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Archive for the ‘Arts & Culture’ Category
THC and Mainstreet at Risk?March 31, 2011
(From Bobby G.) The latest Daily Yonder has a long piece on the Texas Main Street program. It features the Paris Main Street program and laments the extent to which such programs and others administered by the Texas Historical Commission will (or might) be affected by budget cuts contemplated by the legislature and the governor. [...]
New Arts WebsiteJanuary 12, 2011
This ‘rural arts and culture’ website was brought to my attention by Chuck Fluharty. It is the work product of his son, Matt, who is a working poet. Here’s what Matt says about the site: “This site works to gather a variety of perspectives on the state of rural arts and culture in American life, [...]

