ADAM -I THINK THIS ALREADY PART OF THE ARTS BLOG (AND IF IT ISN'T, IT SHOULD BE) I've been going around talking with our arts leaders about how the lousy economy is impacting what they do and how they are all coping. Symphony, opera, ballet, GCAC, OAC. You can find these pieces over on www.wosu.org - click on arts and culture. Here's Barbara Zuck, Columbus Dispatch Arts Diva and radio/horse farm chatelaine talking with me yesterday - her take on The Arts in Columbus in the Current (Crummy) Economy. [audio:christopher_and_zuck.mp3]
Christopher Purdy is Classical 101's early morning host, 7-10 a.m. weekdays. He is host and producer of Front Row Center – Classical 101’s weekly celebration of Opera and more – as well as Music in Mid-Ohio, Concerts at Ohio State, and the Columbus Symphony broadcast series. He is the regular pre-concert speaker for Columbus Symphony performances in the Ohio Theater.