In the Arts: Pentagon Finances Stage Readings for Service Members

Using a $3.7-million Defense Department grant, an independent theater is touring military sites nationwide performing stage readings of two ancient Greek classics on the psychic impact of war, says The New York Times.

In other arts news: British nonprofit groups are expressing outrage over a proposal to abolish their exemption from paying royalties for playing music at events and in charity shops, according to Third Sector Online.

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