Organizations, Oregon
Bread and Roses on 02/03/12
This Friday on Bread and Roses, Del Criscenzo welcomes Samantha Taylor and Megan Snelling in the studio! Samantha is a Student Advocate for the Women's Resource Center at Portland Community College Sylvania campus. The WRC is "dedicated to providing a supportive, comfortable, encouraging and safe environment to all PCC students and offer programs to support personal and academic growth." Samantha will talk about the resources the WRC has to offer and introduce us to the Illumination Project. Megan is the co-producer for PCC's WRC 12th rendition of the Vagina Monologues. She will discuss their up-coming performances and this PCC's WRC tradition. (Performance dates: Feb 10th, 11th, 12th.
Book content: 0Movin' On on 02/03/12
Alice Dimicele live on KBOO today! "Alice's music has that great combination of earthiness and groove that keeps it funky from the inside out. She's for real." --Bonnie Raitt. I first met Alice and heard her stirring vocals in the 1980s at a Cathedral Forest action group gathering in the forest outside Estacada. She and her trio are performing a concert tonight and video shoot at the Alberta Rose Theater.
Book content: 0Special Programming: Music on 02/02/12
Reggae Bob is back with a Membership Drive Special on Robert Nesta Marley, OM. Better known as Bob Marley, the renowned Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. Reggae Bob will be playing rare interviews and performances, and talking about the effect that Bob had all over the world, his relationship with Mama Africa, his relationships with women, his children, and the foundations that they have built.
Bob Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. Marley's music was heavily influenced by the social issues of his homeland, and he is considered to have given voice to the specific political and cultural nexus of Jamaica.
Book content: 0The Eavesdrop on 02/02/12
Tonight, join hosts Nia and Paula for conversation around the kitchen table on The Eavesdrop!
They will discuss the (mis-)education of Portland youth, which is the theme of the 6th Annual Portland Youth Summit, an event taking place on Friday, February 10th & Saturday, February 11th!
Mainstream media depicts our youth as violent, gun-toting, sociopathic, mentally under-developed adults. Nia and Paula challenge those depictions by examining the issues that lead to our youth being misunderstood.
Their special guest, Imani Muhammad, will share one of the solutions she created to bolster our community AND our youth.
Book content: 0Paula's Picks on 02/02/12
A pioneer for Blacks, our community, our movement, our music and musicians, our dance and dancers.
A pioneer for Blacks - our community, our movement.
A pioneer for Blacks.
A pioneer.
Don Cornelius was all that and then some. He was a visionary, who took the everyday and transformed it to the beauty beyond.
Join Paula the Small, host of Paula's Picks, TONIGHT for a tribute to & in honour of the legendary Don Cornelius. She will feature music from guests inspired by and appearing on "Soul Train", the music and social commentary prototype for shows like "BET's 106 & Park" and "Yo! MTV Raps".
Book content: 0Positively Revolting on 02/03/12
Pleasure and joy are sacred states.
In a society in which pleasure is denied and commodified, taking pleasure seriously is a revolutionary act.
Book content: 0APA Compass on 02/03/12
Tune in to APA Compass this Friday, February 3, 2012, at 9 A.M. We feature
Book content: 0It Takes A Village on 02/03/12
Host Shaheed Haamid interviews Shafia Monroe, Founder and President of International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC) and community activist devoted to infant mortality prevention, breastfeeding promotion, and increasing the number of midwives of color.
In addition to being a Certified Midwife by the Massachusetts Midwives Alliance, Shafia Monroe is also a Childbirth Educator, a Doula Trainer, and mother of seven children. She is a health activist, organizer, and international speaker.
Book content: 0Radiozine on 02/03/12
A Black History Special featuring Fred Gray, CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY FOR ROSA PARKS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING
Produced by TUC Radio
When Fred Gray's friend Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for violating the segregated seating ordinance on a Montgomery bus, 26-year-old Martin Luther King, was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and 24-year-old Fred Gray became his--and the movement's--lawyer. Gray's legal victory in the federal courts ended the boycott 381 days later.
