Candidate Forum on the Arts Next Week [City Politics]

The Paramount Theatre will play host Wednesday night to a forum involving candidates for mayor and City Council. All the mayoral candidates and City Council candidates are invited to take part in this event, where they are expected to address the status of the arts in Austin and their ideas for the future of the arts in Central Texas. The forum is sponsored by many local organizations, including the Austin Film Festival, Austin Lyric Opera, Conspirare, and the Paramount & State Theatres.

The forum will start at 7pm and is open to all. Former City Councilmember Betty Dunkerley will moderate. [Paramount Theatre]