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Eagles' Jackson closing in on 1,000
Story | Nov 28, 2013 | 5:50 PMDeSean Jackson went two seasons without reaching 1,000 yards, devaluing any argument that Jackson was among the NFL's top receivers. Rejuvenated in his first season under coach Chip Kelly, Jackson needs just 15 yards Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals... -
Ben Roethlisberger and Steelers get hot again, just in time to renew rivalry with Browns
Story | Nov 19, 2013 | 6:05 PMWhen the Pittsburgh Steelers started this season with a record of 0-4, they appeared to be extremely susceptible to suffering their first sweep against the Browns since 1988. Now that possibility appears to be far from a sure thing. The Steelers have... -
Bob Brookover: Eagles say bye-bye for a little rest
Story | Nov 19, 2013 | 6:20 PMThe Eagles players went their separate ways Tuesday as members of an unlikely first-place team. They've been given a week to rest their minds and bodies before a five-game December stretch run that has become a lot more than just a final evaluation for... -
Mike Sielski: Foles solidifying starting spot
Story | Nov 17, 2013 | 5:05 PMPHILADELPHIA There's a mythology growing about Nick Foles now, and his coach is happy to cultivate it. For months now, Chip Kelly has relied on the same anecdote to illustrate Foles' toughness and quick thinking, to bat away every question about... -
Eagles scheming to win; Kiper still high on South Carolina's Clowney
Story | Nov 16, 2013 | 12:35 PMThe Eagles' offense has experienced a bit of a metamorphosis in the last couple of weeks. For much of the year, Chip Kelly has primarily used "11" personnel formations featuring one running back, one tight end and three wide receivers. They haven't... -
Eagles coach Kelly needs to rethink replay options
Story | Nov 15, 2013 | 5:05 AMAfter Sunday's game against Washington, the Eagles have their bye week. It's likely that coach Chip Kelly already has the extra time planned out in some detail some self-scouting, maybe adding a few new offensive wrinkles for the stretch run and what-not.... -
Commentary: Eagles' Michael Vick appears to be headed elsewhere after the season
Story | Nov 12, 2013 | 6:20 PMA year after it seemed all but certain that his career with the Eagles was over, Michael Vick faces an uncertain future in which the only likely scenario is that he will be playing for another team next year. He is injured, Nick Foles is playing well and... -
Eagles calling for reinforcements
Story | Nov 12, 2013 | 4:35 PMThe Eagles' injury report will be more crowded than usual this week, and the team might need to count on reserves to play key roles in Sunday's game against the Washington Redskins. Tackle Jason Peters, linebacker Mychal Kendricks, and safety Earl... -
AFC North notebook: Browns start over after trading Richardson
Philadelphia Eagles' Matt Barkley has that out-of-pocket feeling
13 Ravens opponents in 13 days: Cleveland Browns


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In the current study, many of these same reasons still resonate with the business community. More than three-fourths (79 percent) of businesses say that the arts increase name recognition while 74 percent say that the arts offer networking opportunities and the potential to develop new business. About two-thirds (66 percent) say that the arts stimulate creative thinking, problem solving and team building. While half agree that arts support has the potential to increase their bottom line and slightly fewer believe that the arts can offer special benefits to their employees and that the arts can help recruit and retain employees.
Also according to the BCA survey, businesses do not predict a turnaround in overall charitable giving for 2010. Just 10 percent of arts supporters will increase giving to the arts in 2010 while more than twice as many companies expect to decrease giving. Of course, this probably isn't a surprise to many of you who are out there fundraising or working with smaller philanthropic budgets. However, with limited philanthropic budgets, businesses are making strategic decisions about who to fund and how it fits with their business priorities. Arts organizations need to effectively message to the business community about how the arts are uniquely able to partner with businesses to advance their business priorities.
Political junkies aren't the only ones who should care about the election results though. What happened on November 2, 2010 will have a far reaching impact on arts and arts education organizations throughout the country.
Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Chief Counsel of Government and Public Affairs at Americans for the Arts and Executive Director of the Arts Action Fund, was kind enough to take a few moments to share her greatest insights from the 2010 election. You are encouraged to take a few moments to listen – you might find yourself caring about politics more than you think.
For members of Americans for the Arts, check out the Post-Election Impact Webinar from November 18. You can also check out the 2010 Congressional Arts Report Card to find out how legislators voted for the arts this year.
Last month, I was brought in to speak to arts groups and government and business leaders in Amsterdam; other Americans for the Arts staff members went or will go to Brussels, London, Korea, and Germany just this fall. Each of these countries wants to learn how the arts industry in America is supported and how private sector giving to the arts works. They are especially curious about how business donations "flow" into the bank accounts of U.S. arts organizations, and to capture the compelling arguments that motivate elected officials to "shower" the arts with public dollars and supportive policymaking in America.
What is going on? World governments are increasingly excited about the economic power of the arts and the value of cultural exchange in a changing world. Because the prodigious levels of government support in Europe and Asia are diminishing, they want to better understand our American advocacy techniques. And as they observe the sea of corporate logos on the backs of most U.S. performing arts programs, they want to know America's secret to eliciting substantial business support for the arts.
However, the leaders from these other countries are often quite disappointed when I tell them that the result of our mightiest, most sophisticated advocacy efforts generates just 9 percent of the total income for U.S. nonprofit arts organizations. Equally disappointing is that private sector support in America is only 31 percent, mostly from individuals. Business support -- despite all the logos and brand recognition -- is only about 5 percent. Yet these foreign leaders and delegations keep coming because they see the breadth of creative and innovative arts organization we have here. They see the freedom of ideas, the variety and the sheer pluck and entrepreneurial spirit of America's arts community.
In September 2009, at the Sundance Preserve, Robert Redford and I convened our fourth National Arts Policy Roundtable for CEOs, elected officials and opinion leaders to discuss how the arts strengthen 21st century global communities by helping create better understanding and stronger relationships between the U.S. and the world .
Thinking about this 21st century global marketplace, four key cultural imperatives jumped out:
The report complements what has been a recent growth of dialogue and interest in making a case for the strength of the arts in U.S. diplomacy and with key decision-makers. Margaret (Peggy) Ayers at the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation has pioneered groundbreaking research on our private sector's role in supporting U.S. cultural exchange. Former Congressman John Brademas, with his Brademas Center for the Study of Congress' Project on Cultural Diplomacy at NYU, is spearheading an effort to reinvigorate Congress' role in supporting the arts in our cultural diplomacy efforts.
