Raise the curtain, light the lights â and keep âem lit
Shuttered arts groups beg for funding support to survive.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated March 10, 2021, 4:31 p.m.
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The lights are on but the Theater District is basically closed in this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo.Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff
For arts lovers, the pandemic became real that day a year ago when the curtain came down for the final time and the lights went out at their favorite venue. No live theater, no music, no dance â a world of light and color had faded to gray.
And while shops and restaurants are wheezing back to life