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In fact, GroundSwell, along with Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY), has taken on arguably the biggest issue facing the City of Philadelphia, which is city and state funding for the floundering School District of Philadelphia. Late last week, the School District made headlines by sending lay-off notices to 3,500 staff members.

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June 06, 2013, Philadelphia, PA – At 9:30 AM on June 6, students, parents and advocates gathered at City Council for a show of creativity in support of public education and keeping arts and music in Philadelphia schools, and to present Concilpersons Curtis Jones, Jr. and W. Wilson Goode, Jr. with Arts Education Superhero capes for their outspoken support for keeping arts and music education in Philadelphia’s public schools.

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Do you often find your box office struggling with filling last minute seats, and offering a large discount to get people in the door? Worried about the long-term effects of training people to wait? In this half-day session, arts consultant and consumer psychologist Ron Evans will lead us through an exploration of smart discounting strategies and how patrons react to them.

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Bring on the lights, the cameras, and the action. So says Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R., Delaware), who Thursday announced he was introducing a bill to uncap the tax credit for production companies that film in Pennsylvania.

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For nearly 60 years the artist Andrew Wyeth spent every fall and winter in Chadds Ford, Pa., among the hills where colors changed from tawny to russet, and — in the dead of winter — to a sharp, brittle white. Here, in the place where he was born, his fascination with the landscapes and the people never flagged.

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Toronto's Mail and Globe has a fantastic article about Opera's working outside-the-box, innovating and reaching new audiences. Examples cited include San Francisco's Opera at the Ballpark and Opera Philadelphia's simulcast and co-production of Salome.