Kenji Bunch, violist and artistic director for Fear No Music, is a busy man. In May, he will be hosting performances of two his original compositions as well as overseeing the season finale of Fear No Music’s Hope in the Dark series. Kenji tells us what draws him to modern composition and gives us a live performance.

In our occasional series on Oregon’s child welfare system, we sit down with two people who experienced foster care themselves. We talk with Chérie Renee Hawes grew up in the child welfare system in Oregon. She’s 31, and has just recently started a blog to tell her story — and the story of her foster parents, who she calls mom and dad. Rosie Gullet is 17, and still in the foster care system.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass. Linfield College is hosting a symposium exploring the importance of Douglass in American history. Scholar David Blight is working on a new biography of Douglass, and shares his insights with us.

Portland Center Stage artistic director Chris Coleman is leaving Oregon after 18 years in which he oversaw major growth of the theatre, masterminded the Portland Armory project, helped grow support for public arts. He is moving to Colorado, where he will become the new artistic director for the Denver Center Theatre Company. We talk to him about his nearly two decades in Oregon.

Drones are outlawed at national parks nationwide, but that isn’t deterring people from flying them at Crater Lake National Park. Chief Ranger Kean Mihata tells us about the increases in drones that his staff is seeing at Crater Lake.

The historic Flavel House in Astoria, Oregon is a featured set in an upcoming horror movie. Trapdoor Pictures is filming part of it’s upcoming horror anthology, The Mortuary Collection, in Astoria and other sites around Oregon. Clatsop County Historical Society executive director Mac Burns, who oversees the Flavel House, tells us about working with the visiting film crew.

The nonprofit Portland Community Reinvestment Initiative Inc. (PCRI) plans to help African-American families displaced by recent gentrification in North and Northeast Portland with 1000 new housing units. PCRI executive director Maxine Fitzpatrick joins us to talk about the Pathway 1000 program.

Jackson County has seen 10 deaths since March that are likely opioid overdoses. That’s a huge increase from last year. Jim Shames, Medical Director for Jackson County, will tell us what they’re planning to do about it.