SHOPPING LIST: Unrestricted grants are a boon...

SHOPPING LIST: Unrestricted grants are a boon for arts groups that often find it easier to pay for blockbuster exhibits than such unglamorous needs as paper clips or electricity. . . . South Coast Repertory will use its new $117,500 National Endowment for the Arts grant--third largest in the state--for everything from the salary of veteran character actor I.M. Hobson, who will appear in “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” to light bulbs (F3).