Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Statement from Americans for the Arts in Response to Rejection of Amendment to Cut Funding to NEA, NEH
Stage Directions: Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch offered this statement in response to this afternoon’s House of Representatives vote rejecting an amendment to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities by 15 percent
House to Consider Proposal to Cut NEA Funding By 15%
Variety: The House of Representatives may vote on Wednesday on an effort to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities by 15%.
Mandalay Bay owner sues victims of Las Vegas mass shooting, claims it has “no liability of any kind”
Salon.com: The corporate owners of Mandalay Bay and the Route 91 Harvest festival venue have filed federal lawsuits against the victims of last year's mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas, claiming that MGM Resorts International has zero liability in the deadly Oct. 1 incident.
Men Outnumber Female Critics 2-1, Affecting Visibility, Study Finds
Variety: Male film critics outnumbered female critics two to one, an imbalance San Diego State University researcher Martha Lauzen argues can negatively affect the exposure and evaluation of female-led features.
For theater community, finding ways to reflect societal diversity onstage is more urgent than ever
The San Diego Union-Tribune: Theater is often at its best and most powerful when it says to those who feel overlooked, misunderstood or invisible: You are seen.
Of course, theater doesn’t always manage to do that — either for audiences or for artists. For a form that can be so welcoming to fresh viewpoints and voices, it also has a traditionalist streak that in some quarters can serve to perpetuate (even unconsciously) dated ideas and attitudes.
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