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Board Meeting Monday June 28

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King Lear and a Casting Director

 Portland Actors Ensemble is one of the oldest Shakespeare in the Parks groups in the country.  For 40 years, they've offered free Shakespeare every summer and have trained countless young actors in performing the bard's plays. Hear more about it on Stage and Studio.  Al... Read more

Voice in Action: Human Rights on Film

KBOO is a proud media sponsor for NW Film Center's Voices In Action: Human Rights on Film When: October 6th - November 9th Where: The Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum, unless otherwise noted. While cinema provides entertainment and escape, for many filmmakers... Read more

New Jazz Releases November 12, 2013

Jazz Tracking 11/12/13   Matt Baker                              Underground                                       Dot time John Clayton/Gerald C.          Parlor Series                                       Artist  Share George Colligan                      The Endles... Read more

Jumped In With Both Feet

Well, I sat in the hot seat last weekend, Saturday, September 27, as I hosted my first music show; filling in for Deena...thanks to Brooke, my partner in crime that night, I wouldn't have gotten through that first hour without you...thanks again.  I'm hoping I can develo... Read more

Say Hello to our New Web Graphic Designer

KBOO's board has supported a visual redesign of our website.  To handle the task we've hired a graphic designer to assist in designing a new Drupal theme for our CMS website. We were happy to hire Kevin Fitzpatrick for the position, as he brings with him professional... Read more

Theater and healing: An conversation with the production company of "A Sunbeam"

The play's the thing. Theater offers reflections of reality but can it serve as a specific tool in tackling problems? Jo Ann and Dave talk with members of PassinArt: A Theater Company about their production of "A Sunbeam" by award-winning playwright John Henry. This uniq... Read more

Poems by Robert A. Davies

  Talking Earth Anthology:   Four poems from Sometimes Subversive by Robert A. Davies.  Now in his 80s, Robert Davies maintains the perpetually fresh approach to his work of the true artist.  His five collections of poetry have ranged from poems about his acre of land in... Read more

LINKS on FBI & Mohamed: RU ready for Wednesday?!

LINKS to prepare for Wednesday's Docudrama Mo Is Shy, 6-8pm ("reading the affidavit is a bit like reading MadLibs"--Trevor Aaronson, Terror Factory talk at Columbia University on the day of Mohamed Mohamud's conviction) Here are some of the other nationwide FBI entrapment ... Read more

milk

On the Old Mole Dec 8, 2008, Jan Haaken and I discuss Milk, The Times of Harvey Milk, the Briggs Initiative, Proposition 8, solidarity and political activism. See also Sherry Wolff's review-essay on Milk and Milk at SocialistWorker.org The Harvey Milk pages at Uncle Don... Read more