Wild Flag recently returned from Australia and will soon be heading back out on the road in the US. The tour starts March 30 in [...]
This sinking ship of an economy is depriving many children of exposure to the arts. For example, in Portland, only three dollars per child per year goes to arts education. In Seattle, only seven dollars per child is doled out annually. The people who are behind Portland’s Pickathon Indie Roots Music Festival decided to do something about this — they organized Benefest, a three-show event in which all proceeds go to Buckland Elementary and the Portland Schools Foundation, to give funds to this worthy cause.