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Music Library: New Jazz Releases February 6, 2015

  Omer Avital            New Song                Motema Maureen Budway        Sweet Candor            MCG Jazz Marshall Gilkes        KOLN    (Cologne)            Alternate Side Vijay Iyer            Break Stuff                ECM Greg Murphy            Blues for Miles     ... Read more

Grace Paley - An Interest In LIfe Event 12-11-07

An Interest in Life: GRACE PALEY Grace Paley, one of this country's most honored and best loved writers, died on August 22, 2007. Her commitment to antimilitarism, environmentalism, feminism and antiracism was inseparable from her stories, essays, and poems. CELEBRATE GR... Read more

No word from the programming committee yet. Other shows are still auditioning.

Indian Country's fate is still unknown, but wonderful things are happening with the American Indians at KBOO...  The Mitakue Osysin Collective has welcomed me on their show and I have sat in as a guest host for some weeks now. Have enjoyed every minute! Thank you, Eugene, ... Read more

9/9 Backbones Scavenger Hunt

KBOO is a proud sponsor of Backbones Scavenger Hunt When: Sunday, September 9, 11am Where: Mercy Corps Building 45 SW Ankeny St Portland, OR 97204 Registration: http:... Read more

Moving film about South Africa at the Living Room Theater, open 12/18

EndgameDirector: Pete TravisWith: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, Clarke PetersThis is Nelson Mandela’s year in the movies.  Besides Invictus, he is depicted in this film as well.  It is the story of how back-room negotiations resulted in M... Read more

Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC) Brunch

KBOO is a proud media sponsor for Portland Central America Solidarity Committee's (PCASC) Brunch The event will be held at the SEIU 503 Hall, located at 6401 SE Foster Rd. in Portland, from 11am to 1pm.  Reservations are $25 per person.  VIP tickets, which include entran... Read more

Help tell the world what KBOO is all about (in 50 words or less!)

Click here to take the survey! (This survey will be available to take until 5:00 pm on May 15th) Dear KBOO Members, KBOO Strategic Planning Support Work Group invites you to engage in a process of input toward a mission and vision statement for KBOO.  KBOO does not have... Read more

No Out Loud show Tues March 25

There will be no Out Loud show on Tues 3/25. Instead, Prison Pipeline will have an hour special. Out Loud in April will bring you some great local musical talent, and some national acts too!  Read more

Took The Children Away


On the Chicago Teacher's Strike

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 17 Sept 2012 Joanne Barkan in Dissent Magazine notes that, Yes, schoolchildren in Chicago are victims, but not of their teachers. They are victims of a nationwide education “reform” movement geared to undermine teachers’ unions and shift pub... Read more