guest on Artslandia’s Happy Hour. The two explore how Fear No Music and art flex with the time and reflect on how music is responding to our present-day challenges.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Jazz Master Rebecca Kilgore
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Up next on Adventures in Artslandia, our fearless host Susannah Mars chats with wondrous jazz master Rebecca Kilgore who shares of her life at home in Portland with music and stories.
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Violinist Regina Carter
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Regina Carter, a MacArthur "Genius Grant" and Doris Duke Arts Award recipient, chats with Susannah about her work as a hospice volunteer, teaching, grief, and the perks of her prestigious awards.
Regina Carter joins Metropolitan Youth Symphony in the West Coast Premiere of David Schiff’s 4 Sisters jazz violin concerto on March 8, 2020.
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Kate Sokoloff of Low Bar Chorale at Mississippi Street Fair
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Do you know about The Low Bar Chorale? It's a twice-a-month extravaganza that transforms a local bar into a drop-in alt/indie sing-along backed by a live band of rotating musicians from Blind Pilot to Brandi Carlisle’s band, and no one cares what you sound like.
Meet Creative Director/Producer Kate Sokoloff!
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Stephanie Schneiderman at Mississippi Street Fair
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Stephanie Schneiderman is a brilliant singer songwriter, and she is currently at work on a new musical. Here's another podcast from Mississippi Street Fair with a live performance. September 15th don't miss Stephanie Schneiderman at The Old Church.
Due to technical difficulties that day, this is an extra short podcast, but don't miss Stephanie's live performance at the end of the interview!
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Nicholas Fox and Jerry Mouawad on Portland Opera's In the Penal Colony
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Philip Glass’s In the Penal Colony is a chilling thriller and we imagine no-one will do it better than visionary director Jerry Mouawad and conductor Nicholas Fox. A visitor is invited to a penal colony to observe the execution of a prisoner at the hands of a nightmarish machine. The New York Times calls Glass' piece a “surreal exploration of injustice.” Intimately performed in the round, don't miss this thrilling evening of theatre at Portland Opera. Jerry and Nicholas share insight into this one of kind production.
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Tonight Nothing
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Tonight Nothing is new work created and performed by Merideth Kaye Clark and Katherine Murphy Lewis that follows the paths of two long-term friends, Kaye and Em, who find their way back to themselves and each other. What makes up a legacy? What we leave, or don’t leave, behind? and How on earth do we let go?
Come find out at Coho Productions July 26 – 28.
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Darrell Grant on The Territory at Oregon Bach Festival
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Wednesday Jun 19, 2019
Brilliant citizen artist Darrell Grant, a recipient of an Oregon Creative Heights grant, is known for his multifaceted and deep artistic projects. Listen here for a preview of his performance of The Territory coming up at the Oregon Bach Festival on July 12th. Grant also shares for the first time a snippet of work he created for his son’s graduation from middle school.