Bloomington Tonight: World Peace Week

By: Diane Benjamin We are close to a nuclear war in Ukraine, China wants Taiwan, Israel has to prevent Iran from finalizing nuclear missiles, our “institutions” buried the country in unpayable debt, and culture is on a race to the bottom, but Bloomington is proclaiming this World Peace Week and welcoming visitors from India. I […]

Normal: Subsidizing Culture

By:  Diane Benjamin The charts below are from the current Town of Normal budget unless otherwise stated:  https://normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/14883/2019-2024 PDF page 64 – Revenue projections for Children’s Discovery Museum and the Normal Theater PDF page 121 – CDM Expense projections PDF page 123 – Theater Expensive projections Projected Revenue: Children’s Discovery Museum   $1,003,050 Normal Theater   $259,700 […]