The Foothills Theatre Company, in Worcester, Mass., announced that it will suspend operations this month after the last performance of its current production, the Associated Press reports.

The 35-year-old nonprofit theater, the only professional stage company in the central Massachusetts town, was suffering from declines in attendance, donations, and corporate sponsorships.

In other arts news, the Los Angeles Times profiles Threadheads, a nonprofit record label that evolved from a chat room at the New Orleans Jazz Fest Web site to support local musicians.

Also, the Times reports on the Southern California-based Centre Pompidou Foundation, which raises money and collects works for Paris’s Pompidou Center.

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