I recently learned of a study done by Americans for the Arts that measures the economic impact on local economies of non-profit arts organizations. Attendance at arts events generates related commerce for local businesses such as ... and retail stores. Data collected from 94,478 attendees at a range of events reveal an average spending of $27.79 per person, per event ...

mcdaniel College Announces Their Arts Events For December Broadway World With about a dozen members, Voices of Praise features contemporary gospel music and a non-student band providing "authentic" musicianship directly from the ... Read more: mcdaniel College Announces Their Arts Events For December - Broadway World

... :Jackson Place Business Association The Jackson Place Business Association has helped designate every 1st Thursday from 3-6pm to outreach with the community as well as support the two annual Open House events at the Hiawatha Artists Lofts. • The next "HAPPY HIAWATHA" is December 3rd, 2009 from 3-6pm • JPCC next Quarterly meeting is Monday January 11th • Hiawatha Artist Lofts ...

... be enlivening the streets and venues of Miami Beach with dance, music, theater and film on November 7-8, 2009. More than 150 free arts and entertainment events will be presented at 80 different locations throughout the city. During this “13-hour night”, free shuttle buses with onboard artistic programming will connect the various zones of ...

... southeast DC -The Homecoming Celebration produced by the Saartjie Project, an arts group that performs work inspired by the life of Saartjie Baartman ... -A Kwanzaa celebration held at Artmosphere Cafe, a black-owned arts venue & restaurant that closed its doors in the Spring of 2009 -Arts events produced by Liberated Muse Productions, the producers of the Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest and other arts ...

Back in August, I posted a round-up of the struggles that various state arts councils were going through this year. The upshot is that a large number of agencies ... . After a furious back and forth that began with the elimination of the state arts council on the table and almost saw the state sales tax imposed on tickets to performing arts events and museum admissions (but not sports games or movie ...