Register for Creative Communities Exchange

May 4, 2011

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Deadline May 15, 2011 (early bird, May 6)

Creative Communities Exchange
May 19 & 20, 2011
MASS MoCA | North Adams, MA

Building upon the Connecting Creative Communities summit in Providence, RI, in 2010, Creative Communities Exchange is a day and a half of workshops prepared by creative and cultural community leaders, and plenty of networking. The Exchange is an opportunity to move beyond connecting with peers to learn about model projects directly from those developing creative communities on the local level.

Be sure to register soon!

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See you there!

New IRS 1099 reporting requirement repealed!

May 4, 2011

New IRS 1099 reporting requirement repealed by Obama!

As part of the National Health Care Reform Law, there was a change in IRS 1099 reporting that would have required every self-employed person, or small business and nonprofit of any size, to report via 1099 form not only those they pay over $600 for a service, but file a 1099 for any goods/products they purchased for $600 or over (this means if you bought a computer, office products from Staples, your phone service, your landlord, you will have to 1099 them).

Thank you to everyone who advocated on this issue! It worked!

Please thank your Congressperson and your Senators (all Federal level) as well as President Obama for signing it!

Find your Senator and Congressperson here:
http://www.votesmart.org/

Great work everyone!

Kathleen Bitetti
Co-Founder of Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition, ArtistsUndertheDome.org, & HeatlhcareforArtists.org

Free Ai Weiwei!

May 3, 2011

Please support and forward this global initiative to friends. World-famous and beloved Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been “disappeared” by China’s state security forces. Every trace of Ai’s life and art have been erased from the Chinese internet, and his only hope may be a global outcry for his release. Fearful of the pro-democracy protests …

Festival of Ideas for the New City

May 3, 2011

Festival of Ideas for the New City

is a major new collaborative initiative in New York involving scores of Downtown organizations working together to harness the power of the creative community to imagine the future city and explore ideas that will shape it. The Festival will include a three-day slate of symposia; an innovative StreetFest along the Bowery; and over eighty independent projects and public events.

Follow the links throughout the site to find an event that suits!