More Aida talk

Those bemoaning the state of arts coverage around town should be happy the Globe put Geoff Edgers' piece about the cancellation of 'Aida on the Common' on its front page. Less happy is the news that corporate mergers - local companies being swallowed up by out of towners - are behind the cancellation. CEOs just don't seem as interested in writing big checks to Boston cultural institutions these days, exactly as feared when some of these deals were announced. Wouldn't it be nice if Bank of America or Manulife decided to prove us wrong?