The economy and the arts - and how to stay on top of them

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/01/republican-study-group-proposes-cutting-arts-funds.html

Danger signs chronicled by the LA Times. Recommendation - set up a Google Alert for your particular area of the performing arts so you can keep tabs on it (heck - do it for the other subjects you want to keep tabs on). You'll get feeds from all over the globe. Come to think of it, create an alert for your name so you can keep close tabs on how you are being featured in the media.