Charlotte’s Arts & Science Council went to the people of Mecklenburg County last fall to get a quarter-cent sales tax increase. The tax would have raised $50 million each year for…
Refreshing your memory, last November Mecklenburg County voters rejected a quarter-cent sales tax hike that would support the county’s Arts and Science Council. In light of that setback, what do…
You have to admire the audacity of Robert Bush and the Arts and Science Council (ASC) for their campaign to increase the sales tax in Mecklenburg County by a quarter-cent.…
I wish I knew the full answer to why so many within the music world are predominantly left-wing; Thomas Jefferson was a fine violinist, if nothing else. But I believe…
The Charlotte Observer offers up the latest on the ASC’s efforts to come up with a new funding model. The ASC has just heard about how arts funding works in…
The UPoR has a fascinating story out about Big Art in Charlotte. Seems that the money just isn’t coming in like it use to. And there’s much more to it…
Where has the mayor of Huntersville been all these years? It is far, far too late to pop up and decry the inevitable funding cuts to local arts groups, cuts…
Almost a decade in the making — stretching all the way back to the defeated arena referendum — it should be clear that the grand plan to festoon Uptown with…
The funny man has heart trouble and is set to undergo valve replacement surgery. One of Williams’ last stops before his illness sidelined him was Ovens Auditorium where he provided…
Had a good discussion on the transit tax issue at the Levine Museum of the New South yesterday afternoon. And the school bonds as well. Going forward — no matter…
Arts and Science Council honchos Claude Lilly and Lee Keesler doubtless mean well, but as long as ASC is handing out over $50K to Charlotte Trolley and $47K to Winghaven…
I’m no banker — and you can tell from my car — but I’m having a hard time with the latest Charlotte’s art funding numbers to come spinning — and…