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A Young Polio Survivor And Refugee Heals Herself And Others Through Dance
“Chantal-Iris Mukeshimana came to Belgium as a child after fleeing the genocide in Rwanda. Decades later, she founded a dance school where fellow wheelchair users can express themselves.” (video) – Deutsche Welle… Read more
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Audiences Return In Australia, But Ticket Prices Now A Bigger Concern
Financial reasons are the top barrier to attendance, affecting four in 10 audience members, especially the under-55s, according the audience research. – ArtsHub… Read more
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Design Unveiled For Planned Holocaust Museum In Boston
“The Boston-based Holocaust Legacy Foundation has unveiled renderings of its proposed Holocaust Museum Boston, to be located along the Freedom Trail, by the intersection of Tremont and Park Streets.” – MSN (The… Read more
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Outside The Shadow Of New York: The New Jersey Symphony Forges Its Own Path(s)
“Traditionally orchestras either say, ‘Come to us, we’re wonderful,’ or they go out into communities and say, ‘Hey, listen to us.’ We were very intentional that we were going to go to… Read more
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Why The French Military Hires Science Fiction Writers
The job? “To imagine future threats to national security. So far, sci-fi novelists from the Red Team Defense project have written more than a dozen stories and published two books dealing with… Read more
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Dawn Of AI: Time For A Reset For Humanity
The technocultural norms and habits that have seized us during the triple revolution of the internet, smartphones, and the social web are themselves in need of a thorough correction. Too many people… Read more
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Each Side In The “Here Lies Love” vs. Broadway Musicians’ Union Dispute Makes Its Case
“The union is demanding a 19-piece live orchestra, as mandated by contracts, barring ‘special situation’ exemptions. Producers want the show as it has been for 10 years, with actors singing mostly to… Read more
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McNulty: Broadway’s MVP This Year? The Suffering Audience
Attention must be paid to the core audience that has stuck it out and been filling these doddering old venues with their seasoned laughter and empathy. The Tony Awards on Sunday really… Read more
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Speranza Scappucci Named Covent Garden’s First Principal Guest Conductor In 25 Years
“It will mark a new era for the (Royal Opera House) at a critical time, amid an arts education crisis, government funding threats and the ongoing ‘culture wars’.” Scappucci, who hosts a… Read more
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Putin Moves Russia’s Most Famous (And Fragile) Icon From Its Museum To The Church, Despite Pleas From Conservators
The 15th-century icon of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev, Russia’s most revered icon painter, was moved from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery into Christ the Savior Cathedral, and the Moscow Patriarchate’s possession, on Putin’s… Read more
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Such a Great Read! The Poet Dying: Heinrich Heine’s Last Years in Paris
If the opening of Ernst Pawel's biographical study of the 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine doesn't grab you, don't bother to read on. But it if does, treat yourself to a great… Read more
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Holly Bass talks about the importance of the arts in our schools
Holly Bass, National Director for Turnaround Arts at the Kennedy Center, talks about the important role that the arts can play in our schools…. Read more
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Whitney Spits Out Its Breuer, While Sotheby’s Salivates
I could say that I told you so, but in this case, I take no delight in being right. By now you’ve probably heard the (heart)breaking news: “Sotheby’s said that it has… Read more
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Early Stats from the General Social Survey: How Virtual Arts Participation Fared in 2022
With all the attempts to put COVID firmly behind us, it can be tempting to lapse into a pre-pandemic view of the arts landscape in America. To do so would be a… Read more
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Two goals to rule them all
I've been reading and thinking a lot about human cognition – about how we make sense and take action. The useful answer describes a combo platter of species-wide sense-making systems and their… Read more
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William Cody Maher ‘If you don’t have a present, you always have a past’
'A man is looking into his past. Let's see what he finds there.' — William Cody Maher, poet / writer / performance artist… Read more
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Menus Animaux Is Coming Soon from Cold Turkey Press
… in a brilliant French translation by Bertrand Grimault…. Read more
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Stop the Music! Degas “Little Dancer’s” Alleged Attackers Indicted
The press spokesperson for the National Gallery, Washington, alerted me late Friday to a breaking development in the case of the attack on its beloved treasure—Degas’ unique, original wax version of “Little… Read more
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Creative Forces NEA Military Arts Network
This is a two-part podcast: we begin with Christine Bial, the Director of Arts and Humanities Grants at Mid-America Arts Alliance which is a partner with National Endowment for the Arts in… Read more