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Cascade Festival of African Film and the Lan Su Chinese Garden on "Community Grooves" Friday

 We are celebrating Black History Month and the Chinese New Year on Friday's “Community Grooves” program.Natalie Butto hosts the program live and is joined in studio by representatives from the Cascade Festival of African Film and Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden.  htt... Read more

20 Years of Zapatista resistance to neoliberalism

A slightly shorter version of this appeared on the Jan 6, 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour. The well-read red considers Zapatista resistance to neoliberalism. This month marks "the 20th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in . . . Mexico, a short moment with a long legacy of ... Read more

So what's this membership blog for anyway?

I'd really like to know.  Specifically, what would encourage you to come back repeatedly?  What do KBOO members (and potential members) want to read about at the Membership Director's blog?  Calendar of internal events / meetings relevant to members? Links to minutes from ... Read more

9--TEXT: Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century

From: Rich Subject: TEXT: Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century To: onehundredonehours@yahoo.com Date: Monday, April 28, 2008, 9:09 AM Hello, I have a copy of the Greil Marcus book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, for anyone interested.... Read more

Dinner for Schmucks review

Dinner for Schmucks Director: Jay Roach With: Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Stephanie Szostak, Jemaine Clement, Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, etc. Where to begin?  I know.  My memory ain’t what it used to be.  I recalled that I wasn’t so fond of the French original, titled Th... Read more

Playlist for 8/23/09 will be up Wed 8/25

Playlist for 8/23/09 will be up Wed 8/25. Much music to post sorry for the delay.   DJ Sesqui Read more

Reviewing Capital 21

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
For the Old Mole Variety Hour, April 7, 2014 Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century has been called the book that every economist is taking to the beach this summer, the Harry Potter of economic policy, and, if not one of the best books in economics, at ... Read more

Battle: Los Angeles, now playing

Battle: Los Angeles Director: Jonathan Liebesman With: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, etc. I suppose it’s okay for a movie to borrow from other sources, as original ideas seem to be at a premium these days.  (Recalling that mediocre artists borrow, and great artists s... Read more

42--TEXT--ELUARD'S PEER POETRY--script available for anyone to produce

Hi, This is a radio script for multiple voices (up to 30) containing 10 poems Paul Eluard wrote about some of his contemporaries. It is available for anyone who wants to lay claim to it and produce it.  And I'd prefer that it be kept multiple voices but how many is up ... Read more

Native American community events/Team NARA at the Diabetes Walk and Bow and Arrow Oaks Park powwow

What a beautiful day to be out interviewing Team NARA Diabetes Walk participants! Sunday was gorgeous! I talked to Ruth Ann McGovern, nurse practititioner and Alison Goerl, registered dietition, who lead NARA's work on diabetes and who organized the walkers from NARA. I ... Read more