Rural symphonies spark a national arts boom in small towns
In Chicago and across 600 smaller cities, rural orchestras are expanding audiences says Ralph Black of the American Symphony Orchestra League. He notes five million people attended symphonies last year in cities with fewer than 100,000 residents as discount fares and local business support help sustain regional ensembles.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Keenenah
Mich
Ralph Black
American Symphony Orchestra League
Black
America
Billy Graham
Orchestra World
New York
U.S
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Thatvader Waske
Dan Henkin
Air Transport Association
Orchestra League
Chicago Symphony
Georg Solti
Arthur Fiedler
Patricia Minot
Johnstown
Zane Knauss
Funding cut ends Smithsonian bay grass study probe
Federal EPA cut about 700000 in support for a Smithsonian Institution study linking Bay grasses decline to herbicides etrazine and Heures. Researchers say political pressure from agricultural and chemical interests influenced the decision, while EPA and scientists cite data quality and analysis concerns.
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Annapolis
Smitheonian Institution
Entoff
Correll
EPA
U.S. Dagpartment
Nneee
Morgan
William Payne
Athens
Payie
Payne
Smithsonian
Evidence of 1622 Indian massacre found near Williamsburg
Archaeologists Ivor Noel Hume and Eric Klingelhofer unearthed a crushed skull and skeletal remains at Carter's Grove near James River, linking the 1622 massacre at Wolstenholme Town to the Powhatan Indian chief Opechancanough. Artifacts include armor pieces, a 1613 coin, pottery shards, and a visored helmet.
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Carter's Grove Plantation
Tidewater
Richmond
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Williamshoro
Ivor
Noel Hume
Eric Klingelhofer
Carter's Grove
Jamestown
Klingelhofer
Wolstenholme
Martin’s Landing
Opechancanough
Powhatan
Virginia
London Company
National Geographic Society
Washington
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