The Commons: Pythias Braswell musician interview, Oksana from Ukraine refugee interview
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This week, Portland City Council is voting to make Lviv, Ukraine a sister city. Oksana, a refugee from Ukraine shares her experience.
After some news we have an interview with a local musician.
To include a direct excerpt of a newsletter from our guest Michael Hays of Pythias Braswell: Michael “talks about songs and whatever else comes to mind and tries not to say “uhm” too often or blow out the mic with words like “poetry” or “pain” or “process” and has read the FCC list of forbidden swear words which is written on their website in gray font”
Pythias Braswell will be playing:
- Friday, June 19th at 7:30pm Trio show at Garage Door at Grand Lodge in Forest Grove, OR
- Monday, June 22nd at 8pm Solo show w/ Ms. Daniels and Hannah June Althea and other guests TBA at Turn! Turn! Turn! a benefit for the East Side Community Lunch Program in Portland, OR
- You can follow the latest with Pythias Braswell at their website and their bandcamp.
That’s it for the show this week! Hana will be out for two weeks but Julia will be holding the boat steady after celebrating her birthday on June 3rd!!
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