Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Chief Financial Officer – Sarasota Opera
Sarasota Opera welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Chief Financial Officer, available in the Spring of 2026.
Lessons From The Aztecs: Rule By Coercion Never Works
The Aztec empire did not fall because it lacked capability. It collapsed because it accumulated too many adversaries who resented its dominance. This is...
Perversely — AI Is Proving The Uniqueness Of Our Creativity
A great human artist, we’d like to believe, amplifies and defends the exceptionalist spirit of our species but, in an echo of the anxieties...
Painter Bob Ross, Public Media Rock Star
His painting are being sold to benefit public television. The latest, Change of Seasons (1990) led the sale, bringing in $787,900, more than 13 times...
If Radio Is Becoming Streaming What If NPR Ditched Radio?
What if NPR decides radio is no longer worth the hassle and puts all its efforts into streaming audio and podcasts? What if it...
Welcome To The Era Of De-Social Media
Platforms originally defined by keeping up with people you know, or have at least heard of, become something fundamentally different. - Intelligencer
Why Our Cities Need More Places Of Serenity
Perceptual psychologists have long studied what happens when people stare at uniform fields of colour without visual edges or contrasts. Sometimes, experiencing this kind...
Why More Professors Are Making Their Students Read On Paper
“The English classroom is increasingly a kind of special place where it’s still possible to converse without the screen. AI only seems to make...
Why Small Liberal Arts Colleges Are The Education Of Choice
At a small liberal-arts college, where a cohort may number fewer than 500 people, admissions officers can also take a stronger hand in assembling...
When Students Are “Customers” Education Suffers
Over the past 15 to 20 years, declining numbers of college-age Americans and a seemingly endless rise in tuition have brought about a shift in power. Students are...
Kennedy Center VP Of Artistic Planning, Resigns After Being On The Job Two Weeks
Kevin Couch, formerly the director of programming for ATG Entertainment, a British theater company, is the latest in a string of resignations and show cancellations since...
Columbia Museum of Art – Executive Director
The Columbia Museum of Art (CMA), in Columbia, South Carolina, an AAM-accredited institution, seeks an Executive Director to build upon its 75-year legacy.
The Illinois Symphony Orchestra seeks Director of Development.
The next Director of Development will lead all fundraising efforts for the Illinois Symphony Orchestra to strengthen the ISO’s visibility and supporter relationships.
BBC Told To Avoid Color-Blind Casting
The BBC has been urged to rethink color-blind casting “tokenism” and “preachy” storylines about the UK’s colonial history in scripted series, according to a major study...
How Did The Iconic “Infinite Jest” Become A Punchline?
The occasion is a moment to ask how a novel that mourns addiction and venerates humility and patience became a glib cultural punch line,...
The Washington Post Is Imploding
Under Bezos’s leadership, CEO Will Lewis has floated a bunch of proposals to make the company profitable, few of which so far resemble anything...
Minneapolis Bookshop Becomes Famous After ICE Murders
Greg Ketter became a social media phenomenon over the weekend, when MS Now aired a video of him pacing half a block away from where Alex...
Music Companies Sue Anthropic For $3 Billion Over Copyright
The companies, including Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music, are seeking more than $3 billion in potential statutory damages over alleged infringement of more than 20,000 songs....
Why Liberal Arts Education May Be More Important In The Age Of AI
A machine will never possess the level of interpersonal skills needed to manage a team, to engage in civil discourse with individuals from different...
We Used To Think That Our Brains Were Our Brains. Now We Know Different
Neuroplasticity therefore reframes the brain as neither rigid nor infinitely malleable, but as a living system shaped by experience, effort and time. - The...
To Wall-Text Or Not-To-Wall-Text
“It feels more important than ever to invite multiple voices into the museum space. There isn’t one perfect solution for all visitors, but we...
New Brain Research Reveals Insight On What Sparks Creativity
The old metaphor of creativity being sparked makes it sound like there’s a creativity center in the brain that’s just waiting to kick things off. But...
Spotify Paid Our Record $11 Billion To Musicians In 2025
The milestone year reflected the “largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history,” the company announced on Wednesday in a post. In...
Smithsonian Struggles For Independence As 250th Birthday Celebration Starts
The battle is approaching a tipping point after the Smithsonian acquiesced to an administration demand to hand over documents regarding the types of exhibits it will display for...
Classic Stage Company seeks General Manager
Classic Stage Company seeks General Manager. Salary is $90,000. Expected state date is mid-March.
