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Tales from the Sahel: An Evening with Baaba Maal

 KBOO is a proud media sponsor for Tales from the Sahel: An Evening with Baaba Maal     Tales from the Sahel: An Evening with Baaba Maal Wednesday Oct 12, 2011 7:30 PM   Minors OK when accompanied by a parent or guardian Doors open ... Read more

Election night at the Multnomah County Election Office

November 4, 2008 outside of the Multnomah County election office the line of voters waiting to cast their vote strung along SE Morrison Street for two blocks estimated to take an hour plus to get through.  Multnomah County officials were on site with special forms for th... Read more

let's race for the revolution, instead

[audio here] The Komen Foundation's recent decision to pull its funding from Planned Parenthood was not an aberration, and not unrelated to the recent conflict over the need for health insurance plans to cover contraception. Both, of course, constitute attacks on women'... Read more

Welcome to KBOO.fm 2.5!

Welome to the latest version of the KBOO website!  This update makes it easier for you to find what you are looking for with a new navigation menu and search box.  It also offers new ways for you to connect with your favorite programs through the podcasts, RSS feeds, blo... Read more

Liberal whiplash syndrome

 This about sums it up. -A H/T Salon.com   Read more

Gentrification and the Right to the City

  The well-read red has been reading about gentrification, as well as seeing plenty of it.    Despite what we often hear in mainstream media, gentrification is not simply a cultural change in a neighborhood, and not simply a matter of individual choices.  Rather, it invo... Read more

Winterfolk 24 ~ Benefit for Sisters of the Road

KBOO is a proud media sponsor for Winterfolk 24 ~ Benefit for Sisters of the Road Cafe CELEBRATE WITH WINTERFOLK 24 - Saturday February 4th @ Aladdin Theater TICKETS ON SALE DECEMBER 15TH   Portland, OR (December 13, 2011) – Tickets go on sale December 15th for Winterfo... Read more

Rise When The Rooster Crows 12.25.08

How Will You Spend Christmas (Rev. A. W. Nix, Blues, Blues Christmas: 1925-1955) The Wrong Way To Celebrate Christmas (Rev. Edward Clayborn, Blues, Blues Christmas: 1925-1955) Christmas Eve (Amy & Karen, Amy & Karen Play 15 "Old Time" Quality Tunes) Santa Claus (Bo Car... Read more

New Jazz Releases, June 13, 2012

Ruth Aguilar                An Invitation                self prod Peter Appleyard            Sophisticated Ladies            Linus Ravi Coltrane                Spirit Fiction                Blue Note Manuel Galban            Blue Cha Cha                Concord Picante... Read more

Youth Radio Camp July 7-11! Deadline June 27th

KBOO Community Radio is proud to announce the 2008 KBOO Youth in Broadcast Journalism Summer Intensive. This program will be July 7-11, 2008 at KBOO Radio, 20 SE 8th Ave. in Portland. We also hope to do some reporting from City Hall and other locations around the city o... Read more