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Paleolithic Art by our ancestors, now playing in a 3-D documentary

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (3-D Doc 2010) Director: Werner Herzog Herzog may be a genius, and he is probably a little nuts, too.  Thank heaven for that. All of this is evident in this documentary about cave paintings discovered in Chauvet Cave in the south of France in 1994... Read more

Noon Headline 08/06/2015

News at Noon for Thursday, August 6th 2015 Read more

Good on yer, Krugman

 Continuing on a theme, congratulations to Paul Krugman of the New York Times for his Nobel prize in economics. For my money, Krugman for many years now has been the best columnist on the Times' op-ed page, and one of the best in the business, period. His liberalism come... Read more

Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

Words can be used to communicate ideas between people, to describe things we can't point to.  Words can also be used to separate and manipulate.  This happens in our media all the time.  Remember when the prior administration talked about "spreading democracy"?   This wa... Read more

New Jazz Releases December 14

KBOO Jazz tracking 12-14-12 Bob Arthurs/Lamattina        Jazz for Svetlana            self prod Andrea Brachfeld            Lady of thee Island            Zoho Anthony Branker            Together                Origin Caroline Davis                Live, Work & Play    ... Read more

3/15 March and Rally against the war in Salem

 Be there! Learn more here: http://www.pjw.info/ -A   Read more

An Invaluable Literary Resource: The Oregon Authors Website. Literary networking & publicity

(http://www.oregonauthors.org/).   The Oregon Authors Website is designed to be the statewide network for Oregon authors to promote their books, connect with local readers and writers groups, identify local publishers and libraries that can support their work, and keep i... Read more

Mic Crenshaw's Afrikan Hiphop Caravan 2015 Journey

AHC 2015:   Baqi and I flew for what felt like a week. Portland to SFO, to JFK, to Istanbul, to Kilimanjaro, then  after finding out Baqi’s checked bag  didn’t make it we went on to catch a taxi the village of Embaseni, 35 minutes from Arusha. We stayed at the UAACC host... Read more

Joining forces with Celeste to deliver An Evening of Afrotainment

An Evening of Afrotainment ~ Saturday's ~ 7pm - 10pm 12/13, 1/10, 1/24: Host: Celeste 12/20, 12/27, 1/03, 1/17 & 1/31: Host: Bridget B   Bridget B. joins forces with Celeste in delivering music of the African Diaspora during An Evening of Afrotainment Saturday’s from 7pm to ... Read more

GRAINTABLE performing live on DR.J's MELTING POT

THE MELTING POT 3/2/10  Live Video Performance by GRAINTABLE WATCH GRAINTABLE PLAY LIVE HERE!!! www.youtube.com/watch Hes been lighting up the Westcoast with his blend of electronic superfudge. Catch up with him about the new Chip Chop release, a few Portland shows and f... Read more