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Report: A Third Of Seattle’s Arts Workers Are Thinking Of Leaving The Field

Roughly a third of respondents indicated they were thinking about leaving the sector, and 4 in 10 respondents said they were considering a change in job or location within the next year. Younger respondents were more likely to be considering leaving the sector. - Crosscut

Where The US Is Losing Population

The examination of age shifts shows a loss of young people under age 18 and those in their prime working ages (18 through 59). Moreover, when looking at age and race, it becomes clear that nonwhite Americans, especially Latino or Hispanic Americans, comprise larger shares of the population at all ages. - Brookings

A Fictional TV Show, A Real Universe Of Pain

Hulu's The Bear is a big hit for the streamer, partly because it's terrifyingly accurate about the abuse in restaurant work. Now, "two and a half years after the Covid pandemic began, we’re in a long-overdue moment of upheaval and evolution for the restaurant industry." - The New York Times

Former Childhood Star Says Nickelodeon Offered Her Hush Money

Jennette McCurdy of iCarly says that "During a call with her management company, she was offered $300,000, 'and the only thing they want you to do is never talk publicly about your experience at Nickelodeon. Specifically related to the Creator." - Los Angeles Times

Is Boston’s State Seal A Racist Symbol Or A Historical Reminder?

"Activists and members of the state’s Indigenous population have long objected to the image, which one critic called the 'last state flag of white supremacy.'" - MSN (Boston Globe)

What Really Happens Where Our Electronics Get Recycled

The e-waste workers of India, taking apart our discarded cellphones to make new machines: "No doubt we are at constant risk here, but what other option do we have?" - Slate

Straight People In Michigan Are So Homophobic That They Completely Defunded Their Library

Normal country; everything is fine: "Residents of Jamestown Township voted to defund the Patmos Library by a 25-point margin, after a local conservative group led a campaign against the inclusion of LGBTQ+ books." - Vice

How Do You Measure Academic Work?

How long does academic work take? How long should it take? Even more troubling, who gets to decide what is valuable and necessary work for an academic today? - Sydney Review of Books

Geffen Hall Theatre To Be Named After Key Donor

The $50 Million gift represents one of the Tsai family’s biggest ventures so far into the performing arts. Joseph Tsai, who trained as a lawyer and serves as vice chairman of Alibaba, is more frequently associated with athletics. He is the primary owner of the Brooklyn Nets. - The New York Times

What Does It Mean To Be An LGBTQ+ Museum In The 21st Century?

"At a time when public discourse around issues like trans rights materially impacts the lives of LGBTQ people, such institutions have carefully considered how to frame queer history, and they have come to different conclusions about how these radical movements of marginalized people should be institutionalized." - The New York Times

San Francisco Arts Commission Executive Used Grant Money To Pay For Her Hawaii Vacation

The grant, earmarked for an Indigenous artist and awarded for a short documentary, was instead used by then-director of community investments Barbara Mumby-Huerta for travel expenses for herself, a daughter, and a friend. She has now been fined by the city's Ethics Commission. - San Francisco Examiner

One Of Every Five Nightclubs In London Has Gone Out Of Business

The NTIA recorded the lowest number of nightclubs on record - 1,130 - in its latest set of data, based on the situation in England, Wales and Scotland. In March 2020, when the figures were last published, the number was 1,418. - BBC

Reinventing San Francisco’s Business District, Where The Office Culture May Never Fully Return

Office occupancy downtown is still less than a third of what it was before COVID arrived, so the public-private "community benefits district" for the neighborhood commissioned a plan, just recently submitted, to redesign and rezone the streetscape to attract more people downtown during and after business hours. - Bloomberg CityLab

John Leguiziamo’s Plan For More Latinx Presence In Hollywood

Over the years, he said, studio executives have rejected his pitches for stories, telling Leguizamo — who is of Colombian descent — that Latino people apparently don’t want to see “feel-good movies,” he said. - Los Angeles Times

South Korea’s New President Orders Billions To Be Spent On Arts And Culture

"Not even two months after taking office, Yoon Suk-yeol has made a huge investment in the country's culture: a $3.7 billion fund for film, TV, art, and other cultural projects, as well as plans to transform a historic presidential home into Korea's answer to France's Palace of Versailles." - Artnet

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