Mass meeting in NoHo to stop arts cuts

by NoHo Artist Friday, Mar. 12, 2004 at 12:16 PM

The online magazine for the San Fernando Valley's NoHo Arts District, www.nohoartsdistrict.com , is helping to organize an emergency community meeting to stop the attacks on CAD. Join representatives from the Cultural Affairs Department, the NoHo Theatre & Arts Business Collaborative, Valley Theatre League and other arts organizations to save the arts in Los Angeles.

MARCH 15th NOHO ARTS DISTRICT
MEETING TO SAVE CAD

Monday, March 15th., 5 - 6 p.m.
The Lankershim Art Gallery 5108 Lankershim Blvd. NoHo Arts District (818-760-1278)
RESERVATIONS: Call: 818-506-3132 or email: lisa@nohoartsdistrict.com

NoHo Arts District.com also maintains an excellent page on their website that discribes the economic advantages of supporting the arts..."the arts are not a luxury, but an economic engine to
revitalize our neighborhoods."

http://www.nohoartsdistrict.com/new/arts_advoc_call_2_action.htm

Background:
The L.A. City Mayor's office intends to dismantle and eliminate the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department (CAD). If Mayor Hahn's gray-suited Philistines have their way $3,500,000 in grants to 250 arts organizations and individuals will disappear!