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500 Years of Racism

10/25 Amy Goodman, "The Silenced Majority Tour"

KBOO presents The Silenced Majority Tour A Lecture by Amy Goodman with an introduction by Denis Moynihan When: Thursday, October 25th VIP reception 6-7pm Talk & book signing ... Read more

December 5 - Playlist Spotlight

Her name is Soha, a French contemporary R&B singer who signed with Virgin Music back in 2007 and quickly released her debut album D'Ici et d'Ailleurs with a re-release in 2008. She hails from Marseille and has Jazz, Blues, Soul, Jamaican Reggae and Latin influences spri... 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

22--NEWS--so 22 isn't missing and here's a bit of news--especially for KBOO news

Hi Folks, My mistake on not sending a #22 in that last batch, just got ahead of myself so I'll number this 22 and we'll be okay. You should now be up to #28. I went through every single email I've received and so everything has been filed and forwarded, I'm all caught up ... 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

Jazz In The Afternoon

My guest on March 18 will be renowned trombonist Sonny Russo,who has retired to the Portland area after his 60-year career. Sonny will bring his own music and his inimitable stories! We'll touch, musically, also on Dave Frishberg's 76th birthday coming up March 23, and Nat... 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