Here’s some good news for your new year. A study published in the Economic Development Quarterly shows that the arts boost urban economies overall. “Economic development in the current century may favor those metropolitan areas that attract the ‘knowledge class,'R

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) created an economic impact of more than $64 million for the Nashville community during its 2013-2014 season. That’s just one of four records the organization broke, according to its annual report. The other three records are —A new rec

Danielle Paquette, a reporter for The Washington Post, posed an interesting question today: Can indie music save your neighborhood? “Art, however we define it, has long helped transform cities. It’s a moneymaker, too,” Paquette wrote. “In December, the Bureau of Econ