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Independent venues are securing non-profit status, working together, and planning short-term in an attempt to ensure their futures.

CLEVELAND, OH (CelebrityAccess) -- The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) shared a preview of the featured panels for the inaugural edition of

Two Oregon-based wine producers will join the lineup on Wine Walk Row in the newly developed Schoolhouse District.

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Hal Real is tired of waiting. Along with music venue owners and promoters in Philadelphia and across the country, the World Cafe Live founder has been in need of a lifeline since the COVID-19 shutdown brought live music to a sudden halt in March 2020. Thanks in large part to the lobbying efforts of NIVA, the National Independent Venue Association, which Real cofounded, Congress passed the Save ...

Icepack | Jan. 7-14 So, is it me, or do you, too, feel as if this year is as thoroughly hateful as the last? What’s changed but a single number on the calendar? There was no real demarcation to signal the shift – no fireworks, no parade. We’ve entered the vacuum of 2021 to incessant, cold rain. There’s the bitterer, chillier pill of waiting until the 15th for everything to open indoors – even then: WHY BOTHER? Nobody’s getting COVID-19 shots. Eagles’ chieftain Doug Pederson is sti...