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- Americans Read Less, Buy More Homer
Good Morning,
The story we keep telling ourselves is that the audience is evaporating. Today’s stories argue otherwise. Public radio’s combined audience across five noncommercial formats is up 9.6% in two years — even as (because?) its funding gets fought over (InsideRadio). Americans do read less than they did forty years ago, but The Bulwark makes a decent case that’s diversification, not decline. And Christopher Nolan’s film didn’t replace Homer — it sold him. Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey was briefly the second-bestselling book of any kind in the country (Slate).
Some of that appetite is physical. The Guardian on the neuroscience of concerts: collective effervescence needs bodies in the same room on the same beat, which no feed can counterfeit. A cousin of that instinct in Psyche, where handwriting a letter becomes a deliberate act of slowness.
What’s under strain is the contract beneath all of it — publishers now pressed to guarantee what readers used to assume, that a person wrote the book (Christian Science Monitor). Meanwhile the shuttered UArts building in Philadelphia becomes affordable artist housing (Hyperallergic). A dead institution recycled into what artists actually needed from it.
Also, Ljubljana has opened a Bullshit Museum (The Guardian). Refreshingly honest premise for a cultural institution.
All of our stories below.
- Portland Baroque Orchestra seeks Executive Director.
ZRG Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Portland Baroque Orchestra in their search for an Executive Director.
Portland Baroque Orchestra enters this search at an important moment of transition, renewal, and possibility. Following the disruptions of the pandemic years, PBO has made meaningful progress in strengthening its finances, stabilizing its operations, and reconnecting audiences with the distinctive intimacy and vitality of live period-instrument performance. With an ambitious artistic vision taking shape under Artistic Director Julian Perkins, the organization is poised to build upon its proud history while considering how it can reach new audiences, deepen its community presence, and secure a sustainable future.
The next Executive Director will have the opportunity to build upon this foundation while helping PBO define and pursue its next chapter. Audience development, contributed-revenue growth, long-term financial sustainability, organizational capacity, and creative thinking about how PBO serves its patrons and the broader community will be central priorities. This is a compelling opportunity for a leader energized by both challenge and possibility, with the strategic vision and practical skill to translate artistic ambition into enduring organizational strength.
Serving as PBO’s chief administrative officer, the Executive Director will be its primary fundraiser, lead financial strategist, and one of its most visible external ambassadors. Working in close partnership with the Artistic Director and Board of Directors, the Executive Director will align artistic and organizational priorities, cultivate philanthropic and community relationships, and inspire staff, musicians, and volunteer leaders around a shared and ambitious future. The role calls for a versatile and highly engaged leader who is equally comfortable making a compelling case for support to a major donor, interpreting a balance sheet, developing a community partnership, and building the trust and alignment necessary for people to do their best work together.
Throughout this work, the Executive Director will advance PBO’s commitment to broadening who participates in and benefits from the music it makes. The next leader will help ensure that access, inclusion, and engagement are reflected not only in PBO’s public programs, but also in its relationships, decision-making, organizational culture, and vision for the future.
Portland Baroque Orchestra (PBO) brings the music of the Baroque and early Classical eras to life with imagination, immediacy, and extraordinary artistry. Founded in 1984 and based in Portland, Oregon, PBO is one of North America’s leading and longest-established period-instrument ensembles. Performing on historical instruments and carefully crafted replicas, its world-class musicians reveal the distinctive colors, textures, and dramatic possibilities of music spanning centuries. The result is an experience rooted in scholarship yet alive with spontaneity, vitality, and a palpable sense of discovery.
Portland Baroque Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with an annual operating budget of approximately $1.1 million. The Executive Director will oversee a team of six staff including three direct reports. Governed by a ten-member Board of Directors, PBO benefits from the leadership and engagement of volunteers with varied professional and community experience. Its musicians are represented by the American Federation of Musicians, Local 99, and the organization is committed to sustaining a collaborative, transparent, and respectful relationship with its players. Experience working in or alongside a unionized workforce would be valuable. Prior knowledge of period-performance practice is welcome but not required.
