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Sunday, February 9, 2025
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Arizona Opera seeks General Director


 Arizona Opera has reopened an international search and invites nominations and applications for the position of General Director, available July 1, 2025. [READ MORE]
 

 

Chief Financial Officer – La Jolla Playhouse


 The Playhouse’s brilliant and innovative productions of classics, immersive projects, new plays and musicals have merited over 300 major honors and 42 Tony Awards. [READ MORE]
 

 

Increase Audiences and Donors in 2025? 3 Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences to Choose From! Deadline: February 21


 Find out in Toronto, June 24-25; San Francisco, July 22-23; or New York City, August 5-6. Sign up by February 21 to get 3-for1 registration. [READ MORE]
 

 

Seraphic Fire Seeks Director of Sales and Marketing


 Nationally recognized choral ensemble seeks to fill this position responsible for driving ticket sales, increasing audience engagement, and enhancing brand visibility to support its mission. [READ MORE]
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Executive Director – The Knights 

The Knights seek a strategic and entrepreneurial leader to be Executive Director of this ambitious and creative New York City-based orchestral collective. [READ MORE]

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Tennessee Performing Arts Center seeks Vice President of Marketing & Communications 

Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is seeking a Vice President of Marketing & Communications to join our team in Nashville, TN. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development – Asolo Repertory Theatre 

About the Opportunity Asolo Repertory Theatre (“Asolo Rep”) seeks an experienced leader to join their team as the next Director of Development. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and collaborative fundraising professional to join one of the country’s leading regional theatre companies at an exciting time in its history. Located in the beautiful […] [READ MORE]

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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art seeks Director of Advancement 

The Director of Development (DoD) will have primary responsibility for all aspects of the museum’s fundraising and philanthropic programs and will serve as a key member of the leadership team. [READ MORE]

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Opening: Assistant Director of Educational Programs 

Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival seeks a full-time Assistant Director of Educational Programs. [READ MORE]

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley seeks Executive Director 

Apply to co-lead one of the country’s leading professional theatres and the Bay Area’s third-largest non-profit theatre. [READ MORE]

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Ballet Hispánico seeks Director of Finance and Administration 

The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) will lead all financial operations at Ballet Hispánico, establishing strong fiscal procedures and systems, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Reporting directly to the CMD, the DFA will play a critical role in strategic decision-making and operational management, supporting Ballet Hispánico’s growth and capacity-building efforts. Overseeing a […] [READ MORE]

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PEM, Director of Exhibition Design 

PEM, Salem, MA, seeks a Director of Exhibition Design to lead its studio, serving as Lead Designer for select exhibitions. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

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IDEAS

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ISSUES

Trump Seizes Control Of The Kennedy Center

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How The Trump Administration Is Impacting Artists And Arts Institutions

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France Slashes Its Culture Budget

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NEA To Shift Funding Priorities Toward U.S. 250th Anniversary

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Fulton County, Which Encompasses Atlanta, Cuts Arts Funding By More Than Half

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Louisiana Court Ruling on Copyright Termination Stirs Chaos In International Copyright System

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New Orleans’ Superdome As Cultural Icon

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Chicago’s Cultural Commissioner Under Fire For Skipping Meetings And Bullying Staff

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Trump Disbands President’s Council On Arts And Humanities

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A Culture Of PROTECT YOUR HEARING!

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Ron DeSantis Wants To Restore Florida’s Arts Funding — With Strings Attached

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Arts Organizations Fret About Threats To Arts Funding Under Trump Administration

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MEDIA

The Tortured History Depicted In “The Brutalist”

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Karla Sofia Gascón Says She Will Sit Out Awards Campaigning

- Deadline


All About Screen Savers (Remember Those?)

- Tedium


Trump’s Tariff Tantrum Roils Canadian Film Industry

- The Hollywood Reporter


A Crossroads For The Future Of CNN

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BBC Asked Minority-Group Members What The Network Could Do Better. Their Answers Were Quite Frank.

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Streaming Companies Will Outspend Commercial Broadcasters This Year For The First Time

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Malaysia Promotes Abroad Films It Censors Or Bans Domestically

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Filmmaker Convicted Of Sexual Assault In Major French #MeToo Trial

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Trump’s New FCC Chief To Investigate NPR, PBS Underwriting

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MUSIC

Classical Music Is Good For Babies, Even Before They’re Born: Study

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This Opera Company Is Devoting Its Entire Season To An Accordion-Playing Lesbian

- Los Angeles Times (MSN)


Six Reasons I’m Giving Up On Vinyl And Going Back To CDs

- Headphonesty


What’s The Real Story About Vinyl Records’ Comeback?

- PS Audio


How Bluetooth Speakers Have Ruined Music

- The Atlantic


Daniel Barenboim Reveals That He Has Parkinson’s Disease

- The Guardian


Syria Gets Its First Orchestra Concert Since Overthrow Of Assad

- Yahoo


After Two Years In Germany, Kyiv Symphony Musicians Wonder If Their Exile Will Ever End

- The New York Times


San Francisco Opera Announces Another Abbreviated Season

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


A Cantonese Opera About Donald Trump

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Hollywood’s Latest War For Music Talent

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PEOPLE

David Edward Byrd, 83, Designed Iconic Broadway And Rock Posters

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Culture Warrior Jordan Peterson Is Having Trouble Selling Tickets In San Francisco

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Bass Paul Plishka, Whose Met Opera Career Spanned 50 Years, Has Died At 83

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Millicent Dillon, Who Chronicled The Writers Jane And Paul Bowles, Has Died At 99

- The New York Times


When You Get To Season Four, It’s Time To Break Out

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THEATRE

Yet Another Director For Berlin’s Most Troubled Theater

- The New York Times


David Hare: London’s National Theatre’s Retreat From Repertory Is Diminishing Culture

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The Anger Behind Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer-Winning Comedy “English”

- Variety


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Alicia Keys Gets More Grammys, But This Time One In Theatre

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VISUAL

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- The New York Times


Researchers Discover Portrait Hidden Beneath Titian’s “Ecce Homo”

- Reuters


Wales’ National Museum Closes Indefinitely For Repairs

- BBC


Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Throw Gallery Owners Into Uncertainty

- ARTnews



 

WORDS

One-Third Of New York Times Subscribers Don’t Subscribe To Its News

- Press Gazette (UK)


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- Press Gazette (UK)


Musk Attacks Wikipedia

- The Atlantic


One Of Joan Didion’s Journals Will Be Published This Spring

- The Guardian


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