THE ARTS FUSE http://www.theartsfuse.com Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:09:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en Fuse Flash: Revving up Cultural Tourism http://www.theartsfuse.com/2008/04/13/fuse-flash-revving-up-cultural-tourism/ http://www.theartsfuse.com/2008/04/13/fuse-flash-revving-up-cultural-tourism/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:51:35 +0000 ArtsFuse arts and business council of greater BostonBill MarxFeaturedFilmFuse FlashGalleriesjazzJulie burnsliteraturephillyfunguideTheaterUncategorizedVisual Arts http://www.theartsfuse.com/2008/04/13/fuse-flash-revving-up-cultural-tourism/ By Bill Marx

Arts and Business Council Wants You!

“Boston is adrift in the brave new competition among big American cities vying for tourist dollars.” Maureen Dezell, WBUR

Maureen made that charge back in July 2006 in an article that turned out to be one of the last posts on the late WBUR Arts Online. Now that the quote, along with a link to the piece, is part of an invitation to an Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston workshop on April 23 where, for $50, attendees can listen to experts talk about ways that we can “create for Boston and Massachusetts what Philadelphia and Pennsylvania have successfully done” to encourage cultural tourism. The latest news out of Philadelphia is that Boston has its work cut out for it — Philly is surging ahead. (more…)

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, ]]> http://www.theartsfuse.com/2006/03/20/ups-and-downs/feed/ Genius at Risk http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/12/14/genius-at-risk/ http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/12/14/genius-at-risk/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:50:50 +0000 ArtsFuse balletDanceJanet EilberMartha Graham http://www.theartsfuse.com/?p=159 Years of bitter and expensive litigation as well as the challenging nature of her work have put the artistic legacy of dance giant Martha Graham in crisis. (more…)

, , , ]]> http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/12/14/genius-at-risk/feed/ An Opera Lost in Space http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/10/17/an-opera-lost-in-space/ http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/10/17/an-opera-lost-in-space/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:20:04 +0000 ArtsFuse Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell http://www.theartsfuse.com/?p=194 Handel and Haydn Society’s irreverent take on “Dido and Aeneas” is another example of an operatic trend in which production values push musical values to the sidelines (more…)

, ]]> http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/10/17/an-opera-lost-in-space/feed/ Warning: Outsider Art http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/08/15/warning-outsider-art/ http://www.theartsfuse.com/2005/08/15/warning-outsider-art/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:37:08 +0000 ArtsFuse artBooksLyle Rexeroutsider art http://www.theartsfuse.com/?p=139 An increasingly popular movement in the visual arts prides itself on picturing everything that is the raw, untutored, and irrational. (more…)

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