How do you think Sam's ex-partner got all the money to build the Armory theater for PCS?

Especially when the old place next tot he Schnitzer had plenty of room for the poor draw he gets (at least based on the fact he's not close to breaking even.)

THat's just how Portland does(n't) work.

Jack, you may want Stenchy to make the acquaintance of Arty the Seal over at DieHipster.com. Arty would be a great spokesman for this grant program.

There is a ton of stuff to gag on, but how the Hell is a one-sided political point of view considered art?

Barbara Bernstein, Fighting Goliath
$6,000

Fighting Goliath, an hour-long radio documentary, examines ethical, environmental and cultural impacts of Canadian Tar Sands development on communities in the Northwest. The
documentary follows a recent controversy over plans to haul massive machinery through intact wildlands in the Pacific Northwest, Idaho and Montana, to the Tar Sands operations in Alberta.

I find it interesting that speaking about destruction of the environment is still considered a one sided political issue.

And to think my dad, a retired PPS teacher takes his dulcimer and does short 30 minute mountain bluegrass music presentations for elementary school classes in the valley.
For free.

Who knew that virtually all art projects run between $4.000-$6,000? Even a parade for Buckman School to go second-lining (minus the drinking, presumably). $4,800 seems like an insane amount of money for a half-day outing of kids playing music and twirling parasols.

Why do your idiots vote for these idiots? Sheeeeesh!

Seems to me that the arts have always done fine on their own. Individual creativity often sprung from the have-nots experiencing struggle and all that. Throwing a lot of monet at it is a really good way to go baroque.

Why do your idiots vote for these idiots? Sheeeeesh!

I love this comment as much now as the 1,000 other times somebody has left it here. So insightful.

Jo: I find it interesting that speaking about destruction of the environment is still considered a one sided political issue.
JK: Increasing the cost of energy is very much a one party thing, for that is the real goal of those opposing Canadian oil. They want, paraphrasing Obama “energy prices to skyrocket”.

Thanks
JK

I understand the need that governmental folks have for semiprofessional PR flacks. What I don't understand is the inability of the interns in the press to see through the crap.

Can someone tell me why Amy Bernstein is getting $4,260? (WTF phrases in bold):

Appendix Project Space, a residency and exhibition space, is an exemplary contemporary model of creative and critical activity. In order to not only document but contribute to this vital cultural production, I would like to compose a catalogue surrounding the ideas behind the space. This book will be an amalgamation of visual cues and essays supporting and surrounding both the space's mission and its methodology. Less of a traditional catalogue and more a book of insight, this collection will represent Appendix's philosophies via example and inspiration.

Stand-up comedy by mentally ill people? I always thought that the commissioners sat during council meetings.

The comment was about the destruction of the environment, not the cost of energy. Apparently to Jim Karlock the price of oil is more worthy of attention than the destruction of the place (planet Earth) in which he lives and survives.

So many emotions. Anger. Mirth. Confusion. Sadness. But mainly loss of hope for our city:

"Adobe Globe" is a long-form musical composition which incorporates set design, lighting design, and multimedia elements. The performance takes place inside the "Adobe Globe", a round structure that's half open to the audience. The story is about a man who spends his days in this self-built home, mostly in darkness, dreaming about the world outside. He looks out the peephole in his door, observing a curious building across the street and the people who live there. The music is influenced by the night and my dreams. It incorporates a rare instrument that I'll play, a Hammond S6 chord organ, which is over 50 years old."

CoP is going to pay this guy 5,700$

lpagan: The comment was about the destruction of the environment, not the cost of energy.
JK: The comment was an accusation that extracting oil is destroying the environment.

lpagan: Apparently to Jim Karlock the price of oil is more worthy of attention than the destruction of the place (planet Earth) in which he lives and survives.
JK:No I think the comment was a thinly disguised attempt to reduce the supply of a vital commodity that has lifted millions of people out of poverty and will lift millions more if allowed to. Unfortunately there is a small group of “useful idiots” who blindly follow every command from the ultra radical wing of the green movement and reflexively oppose energy production and use, somehow thinking we would all be better off living without modern energy.

Most of them are to illiterate to realize that there is NO VIABLE SUBSTITUTE for oil, gas and coal except nuclear, which they also generally oppose. If their dream world comes to pass, it will be a world of vastly increased poverty, decreased standard of living and premature deaths. They ignore the fact that wind costs over five times that of coal and solar electric even more. They ignore the fact that both wind and solar require spinning reserve such that there is little CO2 reduction. They pretend that fantasy energy sources actually are ready to supply a modern society today, if we would just do it. They are wrong and willing to destroy our standard of living in pursuit of their delusion.

Thanks
JK