Portland Baroque Orchestra will consider candidates with a broad range of backgrounds. If you are excited about this role and feel that you can contribute to PBO, but your experience does not exactly align with every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.
All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of PBO and the responsibilities and qualifications specified in the position prospectus.
The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $120,000. PBO offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance, vision and life insurance, a flexible spending account, generous vacation and personal leave time, and participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching. Additional benefits include pretax parking and transit deductions, paid family and medical leave through Paid Leave Oregon, flexible remote-work arrangements, and seasonal Summer Fridays.
Portland Baroque Orchestra is committed to the inclusion of all qualified candidates. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the selection process, please contact Kim Farr at kimfarr@aspenleadershipgroup.com.
To apply for this position, visit: https://apptrkr.com/9763006
- Associate Professor of Acting
Associate Professor of Acting
University of California San DiegoPosition overview
Position title: Associate Professor of Acting
Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is $103,600-$124,300
The posted UC Academic salary scales set the minimum pay as determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position here: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2026-27/policy-covered-oct-2026-scales/t1.pdf. Please refer to the 10/1/2026 salary scale for Faculty-Ladder Ranks-Professor Series. The base salary range, from the salary table, for this position is $103,600-$114,800
“Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions, qualifications, and experience.
Additional UCSD salary information can be found here: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/2026-27-academic-salary-scales.html
Application Window
Open date: July 29, 2026
Next review date: Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Thursday, Jul 29, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Department of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego http://theatre.ucsd.edu invites theatre artists to apply for a tenured faculty position within the Ladder Rank Series. The academic appointment for this position will be for an Associate Professor of Acting, effective July 1, 2027 and instruction beginning September 2027 (Fall Quarter).
The Department of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego invites applicants specializing in acting to join a vibrant department committed to shaping the future of the arts by fostering a new generation of creative and collaborative theatre professionals. We are seeking a candidate who can lead a rigorous two year graduate acting progression while also teaching undergraduate courses within the Department of Theatre and Dance. The primary focus of this position will be on a practice-based approach to foundational acting techniques, with a secondary emphasis on Shakespeare and/or working with heightened text. Experience and/or demonstrated interest in acting for the camera is highly desirable.
In addition to teaching, we are looking for a candidate who can contribute to the creative vision of our department by directing productions during the academic year. As the field of acting continues to evolve, we are seeking a dynamic collaborative leader to guide the acting area through its next phase of growth and innovation. Professorial appointments and advancement at UC San Diego require a sustained record of high-quality and impactful creative work. The position involves active participation in all aspects of the department, including recruitment, casting, curriculum development and a commitment to contributing to the ongoing development of the acting program.
The responsibilities of this position include teaching a combination of five graduate and undergraduate courses, ranging from small seminars in the candidate’s area(s) of expertise to larger courses that serve both the BA and MFA communities and fulfill the relevant Colleges’ General Education requirements. Given the department’s emphasis on integrating production into the curriculum, we are especially seeking candidates with experience in both acting and directing, who are capable of mentoring MFA students, as well as select undergraduate students, in these disciplines. Committee service is also a key component of this position.
Alongside its ranking as a premier acting program at a Research 1 institution, the Department of Theatre and Dance at the UC San Diego has a continued partnership with the acclaimed, Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse, collaborating on productions annually.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Applicants must possess an MFA or 3 – 5 years of equivalent professional experience and/or relevant training. Examples of equivalent professional experience and/or relevant training may include such genres as: acting, directing, new play development, and artistic direction. Professional experience and/or relevant training venues may include: resident and regional theatres, studio spaces, cinema, national theatres, cultural and/or community-centered venues, and/or commercial theatres including: Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Applicants must exhibit 5 or more years of teaching experience in Academic or Studio environments.
