'Thrilled, relieved and grateful': Arts venues to get $15 billion from stimulus
Kyle McReddie stares at Brian Martin during a break-up scene in “The Morrissey Plays” at PianoFight in San Francisco. Photo: Gabrielle Lurie, Special to The Chronicle 2016 Among the industry’s hurdles were educating both lawmakers and the larger public about the unique challenges arts and entertainment faces and explaining how existing pandemic relief programs at least partly shut them out. National Independent Venue Association, which formed in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak to advocate for assistance as it became clear concert halls would be the last to reopen after the pa...