Conductor Roger Norrington, 91
His mission wasn’t only to make us hear the repertoire we thought it knew through the prism of the techniques and playing styles of...
Seattle’s KUOW Will Lose $1M In Funding Congress Just Axed. In A Fundraiser, Listeners...
Money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting accounts for about 5% of KUOW’s revenue — $1 million — and funds infrastructure like satellite interconnection and emergency...
How YouTube Became The King Of All TV
People now watch YouTube on TV sets more than on their phones or any other device—an average of more than one billion hours each...
China Wilson shares the most important DEI practices to impact students
China Wilson, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, shares key best practices in DEI for impacting students.
Orchestra Lumos Seeks President and CEO
Orchestra Lumos brings live symphonic music to nearly 15,000 residents annually across Fairfield County, Connecticut, the most populous county in the state.
Adult Programs Manager, Mark Morris Dance Group
This position is focused on delivering programming excellence and increasing programming visibility, diversity and engagement with both professional and recreational dancer communities.
MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER, Paper Mill Playhouse
The Major Gifts Officer (MGO) is a critical member of the Development team and plays a central role in helping to advance PMP's philanthropic goals.
Lauding Lauder: The Consummate Museum Benefactor Dies at 92
I’ve been unpardonably remiss about this (having been uncharacteristically off-blog for two months). But I must belatedly add my voice
What Happens When You Expose Octopuses To Art?
The Japanese artist Shimabuku wanted to find out — so he started making artworks for them. - CNN
The Power Of Gossip And Spiritual Ease
I was able to differentiate between types of gossip through this association: the kind that aims to bring a rival low, that tries to...
Just Whom Is Spotify’s New Time-Limited Audiobook Subscription For? Not Enough Time For The...
The 30-hour limit won’t get you through titles like George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones or Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, for example. You...
Yale Art Gallery Withdraws Grant Applications After NEA Anti-DEI Rules
The Yale Art Gallery, the renowned university museum in New Haven, Connecticut, has withdrawn two federal grant applications for an African art exhibition after rejecting...
Director of Marketing and Communications, Mark Morris Dance Group
As we approach our 45th anniversary this position will play an integral role in ensuring the organization’s brand is effectively communicated to diverse audiences, including ticket buyers, donors, students, community members, press, presenters and other industry professionals.
Stephen Petronio Company To Give Its Last-Ever Performances At Jacob’s Pillow Next Week
The 69-year-old choreographer announced earlier this year that this season, the company’s 40th anniversary, is its last. Two years ago, he announced that the...
How Trump Managed To Kill Bipartisaan Support For Public Broadcasting
Trump had campaigned on retribution and made the news media a core element of his grievance. Public broadcasting has offered a ready target, given...
How Trump’s Attacks On Journalists Are Weakening The First Amendment
They show Trump has found tactical ways to prevail in his nonstop battle to discredit outlets that report critically on him and his activities....
Fantastical Set Designer John Conklin, 88
The term “prodigy” rarely applies to set designers, but Mr. Conklin’s instincts were on full display in his youth. Growing up in Hartford, Conn.,...
The Most Dangerous Book In America?
“What has been labeled the ‘bible of the racist right’ has influenced American culture in a way only fiction can. … There is no...
The search for the very nice arts philanthropist
Last month, the Scottish government came up with a one-time grant of £300,000 to cover the Edinburgh International Book Festival, after pressure from environmental protestors caused...
“Citizen Kane”‘s Rosebud Sleigh Sells For $14.75M
Film director Joe Dante had owned the piece since 1984, when a person was clearing out a section of the Paramount Pictures film lot that had...
The Art Of Extra-ing
In gaps between jobs, an assortment of artists, coders and labourers played policemen, caterers and journalists. As one of the extras playing a journalist,...
Cancelling Colbert: The Ideological Purge Comes To Late Night TV
CBS knows what all this looks like. They’re trying very hard to address the optics. - Washington Post
Detroit Opera, Facing Big Budget Shortfall, Cancels Next Season’s First Production
Following steep drops in donations and especially government funding, the company has called off all performances of Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West this...
Why Liberal Arts Education Is Really In Decline At American Universities
The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in...
Canada’s Giller Prize Will Close Down This Year Without New Sponsor Or Government Funding
“The annual $100,000 prize for fiction ended its 20-year partnership with lead sponsor Scotiabank earlier this year. At that time, Giller Foundation executive director Elana...
