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Oh, the Horror! NEA Under Fire for Community Organizing

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Nea, Nontroversy, National Endowment for the Arts, Yosi Sergeant, The Arts, Big Hollywood, Politics News
Matt Osborne

According to some in the wingnutosphere, asking arts organizations to consider creating opportunities for volunteerism is the slippery slope to Orwellian dystopia.

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The Third Golden Age Begins?: Welcome to the Berliner Philharmoniker

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Classical Music, Sir Simon Rattle, Digital Concert Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, The Arts, Live HD Broadcasts, The Future of the Arts, Entertainment News
Gerald Sindell

I hope that the Digital Concert Hall will be remembered ten years from now as the brilliant beginning of a great cultural revolution and not as a shining example of a Golden Age that never reached fulfillment.

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Here's Why Nice Work Pays Much Better

Christina Patterson | Posted 08.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Salaries, Work, Politicians, The Arts, Wages, Bankers, Doctors, Happiness, The Rich, Business News
Christina Patterson

Politicians basically agree with the bankers. They think that the most highly educated people in our society are the ones most likely to operate on a base level of animal greed.

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US-Cuba Thaw Taking Place In The Arts

Reuters | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba, Foreign Affairs, Cuban Art, US-Cuba Policy, Art, US-Cuba Relations, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Embargo, The Arts, Raul Castro, Cuba Art, Cuba, Advocacy, World News

The U.S. and Cuba governments have taken the first, tentative steps towards ending 50 years of hostilities, but the thawing of relations is already in...

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Why Do Repubicans Hate Artists And Writers So Much?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 03.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Nea, Writers, Republicans, Lobbying, The Arts, Economic Stimulus Package, Writing, Grants, Philip Levine, Arts Funding, Art, Publishing, Foundations, Style News
Lisa Solod Warren

I don't expect Republicans to own up to having read anything more challenging than a Tom Clancy novel, but would they really deny the rest of us the opportunity to do so?

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