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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

Craig Burk hosts Italian Hour, September 2, 2007

Craig Burk hosts the Italian Hour, September 2, 2007 I was guest host on the Italian Hour on September 2, 2007.  To see my  playlist, click here During his program, I singled out the great singer-songwriter Fabrizio De Andre for special praise. To learn more about this leg... 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

Maria T.D. Inocencio

Maria T.D. Inocencio makes art around community. I've followed her from "the Tree," where she cut down the tree in her yard and shared it in an art show (through photos, collage, seedlings, stumps) at PSU to her present project, which is a mural for Innovative Housing. I... 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

NEW in KBOO music library February 16, 2015

Chelan Equal Under Pressure Self Released Alt Rock Damage Bouquet Volume 1 Self Released Alt Rock Green, Colleen I Want To Grow Up Hardly Art Alt Rock Hatfield, Ju... Read more

What do I do here at KBOO?

For my first blog entry I would like to introduce myself. My name is Sean Ongley and I've been with KBOO for about 1 and a half years. Currently I'm acting as an instructor for digital audio editing and production, talent booking, board operator, and arts reporting. My n... Read more

Islamic Center and Mosque at Ground Zero

About a decade ago, a friend and I visited the infamous Dachau concentration camp, just outside Munich Germany.   As a Jew the experience was intense and overwhelming.  We visited the barracks, gas chambers, crematorium, and later the cemetery where untold remains of hun... Read more