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How A Regional Foundation Radically Evolved To Serve The Arts

At a time of unprecedented need, do organizations owe it to their communities to move more money out the door, even if it threatens its perpetuity? Or should trustees stay the course, ensuring that organizations can tackle challenges 10, 20 and 50 years from now? - Inside Philanthropy

NYC’s High Line Park Gets A New Bridge

The first half of the bridge—a gently sloped, 340-foot-long arm coming out of the High Line Spur, as the final section of the elevated park is called— mimics a woodland path flanked by more than 60 trees, 90 shrubs and more than 5,200 grasses and perennials. - Fast Company

France Has Treated Françoise Gilot Almost As Badly As Picasso Did

When the much-younger artist ended her relationship with the titan, he destroyed her artwork and tried very hard to destroy her career — and the French artistic establishment cooperated, driving her to emigrate to the US. To this day, she has not had a major exhibition in her homeland. - The Guardian

Why Have A Festival If It Doesn’t Take You Out Of The Ordinary?

“There’s no point coming here just to do one thing. Blowing in and out doesn’t work – financially! Performers get all that, and they live and play here for these two or three days alongside their audience. That’s the joy of the thing. Everyone is part of the community." - The Guardian

Oregon Ballet Theatre’s New Artistic Director Has Some Big Dreams For Her Dancers

Dani Rowe hopes to end the company's apprentice program by 2030, instead treating — and paying — the young dancers as full company members. Indeed, she wants to raise pay for all of the performers (many of whom work second jobs) and extend their contracts from 34 to 44 weeks. - Oregon Public Broadcasting

What “The Truman Show” Got Right About Technology 25 Years Ago

Through Truman’s story, the movie predicted, with eerie acuity, the rise of reality TV, the transactions of social media, the banality of surveillance. But Truman is not the story’s true everyman. The people who watch The Truman Show are. - The Atlantic

Utah School District Reverses Ban On The Bible Due To Inappropriate Subject Matter For Children

"The (Davis School District) committee's reversal is the latest development in the debate over a Utah law allowing parents to challenge 'sensitive materials' available to children in public schools." - AP

“Mao’s Last Dancer” To Retire

Li Cunxin, who found international fame for his remarkable rise from rural China to become one of the world’s leading ballet dancers, has announced his retirement as the artistic director of Queensland Ballet due to health issues. - CNN

Who’s In Line To Run Britain’s National Theatre?

"Will the NT reach for a safe pair of hands (as) arts funding is squeezed and theatre is clawing back revenue lost over the pandemic? Or will it continue Norris's project of opening up the venue to new audiences? … Here is The Guardian's shortlist of potential contenders." - The Guardian

Russians Revive Mariupol’s Bombed Theatre As Russian Culture Showcase

“This theater is being reborn and has restored its great reputation,” said Aleksandr Rostov, the theater’s new, Russian-appointed creative director in a video to mark the first anniversary of the strike, which he addressed to Mariupol residents and “our beloved soldiers and our own Russian army.” - Wall Street Journal

Actor Paxton Whitehead Is Dead At 85

"The distinguished English actor and theater mainstay … appeared (17) times on Broadway from 1962-2018 … (and was) known for playing stuffy types in films and TV shows including Back to School, Mad About You and Friends." - The Hollywood Reporter

What Classic Movie Best Captures Today’s America? “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers”, Says Maureen Dowd

"There's no calm, no deliberation, no chance to change your mind about anything. Just a collapse of individuality, the very trait the country was founded on. In America now, it seems, everyone has been snatched by some invader or other." - The New York Times

Electric-Car Makers Are Dropping AM Radios From Their Products, And Right-Wingers Are Flipping Out

The reason AM radios are being dropped is that the static problem with AM signals gets much worse when the receiver is near an electric motor. Conservatives claim it's a deliberate attempt by large corporations to wipe out conservative talk radio (which is produced by large corporations). - The Guardian

The Louvre Is Exhibiting 16 Medieval Ukrainian Icons Smuggled Out While Kyiv Was Under Attack

"The works come from the Khanenko Museum, which sustained damages from a Russian missile strike last October, prompting increased safety measures to protect its cultural objects from Russian attacks as well as looting and illegal trade." - Hyperallergic

Authors Of A Children’s Book About A Gay Penguin Family Join Students In Suing Florida Over Book Ban

"The lawsuit, one of several challenging Florida's policies for launching local book objections, aims to require Lake County officials to make the book — And Tango Makes Three — available to all students" and to have the state's notorious "Don't Say Gay" education laws declared unconstitutional. - Politico

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