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Poems by Ric Vrana

Talking Earth Anthology:   Poems by Ric Vrana    Ric Vrana appears regularly in numerous venues and open mics in the Portland poetry scene and his work has been published in several local anthologies and zines.  His early days of stand-up poetry were done in Seattle wher... Read more

RIAA To Shift Tactics

Interesting notes on the RIAA and their War on Us: "Peace in our time" - 10 years later the music industry's highly controversial strategy of suing individuals for illegal file-sharing has come to an end, wants ISPs to adopt a three-strikes policy. I've read the article ... Read more

The Young Ladies Radio Project in the Portland Tribune!

The Young Ladies Radio Project is one of the projects between the Young Women's Equity Program, of IRCO (The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization) and the KBOO Youth Collective have collaborated on the past six months. The last episode of the program will be on t... Read more

Disabled? Yes and No

Hi. I am Grace Eagle Reed and I am the host for Disability Awareness. My guest and I broadcast on the 4th Monday of the month at 11am. I am 70 years old and have MS (Multiple Sclerosis). I have had MS since age 35 so have been disabled for a long time. I am a survivor in... Read more

against work

The well-read Red has been reading about working and about not working. With unemployment rates in the US hovering around 16 percent, we might take to heart comments from French activists  protesting changes in unemployment law some years ago. Taking a page from the Situ... Read more

SXSW Day Four: Buffering Al Gore

Starting the day at a decent hour, I managed to pull off yesterday’s blog and make it to a non-profit meet up within the heart of Trade Show. I found myself self-conscious explaining that my organization is on hiatus; the Board didn’t work out.  People were hasty to move... Read more

Alicia McDaid

Alicia McDaid has a show called "Pain is Fear Leaving Your Body." which open this Saturday, March 7th, 6 - 8PM. Check out her work here. Read more

Sleeping Bag Drive

KBOO is proud to support to the Sleeping Bag Drive: Cold, rainy weather has hit Portland, with temperatures below freezing. For the homeless, sleeping bags are essential to survival in the harsh Oregon winter, and can be the difference between life and death. Statewide, ov... Read more

The Sad State Of KBOO

August 6th, 2013  (I had planned to release this earlier but the collapse of the kboo.fm website delayed my ability to post.)  When application packets for the Board Of Directors were made available, it was a different KBOO.  KBOO last May had a divided board a... Read more

Potluck

On Thursday, March 25, from 4pm to 8pm, "Mitakuye Oyasin" will be hosting a potluck with our listening community. This will take place at KBOO headquaters, 20 SE 8th, Portland, Oregon. You can't miss that wonderful mural. Read more