OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUDGET RELEASED
Good things for lovers of the arts

The Missourian article "City budgets for art" by Laura Schlereth details the city of Columbia's monetary plans for next year's cultural events and the arts. $8,651 was allocated for the True/False Film Festival, sponsored in part by the Ragtag, which is fastly becoming one of the number one film festivals in the Midwest, if not the number one documentary film festival. The Office of Cultural Affairs budgets money for the School of Service, Ragtag Programming for Film and Media Arts, Theatre Reaching Young People and Schools, the University Concert Series, the Missouri Symphony Society, the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series, the Columbia Entertainment Company Community Theatre, the Columbia Corale, the Columbia Civic Orchestra, the Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, Performing Arts in Children's Education, VSA arts of Missouri, the Columbia Art League, the Columbia Community Band, the Columbia Handbell Ensemble, and Infopower International.
I, personally, think this is great. I'm from St. Louis, and most of the focus there tends to go towards sports and politics, not the arts. In Columbia, a lot of attention seems to go to the arts, and I think that is a wonderful thing.

Story Link: http://www.digmo.org/news/story.php?ID=16411