Greetings New Work New Culture Friends
The New Work New Culture Conference has been fabulous so far. Last night after dinner there was a fantastic cultural event with a number of talented people from all over Detroit and a few folks from as far away as California performing at Cass Commons. Tomorrow I will get the line up from Tawana so I can let you know who all performed. There were musicians, rappers, poets and a comedian.
The highlight of today's event for me was the Noon to 1:45 discussion about funding New Work....
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