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$1 million of government funding rescinded? Big deal. When your nonprofit arts organization chooses to do the right thing, it’s ...

Here are two collages. One is from a blogpost, "Visions at Midnight," posted on May 27, 2025, and the other is an illustration, similarly styled, which appeared in The New York Times on Oct. 13, 2025.

Christine Taylor Conda, Executive Director of Education and Community Engagement at Ravinia, talks about the unique impact of their One Score, One Chicago program.

The journal H-Diplo Review, addressing scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history, has graciously published a little something I

Milton Esterow at a 2019 Metropolitan Museum press preview, with Leonardo’s “St. Jerome” in backgroundPhoto by Lee Rosenbaum He could

If you understand “Time Value of Money,” then you’ll understand just how uncharitable these schemes are — and the users ...

John Richmond, Dean of the College of Music of the University of North Texas, shares strategies of balancing innovation and tradition that embody excellence transforming pathways into the arts.

I am old enough to remember a time when famous pianists were great pianists. It is a topic I rehearse

A new CD pays tribute to Alexander Toradze and his father, the composer David Toradze. For those of us who

Pick up a copy of the Scene Change trilogy. Scene Change 3 just received its first review, and it’s a ...

Bill Neri, Director of Ensemble Advancement for The Sphinx Organization, shares the unique structure and transformational impact of the Sphinx Virtuosi.

So, what’s the right question? If the question were “How do I shed ...

James Hall, Project Director for Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative, talks about the importance of building a village to support BIPOC classical music students.

With the industry in a nationwide, existential crisis, leaders may have to choose one or the other. If so, the ...

The ACLU is pleased to announce that they succeeded in court against the new National Endowment for the Arts provision prohibiting funding for organizations or projects promoting “gender ideology”. The case is Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts. Here is an excerpt from the ACLU report: In an important victory for First Amendment rights, a federal judge in Rhode...