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Village Building Convergence 10

KBOO is a proud co-sponsor of: City Repair’s 10th Annual VilageBuildingConvergence will be taking place from May 28th till June 6th in Portland, OR. Everyone is invite to participate for in the 31 community placemaking sites that will be in creation all across the city and ... Read more

Mothers and Others: Alloparents and Commoning

For the Old Mole Variety Hour May 10, 2010. The well-read red likes to consider histories and holidays: Memorial Day, Columbus Day, and Easter , Queer Pride and International Women's Day. So, we've noted before, on the Old Mole, that Mother's Day, which began in t... Read more

Plein Air Smackdown

Listen to the interview here. From May 14th through the 17th Portland will host Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse. This conference says it will challenge our traditional ideas of what art is and does. It will present artists, project... Read more

PLO executive committee approves new peace talks with Israel - Haaretz May 8 2010

In his prepared remarks last month,Akiva Tor refered to a cabinet meeting taking place the same day.  The next day there were press reports of Israeli concessions on building in East Jerusalem ... something I reported on in the April 28th Shalom Portland broadcast.  I can o... Read more

Walt Curtis Fire Fund

KBOO's own Walt Curtis, one of the hosts of Talking Earth, needs your help and support. Walt is an amazing part of the KBOO Community and Portland, OR. Walt lost nearly everything, including writings and artwork in a recent fire at the Great Northwest Bookstore in Lair Hil... Read more

Iron Men and Bicycle Thieves at the Movies

Iron Man 2  (Opening everywhere) Director: Jon Favreau With: Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson Second time around can be a problem for a movie franchise.  We already know the actors and situa... Read more
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