Archive for November 14th, 2012

A Cultural Armageddon?

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

By: Frank Cadenhead “What? America doesn’t have a Minister of Culture?!” I remember a good friend asking. “How do they manage?” The short answer: they don’t. To translate the French words politique culturelle into American English poses problems, since the concept essentially does not exist. It generally refers to the government’s policies for the arts but the [...]

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Not Even God Can Act Without A Contract!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. No sooner had Super Storm Sandy begun crashing into the East Coast when my phone started ringing with cancellations. The most common question went something like this: “The presenter needs to cancel, but they already paid a deposit. Do we have to give it back? What the protocol?” The second [...]

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