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    Once upon a time, Republican bluebloods were the life-blood of the arts. Twenty-five years later, as Congress debates N.E.A. funding yet again, Republicans are politically divided over the idea of federal support for the arts... and of who decides what art is. Join us for a discussion of the politics, ideology and intellectual reasoning behind the Republicans' view of the arts in America.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sarah Spitz • Jul 22, 1997 • 1 min read

    Once upon a time, Republican bluebloods were the life-blood of the arts. Twenty-five years later, as Congress debates N.E.A. funding yet again, Republicans are politically divided over the idea of federal support for the arts... and of who decides what art is. Join us for a discussion of the politics, ideology and intellectual reasoning behind the Republicans' view of the arts in America.

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