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Posts tagged "NEA"

Is the NEA asking artists to push the health care agenda?

Patrick Courrielche Ok, this is not looking so good, people. From the conversative bloggers who broke the story about 18-years olds going undercover to bust ACORN, comes a new scandal. Now, 90% of the time the stories are just alarmist and unsubstantiated, but this one is gaining steam. The story from this blogger  (with a... Read more »
By KathrynBorn,
September 21, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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Western Exhibitions and the Weekend

I’d like to spotlight a couple things about the upcoming weekend, and also give links to worthy people who cull through all this stuff. In a nutshell, tonight is the second Friday of the month, so Pilsen (around 18th and Halsted – see our map) has got a whole lineup of stuff. They say there are... Read more »
By KathrynBorn,
June 12, 2009 at 10:14 am
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Editorial by Dawoud Bey on Government Support for the Arts

How Can the Government Support Artists? By Dawoud Bey   President Barack Obama recently named Broadway theater producer and impressario Rocco Landesman as his nominee to head the National Endowment for the Arts. Not too well known outside of theater circles, Landesman’s nomination has nevertheless reignited an impassioned conversation about the role that government should... Read more »
By KathrynBorn,
June 5, 2009 at 1:48 pm
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