A bill pending in the Texas House aims to address some common frustrations with the event ticketing process by making it easier to see the total cost up front. But opponents say the language prioritizes ticket resellers over fans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2025/04/29/520006/can-this-texas-house-bill-help-curb-high-ticket-prices-depends-whom-you-ask/

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Can this Texas House bill help curb high ticket prices? Depends whom you ask

Venue owners, such as Edwin Cabaniss of The Heights Theater in Houston, worry fewer restrictions on resale tickets will harm concertgoers.

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The future of funding that supports family reading programs, digitization of local archives and other library programming across Texas is unclear following a recent executive order by President Donald Trump.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/books-libraries/2025/04/07/518011/texas-libraries-could-lose-12-5m-following-trump-executive-order/

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Texas libraries could lose $12.5M following Trump executive order

The Institute of Museums and Library Services was targeted in a recent executive order. Here's how that could affect North Texas libraries.

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Coming up on #AlmostLive this week: the dark, yet tender comedy VIGIL, by Morris Panych.

We are thrilled to partner with Belfry Theatre to bring you a livestream performance of VIGIL, Wednesday, December 7, with #AudioDescription. Joining host Amy Amantea is Vigil’s Director Glynis Leyshon and Belfry’s Artistic Director, Michael Shamata.

Check out this week’s newsletter for more! https://mailchi.mp/vocaleye/1313

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No matter how our immediate community evolves, and how the world twists and turns in its strange and often frustrating ways, there will always be a way for the Live Music Project to do what it does best: increase access to the arts.

If you're in a giving mood, and you find yourself with the capacity to do so financially, please join me today in supporting the Live Music Project, a one-of-a-kind community-funded organization.

https://livemusicproject.org/donate/

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Aligning with purpose can allow a creative endeavor to evolve meaningfully even as circumstances change. For the Live Music Project (the arts/tech nonprofit I founded back in 2014), sticking close to purpose has helped us focus on the outcomes of our work, rather than being attached to a particular approach. (2/3) #NonprofitStrategy #ArtsNonprofit #ArtsAccess #CommunityCenteredDesign

I've been thinking about the meaning of "purpose" on and off again over the last few years, and it came up again last night as I wrote a proposal for New Music Gathering's 2023 conference on the same topic.

I wrote out my thoughts on "process" early in the new year of 2021: https://shayalyon.medium.com/on-purpose-54106ec329e9 (1/3) #nonprofitStrategy #artsNonprofit #artsAccess

On purpose: Finding direction during Covid | By Shaya Lyon | Medium

I never clean behind the couch. On Thanksgiving, I felt like cleaning behind the couch. I dug out a pile of dusty rolled-up papers and found the initial statement of purpose for the Live Music…

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