Comments on Ben Bass and Beyond: Arts crisis in Chicago

Ben, consider linking to yesterday's article by Gr...

2008-05-12T11:55:00.000-05:00

Ben, consider linking to yesterday's article by Greg Kot. It sums up the issues nicely.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-music-hearing-0511may11,1,2274350.story

Thanks for bringing this up, Ben. This won't be mu...

2008-05-12T11:51:00.000-05:00

Thanks for bringing this up, Ben. This won't be much of a city without an indie arts scene.

Interesting, isn't it, that artists here must protect themselves from government interference, while artists in much smaller cities like Nashville and New Orleans are supported and give the city a better name. Chicago could be an unimaginably wonderful cultural mecca were it not for the wrongheadedness of its leaders.

i gather this is all about establishing a plan of ...

2008-05-12T10:25:00.000-05:00

i gather this is all about establishing a plan of accountability for the next E2 Club massacre? i know the council wants to be seen as taking action, but they'd be throwing babies out with bathwater. that arts coalition should come up with at least a sketch of an alternate proposal that would more narrowly satisfy the council's intent. that would take some kind of artsy-fartsy attorney... hmm... do you know one?????