Jazz trumpeter Farnell Newton guest curates the show.

Portland writer and journalist David Shafer's new novel finds three people adrift. Their lives converge as they're drawn into a vast corporate conspiracy. The New York Times called the book a "clattering pop thriller that reads as if it were torn from the damp pages of Glenn Greenwald’s fever journal."
Shafer tells us about bringing the book to life.

A self-described optic mechanic, Bill Hoppe has lived and painted in Bend for 14 years. He's got some huge, beautiful works on view this month at Laura Russo Gallery, as part of Non Finito, curated by Lucinda Parker. We sat down with Hoppe to talk about his use of color, his fixtation on the lens, and how he transitioned from theological studies to fine art in his late teens.

When Lucinda Parker was asked to curate a show this month at Laura Russo Gallery, she chose to feature artists she describes as having great focus. Ranging in age from their 40s through their 70s, George D. Green, Heidi Cody, Julie Green (no relation), and Bill Hoppe represent some wildly different views and visual languages. The resulting show is vibrant and crammed with ideas. Parker walks us through the show, and we hear from each member of the quartet about works they submitted.

Portland writer and journalist David Shafer's new novel finds three people adrift. Their lives converge as they're drawn into a vast corporate conspiracy. The New York Times called the book a "clattering pop thriller that reads as if it were torn from the damp pages of Glenn Greenwald’s fever journal."
Shafer tells us about bringing the book to life.

We recap this year's Pickathon action, and meet one of the artists at a show in the Gorge, marking the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act: all it's meant to Oregon's wild places and artists inspired by them.

Lucinda Parker shows us around Non Finito, a show she's curated featuring four artists she loves.
Also, we listen to a bit of an opbmusic session with Niger's TisDass.

We sit down with David Shafer to talk about his breakout debut novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Also, Trygve Faste talks about the intersection of studio art and design.

Portland writer and journalist David Shafer's new novel finds three people adrift. Their lives converge as they're drawn into a vast corporate conspiracy. The New York Times called the book a "clattering pop thriller that reads as if it were torn from the damp pages of Glenn Greenwald’s fever journal."
Shafer tells us about bringing the book to life.

David Shafer's new novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, is both a tech thriller and a meditation on three people becoming unmoored. Listen on this week's show (Saturday Aug 9th, noon Pacific) for our full interview. Til then, here's a clip of David reading from the book. One of his three protagonists, Mark, is drunkenly wandering around London, considering the ghosts of his past.