Portland City Council Weighs Putting Federal Bailout Money in the Hands of Distressed Individuals Versus Saving Entertainment Venues – Willamette Week

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The owners of two dozen private local entertainment venues, several of them nonprofits, are lobbying City Hall hard.

STREET THEATER: Portland’s Centers for the Arts venues have seen more protests than performances in recent weeks. (Alex Wittwer) Police officers hold up a flashlight to a protester on SW main, midway between Broadway and 9th. They also aimed rubber bullet launchers at the crowd.

Aminé at Roseland Theater on Dec. 27, 2016. IMAGE: Henry Crommet.