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Director's Blog: Nonprofit Karma

posted Jun 25, 2009 in Director's Blog · Comment (0)
What is it about nonprofit work that keeps me coming back? It's something that I have to ask myself periodically. Usually when I'm overworked and tired, discouraged, or low on cash. And I have to admit, I've suffered from all... [more]

Legendary Jazz Scribe Pens Jazzheimer's Story

posted Jun 23, 2009 in Arts & Culture · Comment (0)
We at Indy Arts are excited to announce that none other than Nat Hentoff -- a legendary jazz and music writer who's penned criticism for a variety of national publications, as well as liner notes for records by everyone from... [more]

Indy Arts Sponsoree Brings Jazz for Healing

posted May 6, 2009 in Arts & Culture · Comment (0)
Jazzheimers, a project fiscally sponsored by Independent Arts & Media, is a wonderful group that brings traditional jazz into the lives of Alzheimers patients in San Francisco. A new article in The Western Edition has the details. "Local performer touches... [more]

Group Therapy for Artists!

posted Apr 23, 2009 in DIY Workshops · Comment (0)
Announcing Group Therapy for Artists! May - June 2009 Part of our DIY Workshop Series 6:30pm-8pm every Thursday at 1254 Mission Street (@ 8th), SF A weekly series of free workshops and social gatherings targeted to the grassroots arts community... [more]

Persephone Miel: What Should PBS Do?

posted Apr 13, 2009 in Democracy · Comment (0)
On Public Media: Conversations on Media & Democracy Internews Network's PERSEPHONE MIEL, a recent fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center, brings some Internet-era vision for the idea of public media. Rather than look to new nonprofits and new structures, she says... [more]

ArtHouse presents "Words+Music 2: Tales of Betrayal & Revenge"

posted Apr 8, 2009 in Arts & Culture · Comment (0)
Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:30pm 1360 Mission Street, San Francisco ArtHouse hosts Program 2 of a four-part "Words+Music" series. This evening presents new fiction + new compositions & improvised music, interactive video installations, libations & snacks. "Words+Music" is a... [more]

Hyphen magazine's SIX in the City birthday party (Friday, 3/27 @ Club Six, SF)

posted Mar 25, 2009 in Events & Opportunities · Comment (0)
Hyphen is turning 6. That's like 30 in independent magazine years! With so many independent publications struggling these days, we are darn proud they're still here - alive and kicking. (Hyphen is a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts &... [more]

On Public Media: Conversations About Media & Democracy

posted Mar 17, 2009 in Democracy · Comment (0)
What, exactly, is "public media" in an era of vanishing newspapers, expanding Internet and wireless networks, empowered publics and an increasingly lively (if chaotic) nonprofit-news sector? On Public Media pursues this fluid notion in conversation with diverse journalism practitioners, advocates,... [more]

Ted Glasser: Imagining a National Endowment for Journalism

posted Mar 17, 2009 in Journalism & Media · Comment (3)
On Public Media: Conversations on Media & Democracy Go big or go home! For its debut edition, On Public Media chats with Stanford communication professor TED GLASSER, who brings a fifty-state strategy with his modest proposal for the creation of... [more]

3/17: "A Conversation About the San Francisco Chronicle"

posted Mar 16, 2009 in Events & Opportunities · Comment (1)
[Forwarded from the Society of Professional Journalists-Northern California.] SAN FRANCISCO - Fifteen of Northern California's most distinguished editors, publishers, innovators and academics will meet with the public Tuesday, March 17, for "A Conversation About the Chronicle," a forum presented as... [more]