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News from the Board- January 2009

We would like to re-welcome Louis Sowa as our twelfth seated board member. Louis pinch hitted last year and served on the board for half a year. He will be serving a two year term having been appointed to the position vacated by Jay Theymeier. Louis is a tremendous help ... Read more

Write Around Portland's Workshop for Transgendered Adults guests on Out Loud on 5/27

Tune into Out Loud on May 27th @ 6pm to hear from guests from Write Around Portland's Transgendered Adults Writing Workshop.  Barbara interviews three participants and a program coordinator from this series of workshops. Read more

Roots of Change ~ Social Justice and Media

Normal 0 KBOO is a proud media sponsor for Roots of Change ~ Social Media and Justice   Portland, Oregon, November 2-4, 2011 — It’s time for one of the only national conferences focused exclusively on the prevention of sexual violence!  In its 3rd year, Roots of Change ... Read more

Our Artist in Residence, Marisa Anderson, goes on a full US Tour

Our artist in residence Marisa Anderson,  goes on a full US tour as of Friday!Marisa's residency at KBOO was about delving into songs in our public domain, and she'll be playing some of the songs in her set.  She'll also have the Elizabeth Cotten/Marisa Anderson split 7"... Read more

December 5 - Playlist Spotlight

Her name is Soha, a French contemporary R&B singer who signed with Virgin Music back in 2007 and quickly released her debut album D'Ici et d'Ailleurs with a re-release in 2008.  She hails from Marseille and has Jazz, Blues, Soul, Jamaican Reggae and Latin influences spri... Read more

Creating Community Online

We've recently adopted KBOO's house rules to apply to our website and have posted our community guidelines.  Please read these so you are aware of our expectations of those participating in discussions on this site. Read more

22--NEWS--so 22 isn't missing and here's a bit of news--especially for KBOO news

Hi Folks, My mistake on not sending a #22 in that last batch, just got ahead of myself so I'll number this 22 and we'll be okay.  You should now be up to #28. I went through every single email I've received and so everything has been filed and forwarded, I'm all caught up ... Read more

KBOO Program Committee for Tonight Canceled 10-25

The Programming Committee Meeting that was scheduled for tonight (Tuesday, October 25th) has been canceled. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8th, at 7PM. Read more

New Jazz Releases December 13, 2013

Jazz Tracking KBOO   12-6-13 Don Braden/Rubin            Full Circle                Creative PM Kris Davis                Massive Threads            Thirsty Ear Nnenna Freelon/Brown B Band    Christmas                Brown Blvd Juan Garcia-Herreros            Normas  ... Read more

Jazz In The Afternoon

My guest on March 18 will be renowned trombonist Sonny Russo,who has retired to the Portland area after his 60-year career. Sonny will bring his own music and his inimitable stories! We'll touch, musically, also on Dave Frishberg's 76th birthday coming up March 23, and Nat... Read more