“The budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that begins July 1 includes $5.024 million for the California Arts Council — $412,000 less than its current funding.”
Tag: 06.19.13
A Play Performed In Total Darkness
“The audience enters in the dark. The actors are never seen. The ushers wear night vision goggles.”
Major Congressional Report: We Need Investment In Humanities Education
“The report comes amid concern about low humanities enrollments and worries that the Obama administration’s emphasis on science education risks diminishing a huge source of the nation’s intellectual strength.”
What Are We Worth? Shakespeare, Money and Morals
“The connection between Shakespeare and nuclear waste might seem tenuous, but Michael J. Sandel, the political philosopher, did his utmost to unite the two at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park on Monday night, assisted by readings given by the likes of Alan Alda, Vanessa Redgrave, Christine Baranski and Matt Damon.”