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The Jewish Film Festival at the North West Film Center

This annual event showcases films by and about Jews and Jewish life. I have seen four of them, and I can only recommend one as worth going to. I saw 36 Righteous Men, a documentary about the discovery of a new one of the Righteous, a Hassidic legend that these men’s very ... Read more

Rethinking the school-to-military pipeline

A version of this is part of the Old Mole Variety Hour for 25 May 2015 Today is Memorial Day, so we're talking about memory, and the military, as well as about education and labor. All of those institutions arose in their modern disciplinary forms in the 18th century, al... Read more

2--TEXT--Raw material available at the Central Library

If you're not sure where to start, here are some book available at the Central Library. 1. Dada: performance, poetry, and art by John D. Erickson 2. Ombres et soleil/Shadows and Sun, writings of Paul Eluard 3. Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein 4. At the roots... Read more

Uranium

Uranium Uranium is an award winning short film on the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Narrated by Buffy Sainte-Marie, the 48-minute film explores how uranium mining can impact the environment, the health of those who are employed in the industry, an... Read more

5th Monday Labor Radio Election Special! 3rd Party Alternatives!

Checkout Voices in Action, Human Rights on Film! by NWFilm.org sponsored by KBOO and The Portland Alliance http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/humanrightsfilms http://laborradiocollective.blogspot.com/ On October 29, 2012, Fifth Monday Labor Radio on KBOO will have an hour lo... Read more

Sikhara live on Sounds Unsound this Saturday night

Sikhara will be in the KBOO studios for a live performance on Sounds Unsound, starting sometime shortly after midnight this Saturday night.. Oct 10... Here's from the their press materials: . This> autumn, Sikhara return to the road in the USA, giving> their mileston... Read more

Jack Flanders Moon Over Morocco - Mother's Day Special Programming

Hi All, I'm writing to encourage you to TUNE IN TODAY, SUNDAY AT 4PM and LISTEN to the entire (or as much as you can stay awake) to JACK FLANDERS, MOON OVER MOROCCO. Listen to the promo here This is radio theater, but not what you're used to hearing on KBOO. This IS ... Read more

Securing basic rights and dignity to a silent workforce.

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionist segment of Labor Radio will feature Andrea Paluso is co-founder and executive director of Family Forward Oregon. Andrea is a community activist and fervent policy wonk. Tonight's discussion is about the 2015 Oregon Legislation and t... Read more

33--TEXT--2 companion Jackson Mac Low plays available for anyone to produce

Hi Folks, I found this pdf of two plays by Jackson Mac Low on the ubu.com site and thought I should pull them up to make them more visible since there has been interest expressed in producing plays AND in producing some Jackson Mac Low material. So here ya are, someone inter... Read more

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is popularly recognized as our national holiday for remembering those who were killed in wars. As Barack Obama said the other day, it's a time to "pay tribute to our fallen heroes; and to remember the servicemen and women who cannot be with us this year ... Read more