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Hot Panda - Shows I'm looking forward to

I've been seeing live music for 30 years now if you don't count Jeannie C. Riley at the Kentucky State Fair. I've seen a lot of music. A lot of great bands. But one of the best, most polished, most compelling shows I've seen in Portland was Hot Panda playing at the Woods... Read more

Masters of the Universe, Redux

July 21, 2009 Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi gets to the heart of how one investment banking firm, Goldman Sachs, has engineered bubble after speculative bubble in the marketplace for years, always positioning itself to prosper in the wake of each disaster -- often at taxpa... Read more

Calendar of Poetry Events and Readings

Soapstone Calendar of Literary Events and Readings-- Updated Every Two weeks Soapstone compiles a rich and detailed literary announcement list, and Ruth Gundle, co-founder of Soapstone and publisher of Eighth Mountain Press, has agreed to allow the Soapstone listings to... Read more

Benefest ~ A Benefit for Buckman School and Portland Schools Foundation

KBOO is a proud media sponsor for Benefest A benefit festival to support arts education at Buckman Elementary and the Portland Schools Foundation, produced by the good folks who bring you Pickathon Indie Roots Music Festival. Benefest is a unique collaboration betwee... Read more

Five reasons to be frightened of Sarah Palin

1) She's a global warming denier.2) She thinks that God likes pipelines, (h/t Juan Cole)3) She has a whole lot in common with fundamentalists from other parts of the world.4) She's a liar.5) She believes the war in Iraq is God's work.And there's more, believe me. I di... 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

A Meaty Food Show

Tomorrow's Food Show is alot about meat. Even if you are not an avid meat eater, you'll be honored to hear the stories of Miriam's 90ish year old Mother who will grace our show with her memories about how meat was rationed during the depression. Then we'll have the folks from ... Read more

Fall membership drive

A big wado (thank you) to Gary Small and Jan Michael Lookingwolf for contributing signed copies of their latest CD's, "Hostiles and Renegades" and "Wind Dreamer" to give as thank you gifts to my listeners...Hoping to have copies of Harjo's book and some more CD's to add ... Read more

Indian Health Care

Back Row (left to right): Michelle J. Singer BS (Navajo), Laura Loudon MS, Patricia Silk Walker PhD (Cherokee), Susan Halada Front Row (left to right): Douglas Bigelow PhD, R. Dale Walker MD (Cherokee). Not pictured: Ann Kovas, MPH, Jacki ... Read more

"YOU ARE THERE-1968"

Hey there all you "Old-Timers" ( and You "Young-Ones" too) - Don't Miss the VINYL PAJAMA PARTY™©® this week (11/25) 3 am till 530 am To observe KBOO's 40th Year on the air, Brian and his special guest will bring you "YOU ARE THERE-1968" Listen in as we give up the best... Read more