Recent Blog Posts

2009 Fall Membership Drive Wrapup

Thanks to everyone who contributed to KBOO during our Fall Membership Drive!  We stopped the Drive on schedule Saturday night, despite being short of our overall fundraising goal by roughly 22% or $28,000.   If you made a pledge and didn't pay with a credit/debit card, ple... Read more

News from the Board- Important News About the Recent Election

Thank you to all of you who took the time to vote in our most recent Board of Directors election. Approximately 650 members took part in this past election. This is the results of the vote tally: ELECTED Judy Fiestal - 310 Maire Cullen-Gilmore - 299 Marty Soehrman - 273 ... Read more

Reviews of "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Law Abiding Citizen," in theaters now.

Where the Wild Things AreDirector: Spike JonzeWith: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Pepita Emmerichs.  Voices of: James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Michael Berry, Jr., Chris CooperLovers of Maurice Sendak’s perfect little book... Read more

Ryan Pierce on Art Focus

Ryan Pierce has a show at Elizabeth Leach called Written from Exile - acrylic paintings which narrate/explore a post - industrial world.... he's my guest on the 20th. Listen to the interview here. Read more

Membership Drive Specials

Africa Special Thursday, October 8, Noon to 10 pm Featuring talks, interviews and music from the African continent, including a talk on the role of cell phones in the Congo war, an interview with Somali rapper K-Naan and a focus on African graphic artists. Indigenous ... Read more

Jazz In The Afternoon

Many thanks to you - members, listeners, and friends, for your enthusiastic response to our Four Freshmen special during the Fall drive.  Count on Part II during the 2010 Fall Drive.   The 10/28 show will be a Mose Allison special (2-3 pm) co-hosted by KBOO alum Denny (The Lo-... Read more
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