By Melissa Dribben
Inquirer Staff Writer
Full StoryIt’s been a depressing stretch for arts and cultural groups in Philadelphia. At every meeting where budget cuts come up – and in what meeting don’t they? – faces are glum. Sighs are heavy.Privately, everyone is reeling from Mayor Nutter’s announcement that the national economic wreckage has hit the city hard and will result in major funding cuts.
Publicly, though?
Either brave, chin-up, soldier-on statements . . .
Or silence.
Several leaders in the arts and culture community, speaking on condition of anonymity, have said the same thing: We’re unhappy, but we have to live with this mayor for the next four years, probably eight. No one wants to be heard whining and complaining because everyone wants funding restored once the crisis is over.
Several institutions are declining to comment at all. READ MORE…
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