Human Kinetics has published a new book that crosses the sectors of arts programming and leisure activities. "Arts and Cultural Programming: A Leisure Perspective," edited by Gaylene Carpenter and Doug Blandy, is intended to speak to a broad audience, pointing up conventional wisdom and best practices from both those sectors and integrating them "to challenge our ways of thinking" about both. Carpenter and Blandy are faculty members in the graduate Arts and Administration Program at the University of Oregon in, respectively, recreation and arts education. They saw important associations and intersections between their two disciplines, but a lack of literature connecting those bodies of knowledge. This book covers theory, practice and context, with contributions from 12 experts in the fields. It's an addition to recent perspectives on "informal arts" by Alaka Wali, Maribel Alvarez, Tom Borrup and others. [LINK]