Category: Newsletter

AFM Entertainment, the AFM’s Online Booking and Referral Service AFM Entertainment is now accepting registrations from AFM members who are solo artists or leaders of self-contained bands and ensembles. AFM Entertainment, our new online booking and referral service, will handle all communications with a potential purchaser (e.g. the father of the bride). Every gig will READ MORE

California has passed a law allowing drivers for ride-hailing apps, who are often classified as independent contractors, to collectively bargain through a union. Massachusetts passed a similar law last fall, and in California 800,000 drivers will now be eligible for union representation. AFL-CIO unions are calling for a day of mass action on International Workers READ MORE

Volusia County has eliminated its decades-old cultural grant funding program. $611,000 was to be funded this year, but the funding was voted down because of a production of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Deland Athens Theater and two drag pageants in Lake Helen. Notably, all of these productions were rentals produced by outside organizations READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for October 2025: New Members: Jeffrey Chapman, Horn Reinstated Members:none Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: Iris van Eck

Membership Meeting Scheduled New Member Orientation Meeting Schedule Meetings are virtual via Zoom and links will be sent in advance. New members are encouraged to join us and all members are welcome! The meetings will be brief and will offer a question-and-answer period. Links will be included in the monthly newsletter.

Did you know that nonprofits are required to disclose their tax returns every year? Nonprofits are public companies, and one of the conditions for not having to pay taxes is that they must make their annual tax returns available to the public. Every year we review the returns of local nonprofits to look at trends READ MORE