Thanks Atagu and Shimmerfly.
Here's a question right off the bat:
I've been noticing that the event buildings are far more efficient per tile than the buildable culture buildings. Is there any point to actually spending the time to build the default culture buildings?
Great question! I'll be curious to see how other people respond as well.
Looking back, I'd say the benefits shift back and forth. There are times when an event building (or two) do more for my city than any buildable culture item. And then there have been times when my city has needed a particular benefit and based on what was in my inventory at the time, no event building could match what a buildable item could give. So my guess is that will change for you, and change again, as you progress...and most likely will end up being a combination of both a lot of the times.
I will say it has been a couple chapters since I've built anything...the event buildings and leveling AWs have been plenty. Still I look because if something is pretty enough, I'll make the room for it