Here is a synopsis of news items I found of interest, plus a couple of book suggestions you might enjoy. In case you missed the announcement, The Chase Hotel is under contract to be sold to Boston-based Hospitality Properties Trust for $94 million. Read more in an article by reporter Jacob Barker in Thursday’s St….
Category: Art & Architecture
A timely discussion for 1st CWE Ideas Event: The future of public radio
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (the largest source of funding for public radio, television, and related online & mobile services) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, though the term “celebrating” is a bit of a stretch since funding for CPB, created by Congress in 1967, is on the new administration’s chopping block. A headline from yesterday’s Wall Street…
CWE Ideas Inaugural Event: Saving Public Radio
CWE Ideas Saving Public Radio March 9, 2017, 7:30pm – 8:30pm Location: Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers/4739 McPherson Avenue There is talk in Washington about defunding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), all of which could severely damage…