Applicants must demonstrate 5 years or more of evidence of teaching effectiveness and mentorship in higher education or studio environments. Examples include but are not limited to: positive teaching/mentoring evaluations, student support letters, peer/professional reviews, and applicable awards/honors/nominations.
Applicants are required to have accumulated a body of work consisting of teaching, acting and/or directing professional experience, spanning a decade or more.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
- Personal Statement
- Statement of Research/Professional Work
- Statement of Teaching
Reference requirements – 3 required (contact information only)
Please provide the contact information for 3 references who can speak to your academic and/or studio teaching experience.
Apply link: https://apptrkr.com/9729923
Help contact: m1craig@ucsd.edu
About UC San Diego
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
As a university employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California prohibits smoking and tobacco use at all of its university-controlled properties.
The UC San Diego Annual Security & Fire Safety Report is available online at: https://www.police.ucsd.edu/docs/annualclery.pdf. This report provides crime and fire statistics, as well as institutional policy statements & procedures. Contact the UC San Diego Police Department at (858) 534-4361 if you want to obtain paper copies of this report.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
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- “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
- UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH
- UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination
Job location
San Diego, CA
To apply, please visit: https://apptrkr.com/9729923
- Visiting The Bullshit Museum In Slovenia’s Capital
“In the heart of old Ljubljana, a mannequin with a bucket on its head welcomes visitors to a new and ambitious project – a museum focusing on the varied and sometimes antagonistic humour of the former Yugoslavia.” – The Guardian
- Publishers Face Increasing Pressure Over AI
“Until AI, there has been the expectation that no matter what is written in a book, It [was] authored by a person, or people. There needs to be new terms in the social contract between reader and writer.” – Christian Science Monitor
- The Trumpets Of King Tutankhamun — And When A British Army Bandsman Tried To Play One
The oldest known brass instruments in existence are two smallish trumpets found inside the tomb of the boy pharaoh in 1922. Seventeen years later, for a live BBC broadcast from Cairo, a modern musician played one. Bad idea. – CNN
- Has Our Literacy Crisis Been Overblown?
Yes, Americans read less than they did forty years ago—not surprising, considering how many other forms of entertainment and information are competing for our time and attention. But does this spell decline or diversification? – The Bulwark
- Celebrating “Other” Washingtons
In Chicago, a lone statue of George Washington is now surrounded by “Other Washingtons,” which take the form of blue flags bearing the faces of Black Americans who bear the same last name. – CNN
- The Neuroscience Explanation For Why We Need Concerts
For “collective effervescence” to occur organically, bodies need to be present, in the same space, dancing to the same rhythm. The function is to restore the social bonds and shared beliefs that are eroded by the drudgery of ordinary life. – The Guardian
- Public Radio Audience Is Growing Briskly Amid Funding Fights
Looking across five major noncommercial formats — news/talk, contemporary Christian, classical, AAA (adult alternative) and jazz — RRC says combined cume across PPM and continuous diary measurement markets is 9.6% higher than it was two years ago at the end of Q1. – InsideRadio
- Making A Pilgrimage To The Now-Thoroughly Commercialized Mecca
“There are few words to describe the whiplash of coming face to face with a Joe & The Juice, a Sephora and a plethora of other shops and hotels and Times Square-style billboards after going through one of the most spiritually charged experiences of my life.” – Aeon
- History Is Being Erased In Gaza, Iran And Ukraine
Of international bodies, Unesco is active in keeping a record of the fate of cultural heritage worldwide, but a record is just a record. Its listing of Russia’s and Israel’s devastation of their hated foes is like watching a historic tragedy unfold in real time. – The Guardian
- Former UArts Building To Become Artist Housing In Philly
The news comes after the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded the VIA a $2.5 million grant for the building project and the establishment of on-site arts programming. – Hyperallergic
