Mayor Nutter's Standing-Room Only Performance (ArtsWatch)

Mayor Nutter's Standing-Room Only Performance

Who knew the announcement of a new arts and culture czar for the city would be so popular? About a hundred arts types - including Kimmel Center president Anne Ewers - were prevented from entering City Hall to hear Mayor Nutter's announcement today because they mayor's reception room was already filled to capacity with a rather celebratory crowd.
This on a Friday afternoon in the summer when the city is usually emptying out.
The Mayor's pick, by the way, is Gary Steuer, vice president of private-sector affairs at Americans for the Arts and executive director of the Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts.

Posted by Peter Dobrin on July 18, 2008 2:23 PM | Permalink

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Peter Dobrin has been writing about classical music and the arts for The Inquirer since 1989. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

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