Category: issues

A decade ago, urban decay. Philadelphia’s recasting of a downtown street as a mecca of culture has been more successful than anyone thought possible. Now a plan to extend it. Philadelphia Inquirer

Disney opens its Millennial Village at Epcot in a blaze of color. Tampabay.com

have sprouted in the rain forests of Seattle, leading to a boom in philanthropic giving. AP (Yahoo Daily News)

The Happy Kingdom backs down on portrayal of Jerusalem and averts Arab boycott. Washington Post

California’s Lt. Governor plans to form a committee to investigate diversity in the entertainment industry.  Los Angeles Times

Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts says five years from now seeds of the NEA’s success will be seen to have started during the hard years of the early 90s. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Disney says it won’t refer to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in its Epcot Millennium exhibit. Arab leaders back off their threat to boycott the company. CBC

Yes, another Millennium package. The Chicago Tribune asks its critics what was the best year of the century for each of their art forms. 1976 for dance…1954 for classical music…1910 for art…1982 for TV…1953 for theater… Chicago Tribune

Two primitive stone axes unearthed in downtown Miami were made hundreds of years ago by people who lived 530 miles away in central Georgia. The discovery suggests that ancient South Floridians were active traders and extensive travelers. Miami Herald

The US senate has ditched an idea for a full-blown Committee on American Culture in favor of a much less powerful panel – a task force – which the entertainment industry still fears will be a forum to scapegoat Hollywood for school violence. Variety