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Join us for a very special episode of Film at 11, a full hour in which we discuss great unorthodox holiday movies, and cite many of the screen celebrities who have passed away this season.    Around town This Week:    https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/2019   Coming O... Read more

2019 was a good year for folk music. On Friday, December 6th, 12 noon to 1:30, Movin' On will feature some of Don Jacobson's favorite folk music of this year. As a bonus for your support of KBOO, a very limited of Cathy Fink and Marcy  Marxer's new CD Wahoo! and Katherine R... Read more

  Guest David Rosner, PhD, MPH, Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for the History & Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, member of the National Academy of Sciences' National A... Read more

For five years the small Washington state community of Kalama has been grappling with spectre of having the world's largest methanol refinery sited at their port. Northwest Innovation Works, a Chinese-backed company, has been trying with little luck to attain the necessary ... Read more

  The Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older. Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, sha... Read more

Portlander Noor-Petra Hamiel is on hand to discuss Lebanese cinema, including the recent Capernaum. Noor is a native of the country, and in Portland is a caterer and restauranteur, but also an avid film viewer. She joins Mona and the rest for a wide-ranging discussion.      Read more

A Different Nature/Jazz Motif crossover special. DJ What The (!?!?) will be a guest on Gene the Jazz Machine's "Motif" show on Saturday, December 7, presenting a special on the music of Anthony Braxton. We will examine the AACM and its former and current artists, Roscoe Mit... Read more

  CA Conrad, author of nine books of poetry and essays, including the Lamba Literary Award-Winning "While Standing in Line for Death," is one of the foremost practitioners of what they call "(Soma)tic Poetry Rituals."  Conrad joins David Naimon today to discuss their curre... Read more

On December 23rd Prison Pipeline hosts will feature your holiday messages to your loved ones in and from prison.  Please send your short messages to kbooppc@gmail.com or mail to KBOO Prison Pipeline 20 SE 8th Portland, OR 97214. Happy Holidays from all of us at Prison Pipe... Read more

It's impossible to keep up with every new film and television show coming out in a given year, but we do our best, and this week we try to access what some of the stand out works were for 2019.  Read more

Brandy NālaniMcDougall's poem "He Mele Aloha no ka Niu" : https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/89747/he-mele-aloha-no-ka-niu   Featured guest: Jessica Tyner Mehta https://jessicamehta.com/ Read more

Having dealt with the best, here are the worst of the year, from bad TV shows, to intellectually bankrupt large-screen offerings.  Read more

The KBOO Book and Record Sale KBOO is excited to announce that we are now accepting donations for our Annual and Infamous Book and Record Sale! The event will be held @ Jupiter Next, 900 E Burnside  Saturday, December 21st from 12 noon until 10 pm KBOO Members-only hour f... Read more