Alms for the Creative: Crowdfunding means passing on traditional funding to pass the collection plate

Alms for the Creative: Crowdfunding means passing on traditional funding to pass the collection plate
From independent films to small businesses, the appeal of crowdfunding is growing, but it means jumping through a lot of loopholes. by Josh Gross Travis Swartz wanted to make a movie, but he didn’t have any money. And while the Boise resident had made zero-budget films before, he wanted this one to be different and that meant he needed some dough.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on …
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Assembly Square developer pushes District Improvement Financing
A new financing plan for Assembly Square would task three planned buildings with providing the tax revenue to fund infrastructure improvements throughout the large-scale project along the Mystic River – and according to the developer the city needs to act fast to approve the scheme. “We want to position ourselves to capture the updraft” of the real estate market, said Don Briggs, president of …
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Blu-ray)
Skip It THE FILM After the nausea brought on by 2008’s “Twilight,” I was stunned to find myself moderately intrigued with the next chapter of the saga, 2009’s “New Moon.” Director Chris Weitz found something resembling a pulse to the vampire vs. werewolf proceedings, pushing the paralytic material to contentedly mediocre, but encouraging results, ending the event with a cliffhanger — a question …
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