Our U.S. State Department is making some positive moves in this direction. Earlier this year, the State Department sponsored a partnership with Brooklyn Academy of Music to take three dance companies on tour throughout the world. More recently, that agency announced a partnership with the Bronx Museum of the Arts to take the work of contemporary U.S. visual artists on tour.
These are good efforts, but more is needed on all fronts. The U.S. government must invest much more than the $10 million or so it now appropriates for use toward international cultural activity. While arts advocacy groups last year proposed that Congress add $10 million to the current amount already appropriated, that dollar amount is just a fraction of what is needed in today's world. Just peak in my office door to see who is interested from across the globe -- our competitors are on our doorstep.
For years, at the local level, city arts commissions and local and state arts councils have hosted cultural and economic delegations from throughout the world and sent similar American delegations overseas in search of economic and cultural partnerships. Sister Cities organizations have often been at the core of such local efforts. This citizen-to-citizen intimacy and the success of such efforts is being celebrated this week in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Summit & Initiative for Global Citizen Diplomacy, where former Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts Frank Hodsoll and former U.S. Ambassador Cynthia Schneider have spearheaded an effort recognizing some of our nation's best cultural diplomacy efforts, and honoring leaders such as Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute.
So bravo to the low-budget (or no budget) individuals, communities and states that reach out, one arts action at a time, to help our nation be better understood. And thanks to our U.S. State Department leaders for taking a step toward renewed, rejuvenated partnerships with our very own United States arts resources. I look forward to even bigger leaps and even more successful participation in the future.
Robert L. Lynch, Huffington Post
Attendee, Grace-Sonia Melanio, summarizes her NAMPC take-aways on ArtsBlog and notes that "over the course of the conference, I've learned about the many ways arts organizations have cleverly responded, while becoming more nimble, thoughtful, and artistically richer as a result."
Whether you attended this year's conference or not, check out the highlights, or tune into the livestream of some conference sessions.
Let's also keep the Twitter talk going with hashtag #NAMPC.
Next year, more than 100 new members of Congress will take office as a result of the elections earlier this month. As these newly elected congressional leaders focus on creating jobs and growing the economy, it is imperative that arts advocates help educate them to understand the profound role the arts play in federal policies such as spurring economic growth and job creation. Coordinated by Americans for the Arts, the 24th Annual National Arts Advocacy Day brings together arts, education, entertainment, and policy leaders from across the country to develop strong public policies and support for increased public funding for the arts and arts education.
LEARN how to lobby congress.
NETWORK with other attendees from your state and across the country.
BE HEARD by your members of Congress when you visit them to make the case for the arts and arts education.
Follow Us. Use the tag, #AAD2011, to spread the word about Arts Advocacy Day!
For the first time, we will be live streaming portions of the NAMP Conference. With support from Livestream.com, you will be able to participate in daily discussions, including:
Simply visit our Livestream channel at www.livestream.com/nampconference2010 and feel like you are at The Fairmont San Jose with more than 600 colleagues. You will even be able to post questions in real time!
Want more ways to connect with the conference from your desk? Follow our Twitter talk with hashtag #NAMPC10 and watch interviews with attendees on our conference media page.
"Frustration with the nation's lack of economic recovery is clearly top of mind among voters and candidates. Likewise, nonprofit arts organizations have also felt the sting of the recession with state and local government arts funding dropping as much as 16 percent, and private charitable gifts to the arts declining $1.2 billion in just two years. Additionally, individual artists have been experiencing unemployment at twice the rate of other educated, professional workers.
As our newly-elected leaders at the federal, state, and local levels focus on creating jobs and growing the economy, it is imperative that they understand the profound role the arts play in spurring economic growth and job creation. The nation's 100,000 nonprofit arts organizations are part of the small business sector, and the nation's 2.2 million professional artists are among the millions of business entrepreneurs fueling the economy. It is also important that our newly-elected leaders appreciate the connection between arts education training and the development of creative and innovative workforce skills, which are essential to future workers to compete effectively in the 21st Century global economy.
For the past four years, the House of Representatives initiated several hearings to spotlight the role of the arts in both the economy and in workforce development, yielding more than $100 million in new public investments in the arts and culture. Americans for the Arts looks forward to working with the bipartisan Congressional Arts Caucus and Senate Cultural Caucus on Capitol Hill to continue educating freshman members on how the arts fuel our nation's economy. We want to congratulate three of the four Caucus members who were up for re-election on their convincing win last night and look forward to working closely with them in the 112th Congress. They are Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Representative Todd Platts (R-PA), and Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY). We also look forward to working with Representative Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL), both already champions of the arts in the House, as they move into their newly elected Senate seats.
At the state government level, several arts champions— based on their record in other public offices or platform statements—have been elected as Governor. They include Governors-elect Jerry Brown (D-CA), Tom Corbett (R-PA), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Lincoln Chaffee (I-RI), Mark Dayton (D-MN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Rick Snyder (R-MI).
Locally, there were 232 Mayoral elections in cities with a population of over 30,000. Among the many new promising arts champions, Providence, RI Mayor-Elect Angel Taveras and Louisville, KY Mayor-elect Greg Fischer identified the arts as a way to harness local talent and creative energy to power the economy.
Americans for the Arts will soon begin conducting the next installment of national research to document the size, impact, and trends of the nonprofit arts industry for its Arts and Economic Prosperity IV study. The previous study demonstrated that the nonprofit arts industry generates $166.2 billion of economic activity annually, which supports 5.7 million full-time equivalent jobs."
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In celebration of our 50th Anniversary, we held a video contest where we asked you to tell us "Why Arts Matter". We heard from a number of arts enthusiasts, and amidst National Arts and Humanities Month, we are happy to announce the winners.
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you for all the inspirational and creative submissions!
Winner: Starting Artists, Inc. Marisa Catalina Casey, Executive DirectorRead Marisa's guest post on ARTSblogGrand Prize: Video shown on the MTV 44 1/2 screen in Times Square and Flip UltraHD CamcorderVideo: Art is...
Over 18 Winner: Student Advocates for the Arts Daria Pennington & Jonathan LewisRead Priya Sircar and Jonathan Lewis' guest post on ARTSblogPrize: Flip UltraHD Camcorder Video: You Need To Be An Arts Advocate - SAA
Under 18 Winner: Linzy PaigePrize: Flip UltraHD Camcorder Video: Why Arts Matter Video Contest
An excerpt of the winning video will be shown four times every hour from Monday, October 25th — Sunday, October 31st on MTV's 44 1/2 screen, the largest HD screen in Times Square. On Saturday, October 30th at 5:00pm Starting Artists is hosting a viewing party open to the public across from the screen on Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets, which students will document with their new Flip UltraHD camera. If you happen to be in New York City, stop by Time Square to show your support!
