Arts and Culture

Joe Sacco: The Great War - Extended Audio

Airs at: Thu, 11/14/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Comics journalist extraordinaire and occasional Portlander Joe Sacco returns to Words & Pictures with a project unlike any other. The Great War is a 24-foot long panorama depicting the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1, 1916. In this extended version of Novembe... Read more

2014 KBOO Artist In Residence

KBOO Community Radio Artist In Residence Program for 2014 The KBOO Community Radio Artist In Residence Program assists artists working creatively with sound. Every year, one artist or one collaborative group of artists will be awarded twenty hours of stud... Read more

KBOO Youth Collective: New Avenues for Youth INK Community Profile

Airs at: Wed, 11/27/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

New Avenues INK is part of New Avenues for Youth's Social Purpose Enterprise Initiative (SPEI), which was launched in 2011 as an innovative approach to generating social value and long term self-sufficiency for at risk populations by operating a portfolio of businesses that... Read more

KBOO Youth Collective: New Avenues for Youth INK Community Profile

Airs at: Wed, 11/27/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Underground

New Avenues INK is part of New Avenues for Youth's Social Purpose Enterprise Initiative (SPEI), which was launched in 2011 as an innovative approach to generating social value and long term self-sufficiency for at risk populations by operating a portfolio of businesses that... Read more

Independent Book Sellers

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

c; and host O B Hill, Reflections Mirror Image Books will discuss the challenges and rewards facing independent booksellers. Nationally the numbers are dwindling. Competition from chain stores and online vendors is fierce. Prospects for success are slim, at best. Why would ... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: Wilmer Fields, "My Life in the Negro Leagues: An Autobiography"

Airs at: Fri, 08/07/2020 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Wilmer Leon Fields (August 2, 1922 – June 4, 2004) was a household name in the Negro leagues and other baseball circuits between the 1940s and 1950s. His son, Bennie Fields, visits Black Book Talk to discuss his father's book, "My Life in the Negro Leagues: An Autobiograp... 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" fo... Read more

D'Norgia Taylor, "If By Chance"

Airs at: Thu, 09/05/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

D'Norgia Taylor writes science fiction for all ages and all kinds of people. "A lot of it is about escape -- getting away from whatever the issues...that you want to escape from -- or to." Her latest work, If By Chance, deals with a generational curse that besets a small ... Read more

Cacophony Zone Trips - The Inception

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Web extra: Carrie Galbraith (co-editor, along with John Law and Kevin Evans, of Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society) recounts the early days of the Cacophony Zone Trips, before the notorious Zone Trip Four inpired the founding of the Burning Man Arts Fesival.Click ... Read more

John Law and Carrie Galbraith at Powell's Books - part two

Airs at: Thu, 08/29/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between The Covers

John Law and Carrie Galbraith are the co-editors (along with Kevin Evans) of Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society. On June 14, 2013, they appeared before a standing-room-only crowd at Powell's City of Books. KBOO's Between the Covers presents part two of the uncut... Read more