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Monday, October 30, 2017

DIGGABLE MONKEY PODCAST: JASON WELLS AUDIO ENGINEER MUSICIAN




Drawing on more than 20 years of experience as sound engineer, mixer, designer, and composer in audio-post production, Jason has established his company AUDIOWELLS as one of the most trusted audio post studios for Film, TV and Radio. Wells is a multi-instrumentalist and performing cornetist, guitarist, and singer in popular Portland groups such as MarchFourth, Trashcan Joe, The Libertine Belles, The Nowhere Band, and The Saloon Ensemble. In every performance – from a local pub to an epic multi-day festival – Wells' passion for music shines through in every performance.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

DIGGABLE MONKEY PODCAST: MANOJ MATHEW DJ EVENT PRODUCER




With musical roots in Portland going back to early 90’s, Manoj is one of the pioneer DJ’s of American west coast dance culture. He has produced and co-produced countless large-scale music events in the Northwest region including his popular Uplift and Curve music series, the Black Rock Boutiques’s annual fund-raiser, White Out and Howl, the annual Halloween event to benefit the City Repair Project.

Monday, October 9, 2017

Figure Plant: Paul Bunyan Statue



Here's a fun one! Though largely a community-based funding effort, the folks at Kenton's Figure Plant were the crew that actually rocked the recent Paul Bunyan restoration. Unlike some other iconic statues in Portland, you can put this guy on your magazine cover and in your TV show all day long. He belongs to no one and everyone simultaneously. Indeed, a true Portland enigma... 

See more Diggable Monkey video here: https://diggablemonkey.com

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Steve Buhaly Launches Money Tips... For A Better Life!




Diggable Monkey and Steve Buhaly have undertaken an educational, not-for-profit endeavor to raise awareness on financial literacy and empowerment for young adults.
Steve's created a YouTube channel that covers topics such as savings, debt, and investing (and we’re working on a few others that include job hunting, interviewing, negotiating, etc). These videos will be released regularly and are free for public use with no advertisements.

Attached are three videos that comprise our first release topic: Savings. We're writing to ask for your help in spreading the word by doing one or more of the following:
  1. Watch and circulate the videos
  1. Subscribe to the Youtube channel
  1. Like the Facebook page
  1. Leave a positive review (either directly on Youtube, or on Facebook...or both!)
Our primary purpose in circulating these videos is to help educate young adults on how they can secure a healthy financial future in an entertaining and engaging way. This is the official release and we want to build momentum and get these videos where they will be as helpful as possible.
If you know of any educational organizations or financial literacy programs that could benefit from these videos, please also feel free to forward them along as you see fit.
Stay tuned for our next release topic on investing basics coming out later this month!
Your help is much appreciated,

Savings Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlfQ6U06eZA

Website: www.sbmoneytips.com
--> Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJDU3tcoYgXMZFLymnKRpw/videos

Friday, July 14, 2017

DIGGABLE MONKEY PODCAST: MIZU DESIERTO BUTOH DANCER





Mizu is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Water in the Desert (WITD) and The Headwaters Theatre. She is a performer, choreographer and educator whose work explores themes of identity, truth, culture, ecology and transformation. Mizu’s artistic works have been commissioned by The City of Portland and Portland Center Stage and her projects have received funding from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Oregon’s Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland Development Commission, Oregon Arts Commission, The Multnomah County Cultural Coalition & The Oregon Cultural Trust. As an educator, she has worked as adjunct faculty in dance at Prescott College and Portland State University. Recently she was awarded a residency at Playa Summer Lake.

The Fair-Haired Dumbbell: The Weather Makes a Difference



Mural painter Chris Wunderlich describes how painting in cool overcast weather makes for a easier day on the Fair-Haired Dumbbell.
For more info on the Fair-Haired Dumbbell, visit: Guerrilla Development


Video produced by Diggable Monkey Productions

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Fair-Haired Dumbbell - The Painting Begins


The Fair-Haired Dumbbell is Guerrilla Development’s 56,000 SF speculative office building with ground-floor retail in the heart of the Burnside Bridgehead.  At the eastside intersection of Burnside Street and the Willamette River, the Bridgehead is home to some of Portland’s most exciting new architecture and development
The project consists of two canted six-story towers decked in hand-painted original artwork on all eight of its elevations.  At each level, sky bridges connect the ~4,000 SF office spaces, giving the creative companies who work there the ability to own their own floor (or two).  No two elevations are the same; Tenants and visitors alike will take in impressive views of Portland through windows of varying size.  At the ground floor, the Fair-Haired Dumbbell will compliment its neighborhood with unique retail offerings and creative landscaping.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Restoring Sovereign: Oregon Historical Society







The Oregon Historical Society and Randall Investment Group team up to renovate Portland's 1922 Sovereign Hotel, including the famous Richard Haas trompe l'oeil mural. 
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Friday, April 21, 2017

DIGGABLE MONKEY PODCAST: CHET LYSTER GUITAR PLAYER EXTRAORDINAIRE



Listen Here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/kevin-balmer/podcast-chet-lyster-guitar-player-extraordinaire/

Thursday, April 6, 2017

RESTORING SOVEREIGN: REVIVING THE TROMPE L'OEIL MURAL


Dan Cohen and Christopher Wunderlich step us through what it takes to restore a four wall trompe l'oeil mural on an old historical building in downtown Portland, Oregon.  

Produced and Directed by Kevin Balmer
Diggable Monkey Productions
http://diggablemonkey.com