"Reports from the arts, culture, and food worlds have been ROUGH lately. January through March are lean times for everyone. So if you don't want to make dinner, and you still have enough self esteem to refrain from eating canned tomatoes over the sink (🙋guilty), spend some takeout dollars on your favs. If you're cold, they're cold, order some Phở. This goes for bookshops, movie houses, and other artsy spaces."
"A release from the group said purchase of Nathaniel West Building No. 1 "was made possible by the generous support of donors and the Portland literary community." When we wrote about the attempt in July, the shop's owner Craig Florence (also L'École Buissonnière board chair) said he had until the fall to raise $300,000 for a downpayment. The GoFundMe campaign shot to $10,000, then seemed to stall."
January through March are lean months for arts, culture, and food businesses, so customers are urged to spend takeout dollars to support favorites. Mother Foucault's bookshop is buying its building through the literary nonprofit L'École Buissonnière. A release credited donors and the Portland literary community for enabling the purchase. Owner Craig Florence needed to raise $300,000 for a down payment; a GoFundMe surged to $10,000 then stalled, but subsequent donations, including anonymous contributions in the thousands, have advanced a readjusted $55,000 goal. L'École Buissonnière plans third-floor programming; art studios and gallery Society occupy the second floor. The World Naked Bike Ride draws thousands, blocks streets, and functions as a protest.
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