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Celebrating the Spirit of Dave Carter

Today's show was about celebrating the life and music of one of my favorite singer songwriters--Dave Carter who died unexpectedly on July 19, 2001. I was at the Vancouver Folk Festival in Vancouver BC (which had been a 10+ year summer pilgrimage every year, the highlig... Read more

Aristeo: Electronic Music from Nogales, 1980. Very Rare!

This month, on La Ruleta we'll be playing music by ARISTEO (Heriberto Montes de Oca), who is a musician from Nogales, Sonora. In the late 1970's, early 1980's he put out a limited edition series of home made cassette tapes, recorded in Nogales, Arizona, wich are obviously ... Read more

KBOO awarded a $25,000 Grassroots grant from Meyer Memorial Trust

KBOO awarded grassroots grant for $25,000 from Meyer Memorial Trust Meyer Memorial Trust has awarded KBOO a grant to fund a portion of the capacity building projects in the KBOO Strategic Plan. This is a wonderful gift to the KBOO community and will help us strengthen the... Read more

A day of Culture + the Oregon Biennial

The Oregon Cultural Trust has given a grant to Disjecta to produce the (now rather homeless) Oregon Biennial. It has been named Portland 2010. We will have Cynthia Kirk from the Trust, Bryan Suereth from Disjecta and Cris Moss the curator as our guests. Kirk will also ta... Read more

Give!Guide, Drive Wrap-up and Testimonials

KBOO is in the Give!Guide We're very excited to be featured in this year's Give!Guide, an annual Willamette Week insert which highlights local non-profits. Pick up your copy in the 11/12 issue, and visit our webpage all about how you can be involved in supporting K... Read more

Happy World Radio Day

Radio changed my life! Five years ago when a friend invited me to volunteer for community radio WFHB in Bloomington, IN I had no idea that I would ever consider pursuing a Master’s degree in multimedia journalism and starting a career as a community journalist. Community... Read more

wisdumb

to create is to resist!!! hooray! Read more

Katherine Quartz,Northern Piaute flutist and protoge, Madi will be taped Monday August 16th

Katherine Quartz,(Northern Piaute) and her 15 year old, neice and protege, Madi, will be interviewed and will perform for a taping this coming Monday, the 16th of August. Katherine is a music therapist who uses her talent as a Native American flutist to help heal, to ent... Read more

9/8 Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair

The Annual Vancouver Peace and Justice Fair will be held Saturday, September 8 from 9-4 p.m. in Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, WA. This will be the 9th year for this non-political event which seeks to bring together people interested in promoting peace and jus... Read more

Movies at the multiplex and beyond, opening Dec. 18

Up in the Air, opening everywhereDirector: Jason ReitmanWith: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason BatemanClooney has become the go-to guy for comedies with serious purpose, and he is in a good one here. I thought as I watched this that it is one of my fav... Read more