Read the full article here.
Robert Lynch interview, Philanthropy News Digest
A huge thank you to our bloggers:
All their contributions were thoughtful, smart, relatable, and well presented. They shared their ideas with ease and honesty, and we can't wait to hear what they all have to say when they present at the NAMP Conference in San Jose, November 12-15.
We're celebrating by partnering with emerging leaders to host Creative Conversations. Celebrate with us. Add your event!
Five simple ways you can participate in National Arts and Humanities Month:
We heard stories of spectacular public art projects in San Jose, CA; successful business and arts collaborations in Philadelphia; key arts efforts in the struggle for greener communities in places like Seattle; and ideas for how the arts have helped inform and inspire our military leaders ever since that night in 1814 when a poem, a song, and a piece of visual art -- a flag -- melded into one statement as our national anthem.
I was struck by the resilience and dedication and survival skills exhibited again and again by the arts community in our country. It was a good first-hand reminder of what I testified to last year to the United States House of Representatives Committee that oversees federal arts funding and earlier to the House Committee on Education and Labor. I had both great news and tougher news to share about the arts in our country.
The great news is that for the last 50 years, the arts have been an astounding growth industry in the United States. Some 7,000 not-for-profit arts organizations in the mid-60s have now multiplied to 100,000 dance, theater, music, visual arts, media, and other arts organizations like The Baltimore Choral Arts Chamber Chorus and Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, serving every town of every size in our nation. Add to that another 586,000 for profit arts businesses like the local music store or dance school along with Broadway and Hollywood and you have an industry that makes up 4.2 percent of all American businesses. And the good news continues in that the 100,000 not-for-profit arts organizations alone bring the gift of the arts -- the new ideas and joy and pain that experiencing a painting or a play can convey to child or a town -- to well over half of the American public each year.
But I had to testify about the tough news, too. Where do groups like the Chorus and Dance Ensemble get the funds to exist, to experiment, and to survive? In this current economic climate virtually every arts organization in America faces some kind of financial setback. The not-for-profit arts get their financial support from three main categories: 50% from earned revenue, like ticket sales; 40% from private donations mostly from individuals, plus some foundations and corporations; and then 10% from government -- mostly local government, then state, and finally a tiny but important contribution from the federal government.
In a fragile ecosystem of support, each of these sources is important. In a bad economy each of these critical sources is challenged. Consumers have less money in their pockets to spend. Private donors are a bit more cautious as their investment portfolios are diminished, and the government gets more cautious as tax revenues decline. This tough news meant devastation and closing down for many business sectors, but the arts are mission-driven, not bottom line-driven.
There have been casualties throughout the landscape of arts organizations, but not as many as I thought there would be a year ago. There have indeed been enormous sacrifices, more than would have been necessary if the private and public funding sectors were investing more in the arts. The American public through its own purchases continues to demand dance, and theater, and poetry, and music, and visual art experiences. The 50% earned-income part of the funding equation remains strong. But the traditional 40% from the private sector has been slipping for a decade and continues to slip. And government dollars, which have never been close to adequate, continue to dwindle as tax bases erode.
Yet what I saw and heard in Baltimore this past June was the sound and look of creativity, innovation, and hope in America. It was our story -- past, present, and future -- through the arts. The lack of support for the arts can and must be fixed. It takes just a few more private and public sector leaders with vision to understand what Francis Scott Key understood in the mist on that morning with a poem, and a song, and a flag, and the future in his sight.
The Resolution spans the 50-year history of Americans for the Arts from its origin in 1960 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to the current day and also addresses the leadership of President and CEO Robert Lynch who has led the organization for 25 years. Representative Slaughter spoke to the accomplishments of Americans for the Arts in her introduction to the Resolution:
"I thank Americans for the Arts and all their wonderful staff and all the people that have devoted their working careers to this noble effort and for their wonderful, fine achievements over the past 50 years. I am sure that the next 50 will be filled with even more accomplishments, and that we will all continue to enjoy the richness that the arts provide to each of our lives."
The Resolution recognizes a number of key contributions Americans for the Arts has made to our nation including:
The Resolution also recognizes Arts Advocacy Day, an annual event hosted by Americans for the Arts in cooperation with the Congressional Arts Caucus which brings more than 500 people from across the country to the nation's Capitol. Also recognized was the 23-year history of the annual Americans for the Arts Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, which is free and open to the public and has featured such notable artists and policymakers as Maya Angelou, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Leonard Garment, Wynton Marsalis, Representatives John Brademas and Barbara Jordan, Senator Alan K. Simpson, and Robert Redford.
Nominate yourself or a colleague. Nominations must be received by 8:00 p.m. EDT on October 5, 2010.
Councils at Americans for the Arts are formalized working bodies that represent critical sectors of our constituency. Americans for the Arts provides dedicated research, professional development, advocacy, visibility, and partnership opportunities as part of our strategic plan to inform and affect arts practice and policy in America. Advisory councils provide volunteer work in alignment with Americans for the Arts staff projects.
Advisory Council Nomination and Elections Timeline
Of course it's time for another Arts Education Blog Salon.
Now in its third round, Americans for the Arts is proud to host yet another week of blogs dedicated to the topic of arts education.
This time, we have a wide range of participants – from newbies who haven't blogged before to veterans who have been with us since the first one. Altogether, we have 17 brilliant minds ready to share information and spark debate.
Our Scheduled Blog Roster:
John Abodeely, National Partnerships Program Manager, Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsAllen Bell, Arts Education Research & Information Program Director, South ArtsDonna Collins, Executive Director, Ohio Alliance for Arts EducationSarah Collins, Master's Degree Candidate, University of OregonKim Dabbs, Executive Director, Michigan Youth ArtsRachel Evans, Assistant Professor, Kean UniversityMimi Flaherty Willis, Senior Director of Education, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing ArtsZack Hayhurst, Master's Degree Candidate, American UniversityTim Mikulski, Arts Education Program Manager, Americans for the ArtsHeather Noonan, Vice President for Advocacy, League of American OrchestrasJim Palmarini, Director of Educational Policy, Educational Theatre AssociationLaura Reeder, Arts Education Instructor/Graduate Assistant, Syracuse UniversityVictoria Saunders, Arts Education Consultant, Victoria J. Saunders ConsultingBarry Shauck, President, National Art Education AssociationMark Slavkin, Vice President for Education, Music Center (Los Angeles County)Lynn Tuttle, Director of Arts Education & Comprehensive Curriculum, Arizona Dept. of EducationJoan Weber, Educator/Arts Education Consultant, Creativity & Associates
Please join all 17 of us throughout the week on ARTSblog and feel free to utilize the comments section to ask questions, agree with the author, or spark a debate – all in celebration of our first annual National Arts in Education Week.
