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‘Burning Bridges’

The poet says he "in the business of burning bridges." That's not all the business he's in.

How to Talk About a Terminated NEA Project

...it’s not just about the amount of money in the grant—people will care because of the impact on your community!

Johann Zietsman shares leadership strategies to address censorship in the arts

Johann Zietsman, President & CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, shares leadership strategies to address censorship in the arts.

Kennedy Center audiences vote with their feet. What happens next?

Kennedy Center subscription sales are in free fall. How much danger does that put the Center in?

SUMMER RERUN: What Would a Post-NEA (Arts) America Look Like?

An all-too-prescient post from January 2025 begs you to answer the question: if WHEN the NEA’s funding is eliminated, how ...

PaviElle French shares the inspiration behind her SOVEREIGN Suite

PaviElle French, Emmy Award-winning Artist & Composer, talks about the ethos and inspiration behind her SOVEREIGN Suite.

“Aida” in South Africa: a Sonic Earthquake

Photo: Oscar O’Ryan Never in an opera house have I thrilled to such a sonic earthquake as the wall of

Just a Reminder — June 30 Is Only Meaningful to You

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“A Tale of Two Cities” — Music and Race in Boston and New York

My latest installment of “More than Music” on NPR explores racial attitudes in Boston and New York at the turn of the

The Power of Strangers at Art

On a Sunday in May, a friend and I planned to try for rush tickets to see Hugh Jackman at the Minetta Lane Theater...

Cultural Diplomacy in South Africa Continued: the University of Michigan Concert Orchestra Goes to Soweto

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uTnhLU56Q1w&feature=oembed The Soweto audience erupts. Video by Mathew Pimental Among my most telling experiences of South Africa, when

Kevin Haden shares the importance of empowering young people to develop their own creative vision

Kevin Haden, Senior Associate Dean of Strategic Engagement and Institutional Excellence at the Curtis Institute of Music, shares the importance of giving young people the space to define their own creative vision.

American Cultural Diplomacy in South Africa Right Now, Courtesy of the University of Michigan

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiQLyMtBErU&feature=oembed Video by Mathew Pimental At the precise moment that US President Donald Trump was accusing South African

Michelle Wu

My introduction of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu at New England Conservatory’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday May 18, 2025. She received an honorary degree. Michelle Wu...

No. Just No.

Why do we continue to accept bad advocacy for the nonprofit arts sector? ...

Reuben Kebede shares the importance of diverse repertoire

Reuben Kebede, 1st Violinist of the Ivalas Quartet (Caramoor’s String Quartet-in-Residence 22-23) shares the importance of diverse repertoire and the driving vision of the ensemble.

I’m Not Angry. I’m Batman.

I’m just trying to help save the nonprofit arts industry from its own worst impulses. Where’s my utility belt, Alfred?! ...

On the frontiers of AI

Prelude, from The Onion: Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport Now then. A few days ago, my son googled “Franz Kafka Airport” and...

Jyoti Gupta shares strategies to develop arts leaders

Jyoti Gupta, Faculty Fellow at the Curb Center of Vanderbilt Univ, shares the unique community of practice they have developed for Nashville’s arts leaders.

What Ails Today’s Metropolitan Opera? — It’s in the Pit

The current issue of the “New York Review of Books” carries my review of the Metropolitan Opera’s current “Aida” – a new

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