"Culture centers" are the very worst!
Aren't they though. Ours was to be built for $14 million, it cost $28 million and needed charity. It was named in honor of the outgoing mayor. It is euphemistically referred to as "Katy's Castle". There are four other cultural centers in cities close to ours that are larger, more professional and in use constantly ( I'm a "Piper" and play at times in "Brigadoon" productions.) They pay their way because they are run privately. Our center is run by volunteers and needs a subsidy. Five years after the cultural center was built, the city school district floated a $48 million bond to; "repair the schools roofs". The city should have sold the cultural center to repair the schools. It just goes on and on. With our recent rains the roof leaks on the cultural center, requests for donations for repairs are now being received in the mail.