Andrew Beaujon can finally go home, and so can everyone else at the NEA: Flanigan leaves with her to-do list unfinished. At my request she reviews the day's progress. About a third of the list done. But they've decided on a lot of action items, and tomorrow there won't be a pain in the ass [...]

There's a lot of buzz at the National Endowment for the Arts (headquartered in the Old Post Office Pavilion) about Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm's (Dem.) decision to cut the state's arts budget. Teacher Margaret Charette, a Poetry Out Loud advocate, testified before the Michigan State Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in defense of the arts budget today, [...]