What is this? A sports blog?
Okay, the century is still young (and Cornell undoubtedly has a lot of great hockey games in its future). But my alma mater has captured the imagination of the whole country (except for certain parts of Kentucky) with its good-guy basketball team’s glorious, improbable ascent to the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen. You can watch us continue our winning streak (no snide remarks, please) on CBS-TV at 9:57 p.m. I’ll be heading out to a Cornellian bash for this occasion, in full Big Red regalia. (No photos!)
Here are a few fun articles to get you stoked. The first is heart-warming; the second, hilarious; the third, a straightfoward report.
Oh wait. You just wanted to know about the first-ever webcast of a Washington meeting of the National Council on the Arts (advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts)? While you’re nursing your Cornell victory hangover, you can watch the teamwork of NEA’s elite players, beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow, by logging on here and then selecting the Art Works blog. The schedule for that scimmage is posted in NEA’s announcement of the webcast. It kicks off with the swearing in of a new member of the council, New Orleans jazz musician Irvin Mayfield.
I do like this transparency! Maybe museum board meetings will be next. (Alas, no sunshine laws apply.)
The National Council’s public meeting at 5 p.m. today, to consider grant applications and guidelines, is not being webcast, however. (Maybe next time?) For those of you who don’t want to break the mood so soon after Cornell’s victory, tomorrow’s webcast will be archived and available on NEA’s website during the following week.