Members of the Legislature, educators and school superintendents reacted coolly today to the Baldacci administration's proposed $27 million cut in general purpose aid to education. But as members of the Appropriations Committee continued their review of the Governor's $140 million supplemental budget, state education officials remained pessimistic over any efforts to increase state funding for local education to 55 percent as demanded in a 2004 state referendum vote by Maine voters.
Wednesday, January 7 at 8:00 pm Great Performances features Kevin Kline as he embodies Edmond Rostand's proboscisly challenged 17th-century warrior-poet Cyrano de Bergerac. This performance was a sold-out, limited-engagement, hit on Broadway.
Wednesday, January 7 at 10:30 pm
From the Top at Carnegie Hall is a showcase of America's most extraordinary young musicians aged 8 to 18. This season two premiere features A hypnotic performance on the marimba by sixteen-year old Joshua Jones of Chicago.