Plugged In on 02/03/12
DJ Tronic is hosting the first of two KBOO winter Pledge Drive specials this Friday night with two hours of all new electronic / dance music in the mix!
I always bring a great variety of genres, and that will really be on display this Friday night. Tronic is busting out some Future Bass, Deep House, Breakbeats, Drum-n-Bass, Tech House, Techno, Glitch, Downtempo and more!
Artists in the mix will include::
Aeroc, Shades of Grey, UNER, Stimming, Marco Bailey, Maribou State, The Beijing Gang (brand new!!!), Clovis, Resolutions, Random Soul, The Advent, Cari Lekebusch & Jesper Dahlback, Lee Guthrie and more!
Back To The Egg on 02/05/12
Happy Winter Membership Drive! To thank you for your support and listenership, and to urge you for continued financial support for this new drive, Back To The Egg proudly presents The Minders live at the KBOO studios!. Tune in to 90.7 FM at the midnight hour this Saturday night to hear live music from one of the finest bands to ever grace the Elephant Six collective. Retro 60's-style britrock (think The Kinks) courtesy of Portland band The Minders! Saturday at midnight** on 90.7 FM KBOO.
**technically Sunday morning.
Book content: 0Astral Traveling on 02/05/12
Join DJ Sesqui host of "Astral Traveling" this Sunday Feb. 5 as he explores the rare world of The Private Press.
The Private Press - The term used in the record field to describe records released in small runs by individuals, as opposed to records released by record labels.
He'll be bringing out the rare crate for your listening pleasure. From Chicano Spiritual Left Field Funk, Roller Boogie, Early Hip-Hop, Soul Jazz and more.
Book content: 0Between the Covers on 02/02/12
Environmentalist and best-selling author Frances Moore Lappé is interviewed by Michelle Schroeder Fletcher about her book Ecomind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want.
Book content: 0Black Book Talk on 02/02/12
"Black Book Talk's" February interview is with Heidi W. Durrow, the New York Times best-selling author of The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (Algonquin Books). The novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy.
Book content: 0Check out KBOO by volunteering in during the Winter Membership Drive
The Melting Pot on 01/31/12
On THE MELTING POT Tonight!! 8-10pm Tuesday 1/31/2012
Featured Artist - BIRD OF PREY
Book content: 0Talk Radio on 02/01/12
Lisa Loving's guest is Robert Walker, Executive Vice President of the Population Institute.
If the current GOP presidential primary campaign is remembered for nothing else, it will be known for the meteoric rise of the "anti-contraception conservatives."
• Rick Santorum thinks states should have the power to ban family planning.
• Mitt Romney wants to eliminate funding for Title X, which helps to provides low-income women with access to family planning and reproductive health services.
• Rick Perry proudly trumpeted the fact that Texas had slashed state support for family planning clinics by two-thirds.
Book content: 0Political Perspectives on 02/01/12
“Turning Ghosts Into Ancestors:” Healing from the Trauma of War
Suzanne LaGrande interviews Dr. Joseph Bobrow, founder and president of the Coming Home Project. Started in 2005, the Coming Home Project is a non-profit organization devoted to providing expert, compassionate care, support, education, and stress management tools for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, service members, their families, and their service providers.
Book content: 0The Bike Show on 02/01/12
A transportation bill is being on the floor right now that would cut all federal money for bike and ped programs and roll back almost 20 years of bike and ped improvements. We'll look into what that could mean for the future of funding at the federal, state and local levels with Gerik Kransky from the BTA and Chris Rall from Transportation for America. Then at 11:30am Tara Corbin from Cycle Oregon will be joining us to talk about the upcoming Oregon Active Transportation Summit (April 16-17) and the state outlook for cycling and active transportation.
Book content: 0Jazz in the Afternoon on 02/01/12
Rita will be giving a pair of tickets away this afternoon to the upcoming Vijay Iyer "Tirtha" show on February 25 at the Crystal Ballroom as part of the Portland Jazz Festival. Jazz in the Afternoon will also feature Iyer's music as well as music from alto saxist Rudresh Mahanthappa and other related artists.
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