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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – adding your community

Posted On March 13, 2014 By Shoshana

Last weekend I finally got around to seeing Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: From the director of Chocolat and the Oscar-winning® screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire comes the inspirational comedy Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. When Britain’s leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize a sheikh’s (Amr Waked)… 

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Arts Audience Development: Why some arts organizations succeed and why some fail…

Posted On April 27, 2012 By Shoshana

This week I saw another article where an arts organization blamed their audience for the fact that they are closing their doors. “Low audience numbers,” they stated. It made me ponder what the real reasons were for the closing. Why were people not attending? There must be a reason(s), and it probably has something to… 

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