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Global Perspective: 33rd International Film Festival

The benefits of seeing films from other countries are big. Not only can you take your experience to the bar, cafe, or water cooler, and brag on your worldliness, but there is an authentic experience happening in your heart when you open the mind to perspectives outside your... Read more

SXSW Day Two: Rain, Dance Floors and Distractions

 There are many facets to South by Southwest Festival. The “convergence” is the mission and the miracle of it all. From all over the world, people crowd Austin Convention Center from all sorts of disciplines and levels of interest: gamers and tech-heads see the newest compu... Read more

Ben Pink is on next week!

The fabulous director of Launch Pad and curator of the LOVE show, Ben Pink, will join us on KBOO this coming Tuesday at 11:30AM. Read more

Lecture with Paul Pierson

KBOO is a media sponsor for: Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer — and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class with co-author Paul Pierson When: Tuesday, November 30, 7PM Where: First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon (doors open at 6:30 PM) Cost: $5–... Read more

in the edufactory

A briefer version of this appears on the February 3, 2013 Old Mole Variety Hour. You may already know that No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top and Common Core have been detrimental to K through 12 education. You may know that the Portland Association of Teachers has b... Read more

Derrick Jensen

On Thursday, April 8, from 6-7pm PST, on the "Mitakuye Oyasin" radio collective, we will be interviewing Derrick Jensen, author of "Endgame," "The Culture of Make Believe," "A Language Older Than Words," and so many more books. The interview will mostly be about anti-civili... Read more

Insecure Communities: A community forum on ending unjust deportations

Friday, April 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm Insecure Communities: A Community Forum on Ending Unjust Deportation At the First Unitarian Church of Portland 1011 SW 13th, in Portland KBOO is excited to be a media sponsor of this important community forum. Join us for an inspiring evening... Read more

Mark Woolley on Art Focus

Tomorrow my guest on Art Focus will be Mark Woolley. He’s been in the news a lot because he is bringing his gallery to a close. He has one more show to mount in that space: I could have been a Collecta. We’ll talk about his future plans and reminisce about his favorite show... Read more

QDoc: Portland's Queer Documentary Film Festival

KBOO is a proud co-sponsor of QDoc: Portland's Queer Documentary Film Festival When: June 3-6th, 2010 Where: Clinton Street Theatre - 2522 SE Clinton St Website: www.queerdocfest.org   About the Festival: QDoc is the first and only festival in the United States - and o... Read more

British Invasion IPA

KBOO is proud to partner with Hopworks Urban Brewery to introduce the British Invasion IPA, on tap now at both locations!  $.50 of every pint sold will be donated to the station. 2944 SE Powell &  3947 N. Williams In addition to brewing up this special fundrais... Read more