SAN ANTONIO
S.A. man in running for independent film award
San Antonio Express-News (2/15/08)
Elda Silva
"On Saturday Pedro Castaņeda could walk away with a winged statuette for best male lead at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. He's got some pretty stiff competition: Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman and Oscar-nominee Don Cheadle. Presented the day before the Oscars, the hipster ceremony takes place under a massive tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The awards air Saturday on the Independent Film Channel."
TEXAS
Museum unveils designs for new building, adjacent office tower
Austin American Statesman (02/19/08)
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
"The Austin Museum of Art today unveiled preliminary designs for its $23 million new building as well as the 30-story office tower that will share the downtown Austin block with the museum at Fourth and Guadalupe streets."
NATIONAL
Grants feed growth of creative economy
Boston Business Journal (02/14/08)
"About $5.5 million will be given to Massachusetts cultural organizations to expand their reach throughout the state. The grants, ranging from $4,500 to $632,000, will go to 36 organizations with building projects that increase tourism, create new jobs, leverage private funding and expand arts and cultural activities in communities across the state."
INTERNATIONAL
Liverpool 08, the story so far
The New Statesman (02/20/08)
Dominic Cavendish
"How much is the regeneration in Liverpool attributable to it being the Capital of Culture and what would have happened anyway?"
