A flood of books, music and images is overwhelming creative markets. Some of it is democratization of tools. Some of it is pure AI. Is this a crisis or an opportunity?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oi1zTIVpwKE&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent The current issue of “The New York Review of Books” includes my essay on state of American orchestras
I met Jim Harrison only once, in 1968, when we were on a "little magazine" panel with Russell Banks, Anne Waldman, and Charles Newman. Even then Harrison was a "character," a voluble personality who cut quite a figure. He sported a black patch on his blind left eye, a rakishly tilted straw hat, and a hand-carved walking stick.
It first appeared six months after 9/11 as a public art installation and has appeared every year since. It is presented from dusk of Sept. 11 to dawn of Sept. 12. It's the most striking memorial to be seen, especially in person..
Marquise Lindsey-Bradley, Marketing & Engagement Director of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, shares their strategic approach to engaging young audiences.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PocpiBx3hfk&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Beginning with my “New York Times” piece on July 4, this is the fifth in a series of