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DON’T WAIT, DO IT NOW! HURRY!

Wed, Apr 4, 2006
by Drew McManus
I was delighted to discover the 4/25/06 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer has finally done something which should have been done a long, long time ago…
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Third Time’s A Charm In Kansas City

Tue, Apr 4, 2006
by Drew McManus
The Kansas City Star published an article by Kevin Collison and Paul Horsley which reports the beleaguered Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center is finally back on track and building momentum once again…
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TAFTO 2006 After Action Report

Mon, Apr 4, 2006
by Drew McManus
There’s been some intriguing follow-up action around the blog-o-sphere following this year’s TAFTO initiative…
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Sometimes, Surprises Are Good

Fri, Apr 4, 2006
by Drew McManus
I like waking up in the morning to a (pleasant) surprise and that’s precisely what happened when I went scrolling through the morning arts news (via Arts Journal music news, of course) yesterday and read an article by Peter Dobrin about the Philadelphia Orchestra’s decision to hire James Undercofler, the Dean of Eastman School of
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Quiet Concerns About Baltimore

Thu, Apr 4, 2006
by Drew McManus
The Baltimore Sun published an article by Tim Smith on 3/30/06 which reports that the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra used $27.5 million of their $90 million endowment to pay off outstanding debt… The article goes on to report that $62 million of the remaining endowment funds will be transferred to a new trust overseen by an
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