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COVER STORY
Hard Times
Kurt Andersen and economic development expert Richard
Florida talk about how these shaky economic times affect the arts.
 Cellist
Some say that orchestras are the canaries in the coal
mines for arts funding. Nick Dargahi was playing cello for the San Jose
Symphony when it went bankrupt last year. Produced by Trey Kay.
Oregon
Theater
Oregon has never ranked well in its per capita spending
on the arts -- at one point it even placed 52nd in the nation, because
the charts included US territories like Guam. In that environment, arts
groups must make creative decisions about how to survive. Producer Dmae
Roberts spoke with two theater companies in Portland, Oregon to find out
how they do it.
Go to the official site of the Artists Repertory
Theatre
Go to the official site of the Sojourn Theatre
 Money
In 1978, in the worst urban blight New York City had
ever experienced, the filmmaker Henry Hills found the arts thriving in
the in the cracks in the asphalt. He filmed dancers improvising in vacant
lots, poets giving lectures on the street, and composers like John Zorn
giving loft concerts. The performances were cheap to create, but filming
them turned out not to be. Produced by David Krasnow.
Go
to Henry Hills' website
 Cutting
Arts Education
Visual Thinking Strategies is an innovative method
for teaching art that students and teachers love. It's designed to flourish
in poorly funded schools, but it isn't immune to the cutbacks. Produced
by Tara Geer.
Go to the official site of Visual Understanding in
Education
Go to a site on VTS at the UCLA Hammer Museum
Read an article What is VTS?
 Poet
Many poets seek university positions for the economic
stability they offer. Jane Hirschfield avoids teaching positions and finds
other ways for her poetry to fund itself. Produced by Trey Kay.
Go to a page on Jane Hirshfield and her work
Go to an Atlantic Monthly interview with Jane Hirshfield
Go to the text (and link to an audio file) of Jane
Hirshfield's "The Poet"
SPECIAL GUEST
Richard Florida
Richard Florida is the author of The Rise of the
Creative Class, which places creative work first among the causes
of economic growth. Florida is currently a visiting scholar at the Brookings
Institution, and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University where he also
heads the Software Industry Center. He has taught at MIT and Harvard University's
Kennedy School of Government. Also an entrepreneur, Florida founded two
companies, the Creativity Group and Catalytix, a strategy-consulting firm
that works with governments and corporations around the world.
Go to Richard Florida's website on the creative class
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Playing
Walt Disney Concert Hall. Frank Gehry's new
orchestra hall in Los Angeles is more than a showpiece for a celebrated
architect. It's also a grand musical space for the pop culture capital
of the world. Sara Fishko looks at how the long-awaited Disney Hall
puts modern forms in the service of classical sounds.
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to the Walt Disney Concert Hall Official Site
Learn
more about Frank Gehry
Go
to the Los Angeles Philharmonic's website
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