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| Posted: 30 Sep 2010 01:42 PM PDT As the leaders of the world convened at The United Nations, Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment hosts another international event in New York. A new training program has been established between Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment and China's Ministry of Culture under the title of "Cultural Trade & Industry Exchange Program"; the first session was launched September 19th - 24th, 2010. This delegation comes from China's central and local cultural bureaus representing ten Chinese Provinces/Municipalities including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shenzhen, Sichuan, Hunan and Chongqing. This series of bilateral culture educational programs is designed to introduce China's theatre professionals, policy makers and educational experts to the business process of the Broadway industry. The six day, intensive series of seminars and theatre tours featured a delegation from Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, and a team of Broadway industry experts. Among the topics covered at the New York launch as well as the up-coming programs: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BROADWAY as a world-class brand, and the future of its world-class touring productions. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MUSICAL THEATRE to the lifeblood and vitality of its city. USA, GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA'S MUSICAL THEATRE INDUSTRY, the commonality of their operational principles. REGIONAL THEATRE AND BROADWAY ROAD TOURING THE MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION PROCESS: How does it differ between The West and The East? SELECTING A MUSICAL TO PRODUCE. What is commercially and artistically viable? THEATRE TICKETS. Managing, auditing, comptrolling and marketing. THEATER MARKETING. How to reach your audience. PRODUCING A WORLD CLASS From budgeting and fundraising to creative team supervision and casting. "We are thrilled to host the first session of the Cultural Trade and Industry Exchange Program with the Chinese Ministry of Culture" says Robert Nederlander Jr. of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment. "This is part of our ongoing effort in strengthening and deepening the understanding between Broadway and Chinese cultural industries, which dates back to my family's involvement in Ping Pong Diplomacy during the early 1970s.". For more information about upcoming Cultural Trade and Industry Exchange Program events, call (212) 822-4200 or visit www.nederlanderworld.com. ABOUT NEDERLANDER WORLDWIDE ENTERTAINMENT: This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2010 09:06 PM PDT A new survey from the Democratic-affiliated firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) finds that candidates arguing over the proposed Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan has left a bad taste in North Carolina's voters' mouths. The survey comes just a week after Republican Renee Ellmers, who is running to defeat Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.), released a campaign ad that basically used "Muslims" and "terrorists" interchangeably and warned that the construction of an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero would be a "victory mosque" for terrorists. "After the Muslims conquered Jerusalem, and Cordoba, and Constantinople they built victory mosques," the ad's narrator said. "And, now, they want to build a mosque by Ground Zero. Where does Bob Etheridge stand? He won't say. Won't speak out. Won't take a stand." "North Carolina isn't exactly a bastion of liberalism but even there a majority of voters think it's off base for candidates to exploit the proposed 'Ground Zero mosque' as a campaign issue," writes PPP. "51% label doing so as 'inappropriate' to just 37% who consider it to be an acceptable tactic." The disapproval of the ad is even stronger in the area where Ellmers ran the ad; there, 56 percent of voters said it was not appropriate. Among Republicans, those results were reversed. Sixty percent of GOP voters said using the Islamic cultural center was fine, and only 29 percent objected. As PPP points out, "for Ellmers to win she's going to have to take an overwhelming share of independents and also capture a healthy level of Democratic support. With those key groups exploiting the mosque is seen as particularly inappropriate- 68% of Democrats and 50% of independents share that feeling." "It is reassuring that despite the best efforts of far right-wing propagandists to paint this American community center as a Trojan horse, and then to exploit the resultant fear in order to cultivate votes, the American people are saying 'no thanks,'" said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago. "I think we are all sick and tired of desperate candidates resorting to polarizing, divisive tactics that seek to manipulate. We all long for clean, responsible campaigns that actually tackle the real issues that affect our daily lives and that offer workable solutions to our problems. We're tired of candidates who take us for granted -- or worse yet, insult our intelligence -- instead of doing the leg work to earn our votes on the merit of their character and track record. I hope the message coming from this poll continues to be reflected at the most important poll of all: the voting poll this November." The Ellmers campaign did not return a request for comment. Last week, Ellmers faced a tough interview from CNN's Anderson Cooper, who took issue with her use of the term "victory mosque." He noted that there was no evidence that the project, Park51, was intended to be anything like what she was implying, and pointed out that historically, Christians have also built houses of worship after conquering lands. Ellmers said he was "wrong" and asked him, "[A]re you anti-religion, are you anti-Christian in your thinking?" "That's like the lowest response I have ever heard from a candidate, I gotta tell you," Cooper responded. ************************* What's happening in your district? The Huffington Post wants to know about all the campaign ads, debates, town halls, mailings, shenanigans, and other interesting campaign news happening by you. E-mail us any tips, videos, audio files, and photos to election@huffingtonpost.com. Get HuffPost Politics On Twitter, Facebook, and Google Buzz! Subscribe to the new HuffPost Hill newsletter! Know something we don't? E-mail us at huffpolitics@huffingtonpost.comThis entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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