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A Jobs Crisis In The Arts? Here’s What The Numbers Say

In the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry grouping, the job vacancy rate was 6.8% in March 2022, double the rate before the pandemic (3.4% in the last quarter of 2019). - Hill Strategies

A New Arts Journalism Initiative In Dallas

"The Dallas Morning News and KERA announced Monday the formal launch of their new shared endeavor Arts Access, 'a first-of-its-kind journalism partnership' designed to expand 'arts, music and culture coverage in North Texas, through the lens of equity and access.'" - KERA (Dallas)

Why Aren’t Dallas Audiences Returning After COVID?

Audiences are being more selective, according to researchers and arts leaders across the region. Some are scared to gather in crowded indoor venues. Others have lost the habit of attending. Still others are avoiding the hassle of driving and parking, instead staying at home. - KERA

Facebook Threatens To Block News In Canada

Proposed legislation in Canada, "the Online News Act, compels online platforms like Facebook and Google to share revenue with the publishers they aggregate their news from." Meta will not have it. - The Verge

Actor Who Fled Iran In 2008 Offers Sympathy, Solidarity To Protesters

Zar Amir Ebrahimi was a young actor when a leaked sex tape forced her to flee her country. Now, she says, "This Islamic Republic has to end. Women today know their rights. ... There is no other way." - The New York Times

British Arts Venues Feel Desperate In The Deepening Cost Of Living Crisis

"Those institutions which made it – sometimes barely – through the pandemic are now contending with huge leaps in fuel prices, increased staffing costs, reluctant audiences and the logistical and cost hangovers of Brexit." - The Guardian (UK)

Is The Live Entertainment Capital Of America Really Branson?

Few places in the country host a professional show-business destination as quirky and expansive as this Missouri mountain town a few dozen miles north of the Arkansas border. Singer Andy Williams opened a theater here. So did comedian Yakov Smirnoff. - Washington Post

Chess Computers Are Now So Dominant, Are Humans Even A Factor In High-Level Play?

In an era when chess engines entirely dominate the game—when they’ve so monopolized human players’ thinking, strategy, and preparation that chess has, in certain ways, come to resemble poker—is it really possible to disentangle creativity from computing? - The Atlantic

South Broad Street Became Philadelphia’s “Avenue Of The Arts”. Can The Same Thing Happen To North Broad Street?

The concentration of arts institutions around Broad Street south of City Hall transformed that portion of the city, but the street north of City Hall has lagged behind.  Now, with the Philly Pops joining PAFA, the Met Philadelphia and Philadelphia Ballet in expanding there, North Broad could catch up. - The Philadelphia Inquirer

How Media Covered The Philadelphia Art Museum Strike (And Why It Matters)

What is the arts writer’s beat? Are we still on it when we take a stand about something happening inside a major arts institution, and platform its workers instead of those at the top? Philly’s smaller, independent arts publications say yes. - Broad Street Review

For Third Year In A Row, US University Enrollment Declines

The rate of the decline has slowed this fall, with college enrollment dropping 1.1% since last autumn. Over the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, enrollment fell about 6.5%. About 1.5 million fewer students are enrolled in college than before the pandemic. - The Wall Street Journal

What The Andy Warhol Case Says About The US Supreme Court

The Court’s grappling with Warhol’s cultural criticism may end up being its most revealing comment this term on the nature of its own role in contemporary culture. - The New Yorker

Defund English National Opera And English National Ballet, Argues Prominent London Critic

Rupert Christiansen: "This would allow them a rebirth – a radical rethink of their function and structure. Will this happen? No. But when the Levelling Up agenda starts calling for a transfer of funds from London to the regions, ACE's officers might grudgingly acknowledge the justice of my case." - The Spectator

Williamsburg And Bushwick Are Expensive Now. Where Are Brooklyn’s Young Artsy Types Moving To Now?

Sunset Park, a working-class Chinese immigrant neighborhood close to New York Harbor that has plenty of space in what used to be the Brooklyn Army Terminal and Industry City. - Hyperallergic

She’s The Edinburgh International Festival’s First Woman Director. What Are Nicola Benedetti’s Plans?

She's made her career as a classical violinist, but the EIF includes dance, theatre, and popular music as well.  "'Well, classical music does count for a pretty large percentage of the offering,' she counters, before saying that she's been deluged with offers of help in the other areas." - The Guardian

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