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In a recent cover story, the Sacramento News and Review discusses the rise of fall of some of the city's best all-ages venues in the past 20 years. The most recent high-profile all-ages venue to hit the skids in Sacramento was Fools Foundation, which was located in a basement near the Old Spaghetti Factory between J and K streets. Now there isn’t a dedicated, legit all-ages music venue in the city. And these days, kids never hear about Sacramento’s best all-ages shows. Gigs are underground—in living rooms, basements, backyards, attics. Click here to read more.

Omaha councilman Jim Suttle thinks that live music should be for everyone, even those younger than 21. He is proposing a change in city law that would clear up any confusion about allowing all ages into concerts at music venues such as the Slowdown in north downtown and the Waiting Room in Benson. Read more...

Berklee College of Music has long been preparing its students for careers in the music business, and its latest venture just might give some of those students the exposure they need to kick it all off. The school has announced the opening of Cafe 939, located at 939 Boylston Street, as an all-ages, student-run music venue and coffee shop. Click here to read more.

March 6th through March 9th, Birmingham Alabama based, 501(c)-3 non-profit, all ages venue Cave9 celebrated it's fifth year running with Five Down Fest featuring twenty five bands including We vs. the Shark, Pattern is Movement, and many local acts. The venue also releasedTurn Darryl Up: Shows at Cave9, a DVD compilation of performances from 2005-2007 featuring Coliseum, Young Widows, Against Me! New Mexican Disaster Squad, Latterman, Smoke Or Fire Torche, Planes Mistaken For Stars, and Breather Resist. Check out Impose Magazine for an article about Cave 9 and the anniversary shows.

The finalists in the all-ages EMP Sound Off! band competition, Jessie Hill of The Next Door Neighbors, Victor Olavarria of Man Down Medic, and Nico Janssen of New Faces discuss the state of the all-ages scene in Seattle and beyond. Click here to read more.

Carrie Brownstein wrote about Portland, Oregon's all-ages scene and her experience at AMP organization the Artistery for her NPR blog, Monitor Mix, last week. From her blog: "Cities like Austin and Cleveland seem to have the all ages mixed with alcohol-for-those-over-21 thing down. But in Portland, you're either in a juice and bagel-serving venue with a bad sound system or in a smoky bar." Click here to read more.

Bootleg! is a fundraising event for the All-ages Movement Project--a national supports the creation and sustainability of community music organizations by and for young people.

This music speakeasy was organized to point to the clandestine nature of youth music culture. While many strengths arise out of self-sufficient, off the grid organizing for youth cultural space and arts creation, most independent community spaces and music programs are struggling, losing the real estate battle, and often disappearing even after years of existence and support. The cost is a loss of safe spaces for young folks to gather, music scenes that are not regenerated by local young artists and producers, and a lack of spaces for touring artists to develop young audiences that will support them over time.

AMP is an alliance of local organizations coming together to research, document, and disseminate best practices while building important relationships and expanding resources to support DIY spaces, hip hop recording programs, and meaningful cultural opportunities for young people in any town in the US.

Want to learn about different careers in the music industry, how to effectively promote your band or about how successful musicians got so successful? Noise Pop's education panelists, including Cory Brown from Absolutely Kosher records, Ramona Downey from Bottom of the Hill and Bryan Garza of Scissors for Lefty, will discuss all that and more on March 1st at 12 Galaxies. Panels begin at 12:30 and are FREE and ALL-AGES! One-on-one mentoring sessions with the panelists and other music industry experts will also be available from 1:00 until 5:00. To guarantee entrance to the panels, email register@noisepop.com and sign up onsite for mentoring sessions. 12 Galaxies is located at 2565 Mission St. Visit the Noise Pop website for more info.

A new all-ages art and music space is opening today in Santa Fe. Vince Kadlubek and Matt Smith, after being inspired by Santa Fe's Warehouse 21, decided to open they're own gallery and venue space they're calling Meow Wolf. Click here to read more about Meow Wolf and their grand opening in the Santa Fe Reporter.

Ann Arbor's the Neutral Zone is currently in search of a new Music Coordinator to manage their music programs and events at the B-Side Venue. For more information about the position, check out our classifieds forum here.
If you have your org has any job, internship, volunteer or residency openings, make sure to post them on the forum to spread the word to the AMP community.