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Waterfront Blues Festival

Now 20 years old, Portland's famous Waterfront Blues Festival has quite a history. Check out archival footage of early events and interviews with music historians. We also talk to the head of the Oregon Food Bank, the festival's beneficiary.

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Playwrite for Youth

Playwrite empowers marginalized youth through a carefully structured process of creating art. A two-week playwriting workshop matches young people with coaches from the performing arts community. Each student writes a play based on his or her own experiences. At the end of the workshop, professional actors perform a staged reading of the plays before a live audience.

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Found Objects Artist Brian Mock

Brian Mock is intrigued by the challenge of creating something unique, fun, and inherently curious. This artist merges imagination with technical skill by incorporating unusual found objects and everyday items into one-of-a-kind pieces. His work integrating welded, recycled material is designed to be highly interactive, and results in a spectrum of applications such as abstract wall pieces, freestanding sculptures, and functional furnishings.

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