When Rhode Islanders go to the polls Tuesday, they will have a rare chance to help some of the state’s top arts and cultural organizations help themselves…
For this month’s Artscape, Elisabeth Harrison and John Bender explored Question 5…
Trinity Rep's Executive Director joined Dan to discuss why he'd like voters to approve Question 5 on election day…
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In my travels to arts events around the state, I am always impressed by the support that the various organizations give each other. Now, they all need our support…
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Michael Gennaro, executive director of Trinity Repertory Company, writes his support for Question 5…
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Sometimes arts and cultural programs or projects are considered frills — niceties, but not necessities. But arts and culture are an important part of the state’s economy…
Approve Question 5… we believe the arts are an economic driver…
About 75 people came to the Ocean State Theatre on Monday to express their support for ballot Question #5 on the Nov. 4 ballot…
Question No. 5 on this year’s ballot proposes a $35 million bond to support Rhode Island’s arts and cultural industry – one of the fastest-growing industries in the state…
The arts are an integral part of Rhode Island’s economy, putting millions of dollars in circulation in the state each year. In addition, they greatly enrich the experience of living here. Like our beautiful beaches, ports and institutions of higher education, they are part of what makes Rhode Island wonderful...
Simply put, it’s an economic opportunity we can’t afford to miss…
Read Full ArticleIndeed, right along with our beaches, our cultural community has become one of our town’s greatest assets…
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For years, community leaders have touted the importance of the arts as a way of enriching and beautifying our communities and attracting investment…
WESTERLY — Voters will have the chance to ask questions about a bond measure that will appear on their Nov. 4 ballots this afternoon when representatives from The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts hold a workshop to discuss the bond, known as the Creative and Cultural Economy Bond Initiative...
From Westerly to Woonsocket and Providence to Portsmouth, Rhode Island’s arts and cultural organizations are breathing new life into our cities and towns...
Bert & David joined the show to discuss how organizations like AS 220 and the Rhode Island Philharmonic contribute to the state’s economy…
WOONSOCKET - Supporters of the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Center are encouraging residents to vote 'yes' on Question 5, addressing Rhode Island Creative and Cultural Economy Bonds - a $35 million proposal to fund improvements at nine leading performing arts facilities across the state...
Democratic candidate for Warren Town Council endorses Yes on 5 RI campaign...
WOONSOCKET – An engine of the local economy could get a turbo-boost if voters approve Question No. 5 on the November ballot...
Randall joined Newport Chamber of Commerce Director Jody Sullivan to discuss the economic opportunities presented by Rhode Island’s arts and cultural industry…
Alison Vareika, the chair of the Newport Performing Arts Center, makes the case for Question 5 in this Letter to the Editor…
Question 5 on next month’s ballot has clear and major economic-development effects…
Rhode Island’s arts industry is one of the fastest-growing economic drivers in the state. Question 5 would create thousands more jobs and contribute more than $100 million to the state’s economic activity…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders will vote on several statewide ballot measures that would authorize hundreds of millions of dollars of spending the arts, higher education and more as well as allow the expansion of gambling in Newport...
$4.2 million at stake to restore the Opera House...
Rhode Island voters are asked to make a $35 million commitment to improving arts infrastructure around the state...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In next month’s general election, Rhode Island voters will be asked to authorize $35 million in matching funds for renovation projects at arts facilities in the state…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Elected officials and leaders of the arts gathered Friday morning at Trinity Repertory Company to galvanize support for Question 5 on the Nov. 4 ballot…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A coalition of elected officials, business leaders and members of the arts community gathered Friday at the Lederer Theater, home of the Trinity Repertory Company, to rally behind a ballot question on authorizing $35 million in bonds to renovate arts facilitie…
In case you haven’t heard, there is a very important election coming up on November 4…
WOONSOCKET - The 30-member Rhode Island Coalition for Arts & Preservation is launching the start of the "Yes on 5 RI" campaign to support Question 5 on November's ballot...
Randall Rosenbaum, executive director for the R.I. State Council on the Arts, says a $35 million "creative and culture economy bond” request voters will be asked to approve on Election Day will more than pay for itself in new jobs and general economic and cultural stimulation...
Highlights Jobs, Economic Benefits of Question 5...
A group of arts organizations from across the state are joining forces to garner support for major arts funding. The money must be approved by voters on a referendum November 4th...
Campaign will educate voters on importance of voting Yes on Question 5 to create local jobs in the state’s growing arts industry...
"Arts and culture have a profound impact on the state’s economy." So said Randall Rosenbaum, executive director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in a comment completely expected from the state director of the arts...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Come November, Rhode Island voters will be asked to decide whether local arts and cultural groups should receive a $35 million bond to upgrade their facilities. Unsurprisingly, one of the state’s most famous artists is urging residents to vote "yes.”...
There is a serious move afoot to make Westerly the cultural hub of southern Rhode Island and the inclusion of two local arts organizations in a $30 million state bond for a number of similar organizations is an indication of just how serious that move is...
Christine Corrigan The United Theatre is part of a $30 million statewide bonding proposition that, if approved, would give the theater nearly $2.4 million for capital improvements, preservation and renovation projects. The Chorus of Westerly would receive more than $1 million...
Ten arts organizations in Rhode Island could receive as much as $30 million in grant funding if voters approve the state’s $35 million Creative and Cultural Economy bond this November...
