Save Tramway
by LucyGibson, 11.10.03 03:34 pm
The Tramway is a world renowned multi-disciplinary arts venue in the south side of Glasgow.
Pending the outcome of a capital lottery application to the Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Ballet will relocate its entire operation into the Tramway and Tramway 2 and the unique large scale exhibition space will close in order to provide Scottish Ballet with a rehearsal set building workshop.
There is loads of information on the web site www.sostramway.org.uk .
We are trying to get suport from all over the world to back our case that this is an unacceptable proposal, one that has been made without proper consultation of the community and without consideration of the impact this will have on the cultural life of Glasgow which has been built up by the excellent work and reputation of its visual arts community.
Potentially the last ever show in tramway 2 opens tomorrow night. Please come along if you can (see web site for details of how to get there) if not please let me know what you think of all this. I'll be happy to answer any questions.
Good luck to you
by penelope (11.10.03 04:36 pm)
Sounds similar to what Oakland mayor Jerry Brown tried to pull on the Alice Arts Center where he tried to force them out so that he could expand the Oakland School for the Arts which he presides over as the chairman of the board.
"The Alice Arts Center (AAC) first opened it's doors in 1987, and has since become a center-piece for the arts in Oakland and the East Bay. The arts center includes around 74 residential housing units for the artists and residents in related fields, plus a 400 hundred seat theater, and numerous dance studios. The AAC hosts local, regional and national touring performing arts productions. City Officials estimate that around 50,000 people per year use the services being offered at the center. The resident companies and teachers of the AAC have included; AXIS Dance, Bay Area Blues Society, Citicentre Dance, Dance-A-Vision, Diamanocoura, Dimensions Dance, Moving On Center, and the Oakland Ballet...
Not to be pushed around by some wealthy carpetbagger that double crossed the electorate so that he could dismantle the established arts programs that served the working class people of Oakland, the residents and arts groups of the AAC united into a common front to defy the mayor and his henchmen.
During the spring/summer of 2003, on several occaisions, hundreds of the artists and their supporters from the arts center joined in opposition to the mayors under-handed activities that have undermined the arts groups at the AAC and they marched in protest to the front doors of City Hall to confront the mayor.
The result was to persuade their supporters in the City Council to reign in the mayors powers and on June 24 2003, a resolution was passed requiring that any further reductions in rental units at the AAC would have to go before the City Council before being allowed to take place. "
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by sybil (11.10.03 04:49 pm)
One day a cat dies of natural causes and goes to heaven. There he meets the Lord Himself. The Lord says to the cat "you lived a good life and if there is any way I can make your stay in heaven more comfortable, please let me know." The cat thinks for a moment and says "Lord, all my life I have lived with a poor family and had to sleep on a hard wooden floor." The Lord stops the cat and says, "say no more." And a wonderful fluffy pillow appears.
A few days later 6 mice are killed in a tragic farming accident and go to heaven. Again there is the Lord there to greet them with the same offer. The mice answer, "All of our lives we have been chased. We have had to run from cats, dogs and even women with brooms. Running, running, running; we're tired of running. Do you think we could have roller skates so we don't have to run anymore?" The Lord says, "Say no more." and fits each mouse with beautiful new roller skates.
About a week later the Lord stops by to see the cat and finds him snoozing on the pillow. The Lord gently wakes the cat and asks him, "How are things since you are here?" The cat stretches and yawns and replies, "It is wonderful here. Better than I could have ever expected. And those 'Meals On Wheels' you've been sending by are theeeeeeeee best!!!"
Behind your eyes
by tagent (11.10.03 05:55 pm)
www.cs.sunysb.edu/
hard to see the highlights
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by zip (11.10.03 06:43 pm)
Re: Save Tramway
by zip (11.10.03 06:51 pm)
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Re: Save Tramway
by Ian Longbone (11.11.03 04:45 pm)
As I see it it will not be by amazing grace that this situation so vile will be resolved. Batten down the hatches and bar the doors. If anything is to be righted in this wrong yule be fightin' till the dawn without a yawn!
Lucy in the Sky with Buckshot!
Re: Save Tramway
by zip (11.17.03 04:18 am)
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Render unto caesar the things that are Caesar's.
Then make him miserable.