Crystal Ligori
Crystal Ligori is the producer and newscaster for "All Things Considered" and produces the weekly radio program "Literary Arts: The Archive Project."
Before joining OPB, Crystal worked the active rock station KUFO in Portland. In addition to her on-air role, she was the interim music director and hosted a weekly, local music show. Before moving to Portland, Crystal worked on-air at modern music station KZZU in Spokane, Washington, and hosted the Footbridge Forum at KBGA in Missoula, Montana.
Crystal earned her degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Montana. While there, she earned a Society of Professional Journalists award for television feature reporting, a Hearst Journalism Award for broadcast news radio features, and shares a regional Emmy nomination for the documentary "Testing Times: Montana’s Struggle to Leave No Child Behind", for which she was a segment producer and narrator. Crystal is also a freelance voiceover artist.
Latest Stories
Move over red Romas, a gothic new purple variety is here
The antioxidant-rich Midnight Roma was just released by Oregon State University. The tomato, created by horticulture professor and plant breeder Jim Myers, is dark purple in color with a rich, concentrated flavor. Myers explains what gives it its purple hue and how home gardeners can grow their own.
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Cross-country creations: LAIKA teams up with HBCU for first of its kind animation studio
Earlier this year, Oregon Animation studio LAIKA announced plans to create the nation's first-ever stop motion studio at a Historically Black College or University. The collaboration will give a new generation of Black creatives a new venue to tell their stories.
The Archive Project - Seamus Heaney
On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," acclaimed Irish poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney shares poems spanning more than four decades of his work in this talk from 2002.
The Archive Project - Protocol
On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," a collaboration with Portland Center Stage to celebrate the Afro-futurist sci-fi audio thriller "Protocol," and explore the present and future of theatre.
The Archive Project - Robert Kolker and Dr. Michele Harper
On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," we feature two events from the 2020 Portland Book Festival that explore mental and physical health, and how we look after each other when they’re compromised.
The Archive Project - Heather McGhee and Anand Giridharadas
On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," Heather McGhee discusses racial justice and her book "The Sum of Us" with Anand Giridharadas.
The Archive Project - Rumaan Alam and Jonathan Lethem
On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," Rumaan Alam and Jonathan Lethem discuss their recent apocalyptic novels in this conversation from the 2020 Portland Book Festival.
The Archive Project - Orville Schell
In this talk from 1997, writer and academic Orville Schell describes Tibet’s history, including its fraught relationships with China and the West.
‘This art is a reflection of where we are today’ Portland Commissioner Carmen Rubio reflects on Tabor park’s York statue
A statue of the only black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition that popped up in Portland recently will remain there, at least for now. The memorial to York was mysteriously erected in Mount Tabor Park atop an empty pedestal for a different statue.
The Archive Project - Brit Bennett and Bryan Washington with Jennifer Baker
On this episode of "Literary Arts: The Archive Project," Brit Bennett and Bryan Washington discuss writing craft and their recent novels, with moderator Jennifer Baker, at the 2020 Portland Book Festival.