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6/7/2012 - PDX Pop Now! CD Release Party

PDX Pop Now! -- Portland's premier DIY music festival, compilation and music advocacy organization has announced the dates for its annual CD Release show. The show celebrates the completion and release of PDX Pop Now!'s annual two CD Compilation. When: ... Read more

Movie Talk: Links of Interest – a defense of Orphan

Here is a link to my defense of the recent horror film Orphan, published at Kevin Smith's website QuickStopEntertainment. Read more

Fall Drive Completed!

Thanks to everyone who made a contribution to KBOO during our recently completed Fall membership drive. We had a lot of great programming, involved many new volunteers and raised a whole bunch of money to keep ourselves on the air. We did not achieve our fundraising go... Read more

Homeless in Capital

Homeless in Capital Old Mole Variety Hour, December 8, 2014 It would be hard for anyone living in Portland not to be aware of people who live on the streets; we see them everyday, with their belongings packed into shopping carts or bike trailers, collecting bags of return... Read more

Craig Burk hosts Italian Hour, September 2, 2007

Craig Burk hosts the Italian Hour, September 2, 2007 I was guest host on the Italian Hour on September 2, 2007. To see my playlist, click here During his program, I singled out the great singer-songwriter Fabrizio De Andre for special praise. To learn more about this leg... Read more

Jeff Jahn and "Vection"

Jeff Jahn blasted into this town over ten years ago, curating group shows with far-reaching consequences. It’s safe to say that the PDX art world, as viewed through the commercial gallery system back then, seemed overly familiar. His curation of “The Best Coast,” “Play” ... Read more

Opportunities: Poetry Workshops; Critique Groups; Calls for Submissions; Contests; Fellowships etc

In Klamath Falls Saturday July 28: Free Literary Elements in Songwriting Workshop Klamath County Library, 126 S. Third St. Klamath Falls, OR Performance by Laura Gibson and workshop students at 4:30p.m. Free and open to the public. Portland singer and song writer Laura Gi... Read more

Give!Guide Results

Thanks to everyone who sent us a donation through the Give!Guide during the last six weeks of 2008! As anticipated, the final days were particularly exciting in terms of watching the giving results really accelerate their climb. We ended up receiving just over $14,000,... Read more

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