Despite extensive television and print advertising showing the ecstatic faces of school children of all ages preparing for the new academic year by purchasing shoes and electronics, kids of all ages were depressed yesterday. I was always depressed on Labor Day and, come on, almost everyone else was too. Summer is over. Labor begins. Teachers are even more depressed. I know, I come from a teaching family. It has been this way for the more than 100 years since Labor Day began.
While many have a holiday, Labor Day is a work day for the arts. Dancers dance. Musicians make music. Performances and festivals, and nightclub acts, and arts centers, are generally all open for business. And the artists and arts administrators needed for the magic are right there to make the magic happen as they are every day.
The first Monday of September is a day when arts workers are explaining to their parents and spouses just what exactly it is that they do and why they can't come to the picnic. Just like restaurant workers, nurses, police, store clerks and firefighters.
Today's holiday was for many a well-deserved day to lie back in a hammock, sip a long stemmed glass of something cool, gaze at a piece of sculpture, read a book, see a film, go to a concert or a live show.
But I hope we all remembered that the hammocks and glassware are often handmade by American craft artists, the sculptures are done by people who feel just as hot and sweaty as anyone in a metal foundry forging away. And while many of the performing artists were working, their work was preceded by the writers and media artists who created the scripts and books and technical productions they relied on. The music, and acting, and dance was made by men and women who take risks every day (and often again every night) hoping that their work will please others, but most importantly satisfy their own high standards.
Ask any artist or arts manager the last time he or she felt relaxed and you'll hear, "relaxed, what's that?" Their labors are real, but they are labors of love.
And so as we return to work, I salute the 2.2 million artists that our U.S. Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics actually count as making their living as artists. I applaud the many millions of other artists, actors, craftspeople, dancers, who don't make the federal list because they can't derive the majority of their income from their art work but from whom we benefit every day in choruses, theaters, and design. There are 2.6 million full-time equivalent jobs supported by the expenditures of nonprofit arts and culture organizations, and 5.7 million jobs when the impact of audience expenditures is counted in. That's big -- bigger than most people know.
The arts industry received and richly deserved the $50 million investment it got from Congress through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act last year, and that alone saved or generated 1,408 jobs. And these jobs have yet to be fully tabulated so they should reach close to twice that number. These are real, tangible jobs -- arts jobs -- that we can point to and list the name of the worker who was helped. These folks paid bills, bought groceries, paid taxes, just like all the other workers from the other industries that got help. Was $50 million a painfully paltry sum? Sure. It should have been a billion dollars. Did it make a difference? Ask any one of the 1,408.
My Labor Day this year was in San Diego speaking at Art San Diego 2010 where a group of community leaders are trying to start a national level contemporary art fair, to create new markets for the work of artists and new jobs in the city. The labors continue here and in cities all across the US and, once again, the arts are right there in the lead.
My guest is Randy Cohen, with the national nonprofit group Americans for the Arts. Welcome.
Randy Cohen: Thank you. Good to be here.
Radke: What do you think of the assertion you just heard, that the British system of government support produces risky, innovative art? Is American art less innovative?
Cohen: No, no. The art is very innovative here in the United States. And even in a down economy, we see arts organizations still doing premieres, still doing new work. I don't think we'll ever see a significant decrease in innovation in the arts. Now, that said, when contributed support to the arts decreases, you will see arts organizations sometimes going to more popular kinds of presentations. You know, you look at the typical ballet company in this country, a big piece of its revenue stream is "The Nutcracker" around the holidays.
Radke: And is that a trend, "The Nutcracker"-ization of the arts in America, in this recession?
Cohen: It's hard to say. I think you see some arts organizations keeping up a much closer eye on the public demand. I think arts organizations need to focus on "how do we increase demand to meet the existing capacity of arts organization?" And there are also arts organizations are keeping an eye on private sector giving and the trends there. We've seen actually over the last decade, a decrease in the share of business giving going to the arts. And in this recession, in fact -- obviously, the economy has hurt things -- but the finance sector has always been the strongest within the business sector of giving to the arts. And of course, they've been hit the hardest.
Radke: The finance sector, you mean Wall Street is the biggest patron of the arts?
Cohen: Yes, among corporations, finance sector's always been very strong in supporting the arts. So, it's a bit of a double hit. But overall, what we're seeing is the business sector moving their support out of the charitable giving budgets and more towards marketing-based and sponsorship-oriented budgets. And what that does, that enables businesses to support the arts, as well as advance their business, to build markets, to get greater visibility for their investment in the arts. And so it's less of a pure philanthropic contribution, it's more purposeful.
Also, though, what we're seeing is an overall shift towards social services, human needs, that type of thing. So I think that's another issue that a lot of arts organizations are facing, as they look at where the contributed dollars are going.
Radke: Well, this is part of your job, Randy, to make the case -- and I want to know how you do it -- make the case to companies that right now, in this recession, slump, that the arts, that a new opera is more important than supporting a food bank or job training.
Cohen: Well, and it's all important, and a healthy society has food and shelter, needs being met. It also has a vibrant arts community, because the arts are fundamental component of our humanity. It's not an either/or situation. That said, arts organizations are needing to help funders understand the value they bring to the community. And so, while that great opera performance, or that great museum exhibition helps improve our quality of life, it provides other benefits as well. There's 100,000 nonprofit arts organizations. That supports 5.7 million jobs in this country. If you're a company or a government worried about jobs, that makes the arts a smart investment.
Radke: Randy Cohen with Americans for the Arts. Thanks a lot.
Cohen: Thanks for having me.
Marketplace 08/23/2010
"There is nothing more important we can do than advancing art in America," said Randy Cohen, vice president of local arts advancement at Americans for the Arts. He said the arts have a large impact on job creation and state and local government revenue. "Arts are part of the solution, not the problem. Art means business."
Cohen and other speakers at a public forum this week challenged candidates in the fall elections to pledge their support for the arts at a gathering held Tuesday at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. It was sponsored by San Francisco art and non-profit organizations including San Francisco Grants for the Arts, the San Francisco Foundation and the San Francisco Symphony.
Read the rest of the article here.
The NABE Foundation, the charitable arm of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) is awarding its third annual Americans for the Arts scholarship to encourage the integration of the Arts into the economic education process.
