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ARTSCAPE:CORK IS ON a rescue drive this week, first of all getting involved in the National Campaign for the Arts (in response to the McCarthy Report recommendations) and, secondly, conducting a Facebook call to prevent the imminent closure of the Kino arthouse cinema in the city, writes MARY LEYLAND

William Galinsky, of the Cork Midsummer Festival, says that there are now more than 1,600 people on Facebook willing to contribute to a fund to save the cinema, and a meeting is to take place at Kino today at 2pm to consider the financial, taxation and legal methods by which this goodwill could be harnessed. Galinsky envisages a structure with an annual membership subscription, giving patrons a sense of ownership and encouraging them to attend more regularly and to take on a cultural responsibility.