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Artists will receive monthly payments of $1,000. May 24, 2021 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Guaranteed Income Pilot. Courtesy of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. As San Francisco prepares to begin offering guaranteed income for artists, Twitter C.E.O. Jack Dorsey has donated $3.46 million to the pilot program through his charity #StartSmall. News of the gift came as the city announced that it had selected the inaugural cohort of 130 recipients, all of whom were set to receive $1,000 a mo...

For its 40th anniversary, the Orson Welles-narrated documentary about Franklin D Roosevelt’s post-depression artist program is getting a vital re-release

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes Sterling centenarian celebrates birthday with country music Leonard, his family and his friends listen to performer Bobby Guskovict, aka Bobby G., play music during the birthday party. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes Advertisement STERLING HEIGHTS — After a year where life has been precarious and unpredictable for many, Sterling Heights resident Anthony Leonard recently celebrated reaching the age of 103. Over at Shorehaven Senior Living in Sterling Heights — where...

1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris. 1915 – Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run. 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The Germanzeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed. 1949 – EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation. 1994 – E...

View of the Upper and Lower Promenades, Cafeteria, and South Loggia, Looking South (1936); Images courtesy of Marvel/ NYC Parks/ NYCEDC The landmarked bathhouse and pavilion at Orchard Beach in the Bronx will be restored to its original 1930s design and become more accessible to the public. The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to approve plans from architecture firm Marvel, the Parks Department, and the city’s Economic Development Corporation to reconstruct the deterior...

Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News Tree City USA, and St. Cloud is one of them. A press release from the DNR says that “cities and towns achieve Tree City USA status by meeting four core standards of sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department; having a community tree ordinance; spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry; and celebrating Arbor Day – which is Friday, April 30.” A Tree City must also commit to urban forest management and celebrate the importance ...

Letter to the Editor: Republicans, there’s more to infrastructure than roads and bridges Share Republicans in Congress who think that infrastructure should be limited to roads and bridges should read up on the Works Progress Administration. According to Wikipedia, Federal Project One of the WPA at one point employed 40,000 artists, musicians, writers, actors and historians. “The WPA’s Division of Investigation proved so effective in preventing political corruption ‘that a later congress...

Care Work Is Climate Work Overhauling the economy to cool the planet will require huge investments in care work. Biden’s infrastructure plan is just the start. JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images “What is infrastructure?” Somehow, this is the question under debate right now, thanks to America’s antiquated political system, which has made it virtually impossible to pass anything that isn’t a giant omnibus bill by the slimmest of margins. That could well make the recently proposed “...

I am not a camper. Anytime that I have ever camped, I have wondered why on earth I had chosen to sleep on the ground when I had access to a perfectly good bed. I know that camping is the cheapest option for an overnight stay. And I know that some folks thrive on the rough and tumble camping experience that most of our state parks offer. Nothing wrong with that, but some of us require more amenities, especially at bedtime. Don’t get me wrong: I love being outdoors, I could hike all day, and...

About the infrastructure debate Chances are the largest issue effecting your investment account continues to be the COVID-19 Pandemic. The tug of war continues between the amazing vaccination rate and the somewhat surprising resistance to the vaccine. It remains a disappointment to investors that we continue to experience self-inflicted surges in many states. Of course, that delays the needed “herd immunity” to open up the economy. However, everyone has their reasons and there is no doubt t...