Amount of the Award: $5,000
Award Requirements: The award recipient must come from an economic disadvantaged household, have attended a public school, participated in extracurricular programs including (and/or in addition to) programs supported by the Americans for the Arts (i.e. demonstrate a long term participation in the study of, creation in and/or performance in one or more art forms, including dance, music, theatre, literary, visual/media arts), excelled academically, and formally declared the intent to study and apply economics in their pursuit of higher education and professional career. This includes the direct study of economics for policy purposes, to applications in the private and public sectors.
Deadline for Nomination: The application and attached biography of student must be received by Americans for the Arts no later than COB on Monday, September 13, 2010.
Application and more information is available here.
"Saying that I am honored is understatement," said Rhodes. "Being recognized in such a significant way in the place that I call home and that has had a special place in my heart all my adult life is overwhelming. I deeply appreciate the action of The Arts Council's Board of Trustees, and like so many people in our city and county, I can't wait to see the doors swing open on The Center in September. In my mind, this amazing new facility is the beginning of a new era for arts, culture and community life in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County."
Rocco Landesman, Chair, National Endowment for the Arts, will be in Winston-Salem for the opening of the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, September 10-12. Landesman was selected to head the Endowment by President Barack Obama. Prior to joining the NEA, he was a Broadway theater producer.
"I cannot think of a more appropriate way to launch The Center than by having the leading figure in the nation's arts world here with us to emphasize the role that the arts play in all of our lives and our economy, the importance of private philanthropy, and the urgent need for greater public support to nurture and sustain the arts," said Janie Wilson, co-chair of The Center's opening celebration.
The opening of The Center is scheduled for early September and will be celebrated by several days of events, including a gala with entertainment by a nationally acclaimed performer and two community days of free activities and entertainment.
As a House resolution, the bill does not require signature by the President upon its passage.
Americans for the Arts is planning an Arts Education Blog Salon for the celebratory week. The Americans for the Arts Action Fund's 50 States 50 Days initiative will also be a way underway during this time. Resources on the Arts Action Fund website help arts advocates to use their arts institutions at home to convey their message about the arts in a setting that reinforces themes of economic development; jobs in the arts; arts education; and partnerships between artists, institutions, and local policymakers.
We realize that September 12 is right around the corner, so please get the word out to make the first Arts in Education Week a successful one!
Why Arts Matter Video Contest is created in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Americans for the Arts. Join us in celebrating the arts in America by creating a video that tells "Why the Arts Matter" to you!
To find read about contest rules and submission details please visit the Why Arts Matter Video Contest website.
The webinar covered both new funding opportunities, highlighting where nonprofit arts groups can participate. Access the full PowerPoint now, and check back at www.hud.gov/webcasts in the coming days for the full webinar. Additionally, you can read HUD's press release.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: The pre-application deadline is July 26, 2010 and full applications are due August 23, 2010.
The conference afforded a broad spectrum of leaders the necessary tools to make a positive impact on their communities back home as well as an opportunity to plan for the dynamic future of the arts in America. The Half-Century Summit included an array of professional development sessions, visionary panels and small group discussions and was preceded by arts education and public art preconferences. Participants took advantage of a number of special events including a 50-year retrospective of public art, a one-man show by John Waters, a reception at the American Visionary Art Museum, a performance by the New York Neofuturists, and arts and cultural tours of Baltimore and the region.
KID smART Executive Director Echo Olander accepted the award at the Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit.
Baca is also a full-time professor at UCLA, and is currently working on the Cesar Chavez Memorial at San Jose State University, the Robert F. Kennedy monument at the Old Ambassador Hotel site, the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in San Diego, and a digital painted mural for the Richmond Arts Center.
She received her award at the Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit. Visit the press room for more information.
This is the 10th year that Americans for the Arts has recognized the most outstanding and innovative public art displays from across the country.
Photos and descriptions of each award winning are available as part of the 2010 Public Art Year in Review CD-ROM, a great tool for community public art development, which can be purchased at the Americans for the Arts store.
10. Last minute planners can register on site! 9. Paddleboats and Edgar Allen Poe impersonators? Does any other convention offer both?8. More than 150 of the brightest and best minds in the arts are ready to share their ideas with you.7. Crab cakes? Sure! But this isn't your grandmother's Baltimore. With a reinvented Harbor Place, cool neighborhoods, and cultural gems, Charm City is well worth exploring.6. With special discounts on hotel rooms and Amtrak travel, the convention is a deal!5. Be a star at late night jam sessions, in a skit by the Neo-Futurists, and at the photo booth and Wii gaming in CenterStage.4. Take the opportunity to be creative and skirt travel restrictions—fake a cough or take a well deserved vacation day. (Just kidding!)3. Calories don't count when you travel for work.2. You haven't seen giftshops until you've seen the one at the American Visionary Art Museum—one of the coolest museums in the country!1. Times are tough and we've commiserated, so now get strategizing! Arts leaders are innovative. Join your peers as we plan for a stronger future for the arts.
Michael Nutter, Philadelphia Mayor
Speaker Pelosi receives the Congressional Arts Leadership Award for her commitment to the arts as an outspoken defender of the creative industries in her home of San Francisco and across the country. She was personally involved in securing funding to save nonprofit arts jobs during the stimulus bill debate last year. The arts community owes her debt of gratitude for the jobs that were saved and the validation it provided of the importance of arts workers to the overall national economy. Her leadership of the 111th Congress is making great strides in advancing cultural policy and federal arts funding in the United States.
Coordinated by Americans for the Arts, the 23rd Annual National Arts Advocacy Day brings together arts, education, entertainment, and policy leaders to develop strong public policies and support for increased public funding for the arts. Hear from congressional leaders and acclaimed artists including Actor Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Sex in the City, Desperate Housewives) at the Congressional Arts Kick Off on Capitol Hill.
Want to hear more about the important topics that we'll be covering at Arts Advocacy Day this year? Tune in to Americans for the Arts Chief Counsel of Government and Public Affairs Nina Ozlu Tunceli's ARTcast on ARTSblog.
Become a fan of Arts Advocacy Day on Facebook!
This year's Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy will feature Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., of Charleston, SC, and founder of the Mayors' Institute on City Design. Please reserve your free tickets by Wednesday, April 7, 2010.
The Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy is a leading national forum for arts policy intended to stimulate dialogue on policy and social issues affecting the arts. It is held each year in the spring on the evening before Arts Advocacy Day.
The annual lecture is named for Nancy Hanks, former president of Americans for the Arts and chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, who devoted 15 years of her professional life to bringing the arts to prominent national consciousness.
