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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

The Underground for May 2009

Today we successfully pulled off our show with me as adult advocate! It was amazing to finally sit back and see what all the other youth can do! It was pretty smooth- a few of the usual glitches and a lot of freaking out behind the scenes- but there was some great conten... Read more

End game

We knew it would come down to this. The Republicans can't win on the issues. The well of fear-mongering has run dry. Most Americans now realize that Barack Obama is, in fact, black. So they're trying to steal it, like we knew they would. The long-expected voter purges hav... 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

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

Soccer Fields or Social Services? The Real Cost of Urban Renewal Districts.

Next week the Portland City Council consider an $85 million proposal by Merritt Paulson to bring major league soccer to Portland. Paulson wants the city to contribute $20-$40 million of urban renewal money - funds intended to combat "urban blight" - to close the deal. Pa... Read more

Bread & Roses Show January 9, 2009 ~ Two Women Writers: Keepers of History

I'll be interviewing two local women writers, Anjala Ehelebe author of Images of America: Portland's Woodlawn Neighborhood and Jewel Lansing author of My Montana: A History and Memoir - 1930-1950. Anjala takes us through a historic accounting of the Woodlawn neighborhoo... Read more

Egyptian Uprising: Implications and Lessons

We invite your calls as we reflect upon the amazing events in Egypt. What are the lessons that we can learn from this revolution? Call in and share your thoughts. Contrary to popular media, the uprising was not a sudden upheaval, but the results of years of careful pla... Read more