Where We Live host Adam Eccleston introduces us to beloved children’s entertainer Nikki Brown Clown. She is Portland’s first Black woman clown, and the Grand Marshall of the 2022 Good in the Hood Multicultural Music, Arts & Food Festival! Nikki uses dance, humor, and a love for her community to promote youth literacy.

Learn more at nikkibrownclown.com.

Adam Eccleston talks with Gregory Dubay of the Community Music Center.

This week on Where We Live, Portland musician and educator Aaron Nigel Smith talks about his collaborative album All One Tribe, which celebrates the rich culture and diversity of Black voices. It was released in 2021 and has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Children's Music category. Where We Live, celebrating the arts and community leaders.

Raul Gomez-Rojas gives an overview and an update on how the Recording Inclusivity Initiative has done this year.

Raúl Gomez presents The Immigrant Story, a Portland-based, non-profit organization that documents, curates and shares stories of immigrants, in a variety of formats. Raúl’s interview is also a preview of an event presented by The Immigrant Story that takes place on September 11th.

Earlier this year the Eugene Symphony teamed up with the Eugene/Springfield NAACP chapter to provide private lessons to BIPOC students.

Amy Faust hosts a show about Queer Opera, an organization dedicated to telling queer stories through opera. Founded in 2017 at Portland State University, Queer Opera is dedicated to providing a safe stage for LGBTQIA singers and allies to tell queer stories through the traditional genre of opera. Using unconventional casting methods, roles are matched with individuals based on how they identify, rather than the gender of the role or their voice type.

Transpose Community Choir and Acchord form TRANSPOSE PDX, which centers the transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming community in leadership, membership, and focus. Their mission is to empower our community by creating a brave and accountable space to expand musical skills, develop a sense of identity, and center our voices in song.

An interview with the recently-named Oregon Music Educator of the year. Violist and Pacific University Professor Dr. Djana Ihas talks about how music helped the people of Sarajevo survive the Bosnian war and how that experience changed her career path.

Andrea Murray talks with Shalanda Sims, founder of the annual Black History Festival Northwest. The month of performances, lectures and social gatherings celebrates Black Portland’s present and future, as much as its past.