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  Places to find food for those who lost SNAP benefits: (Compiled via Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Oregon Live, KGW)   OREGON FOOD BANK Searchable database of places providing hot meals, boxes of groceries, and other goods. Search by zip code Expect to call a... Read more

---- Join KBOO throughout the month of February to hear programs from Black creatives, artists, activists, revolutionaries, KBOO hosts, musicians and more! These specials aim to celebrate all aspects of the Black lived experience - from contemporary political and socia... Read more

Vital Reggae Selections curated & optimized for our 3 hour Mix Session, some New Music is here along with our Treasure Box Vinyl picks✨ **Live & Direct**Mixxed to the Maxx** Read more

March is Women’s History Month, so the March 4 Pastures of Plenty show on KBOO features songs of women’s struggles and stories as sung by some great women artists. We’ll hear from the pioneering women blues artists from the dawn of the recorded music era and their desce... Read more

     Join Andy O’Hara on "The World of Jazz" show for an afternoon exploring the innovative spirit of jazz. After a high-energy first set featuring Joshua Redman and The Bad Plus, Cymande, and Billy Cobham, we’ll preview the 2026 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival from March 5... Read more

Pioneering Portland filmmaker Penny Allen is back in town for the U.S. premiere of her latest film “Pushing Back the Bad” at the Hollywood Theater, this Saturday, March 7th. Penny’s roots as a Portland activist led to her writing, directing, and producing her first two ... Read more

  WWE Superstar, Chelsea Green, sits down with Ragan and Poxy to discuss her career, WWE stardom, and the battle against Tacky Time on WWE Smackdown March 6, 2026 at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. Read more

If you haven’t heard our city’s Best Musical Group, according to Willamette Week’s 2025 Best of Portland Readers poll, this Saturday’s your chance. The Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra, continues its historic 102nd season with a conc... Read more

Join us for Cascadia Coffeehouse this Friday morning when we'll enjoy new and favorite folk and roots music from the True North Duo (Kristen Grainger & Dan Wetzel), the Foreign Landers, Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, Muireann Bradley, Greg Brown, the Wailin' Jennys, Ro... Read more

To celebrate International Women's Day weekend, tune in to the Motif for a conversation with three extraordinary women about their respective work. Ms Meera Norris 4:30 pm (shares work as curator, producer of art show, gallery exhibits, aesthetics as change agent) Mad... Read more

  Host Ras Danny Fallon shares 3 hours of Women’s Voices in Reggae  (covering releases from the period mid March 2025 to mid March 2026).  Sisters singing songs of Resistance, Praise, Love, Justice, Resilience and more!  Read more

We often think of the Willamette River as a scenic backdrop for recreation, but for many, it is a site of "slow violence". On this episode of Locus Focus, Dr. Vivek Shandas of Portland State University explores how the harbor’s industrial legacy—a "toxic graveyard" of W... Read more