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| UNESCO wraps up cultural treasure list with Armenian stone art - Earthtimes Posted: 17 Nov 2010 06:30 AM PST Nairobi - Armenian stone art on Wednesday joined flamenco, French cuisine and Turkish oil wrestling on the United Nations' "intangible cultural heritage" list.The traditional art of carving Khachkars - stone slabs up to 1.5 metres in height used as memorials - was the last of 47 traditions added at a meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.Also added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Tuesday were the Azerbaijani art of carpet- weaving, the Peking Opera and a 600-year-old carnival in Belgium's Aalst.The new additions bring the number of traditions listed to 213, UNESCO said. 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 |
| Salt Lake City’s cultural arts to get more cash - Salt Lake Tribune Posted: 23 Nov 2010 08:06 PM PST Coming soon to a cultural-arts district near you: more cash. Thanks to a deal worked out by Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County, the capital's downtown arts district will get up to $500,000 a year to brand itself, promote itself and plan its future. "It is making possible what is not possible today," said Phil Jordan, director of the county's Center for the Arts. The money comes as part of an agreement Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon are expected to sign next week, creating a dedicated tax stream for the capital's cultural core. Officials aren't creating a new tax. Instead, the city and county will capture existing sales tax revenues — generated within an arts district stretching from 200 West to 200 East between South Temple and 400 South — that will be reinvested into a sizzling downtown scene of theater, dance and music. The agreement is the brainchild of outgoing County Councilman Joe Hatch, who for years has championed the idea of a more vibrant, better-funded cultural-arts district. "This is huge," Hatch said amid a flurry of kudos after the County Council vote. "I got what I wanted." During the next 20 years, the cultural-arts district will receive an estimated $9.8 million because of the deal. That amounts to $5.2 million from the city and $4.6 million from the county. Story continues below The money won't be used to build new facilities (such as the city's planned Broadway-style theater), but rather to stage events, create a cultural-district brand and plan projects that might benefit the area down the road. "This gives us a specific, dedicated, reasonable pot of money," Hatch said, "that is generated from the area that is going to benefit, to explore and strengthen the cultural district." Becker spokeswoman Helen Langan applauded the plan Tuesday as a cultural and economic catalyst. "This has the potential to have a long-term sustained effect on arts and culture," she said, "and, really, on the economic vitality and life of the heart of Utah's capital." A signing ceremony is scheduled Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. Sales taxes for the venture will start accruing Jan. 1 — just days before the man who helped capture them, Hatch, leaves office. 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 |
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