This week's crop of wonders finds the fantastic in familiar things, and the inspiration in the extraordinary:

1:00 - Karen Karbo is railbound! She's one of 24 writers out of 16,000 to score the first round of the Amtrak writers' residency.

3:00 - Walidah Imarisha and Adrienne Marée Brown on editing the sci-fi anthology "Octavia's Brood."

10:14 - Oregon Ballet announces that it's found a new home: the South Waterfront.

11:44 - What Are You Looking At? Namita Gupta Wiggers reviews work by Ai Weiwei at the Portland Art Museum.

19:19 - We remember Alvin Josephy, who laid the groundwork for Wallowa County's thriving cultural scene.

23:20 - KPAI's Morning Host Larry Duckworth introduces us to his favorite spins.

28:32 - From the Literary Arts Archives: Poet Mark Doty.

37:36 - opbmusic session with one of Portland's most dynamic new transplants, Robin Bacior.

44:30 - "Oregon Art Beat" introduces us to painter Gabe Fernandez.

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