75 not-for-profits,including arts and cultural organizations, libraries, and universities,will receive grants totaling $1 million to host Big Read projects between September 2010 and June 2011.

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Kicking off the program’s fifth year, the National Endowment for the Arts today announced that 75 not-for-profits — including arts and cultural organizations, libraries, and universities — will receive grants totaling $1 million to host a Big Read project between September 2010 and June 2011.

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World Nomads, FIAF’s annual exploration of transculturalism in the 21st century, is intended as a forum for dialogue between cultures. It returns this May for its third edition to focus on Lebanon, a country whose rich heritage has long captivated imaginations around the world.

All across the globe, members of the extraordinary Lebanese diaspora have broadened the cultural landscape and enriched international discourse. The powerful interplay between memory of homeland and life in new societies has shaped the work of important contemporary Lebanese artists.

World Nomads Lebanon presents a month-long series dedicated to some of the preeminent Lebanese artistic voices active in the fields of music, cinema, literature, architecture, theater, and the visual arts in the world today.

As with its previous editions, World Nomads Lebanon is created with luminary curators—thanks in particular to Rasha Salti—and presented in partnership with esteemed New York-based cultural organizations, which this year include Alwan for the Arts, Architizer, ArteEast, Kleio Projects, and PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.

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World Nomads	Lebanon May 2010
	Music Opening Concert Bassam Saba Ensemble Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8pm Florence Gould Hall More Info
	Literature Elias Khoury Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 1pm Le Skyroom More Info Rawi Hage Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 3pm Le Skyroom More Info Alexandre Najjar Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 5pm Le Skyroom More Info Meet the Writer… en français ! Alexandre Najjar Monday, May 3, 2010 at 4:30pm Haskell Library More Info
	Theater Talk with Wajdi Mouawad Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 7pm Le Skyroom More Info Staged Reading: Wajdi Mouawad & Jane Birkin Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7pm Florence Gould Hall More Info
	Architecture Talk with Bernard Khoury Thursday, May 6, 2010 at at 7pm Tinker Auditorium More Info Public Space: Memory, Boundary, Catastrophe Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7pm Le Skyroom More Info Modern Architecture in Beirut: Reconstruction and Cultural Identity Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 7pm Le Skyroom More Info
	CinémaTuesdays World Nomads Lebanon: Cinema Tuesdays, May 4–25, 2010 Florence Gould Hall More Info
	Visual Arts Nabil Nahas Cedrus Libani: Roots & Memory Saturday, May 1–Saturday, May 29, 2010 FIAF Gallery More Info My Umi Said… New Work from Lebanon Friday, May 7–Friday, May 28, 2010 Kleio Projects More Info
	Special Event An Evening with Carlos Ghosn Monday, May 24, 2010 at 7pm Le Skyroom More Info

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Risky financial management over the last decade could mean hard times ahead for some cultural organizations.

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The UBS Art Gallery opened in 1985 to provide street-level space to cultural organizations without locations in New York.

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