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Carnegie's $10M for Arts

Corporation Provides Grants for 137 Cultural Groups in NYC

The Rate Reduction Credit

Remember those rebate checks the IRS sent out last summer and fall as part of an attempt to boost the economy? They were part of an important development in the tax law as a result of the 2001 Tax Act. That act created a new, lowest bracket of 10% (it ...

Quinn Fund Awards Grants

The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, has awarded $55,000 in grants to a total of 56 theatre companies, all with annual operating budgets under $100,000.

Unions Push COBRA Subsidy

The major performers' unions are urging members to contact their New York state legislators, asking them to support a proposed law to subsidize entertainment industry health insurance.

Int'l Outdoor Festivals Spring Up in Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Public Library will be presenting a series of internationally flavored festivals on the outdoor plaza at its Central Library at Grand Army Plaza. These events will take place on Saturdays from 1-5 pm and are free and open to the public.

On the Same Page

Casting directors Cathy Henderson and Dori Zuckerman have been working across from each other for 10 years. Spending a few minutes sitting between their desks in their Encino office, one gets the sense that they've eliminated the need for division of labor. They speak in shorthand, take in each ...

Union Exec to Be Sentenced

The former director of finance for AFTRA's Health & Retirement Funds will be sentenced on Dec. 15 for embezzling approximately $1.36 million from the funds.

Crix Have 'Bedroom' Eyes

"In the Bedroom," Todd Field's small-scale drama of a Maine couple coping with the violent death of their son, is the only picture to emerge as a frontrunner in the annual film awards sweepstakes leading up to biggest prize of the all: the Oscars. Most groups have split their ...

Venezuela

The power of fantasy and the lure of danger are at the center of Guy Helminger's "Venezuela," a play about five disaffected teenagers who seek thrills "surfing" between train cars on the subways beneath Berlin.

Smith Blackburn Finalists Named

The ten finalists nominated for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Award have been announced. The award, now celebrating its 24th anniversary, is given annually to top-notch women playwrights forging works for the English-speaking stage.