BEHIND THE TIMES

In Dallas, an arts fundraising organization that once raised $750,000 a year for the arts, and has given out $12 million in 35 years, comes up dry. Why? The biggest clue comes in the third paragraph of this story: “We went into this year with the same fund-raising plan that we had in 1986,” says board president Bill Semper. “This year the events stopped working.” – Dallas Morning News