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Movies opening Jan. 15, 2010

The Lovely Bones (Several locations)Director: Peter JacksonWith: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Rose McIver, Carolyn Dando, Nikki SooHoo, Michael ImperioliIt may be better not to have read the novel by Alice Sebold. Books crea... Read more

Rest in Peace, Lloyde Livingstone and Marty Soehrman

We are very sorry to announce the passing of two KBOO volunteers: Lloyde Livingstone and Marty Soehrman. Lloyde Livingstone, the co-founder of KBOO, has died. She came to Portland as a teenager, entering Lincoln High School as a junior. By the next year, she won the com... Read more

The BOO sent me to the Untied States Social Justice Forum, and I got an amazing tee shirt!

Thank you KBOO board members for having the fore sight to send someone (lucky me) to the USSJFSJ. From the momont I stepped into Adam Carparelli's car until three days later when I wave goodbye to Michael (Strike Debt Willson's house, he so generously gave to the for o... Read more

habeas corpus and restoring the constitution?

The Well-Read Red on the Old Mole Variety Hour Someone in Washington must have finally taken to heart the bumper sticker that says, “Ok, joke’s over. Bring back the constitution” because there’s now a bill in both houses called the “Restoring the Constitution Act of 20... Read more

Donations Are Down, But Nonprofit CEO Pay Goes Up

Despite donations to nonprofits dropping amid the American recession, salaries for nonprofit CEOs are on the rise, and expected to rise even more in 2011. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that 31 percent of nonprofit organizations gave a pay increase to their exec... Read more

Programming Volunteer Spotlight: DON MERRILL

Don Merrill is a relatively new volunteer here at KBOO, and has been on the air mostly as a news reporter. However, he’s also taken it upon himself to do a web only show called “The Talk”, where he interviews some of the more famous people who request air time on KBOO, a... Read more

Youth Music Special!

Tonight- starting in just a few minutes- the KBOO Youth Collective will be hosting a special Youth Randomonium! Tune in to hear music and a special live performer! The youth music special will be on tonight from 8:30pm- Midnight! And don't forget to call in and show your... Read more

Portland Fruit Beer Festival 6/11-6/12

KBOO is a proud media sponsor for the Portland Fruit Beer Festival Saturday June 11th 11-9pm Sunday June 12th 11-6pm Burnside Brewing 7th and E. Burnside Portland, OR http://burnsidebrewco.com/ Portland, OR - A new kind of beer festival kicks off this June outside of one of... Read more

Campus Equity Week

Campus Equity Week is dedicated to addressing one particular inequity among the many inequities of life in the neoliberal age, and on the neoliberal campus: the increasing turn toward part-time and temporary positions among university teaching faculty. I draw here chie... Read more

16--SITE--Larry Carlson

From: dancing trout Subject: a link To: onehundredonehours@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 8:34 PM there is some very interesting stuff on this site, I had almost forgotten about it! http://larrycarlson.com/ blessings the fish -- "War is the tool of small-mind... Read more