Zócalo Public Square

Community-based arts programs in California’s Inland Empire are facing big challenges today. Funds are diminishing. Audiences are disappearing. So how can small-scale performers and venues survive? And what can Redlands, which has a rich performing arts history, teach organizations across the nation about how to stay relevant? These were the questions tackled at a "Living the Arts" event co-presented by the James Irvine Foundation and moderated by Redlands Daily Facts editor Toni Momberger. The panel discussion featured Redlands University theater professor Victoria Lewis, executive director of Redlands Community Music Association Beverly Noerr, president of LifeHouse Theater Wayne R. Scott, and CEO of Music Changing Lives Josiah Bruny.