- UK Universities Warn Of Funding Crisis Amid Collapse Of International Enrollment
University leaders are warning of financial turmoil in British higher education after new figures suggested a collapse in international student numbers would deprive the sector of vital income and undermine its future. – The Guardian
- Shooting A Fiction Film Inside Very Real Anti-Government Protests, Complete With Tear Gas
That’s what Georgian filmmaker Uta Beria did with his latest feature, titled Tear Gas, filming amid demonstrations which have continued nonstop for more than 600 days. “We had a plan A, plan B, plan C, plan D,” says Beria. “And there were days where we needed to … (simply) follow the flow.” – The Hollywood Reporter
- A Return To Handwriting Letters
Like so many of us, I stopped writing letters as I spent more time online. But in the past few years, I’ve begun to see handwritten letters anew, as a form of resistance against the doom and disconnection of our digital lives. – Psyche
- An Attempt To Build India’s “Most Livable” City
More than 25,000 people are working at the site on any given day, building a design by Norman Foster, the celebrated British architect. The city is laid out in grids and includes about a five-mile stretch of government buildings. – The New York Times
- A Style Writer On Watching Los Angeles Ballet Rehearse
Claire Salinda: “They finesse, they practice and pretend. And from their tinkering comes their version of right and good. … It seems not so different from the fiddling I do in my own mirror … in an effort to more accurately portray who I wish to be perceived as that day.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
- Emily Wilson’s Translation Of “The Odyssey” Is Now A Bona Fide Hit Bestseller
In fact, several editions of Homer’s epic have seen enormous increases in sales since Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation came out (with an additional boost for The Iliad), but none more than Wilson’s, which was briefly, last month, the second-bestselling title of any kind in the U.S. – Slate
- Publishers In India Join Forces With Police To Bust Delhi Book Pirates
“Last month, Penguin Random House India, working with Simon & Schuster India, Hay House, and a team of investigators, helped facilitate a police raid on two Delhi sites producing and storing pirated books. One was a full print-on-demand production line … and the other was a warehouse with more than 1,600 pirated copies.” – Publishers Weekly
- Soprano Jill Gomez Has Died At 83
Admired for both beauty of voice and acting skill, she was also notably brave, handling boa constrictors as Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, appearing briefly topless at Covent Garden in Tippett’s The Knot Garden, and simulating oral sex as the Duchess of Argyll in Adès’s Powder Her Face. – The Telegraph (UK) (Yahoo!)
- Eight Matisses Stolen From São Paulo Library Are Found By Brazilian Police
The Matisse illustrations, made for a limited-edition art book, were taken last December from the Biblioteca Mário de Andrade, where they were part of an exhibition presented jointly with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art. Also stolen were five engravings by Brazilian artist Candido Portinari; they have not yet been located. – BBC
- Italian Police Recover Cézanne, Matisse, And Renoir Stolen From Private Museum
The Carabinieri have regained possession of Renoir’s “Fish,” Cézanne’s “Still Life with Cherries,” and Matisse’s “Odalisque on the Terrace,” which were stolen from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma this past March. – AP
- Royal Shakespeare Co. Postpones Lesbian “Othello” Starring Sharon D Clarke
The production, which had been scheduled for next February and March at Stratford-upon-Avon, is being postponed to a yet-to-be-announced date while the 60-year-old Clarke undergoes treatment for cancer. – The Guardian
- The Personal Brand Generation
Last week I learned that Arizona State University had launched a new degree program, a Bachelor of Arts in Content Creation, which can be taken either online or in-person:
Do you dream of monetizing your video channel or making social media your career? Arizona State University’s online Bachelor of Arts in content creation prepares you to become a strategic storyteller who thrives in the rapidly evolving creator economy. This online program teaches you how to create powerful content across video, podcasts, social media and emerging platforms while building your personal brand. You’ll learn the art and science of digital influence to grow your audience and build the foundation for monetizing your content.
