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Open Meetings Law

At the December board meeting, volunteers raised concern that I am not familiar with the laws regarding open meetings. It was suggested that the board look to ORS Chapter 192.610-192.690. http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/192.html However, as I have communicated to some ... Read more

KBOO Give!Guide Momentum Surges...

...passed $10,000!! YAY!! But you can still join in. DONATE NOW Since Monday, dozens of wonderful listeners have donated thousands to KBOO via the Give!Guide. Today's pace is even faster and with your help we can exceed last year's total. Huge thanks to all our Give!G... Read more

filmmaker Brian Lindstrom

My guest is for December 29th is Brian Lindstrom, the filmmaker. He has a new film coming out... Listen to the interview here. He emailed me: "Old Town Diary", a film project I've been doing with folks coping with mental illness and addiction, plays at Cinema 21 on Feb. 28th... Read more

Quick correction

Ooops!In my review of Sherlock Holmes, I referred to the Edwardian era. The stories were all set in the late Victorian. Victoria reigned until 1901, when Edward VII succeeded.My mistake. Happy New Year! Read more

Movies opening Christmas day, 2009

Sherlock HolmesDirector: Guy RitchieWith: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie MarsanWhat you think of this film will have a lot to do with whether you have read the Holmes stories. I have been reading them since I was a child, and parts of this... Read more

Tim DuRoche and Judith Margles

Listen to the interview here. My guest on Art Focus this week (the 22nd) is Tim DuRoche, who curated at the new Oregon Jewish Museum The Shape of Time: Accumulations of Place and Memory. This exhibition of photography works around Jewish history in Oregon via specific locat... Read more

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