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Soccer Fields or Social Services? The Real Cost of Urban Renewal Districts.

Next week the Portland City Council consider an $85 million proposal by Merritt Paulson to bring major league soccer to Portland. Paulson wants the city to contribute $20-$40 million of urban renewal money - funds intended to combat "urban blight" - to close the deal. Pa... Read more

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Hi Listeners and Members- KBOO has decided to change how listeners and members can post on the website. Due to the number of anonymous posts that did not meet our "Community Guidelines", which can be found here, http://kboo.fm/terms_of_use. We have changed it so that a p... Read more

Candida Royalle, feminist pornographer

[photo by Arthur Cohen] for the Old Mole Variety Hour October 5, 2015 When I was a child, the women's liberation movement was a vibrant and visible force, but by the late 1970s and early 1980s, the women's movement was fracturing and faltering. Just as I was starting to... Read more

Bread & Roses Show January 9, 2009 ~ Two Women Writers: Keepers of History

I'll be interviewing two local women writers, Anjala Ehelebe author of Images of America: Portland's Woodlawn Neighborhood and Jewel Lansing author of My Montana: A History and Memoir - 1930-1950. Anjala takes us through a historic accounting of the Woodlawn neighborhoo... Read more

Roosevelt Oral History Project on the air This Wednesday!

As you may remember, KBOO was awarded funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council for a collaborative project with Roosevelt High School. Six students are participating in the project. Brooke Palmer, Ryan White, and I have been working weekly with the kids who are... Read more

1/24-2/3 Fertile Ground Festival of New Art

FERTILE GROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORK 2013 10 DAY Festival showcasing all new “acts of creation” by Portland artists When: JAN 24 – FEB 3 Where: PORTLAND, CITY WIDE Tickets: https://www.boxoffic... Read more

Movies to check out this week

The Portland International Film Festival continues at the NW Film Center this week. I haven't seen as many this year as I'd like to, but the ones I have seen have been good. Recommendations (be sure to check nwfilm.org for an updated schedule): Bluebeard Francedir: Cathe... Read more

PressWatch: Radioactivity in Portland/F29 success

US EPA Station 99 did detect an 86.8 reading for radioactive iodine in Portland on March 25th, 2011. This compares to no reading or much lower readings in other cities, so the fact is, you did get dosed last year from Fukushima. Does anyone remember, I wonder, that I ... Read more

Tournament of Roses Parade

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4--TEXT--JOYCE MANSOUR PLAY--THE BLUE OF THE DEEP

Hi gang, Here is a short one-act play by Joyce Mansour with four parts: 3 characters and a narrator. You should contact Grace if you are interested in working on this. gracehague@gmail.com Thanks love raf Read more