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Arthur HitchcockPianist Hunter Noack combines two of his passions, music and nature, to present unique outdoor concerts. He spoke with JPR’s Vanessa Finney on location, during his tour with “In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild", which since 2016 has presented 305 concerts in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, California, New York and Canada to over 75,000 people. His current tour has stops in Oregon and California. -
KEET.orgThe new documentary out on KEET-TV, the PBS station based in Eureka, explores how young local artists are using their creativity for civic engagement, identity, expression and social change. JPR's Vanessa Finney speaks with the producer/director of the film, Jack Lucido and Grayson Johansen, one of its featured artists.
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JPR's Vanessa Finney spoke with AIFF co-director of programming, Richard Herskowitz, plus filmmakers Richard Green and Gary Lundgren, about the curated slate of films. -
Filmmakers Jessica Plumb and Jeremy Monroe join KS Wild's Allee Gustafson to talk with JPR's Vanessa Finney about inspiring environmental activism and a love for nature. -
Bloomsbury Book's new co-owner, Megan Isser, gives JPR's Vanessa Finney a glimpse into this season's new releases from authors Suzanne Collins, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Charlotte McConaghy and more. -
Tim Bond, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, directs the August Wilson play March 9 – July 20 at the Angus Bowmer Theatre. -
The documentary "Outliers and Outlaws" is one piece of the University of Oregon's Eugene Lesbian History Project. -
JPR’s Vanessa Finney discusses “Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust” with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play. -
When performance venues closed for an uncertain period of time during the pandemic, playwright/director Octavio Solis thought he might have to leave theater behind. In that first year of global shutdown, though, he revisited the writing of Samuel Beckett - and hatched a plan to produce a festival of Beckett’s short works in Ashland. JPR Arts Reporter Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Solis about the innovative project. -
The Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect. -
The Ashland Independent Film Festival runs October 3-6, and features two music documentaries created by Rogue Award recipients Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein. -
Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape. -
Marc Yaffee is one of three stand-up comedians in the upcoming Native Comedy All-Stars show on August 30 at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls - along with Vaughn Eaglebear and Gilbert Brown. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Yaffee about his art and how his Native heritage helps shape his sense of humor. -
Interview with Geoffrey Riley about his retirement
