Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments) for October 26th:

• Cort and Fatboy in first full interview since KUFO massacre | Oregon Media Central

  From the interview…

  OMC: What's the most realistic, concrete way that Portland radio could be made better? Then, what's the fantasy way, and why is that only a fantasy?

  Cort Webber: …Well, I think the two questions are linked because the most realistic ways to make radio better are probably just a fantasy at this point. The best way to make Portland radio "better" is to fully staff stations with live, local bodies…

  Fatboy: …but to me, it seems like you can realistically succeed in Portland radio by simply paying attention to the people in the city. Know what you want to be, and then be it….

  Read the rest of the interview (I’d have clipped much more good stuff, but I want you to read it where it came from…!)

• Oregon Music News

  Where have I been that I missed *this*? Helmed by Tom D'Antoni, tech produced by multi-dextrous John Nastos (yes, the same jazz musician who runs Ta.gulus & has mad tech coding skills in addition to his saxophone mastery, apparently), this site already has tons of local content in genres ranging from classical to acoustic to indie, written by many names you're probably already familiar with if you love local music. (Tara Dublin in the house? Oh, yeah…)

  Adding it to my RSS feed now; scoping out places to go this weekend…(turns out I hadn’t missed it; official launch was announced after I added it to this post. Good to know I’m not completely out of the loop…!

• Call for classroom projects floods online charity – Portland Public Schools

  If Salem can't/won't, big business can/will. Could your company help?

  From a recent PPS news release – "Presented an opportunity for money for student projects, teachers in Portland Public Schools responded in force, demonstrating both their creativity and the need for classroom funding. Now, the school district is looking for additional support to fill all of their requests.

  The story started when J.P. Morgan Chase — in partnership with DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit Web site connecting donors with specific classroom needs in public schools — offered to fund classroom projects in PPS in K-8 literacy, math and science. Four days after PPS teachers were presented with the opportunity, more than 250 of them had submitted 500 projects on DonorsChoose.org — with a total request of $250,000. That's a sharp increase from the 14 PPS projects posted on the site just four days before."

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Photo taken by John Klicker & Julie Keefer, shared to da Vinci community via e-mail

My apologies if I’m sharing information out of turn, but I know that there’s been a flood of inbound traffic looking for memorial service information for Keith Goodman.

I received the following email tonight from the da Vinci middle school parent mailing list I’m now on sharing the official district statement about Goodman’s death, am presuming the ‘I’ in the statement below is from Superintendent Carole Smith (I’m told that this communication will also be up on the PPS site shortly.) I’m also sharing one of the two photos shown here from that list (am still nailing down proper photo credits for same.)

It is with great sadness that I announce the death of beloved dance teacher Keith V. Goodman, who worked extensively in the district, most recently at Buckman Elementary School. Keith lost consciousness immediately following a performance outside the Beaverton library Saturday afternoon June 27 and died soon after. He was 54.

Keith was a celebrated figure in the Portland arts community and beyond but to many Portland Public Schools students, he was the man who opened the world of dance to them. He was especially known for inspiring boys.

“He was really quite masterful at taking shuffling, I-don’t-want-to-do-it boys and helping them become more comfortable and confident with their bodies and their movement,” said Tom Breuckman, director of student services and a friend of Keith’s.

Keith taught dance at Jefferson High School from 1986 to 1993 and at Mt. Tabor Middle School for the 1993-94 school year. He returned to the district in 1997 and taught at Buckman until his untimely death.

Keith had just finished performing at the Beaverton Farmer’s Market Saturday with four students – two from da Vinci Middle School, one from Mt. Tabor Middle School and one former Buckman student – when he suffered an apparent heart attack on stage. Many students from Buckman and other schools were in the audience after completion of a week-long dance camp with Keith.

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(photo of part of the memorial tribute assembled at Buckman Elementary school)

On Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., a memorial service for the PPS community to remember Keith will be held in the Buckman cafeteria. (More information about the Buckman gathering here, although it should be noted that it’s primarily for the Buckman community, as you’ll see. I have more photos I’ve taken of the memorial tribute crafted by Buckman kids and families on the Buckman site.)

Information about a Portland-wide memorial service Thursday at Gerding Theater and a fund to further Keith’s legacy can be found on the Dance Gatherer Web site, the dance company Keith formed and directed.

Keith is survived by his partner, Bill Flood, daughter Anahelena of Portland and his mother and brother in Atlanta.

Finally, for those on Facebook, join the group “In loving memory of Keith V. Goodman” to share your stories and photos.

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