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April 2012

Insider's Guide: Diana Mayhew, Executive Director, National Cherry Blossom Festival

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| April 5, 2012 - 2:39pm | Comments (0)

Diana Mayhew is executive director of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which began in 1927 as an all volunteer organization. The Festival has grown into a spectacular two-week city-wide event that draws over a million people annually. Ms. Mayhew is a long-time resident of the DC area.

DC Arts Funding Falls Short

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| April 5, 2012 - 3:24pm | Comments (0)

Mayor Vincent Gray has presented his fiscal year 2013 budget.

For the first time since 2009, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities was not asked to absorb a cut in funding.

The Mayor will say he has increased the budget, but the seeming $2.8 million increase is based on the hope that the President’s $2.5 million request for arts for DC can make it out of congress which is highly unlikely. (Last year his proposal included $5 million and DC got $0). The other part of the increase, $350 thousand is designated for running the Lincoln Theatre.

Insider's Guide: Duane Gautier, Founder, President, & CEO, ARCH Development Corporation

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| April 13, 2012 - 10:29am | Comments (0)

Duane Gautier is the Founder, President, and CEO of ARCH Development Corporation, a not-for-profit community development organization based in Anacostia. ARCH believes arts and the creative economy can be employed as part of a comprehensive, synergistic approach to community revitalization in the Anacostia community. Gautier is one of the organizers of Lumen8 Anacostia, a noon to midnight festival which occurs on April 14 filled with light, art, music, and fun!

Insider's Guide: Michael Kahn, Artistic Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company

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| April 23, 2012 - 1:37pm | Comments (0)

Michael Kahn is the artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and has held the position since 1986, when the theater company was housed in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Cultural Tourism DC Testifies for Inclusion in Certified Business Enterprises Program

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| April 25, 2012 - 5:18pm | Comments (0)

Last week, Leon Seemann, Cultural Tourism DC’s Deputy Director, testified in front of the DC Council, arguing the Certified Business Enterprises program should be expanded to include a category for small DC-based nonprofits. Parts of his testimony are as follows:

Nonprofits are major employers, accounting for 1 out of every 10 jobs in the United States and providing over 118,000 jobs in DC and DC is becoming less and less friendly to nonprofits in the name of transparency and accountability.

Insider's Guide: Jeff Swedarsky, Creator & Director, DC Metro Food Tours

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| April 27, 2012 - 1:35pm | Comments (0)

Jeff Swedarsky, is the Creator & Director of DC Metro Food Tours and President of Food Tour Corporation. In less than 4 years, he has built one of the country’s largest and most respected food tour companies, with locations in 13 cities throughout the east coast, Midwest, and gulf coast. He has travelled to 51 countries throughout the world, extensively throughout Europe, South America, the Middle East, and South East Asia.

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