Janice Price (pictured), the former Kimmel Center CEO who is now the "visionary and energetic" CEO of Toronto's Luminato Festival, has been signed to a three-year extension of her contract. "And it's clearly great news for Toronto," wrote Martin Knelman in The Star...Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth has released a study detailing how other cities are putting the arts back in classrooms...Lincoln Financial Group's philanthropic arm, Lincoln Financial Foundation, has awarded about $670,000 in grants to arts and culture groups around Philadelphia...Work will begin shortly on renovations to the Academy of Music's ballroom, which will be closed for the 15-month project...Look for an announcement soon of a Philadelphia Orchestra concert at Macy's with the Wanamaker Organ...Philadelphia soprano Angela Meade was one of 16 winners in 37th annual George London Foundation Awards Competition for young North American opera singers.
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