"Arts? Why?" was first aired on Sunday June 5th 2016. Our Guests were Michael Laird, Allied Arts 2016 Campaign Co-Chair, Deborah McAuliffe Senner, Allied Arts President/CEO and Michael Baron, Producing Artistic Director for Lyric Theatre. Show No. 785

1. Deborah – discusses Allied Arts:
2. Its mission;
3. its member agencies;
4. the educational outreach;
5. the governance.
6. Michael Laird – discusses the Allied Arts drive of which he is the co-chair:
7. The other co-chair;
8. why we have it;
9. similarity to the United Way concept;
10. why this year is different from previous years.
11. Michael Baron – discusses the Lyric Theatre:
12. Its history;
13. its audience served annually;
14. the arts program initiatives;
15. importance of Allied Arts funding to the Lyric Theatre’s survival;
16. upcoming season.
17. Deborah/Michael Laird – discuss decreases in funding this year;
18. how campaigning is going so far;
19. what small donations will do;
20. how people can get involved;
21. 45 day give-away program;
22. availability of raffle tickets to be purchased online.