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 was a musician, a pianist, before she was a politician—and she remains a musician today.
You might have heard her play George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue across the street at Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops,...
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.
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 here is what Google AI came up with:
Being a public spirited sort, son informed Google that they might want to tweak this a wee bit. And so I had to check this afternoon for an...
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.
Plenty of studies, some of them published by the Arts Endowment, have shown how arts participation in early childhood appears to awaken greater social skills and behaviors at a crucial stage of development. It’s no surprise, especially among infants and toddlers, that most arts activities involve a parent or caregiver.
It stands to reason, therefore, that parents’ own preferences or backgrounds,...
At Indiana University each spring there is an arts festival in honor of Kurt Vonnegut, Granfalloon. This year’s theme is his novel Cat’s Cradle, which is the book where he introduces the term Granfalloon (although, to my mind, not really as something one would celebrate; Karass would have been a better choice to name a gathering?). Since that novel is about...
Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research at Americans for the Arts, shares the power of sharing the impact of both stories and numbers in advocating for the arts.
