The only thing more complicated than keeping a creative career going? Keeping two going. This week, three couples who've carved out creative lives together. We meet the couples behind Miracle Theater, Plazm Magazine, and Art in the High Desert.

In the beginning, all they wanted was a venue to do some theater. But as José Eduardo Gonzáles and Dañel Malán grew their small theater company. In the thirty years since they founded Miracle Theater, they've produced an enormous range of plays - many of them original - and taken touring productions to audiences all over Oregon and beyond. In this interview, they talk about the early days, and keeping the balance in work and home life.

Modern dance in a burned out building? Sign us up! http://www.heididuckler.org/northwest

La Grande is gearing up for the Eastern Oregon Film Festival. We sat down with the festival's director and programmers to talk about making a three-day festival work in a town of 13,000.

Poet, musician, and Torah Scholar Alicia Jo Rabins is about to premier a new staged work exploring the world of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, the multi-billion dollar fraud he committed, and the spiritual dimension of these losses. See our show website for details on the upcoming performances.

What's with all the destruction this week? There's a certain apocalyptic glimmer about the place this week. Dig in for a heaping helping of Wonder to ease the passage of the End of Days.

01:15 - 03:20 Arts Tax update
03:40 - 14:45 A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff
16:03 - 25:00 Eastern Oregon Film Festival
25:23 - 31:15 Poet Turiya Autry
31:33 - 37:30 Novelist Ruth Ozeki
38:50 - 44:49 Ragnarok
44:55 - 52:20 Cecile McLorin Salvant

Russell Hornsby and Rodney Hicks joins us to discuss August Wilson's Jitney.

A bit more with Jesse Von Doom and Maggie Vail about making it easier for musicians to navigate the digital world.

Boy are we blown away by Warfield's sophomore solo release, The Unexpected. She talks to April about her four years singing with Prince's New Power Generation, and finding the strength to pursue her own writing voice.

Oh Lord was this a fun show.