Join bloggers Janet Brown, Colin Tweedy, Larry Thompson, Mark Brewer, Mary Trudel, John Killacky and many others in discussing why and how the private sector supports the arts. We're hoping that these discussions will be provocative and inspire some new thinking on the future of arts support.
Visit http://blog.artsusa.org/category/private-sector/ to be part of the conversation.
"At a time when the Americans for the Arts National Arts Index shows that because of the current economy support for the arts is at its lowest point in a decade, arts organizations have been relying on one area where funding has been on the increase—the leveraging power of federal funding for the arts and humanities. The Administration's FY 2011 budget request of $161.3 million for the National Endowment for the Arts—while just a fraction of the $6.3 billion of direct expenditures for all arts nonprofits in the U.S.—is unfortunately a $6 million decrease from what Congress appropriated for FY 2010. We now turn to Congress to continue its investment trend in providing additional appropriations for the NEA. The FY 2011 NEA budget also includes an announcement of a new agency program called Our Town. We are excited to see that this important initiative is designed to strengthen communities through the arts. The backbone for the arts starts at the local level and having the federal government strategically invest in this kind community-based direction will spur further support for the arts. But why hamper the potential impact of this new initiative by reducing the NEA's overall budget?"The President's budget also includes a number of new proposals to strengthen our education system and build a 21st workforce. However, the consolidation of the Arts in Education (AIE) program within the Department of Education's new 'Effective Teaching and Learning for Well-Rounded Education' category puts us at unease and could lead to a diminished focus on arts education. This consolidation of the only identified arts-specific education program at the Department of Education seems to be in contradiction to the Administration's previous strong vocal support of the arts. While the total available AIE grant funds are unknown at this time, it is an unbeneficial move at a time when arts education cuts are happening across the country. The arts are a proven integral part of every child's development, preparing them for school, work, and life in the competitive 21st century global economy."The nation's creative industries and arts workers are ready to continue to play their role in assisting with economic recovery, job training and creation, and the development of a well-rounded education that includes robust learning in the arts in order to provide workers of tomorrow with the creative and innovative skills they need today. The 5.7 million jobs and $166 billion in economic impact from the nonprofit arts sector alone hang in the balance. Further commitment from the federal government is needed to allow these groups to reach their full potential."
Fellows will receive stipends of $3,000 to support their attendance at the 2010 Americans for the Arts Half-Century Summit, 2010 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and Arts Advocacy Day 2011. In addition, fellows will have special opportunities to meet field leaders, work alongside mentors, and receive individualized career coaching.
In order for our sector to remain healthy and vibrant, we need to ensure that we are identifying and retaining young professionals within our workforce. Further, we need to actively cultivate, expand and support talented, culturally diverse, emerging leaders. Based upon recommendations from the Emerging Leaders Council, Americans for the Arts has been working to enable more emerging leaders to fully participate in national meetings and events for their own development and so they can connect with the broader community of arts professionals from across the country. Therefore, this Professional Development Fund has been designed to target an important segment of our workforce: emerging arts leaders of color.
Ruth Lilly was the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly. Over the course of her life, Lilly gave away the bulk of her inheritance; an estimated $800 million reported USA Today. A great deal of her philanthropic focus was given to institutions in her native Indiana. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Lilly ''personified the family tradition of overwhelming generosity and special devotion to the state of Indiana.'' ''Her countless gifts will keep on giving for generations,'' he said.


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Come along and watch your little ones get into character as fearless explorers, ready to set off and discover the gallery's wonders and treasures. This session will use a mixture of storytelling, art, drama and imaginative play to help bring the gallery's contents to life.
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Baghdad without a map, and other misadventures in ArabiaThe author recounts his experiences traveling through the Middle East, describing Beirut's shell-shocked streets, the Ayatollah Khomeini's grief-crazed funeral, and an unexpected encounter with Muammar Qadaffi |
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Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | 17:37 BST
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra costumes now on PlayStation Home
Those that use Home can now download four costumes like those seen in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.
Available for a limited time, users can dress as Storm Shadow, Duke, The Baroness and Snake Eyes for free.
During the coming weeks, more G.I. Joe content is to be released, one of which consists of a G.I. Joe Training Game. Players can win Home goodies for showing how well they shoot stuff.
Get more details over on the EU PS Blog.
Sat, Apr 04, 2009 | 14:46 BST
GI Joe – three more screens
There's not much out there, OK? There's three new shots of the upcomng GI Joe game on GameInfoWire, should you care.
It's out later this year for all formats. Looks GI Joey, innit?
Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | 22:29 GMT
EA releases first proper pics of G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra
EA's released the first proper shots of G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra. Get them after the break.
It's out for DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, and X360 on August 7, alongside the live-action movie of the same name.
The game takes up where the movie leaves off, and comes complete with co-op mode. Still no mention of multiplayer and DLC, though.
Take a look. Go Joe!
Wed, Feb 11, 2009 | 14:48 GMT
EA confirms G.I. Joe game is inspired by upcoming film
EA's announced G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra this morning, to release on August 7 alongside the live-action movie of the same name.
It's an all-platform effort, and will take up where the movie leaves off. It includes a co-op mode, but multiplayer and DLC were not mentioned.
See? Sometimes old toys do come back to life. Just not in the way you thought.
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Blaze Black is a pokehack that includes all 600 and something pokemon thrown throughout the Pokemon black game. Myyt, Jorick, and I are all avid pokemon fans, who have loved the series for a long time. Pokemon as you know, is the popular Monster Catching RPG that is older then it's own demographic.
The format will be pretty simple, each of us will have our own stream, you simply click on your favorite and watch him, no matter which stream you watch, you'll be able to hear all 3 of us as we're in a mumble channel together.
http://www.twitch.tv/theMyyt (Using Dratini)
http://www.twitch.tv/Turtlishus (Using Trapinch)
http://www.twitch.tv/paladinfoster (Using Aron)
The three of us will be monitoring this chat.
Current Scores:
Jorick won 1st place, and tied for most pokemon caught, netting him 20 points
Turtlicious won 2nd, and tied for most pokemon caught, netting him 15 points
Myyt / Paladin drawed, neither able to beat the team in the allotted 2 hours, and will try to beat the gym leader off-screen. 5 points.
Tournament Results:
Jorick > Turt = http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/hackmons-52297934
Myyt > Foster = http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/hackmons-52958399
Jorick > Myyt = http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/hackmons-52968238
Jorick wins the match. Jorick picks Chimchar.


