By Tracee Hutchison*“DON’T it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone, You take out the arts, you’ll lose the Peninsula’s heart” – with thanks to Joni Mitchell. When over 300 people turn up on a chilly night for a council meeting, that’s a community asking to be heard. When they’re singing a universally loved protest anthem, Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi”, and re-working the chorus into a call to action – that’s probably a sign the council has struck a wrong chord with its recent decision to cut $480k in creative arts funding…
Thursday, May 29
