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Kiefer Sutherland at Jim Brunberg's Mississippi Studios 5/6/17 / Photo by Brent Angelo

07/24/2020

Jim Brunberg: How he helped get money to save our music venues. / Audio

By TOM D'ANTONI // Mississippi Studios/Revolution Hall owner JIm Brunberg is on the front lines in the fight to help Oregon Music venues survive the pandemic. Listen to how it happened and what he thinks is in store for Oregon concert-goers.

In the past week and a half the Oregon Legislature and the Portland City Council have included the arts in general and Oregon music venues in particular in the Federal money designated to aid the public and  businesses in order to survive the pandemic. There was no guarantee that the arts were going to be included. Leading that fight has been the Independent Venue Coalition co-founded by Mississippi Studios/Revolution Hall owner (and musician) Jim Brunberg..

He spoke to us on Thursday as he was getting ready to do some camping with his daughters. Let's find out what he and the coalition did to keep our venues alive

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