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Are You Interested In Raising A Puppy?
It wasn't that long ago that I was asked the question in today's blog post title when I walked up to the Guide Dogs of America (GDA) booth at the America's Family Pet Expo. This past weekend I was asking pet lovers at the Pet Expo the very same question while working with Tasha (a guide dog puppy in training) at the GDA booth: "Are you interested in raising a puppy for Guide Dogs of America?"
By the way, the Pet Expo was packed this past weekend with thousands of people and we came away with possibly a few new puppy raisers
Who are those pups pictured above? That's Tucker and Treacle! Brother and sister from the "T" litter (read more about the GDA rules for naming a puppy). Guide Dog Puppies In Training! These two are currently in formal guide dog training and hopefully will be graduating soon from Guide Dog College. This picture is from our outing to the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach, CA.
What Does A Puppy Raiser Do?
So what happens at the Guide Dogs of America booth? We try to recruit new puppy raisers and the Pet Expo filled with thousands of Pet Lovers is the perfect venue. While our time is sometimes short with each prospective puppy raiser here are a few things I like to say and do when working the booth:
- First, bring an adorable Puppy In Training to draw in the crowd. I had Tasha an 11 month old gorgeous female Labrador Retriever working by my side. the Pet Expo is full of excitement and distractions so we only bring the older puppies as they can handle the stress better than the little ones.
- After you draw in the prospective puppy raisers lead with the question "Are you interested in raising a puppy?"
- Then I usually give them the basic run down of what puppy raising entails…
- GDA provides you with an approximately 7 week old puppy.
- You keep the puppy with you from 7 weeks until about 18 months of age.
- During that time you work with them on basic obedience, good house manners, and socialization.
- Most pet lovers are intrigued by puppy socialization aspect of puppy raising and love to hear how puppy raisers take their pups to shopping malls, grocery stores, restaurants, movie theaters, and most places many pet dogs can not attend.
- At 18 months you return the puppy to the school where they begin their formal guide dog training.
- After about 6 months of formal training your puppy gets matched with a visually impaired or blind partner.
- After approximately 1 more month of training with their new partner you puppy graduates and begins his life as a guide dog team.
- The most common response: "I could never give up my puppy after 18 months…"
- My answer: "I understand, but once you see your puppy graduate and give his partner a new life of independence it's all worth it." –Cue tears from my eyes…
That's a very brief summary, but in reality there are so many more benefits to being a puppy raiser. It is a large commitment, but you will receive so much more in return. That is why I've raised 4 puppies and plan on raising more. That's why when you talk to many other puppy raisers they've raised 5, 10, 20 puppies over the past few decades.
If you're interested in puppy raising leave me a comment or shoot me an email though our contact form.
How about you guys? Are you already raising a puppy? If so tell us a little bit about some of your experiences and the benefits you find raising a puppy. If not, what's holding you back from starting your journey as a puppy raiser.


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Some people have songwriting in their DNA. Jen Chapin does — her late dad is the '70s folkster known for "Cat's in the Cradle" — but you wouldn't connect the two based on their musical styles. Chapin and her band — husband and acoustic bassist Stephan Crump and guitarist Jamie Fox — lend soulful and sultry jazz vibes to urban-folk numbers that often come with a heaping side of storytelling. Also an activist and educator, Chapin muses about big-city life and social-justice issues in introspective songs at the Big Picture Theater & Café on Saturday and the Skinny Pancake in Montpelier on Sunday.


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Dear Calves~ thank you for your service! You've always been mighty!
The kind of calves that got me noticed in the gym, and many many requests for " How did you get those calves?" The answer of course was genetics plus point shoes at 12 years old…I could say the same for my glutes and hamstrings which were also remakable but not quite the stars like my calves were.
I say were, because this week I noticed how different the calves are now – this is a new development just in the last 4 months, my calves are suddenly angular, linear where they were curvaceous. My legs are noticibly weaker, I have begun to fall from time to time. The balance muscles are going~ the anterior and interior ones that keep you upright over uneven ground are leaving me. Just 2 months ago I finally stopped wearing real heels…as in 3-4 inch heels. Much to my doctors distress I had continued to wear them for 3 years after they advised me not to… but it was actually easier to walk in them due to the 1st signs of weakness in my left calf being along the shin bone and responsible for the flexation of my foot, so as my foot drags in flats I was more susceptible to falling in flats. I still look for a shoe with a 1-2 inch rise, because it helps me walk. Thank god the elevated sneakers are in vogue again! Spoken like a true shoe collector I'm clear… I have given away over 100 pair of shoes through out the past year as they became unwearable.
The curve is gone the cut up the middle of the back of my calf is gone, I miss the shapely-ness of it- the-no-matter-how-fat-I-got-I-still-had-great-legs-count-on-ability of it, the stregnth of it~ these are the legs that could squat 425 lbs in my mid 20's ( which is probably why I have walked under my own power for so long), the extraordinary look of the well formed muscle tapering into the slim ankle…I would have been a hit in the late 1800's when a well turned ankle was the bombdiggety of attractiveness! It probably says something about our culture that what freaks me out with the most emotional impact is not the reduction in my breathing ( though I wont go swimming again!) it's the muscle twitching in my face, the screwed up facial expression I get whenever I drink wine, the drooling that becomes increasingly difficult to control, and loss of the muscle groups I could always count on for attractiveness. Forget looking good I'd just like to pass for normal! Which is hard to do when your ass falls off! Yes my formerly righteous bubble butt is gone as well…let's just say that my nick name in highschool was "buns" and Boom-Boom.
Whats really amazing is how attached we are as human beings to our identity, or to how we have come to know ourselves…I can be as transformed as I want or as philisophicallly grounded as I want AND it does not prevent the IMPACT of the LOSS of who I had known myself to be! How I knew myself to look, and other constructs that became how I got along in the world. I have known that the physical structures in our environment set us up for how we move and manage ourselves but I was always looking at my SURROUNDINGS in regard to that and rarely if ever looking at my interior physical structures…for what they provided in the realm of my mindset or what I felt was possible to achieve, and how I percieved myself in the world. I can see new levels at which I took my body for granted.
Ignorance is bliss has a new meaning…I continually get irritated with strangers who are having superfluous conversations or are gossiping. Really? I think THIS is what people spend the minutes of their life on when they dont have an issue or a challenge or a focus? WTF? For the same reason I don't watch the news often as I find much of it to be LEGITIMIZED GOSSIP and speculation and rarely any real news. Certainly not positive news, and I guard my optimism with a fierce vigilance. I don't need the poison thrust on me from some deliberatedly dramatic headline or some ridiculous fluff involving some celebrity gone to hell in a hand basket. I'm not saying having a cause or a purpose is any better, it's just what makes it all worth while and interesting. After all you know what they say about an unexamined life…definitly NOT worth living.
