This week’s artist is flutist Paul Taub, with “Trailblazers,” from his album Oo-ee, which was recorded as part of the 1999 Jack Straw Artist Support Program. To commemorate twenty years of musical activity in the Pacific Northwest, Taub commissioned new works from musicians he had met and worked with in the region. “Trailblazers” was composed […]
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In her second Jack Straw Writers Residency, Anna Balint explores themes of war, motherhood, ethnic identity, and family legacy. She draws upon her diverse experiences, as an activist, mother and grandmother, in her writing. Music by Christopher Roberts, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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The first Artist of the Week is Jack Straw Artist Christopher Roberts, whose album Trios for Deep Voices was recorded at Jack Straw by Doug Haire as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program and released by Cold Blue Records.
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Through her series of poems about Little Red Riding Hood, Lana Hechtman Ayers has pushed a storybook character into the throes of real life. Red deals with complex relationships, temptation, and frustration with traditional gender roles. Lana says in her live reading that she was abducted by Red and consumed with writing about her. Music […]
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Joel S. Kollin talks about his installation Vriti.
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Interview with composer Byron Au Yong about his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas.
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Inspired by the ancients, Kevin Craft weaves classical themes into contemporary poetry. His studies and travels have led him to write with a deep sense of history. As he puts it, every writer has an inheritance, and he sought his in the Mediterranean. Music by Yerba Buena, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist […]
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As a poet and a storyteller, Brian McGuigan tells it like it is, and then some. A listener of his work can feel grimy streets underfoot and see cracks in the buildings. His poems are personal and visceral and he has a great appreciation for the way things used to be. THIS PODCAST CONTAINS ADULT […]
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist Heather Dew Oaksen talks about her installation Still Point.
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