It is difficult to know where to start with this program aimed at the delusions of teenagers, and at separating their parents from their money. It suggests that “powerful content” can be made without having taken the trouble to learn anything about anything: If Paul Krugman can have a really successful podcast about economics, why can’t Kyle from Flagstaff make one? It suggests you can make a personal brand without yet having fully formed your character and values. It suggests that a four-year degree is the most effective way to get any good at this sort of thing. And it hides the fact that monetized social media exists in a superstar economy, with very few actually able to earn a living, and very many getting virtually nothing from it.
Now if I had to act as an advocate for ASU, what could I say to defend the program? I could say “well, your university in Indiana has a top flight music school, and only a handful of students, if that, are going to reach Joshua Bell levels of success, but they can take what they learn there into teaching, and playing in their local orchestra, and such, even if they never get a record contract or a world tour. And the same is true for our content creation program.”
But is it? If you put all your effort post-graduation into “building your personal brand”, and that won’t pay the rent, what then?
Sage Steele is a graduate of Indiana University, and went on to success as a commentator on ESPN. But a controversy arose: on a podcast in 2021 she complained that ESPN and its parent company Disney+ had forced her to get a Covid vaccine as a condition of work. She made a public apology to the network for what she had said, but later said the apology was forced and violated her rights to free speech. She sued, and an out-of-court settlement was reached in 2023, as she moved on from ESPN.
She went forward with her social media career. Her YouTube show has 226K subscribers. She is also active on other platforms, Insta and X and all the rest. Her “personal brand” is being an outspoken MAGA, the sort who “tells it like it is” where “it” is whatever Donald Trump thinks it is.
In May of 2025, Indiana governor Mike Braun signed a bill that would end the ability of IU alumni to elect three members to the university’s Board of Trustees, so that he could make all such appointments himself, and in June he removed the three sitting elected trustees in favor of his own appointees. One of them was Sage Steele.
Last week, in the wake of Republican politicians thinking our national priority right now ought to be interrogating Anthony Fauci, she posted this:
This post actually has a content warning on X, which is rather a high bar. And the post seems to violate an IU Board of Trustees policy. Indiana Public Media reports:
The IU trustees’ code of conduct includes this: “…Trustees (are to) to act in good-faith and in a manner that the Trustee reasonably believes to be in the best interests of Indiana University and its public purposes, rather than their own interests or the interests of another person or organization, and to avoid conflicts of interest. The Trustee must not act out of expedience, avarice, or self-interest.”
The code also states trustees should avoid situations where their personal interests or those of their immediate family members or close associates would cause a person to think their actions are influenced by considerations other than the best interest of the university. …
Randall Tobias, former chair of the IU Board of Trustees as well as a former U.S. Ambassador and head of U.S. Foreign Aid, condemned Steele’s post.
“I want to go on record that I find it appalling that ANY responsible person would say such a thing about anyone, but especially a person whose public statements reflect on the institution she has been appointed to help govern,” Tobias wrote in a Facebook post. “It is in my view a statement that is both reprehensible and abhorrent and should not stand unchallenged by those who care about the standards and values of Indiana University and those charged with leading it.”
The Board of Trustees has not responded to a request for comment. They have a regularly scheduled meeting Friday [at my time of writing, that’s tomorrow] at IU Indianapolis.
Mike Braun appointed as a trustee someone who had already, famously, got into trouble with an institution to which she owed some decorum. Who could have thought this would happen again?
Well, I could have. Because if a person has established a “personal brand” of a sort, and had some success with it, in their mind brand maintenance takes precedence over any loyalty to an institution (yes, she is loyal to MAGA, but that’s because it is a brand choice). Her brand as being vociferously anti-vaccination meant that she could not let the Fauci hearings slip by without trying to gather clicks and likes, even if, as Mr. Tobias says above, it does not reflect well on the institution of which she is expected to play a role in governance. IU comes second.
Braun should have known this.