So I celebrate my calves today, for all that they were for what they still are and for all they will continue to provide! Take a moment and celebrate your own won't you? Have a love fest with your whole body in fact! Appreciate what you've got when you've got it. Take care of it and hold it dear, value it and give it rest. You never know when you'll need those reserves of energy and stregnth.


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"And a Merry Christmas to you too," Jackie muttered in reply, pulling his worn jacket tighter around his thin, almost emaciated body. He bent his legs, wrapping his arms around his knees, shivering so hard his teeth chattered.
Dropped in the city, deposited like so much discarded trash and forbidden to return home, he was slowly wasting away.
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The only saving grace was the parks--small islands of life in the midst of an area destroyed by greed and desire. He'd found one not far from where he now sat, along the edge of Cherry Creek. The banks were snow-covered, the trees stood stark against the whiteness, enclosed between tall, concrete walls with the noise of the city just beyond. Only there did he see true smiles at times when the people who walked the path beside the creek inhaled deeply of the air, which was somehow fresher than elsewhere in the city.
A sound brought him back to the present, the clatter of some coins landing on the pavement beside him. He scooped them up, looking for the donor. A girl, perhaps a few years older than him, smiled briefly then hurried on her way.
"Not much, but it'll buy you a burger."
Jackie nodded as a young man dropped down beside him. His name was Solo, which he'd explained when Jackie had asked, had nothing to do with Star Wars and everything to do with how he lived. "Alone and glad of it," he'd confessed.
They'd become--if not friends--at least companions of a sort. Solo had taken Jackie under his wing, showing him the best and safest spots to beg for change or, as he called it, to 'spange'. He'd also warned Jackie to be careful where he bedded down for the night. Jackie had learned that lesson quickly. The police would roust anyone they found sleeping in public, telling them there were shelters and they'd better get to one.
"Roofs," Solo had told him. "The cops are too lazy to go up there--or too fat." He'd snorted in amusement when Solo said that, but Jackie had found out it was the truth. Roofs weren't all that safe; he'd had to find spots not already claimed by other homeless people. But if he was careful, he could.
Now Jackie said, "I'll split it with you," to Solo's comment about the coins being enough to buy a burger.
"Naw, you don't have to. I made out all right a bit earlier. Matter of fact, pocket the change and come with me. I'll treat you to a real meal of sorts."
Solo jumped to his feet again, holding out a hand, then pulling Jackie up when he took it. "Damn, Jackie, you don't weigh nothin'. You gotta eat or you'll die."
Jackie shook his head, his long, tangled hair flying out then settling on his shoulders seconds later. "I'm just naturally thin. I told you that."
"Yeah, well I'm not really believing it. Still there's nothing I can do about it but feed you, so come on."
Jackie wondered why Solo cared but wasn't about to argue the fact, so he trailed along behind him to a sandwich shop a block from where he'd been sitting.
"Take your pick. The meatball one's the best but..." Solo shrugged as he ordered one. The clerk behind the counter looked at them askance until Solo pulled some bills from his jeans pocket.
Jackie read over the menu on the wall then asked, shyly, for a tuna club. Solo shook his head. "You need real meat, Jackie."
"I don't, umm, eat meat."
"Come on. I've seen you with a burger a time or two." Then Solo frowned. "Or not. You go for the damned fish sandwiches." He turned his attention back to the clerk. "If that's what he wants, give it to him." He counted out the cash, laying it on the counter, and a few minutes later they left the shop, bags in hand.
"We coulda eaten in there," Solo said, "but we were getting real bad looks from some of the customers. Trust me on that one. We don't want any hassles."
"It's okay. Can we go down by the creek?"
"Yeah, sure. Why not."
When they got there, Solo brushed snow off the lone bench along the side of the bike path and they sat. As they ate, Solo said between hungry bites, "So you never told me how you ended up on the streets."
Jackie used the story he'd heard other kids tell. "I got kicked out of the house because, well--"
"Your folks abused you?"
"Not my folks." Jackie wasn't willing to bad-mouth his parents, even though they were far away and would never know he had. "My, umm, uncle. But I couldn't tell anyone because they wouldn't have believed me," he blurted out, dipping his head so Solo wouldn't see the lie written across his face.
"Shit. Like he came on to you?"
"Umm, humm." Jackie quickly ate the last of his sandwich, still not looking at Solo.
"Some people are real bastards, but it happens. Too often, to hear some of the other kids tell it. There's this one chick..." He went on to tell the story of a girl he once knew who had been raped repeatedly by her father and her brother before she finally decided she'd rather take her chances living on the streets than let it happen any more. "She's dead now. OD'd on some bad meth some son-of-a-bitch gave her. Rumor has it he wanted to fuck her and she wasn't going for it. He dosed her up so she wouldn't fight him."
"Humans are... are bastards," Jackie muttered, balling up the bag his sandwich had come in.
Solo chuckled. "Humans, as compared to animals?"
"Umm, yeah," Jackie replied quickly as he stood. "Can we walk? It's sorta nice down here. Quiet."
"You can. I got some place I gotta be." Solo eyed Jackie, then handed him a couple of dollars. When Jackie protested, he said, "Like I told you, I got lucky. Take it and buy supper, or breakfast, or something. Food. Real food. Not the crap you find in the dumpsters. Got it?"
"Yes," Jackie said quietly. "Thank you. And got it." He watched when Solo hurried away. His hands shook as he stuffed the bills into his pocket beside the change he'd gotten earlier and he realized he was freezing. He'd never felt the cold like this until he'd come to the city.
I need to... to find somewhere warm.
But he knew that wasn't an option. Warmer clothes however... He'd heard kids talking about a place where they gave them out for free if someone needed them. Closing his eyes, he tried to remember where they said it was. Somewhere close to the Mall he thought. But where?
It took a while--and stopping to ask a girl he'd seen around before--but he finally found the spot he was looking for, a drop-in center not all that far from where he and Solo had just been. As he walked in the door, he halted--so many kids, so much noise, chatter, movement--and warmth. He inched his way along one wall, trying to find the part he'd heard about, the area where they had the clothes.
"Need some help?" The voice coming from somewhere behind him sounded friendly.
He spun around, nodding. "Ple... please. I heard I could get a... a jacket maybe and..."
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