Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMore than four months after the $16 billion #SignOurStages act was signed into law, and more than two weeks after the website through which venues could apply for federal aid launched and immediately crashed, the Small Business Administration says it will reopen Saturday — tomorrow — April 24.Independent music venues and theaters in the U.S., which have been mostly shuttered for 13 months now, greeted the news with a combination of relief, deep cynicism and annoyance that it’s happening on a weekend.
But because the money will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis — and is likely to go quickly — there is little choice in the matter.Earlier this week, multiple senators and congresspeople sent a.
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