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    On November 20, 1969, dozens of Native American activists led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means (War Jack), and others occupied Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Around 90 people kept the occupation going for a remarkable 19 months. War Jack (Shoshone Bannock) w... Read more

The Woolen Men visit Life During Wartime to get ready for their record release party on November 22nd at Polaris Hall they'll play records of their band, and records that they like! Read more

  Kevin Huizenga's comics don't hew to any typical narrative structure.  In self-published zines like Super Monster as well as award-winning graphic novels like Curses, Huizenga's long-suffering protagonist Glenn Ganges moves forward, backward, and sideways in time, grappl... Read more

The team welcomes back Hallie to discuss that genre in which a wayward offspring returns home due to a death in the family-holiday-wedding event. Plus the usual updates.    And here's this week's art films and revivals: https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/2019 Coming Out... Read more

Lynn Anderson declares she is running for the office of Queen of Country Music! Her campaign is a skillful mix of unique delivery and electrifying charisma. Her platform is three chords and the truth. There will be no need to count the ballots she will bring down the house... Read more

Join hosts Jack, Jonathan, and Gordy for a special Pastures of Plenty program of nautically themed folk songs of merriment and mayhem that is our Annual Gales of November show. The show takes its name from the immortal 1976 Gordon Lightfoot song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzger... Read more

  Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable voice to mine the fraught and complex experience of l... Read more

  The Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older. Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, sha... Read more

Portlander Noor-Petra Hamiel is on hand to discuss Lebanese cinema, including the recent Capernaum. Noor is a native of the country, and in Portland is a caterer and restauranteur, but also an avid film viewer. She joins Mona, Mindy, and the rest for a wide-ranging discussi... Read more

The KBOO Book and Record Sale   KBOO is excited to announce that we are now accepting donations for our Annual and Infamous Book and Record Sale! The event will be held @ Jupiter Next, 900 E Burniside  from 12 noon until 10 pm   This year for the season of giving you ca... Read more