Which brings me back to the ASU degree in Content Creation. Most kids make dumb social media posts. Even distinguished retired professors who post on Substack have a made a few. That’s par for the course these days. But to make social media a career, to create that personal brand, is a different thing; the past can’t be discarded when applying for a more mundane job, and the present social media brand will either have to be put in the archives, or scaled back to harmless fare like cat pictures and Thai recipes. You can’t “tell it like it is” when you work for a firm in any sort of position of authority.
I was working in mid-level administration when I made a post about how the existence of tenure posed distinct challenges in long-run planning for universities (which is I think obviously true) but someone interpreted it as a statement that we should abolish tenure. It was not what I was saying, but even the hint that I might be got me into no end of trouble with my bosses, understandably.
Does the new degree program explain that? Your personal brand might mean anything – many people establish a personal brand by being truly appalling, save for like-minded followers, and, when the brand begins to rust, where does that leave you?
Universities need to remind their students, who I don’t think are fully aware of this, that freedom of speech, which is a very good thing, comes with taking responsibility for your speech, and that some people and some firms might want to cross to the other side of the street when they see you coming based on things you have said. There are consequences to the “content” you “create”.
Cross-posted at https://michaelrushton.substack.com/
- John Waters, Now 80, On What He’s Most Proud Of
“That I’ve been able to have this career, doing what I want, for sixty years. Hollywood’s been fair to me. I was always understood, I always had an audience. … I have more jobs than I’ve ever had in my life, so I’m not looking for a new one.” – The Hollywood Reporter
- Kennedy Center Board Votes To Put Trump’s Name Back On The Kennedy Center
According to the resolution approved by the Trump-allied board, the inscription underneath the institution’s name would read: “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.” – The New York Times
- What The Trump Administration’s Exhibition Of “Patriotic” Art Says About Patriotism And Art
“Now, in service of an ideology that brooks no deviation from blind nationalism, Passport to Patriotism advances a shallow vision of U.S. identity with all the nuance of a propaganda reel and all the sophistication of the art project your first-grader brought home on Flag Day.” – Slate (MSN)
- Live Events Have Become Essential Income For Publishers
Events and related digital revenue are projected to account for half of Time’s total revenue in 2026, up from 28% in 2023, the company confirmed to TheWrap. Time expects to hold 47 events this year, up from 11 in 2022. – The Wrap (MSN)
- The Costs That Are Hitting Australian Performing Arts Companies The Hardest
For a closer look at which costs are worrying Australian performing arts companies the most right now, ArtsHub spoke to a range of company executives about their greatest concerns, and how they think the sector can curb these negative trends over the long term. – ArtsHub
- BMG Makes Big Licensing Deal With AI-Music Company Suno
BMG is the first significant rightsholder to ink a licensing deal with Suno since Warner Music Group announced an alliance with the AI company nine months ago. – MusicBusinessWorldwide
- When A Mother Jones Writer Asked Claude The AI Bot To Write A Novel
David Corn gave the Anthropic software a pleasantly meta seven-sentence plot summary as a prompt. Several minutes later, Claude produced a 6,000-word manuscript. Corn replied that that wasn’t novel-length, and Claude served up a narrative eight times as long. Corn: “I’ll cut to the chase: The novel isn’t so bad.” – Mother Jones
- Counting Up The Cultural Heritage Damage Russia Has Done In Ukraine
The affected sites include 196 arts education institutions, 141 museums and galleries, and historic sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Cultural institutions across 24% of Ukrainian territories and nearly half of the country’s community cultural centers have been damaged during Russia’s prolonged and deadly campaign. – Hyperallergic
- What You Learn From A Composer’s Handwritten Manuscript
Scores are more available than ever: in multiple published editions, online in public domain collections, in libraries and elsewhere. But a manuscript, music written in a composer’s hand, has the almost magical power to make even the most distant giants feel near and alive. – The New York Times
- Who Stole 200 Gold Mozart Statues In Salzburg?
More than 200 gold-colored Mozart figures have vanished from a public art installation in Salzburg, forcing organizers to end part of the exhibition early. – Deutsche Welle