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The arts has always been a source of revenue, whether it’s the small community theatre or the Music Hall in Portsmouth. Now new efforts are underway to harness the creative economy, especially in the North Country, a place looking for a boost with the closings of the area’s paper mills. We’ll look at what’s being done, where it’s being done right and where advocates hope it can be done better in the future.

Guests

• Ann Markusen, Director of the Humphrey Institute's Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the University of Minnesota
• Joan Goshgarian, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts
• Frumie Selchen, Executive Director of the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire
• Chris Dwyer, Portsmouth City Councilor and Former Chair of the State Council on the Arts