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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Radical de-investment': $600K cut to Oregon arts groups
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Artistic Director Brian Weaver would like to focus on the August Wilson play, that is now playing. Instead he's dealing with a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that was withdrawn the day before the play opened. The grant was initially awarded to help fund the show about Black history. Since it was withdrawn, the public stepped up to help cover the financial loss. 'If you're saying , 'Could people just pay for it directly?' I would say yeah, they could,' Weaver told KOIN 6 News. 'They could pay for roads, too. They could pay for schools. If you strip away public money, individuals will pay for it, but it will leave a lot of people behind.' The head of the said so far nearly $600,000 promised to dozens of Oregon organizations have been cut. While some arts organizations can get large donors to help fill gaps, that's not the case at most performing arts locations, especially in smaller communities. The shows and performances often help local economies as people dine out and explore the area. 'I think what we're seeing at every level of government is a radical de-investment in arts,' said Josh Hecht of the . 'And if we think that art and culture does a public good, then the public needs to support the art.' On Monday, US Rep. Suzanne Bonamici brought groups together to talk about a strategy going forward. Bonamici pledged to continue to fight to restore the NEA funding that was promised but taken away. Meanwhile, arts groups will try and figure out how to plan for the future. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Letters to the Editor: Argument that food bank needed a luxury car for work is specious
To the editor: Brian Weaver, chief executive of the Food Bank of Southern California, claims that the Tesla he bought with food bank money was for work rather than personal use ("Leaders of California food bank spent millions on cars, Vegas trips, home renovations, suit says," April 8). None of my experience with nonprofit organizations, whether paid, volunteer or academic, would provide a good excuse for a nonprofit group to buy any brand of luxury car. Mary Stewart, Wilmington This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
16-04-2025
- Automotive
- Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: Argument that food bank needed a luxury car for work is specious
To the editor: Brian Weaver, chief executive of the Food Bank of Southern California, claims that the Tesla he bought with food bank money was for work rather than personal use ('Leaders of California food bank spent millions on cars, Vegas trips, home renovations, suit says,' April 8). None of my experience with nonprofit organizations, whether paid, volunteer or academic, would provide a good excuse for a nonprofit group to buy any brand of luxury car. Mary Stewart, Wilmington
