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  • MACT Annual Meeting Notice

    It’s that time of year again … time for MACT’s annual meeting.  And you’re invited. Our annual meeting will be held one week from today, Saturday June 7, at Northern Starz Center for the Performing Arts in Ramsey.  (NOTE: Ramsey the city, not Ramsey the county.)  The event will start at 3:00 pm. This event

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  • Arts Advocacy Toolkit For Individuals

    Arts Advocacy Toolkit For Individuals

    As a constituent, you are the ideal grassroots advocate to convey to members of Congress how essential the arts and arts education are to your community.

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  • 10 Reasons to Support the Arts

    10 Reasons to Support the Arts

    The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, empathy, and beauty. The arts also strengthen our communities socially, educationally, economically, and improve health and well-being. If you believe everyone should have the opportunity to participate in the arts and every child should be receiving a quality arts education, use the

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  • Sidney Lumet and “The Wiz”

    By Steven LaVigne Films based on the work of L. Frank Baum have been made for over a century. The first Wizard of Oz film was made in 1910. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) was a film before it became a novel, The first feature length version was released in 1925 starring Dorothy Dwan

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  • David Metcalf – AACT Distinguished Merit Award

    David Metcalf – AACT Distinguished Merit Award

    Awarded to individuals and organizations in recognition of contributions made to promote and develop the highest standards for community theatre.

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  • How to Write a Grant Proposal

    How to Write a Grant Proposal

    Each of us, or at least the organizations we’ve been associated with, have been presented with the “opportunity” to write grant proposals.  This is a task that I, and I suspect most of you, really “enjoy”.  Well, Candid has some information that might make the endeavor at least a little less painful for all of

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