Episodes
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Where We Live: Nikki Brown Clown
Where We Live host Adam Eccleston introduces us to beloved children’s entertainer Nikki Brown Clown. She is Portland’s first Black woman clown, and the Grand Marshall of the 2022 Good in the Hood Multicultural Music, Arts & Food Festival! Nikki uses dance, humor, and a love for her community to...
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Where we Live : Community Music Center
Adam Eccleston talks with Gregory Dubay of the Community Music Center.
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Where We Live : All One Tribe
This week on Where We Live, Portland musician and educator Aaron Nigel Smith talks about his collaborative album All One Tribe, which celebrates the rich culture and diversity of Black voices. It was released in 2021 and has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Children's Music category. Where...
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Where We Live : All Classical Portland's Recording Inclusivity Initiative
Raul Gomez-Rojas gives an overview and an update on how the Recording Inclusivity Initiative has done this year.
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Where We Live : The Immigrant Story
Raúl Gomez presents The Immigrant Story, a Portland-based, non-profit organization that documents, curates and shares stories of immigrants, in a variety of formats. Raúl’s interview is also a preview of an event presented by The Immigrant Story that takes place on September 11th.
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Where We Live : Eugene Symphony's Private Lesson Program
Earlier this year the Eugene Symphony teamed up with the Eugene/Springfield NAACP chapter to provide private lessons to BIPOC students.
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Where We Live : Queer Opera
Amy Faust hosts a show about Queer Opera, an organization dedicated to telling queer stories through opera. Founded in 2017 at Portland State University, Queer Opera is dedicated to providing a safe stage for LGBTQIA singers and allies to tell queer stories through the traditional genre of opera....
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Where We Live : Transpose PDX
Transpose Community Choir and Acchord form TRANSPOSE PDX, which centers the transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming community in leadership, membership, and focus. Their mission is to empower our community by creating a brave and accountable space to expand musical skills, develop a…
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Where We Live | Outside the Frame
An interview with the recently-named Oregon Music Educator of the year. Violist and Pacific University Professor Dr. Djana Ihas talks about how music helped the people of Sarajevo survive the Bosnian war and how that experience changed her career path.
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Where We Live: Shalanda Sims
Andrea Murray talks with Shalanda Sims, founder of the annual Black History Festival Northwest. The month of performances, lectures and social gatherings celebrates Black Portland’s present and future, as much as its past.
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Where We Live: Onry
Portland opera and R&B-singer Onry became a viral sensation not once, but twice, last year. On this week’s segment, he shares his thoughts on the purpose of art and his life as a Black opera singer in contemporary America.
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Where We Live: Take Flight, Darrell Grant
The August 2020 single "Take Flight" started with a request from Grant’s son’s 8th-grade teacher that he write a song that parents could sing to the children during their middle-school class promotion. As he wrote, he thought about the bittersweet nature of launching our children into the world,...
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Where We Live: Native Arts And Cultures Foundation
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation advances equity and cultural knowledge, focusing on the power of arts and collaboration to strengthen Native communities and promote positive social change with American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples in the United States.
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Where We Live: Black History Festival NW
Black History Festival NW is a Celebration of Culture and Heritage Showcasing African American artists, businesses, organizations and leaders. Through arts, education and advocacy 365 days a year, utilizing Black History Month to celebrate Black excellence, bridge gaps, amplify truth, unity, and...
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Where We Live: Bridging Voices Portland's QSA Youth Chorus
Bridging Voices (The Portland GSA Youth Chorus) is a youth chorus for gay, straight and questioning youth, ages 13-21, and strives to be a safe, accessible place for youth to experience empowerment and unity through music. It is Portland’s first Queer/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus and is one of...
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Where We Live: Inclusive Arts Vibe Dance Company
The Inclusive Arts Vibe Dance Company provides integrated dance classes, and is inclusive of youth with and without disabilities. Dancers aged 12-22+ have the opportunity to learn structured improvisation through DanceAbility Methodology, how to choreograph movement including creating their own...
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Where We Live: Piano Santa Foundation
The Piano Santa Foundation is dedicated to promoting and enhancing music education for children in the Portland Metropolitan area. PSF offers a unique program including piano scholarships for students, piano placement grants for community organizations, group performance events, after school…
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Where We Live: PHAME
PHAME is a fine and performing arts academy serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We offer three ten-week terms of arts-based classes each year, as well as many performance opportunities. Taught by talented arts education professionals, our classes include visual art,...
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Where We Live: Lullaby Project, Oregon Symphony
The Lullaby Project – conceived by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute – uses the creative process of songwriting to improve maternal health and child bonds with pregnant women and new mothers experiencing housing insecurity and other challenging life situations. Together with musicians from…
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