Category: issues

The US Senate’s supporters of the National Endowment for the Arts decide not to fight for an increase in the arts agency’s budget.  Washington Post

to safeguard earnings of young actors. Backstage

according to a new government report. CBC

The US Senate’s supporters of the National Endowment for the Arts decide not to fight for an increase in the arts agency’s budget. Washington Post

The Australian government has come up with a bureaucratic alphabet – the “Business Case for Cultural Investment Guide” and the “Cultural Products Menu” – as it tries to promote business investment in the arts.  Sydney Morning Herald

The Australian government has come up with a bureaucratic alphabet – the “Business Case for Cultural Investment Guide” and the “Cultural Products Menu” – as it tries to promote business investment in the arts. Sydney Morning Herald

Last week’s concert in Miami by Cuban band Van Van provoked huge demonstrations outside. Intense media attention was partly to blame. Miami Herald

Kids are putting away the video games and devouring the sorcery of Harry Potter. Some parents worried about the wildly popular stories have persuaded South Carolina’s Board of Education to review whether the books should be allowed in the classroom. (AP) Philadelphia Daily News

On putting together the cultural program to accompany the Olympic games, its director says: “I felt the program should have scale, be youthful in tone and be a bit quirky because that’s how Australia is perceived.”  Sydney Morning Herald

On putting together the cultural program to accompany the Olympic games, its director says: “I felt the program should have scale, be youthful in tone and be a bit quirky because that’s how Australia is perceived.” Sydney Morning Herald