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Sunday, February 25, 2024
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Managing Director – Stages


 The Managing Director co-leads the company in partnership with the Artistic Director and reports directly to Stages’ Board of Directors. [READ MORE]
 

 

Dayton Live – President & CEO


 The next President & CEO of Dayton Live will be given the extraordinary opportunity to build upon the tremendous momentum of the past five years and envision and achieve new levels of growth, impact, and relevance for the organization. [READ MORE]
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Cantus Vocal Ensemble seeks Executive Director 

The Executive Director will be a collaborative, visionary, and entrepreneurial leader who will guide the strategic vision and direction of Cantus. [READ MORE]

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Berkshire Museums seeks Chief Financial Officer 

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will provide strategic, financial, and operational leadership across the museum, ensuring proper financial accounting, internal controls, safe and compliant facility operations, and successful customer service in the visitor experience. [READ MORE]

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Tucson Symphony VP and General Manager 

A key member of the senior management team, the General Manager is responsible for implementing the Music Director’s artistic and educational vision for the orchestra. [READ MORE]

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Hiring: Resident Conductor with Canada’s National Arts Centre 

CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA Resident Conductor Program Apply by March 7 2024  Finalists will be invited for in-person auditions and interviews, held in Ottawa, Canadaon April 27 2024. Applications are open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada only.  Travel and accommodation will be provided for the finalists as needed.  Residency begins the 2024-2025 […] [READ MORE]

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Pacific Symphony Seeks VP of Education & Community Engagement 

The Vice President of Education & Community Engagement will be responsible for designing, developing, and evaluating all education and community engagement programs. [READ MORE]

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Director of Finance and Administration 

The Director of Finance and Administration leads the management and direction of The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s financial and administrative functions. [READ MORE]

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Managing Director 

South Coast Repertory (SCR), a League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member located in Orange County, California, seeks a passionate, imaginative, and collaborative individual to serve as Managing Director. [READ MORE]

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Music in the Vineyards is seeking a new Executive Director 

MITV seeks a creative, organized and innovative Executive Director to lead all business functions of the organization, to build strong relationships throughout the community and to help the organization increase its impact. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

The Outsider Queer Trio Running — Entirely Together — The Ballet National De Marseille

- The Guardian


“Not Every Giselle Has To Be Fragile And Petite”: New English National Ballet AD Aaron Watkin

- The Telegraph (UK) (MSN)


Alvin Ailey Company Performance In Birmingham, Alabama Cancelled Mid-Show Due To “Cold Temperatures Backstage”

- WBMA (Birmingham, AL)


Merging American Sign Language Into Choreography Aimed At General Audiences

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IDEAS

The Culture Wars Come For AI

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Those Who Are In Love With Chaos

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How We Picture Sound In Our Minds

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Machines That Can Read Minds Are Teaching Us About Ourselves

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Antilogic And The Ancient Art Of Suspending Judgment

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The State Of Today’s Culture

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Ways Of Looking At Art

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Debunking Reasons For Looking At Art

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The Web As We Know It Is About To Change

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It Took Years, Nearly 50 Million Dollars, And Sweat Equity To Turn A 40-Year Vacant Movie Theatre Into A Music Venue

- Chicago Sun-Times


What Can Movies Teach About Marriage?

- NPR



 

ISSUES

The Trigger-Warning Debate

- Classical Music UK


“Harassment” And “Governance Concerns” Lead Ontario Region’s Arts Fund To Suspend All Activity

- CBC


City of Winnipeg Cuts — No, It Reassigns — Coming Year’s Funding For Public Art

- Winnipeg Free Press


A Call For Philanthropic Investment In Culture

- Stanford Social Innovation Review


As Traditional Journalism Struggles In Canada, Journalists Take To TikTok

- CBC


Dallas Arts Groups Nervously Hope Voters Will Approve Ballot Measure With New Arts Funding

- KERA (Dallas)


Could The NY Times Win Its Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI?

- Ars Technica


Britain’s Second City, Effectively Bankrupt, Announces Elimination of All Arts Funding

- Birmingham Live


Another Frank Gehry Arts Center Is Under Construction In Downtown L.A.

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)


The Systematic Destruction Of Gaza’s Buildings

- The Conversation


The Big Hong Kong Arts Complex Designed By Norman Foster’s Firm Is Running Out Of Cash

- ARTnews


France Has Expanded Eligibility For Its “Talent Visa” To Include Performers and Artists

- Euronews


The New York Times Unique Argument In Its Copyright Case Against AI Companies

- The Conversation


So Who’s Winning In The Artists-Versus-AI-Companies Copyright Lawsuit?

- Los Angeles Times



 

MEDIA

We Can Now Be Pretty Sure What, And Who, Is Going To Win Each Oscar

- The Hollywood Reporter


Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion On Hold After Seeing AI Video

- The Hollywood Reporter


News Website DCist Shut Down By NPR Outlet WAMU; 15 Staffers Laid Off

- The Washington Post (MSN)


France’s Film Industry Enters A New Phase Of #MeToo

- AP


Vice Media Is — Well, If It’s Not Completely Dead, It’s A Zombie

- Vulture (MSN)


Hollywood Report: Leadership Of Women In Top 100 Movies In 2023 Was Down

- The Guardian


With Two Of L.A.’s Major Film Festivals Now Gone, A Streaming Company Launches A New One

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)


Berlin Taxi Drivers Put On A Makeshift Film Festival In The Backs Of Their Cabs

- The New York Times


AM Radio Is Dying. Bernie Sanders And Ted Cruz Want To Save It

- The Atlantic (MSN)


TV Industry Contracts And Talent Scrambles For Jobs

- Deadline



 

MUSIC

Royal Scottish National Orchestra To Be Stripped Of All Local Government Funding

- The Scotsman (MSN)


San Francisco Symphony Is Knocking Scents Into Scriabin

- The New York Times


Could a Paywall Have Saved Pitchfork?

- The Walrus


New Lawsuit Charging Sexual Abuse At San Francisco Conservatory

- Van


Cash-Strapped Metropolitan Opera Has Cut Back On Productions

- AP


Inside The Sausage Factory: The Pianist/Influencer Peeling Back The Curtain

- San Francisco Classical Voice


A First: Man On Trial For Streaming Music Fraud

- The Guardian


The Terrifying Logistics Of Getting An Entire U.S. Symphony Orchestra Packed Up And Onto The Plane For A European Tour

- The Washington Post (MSN)


How AI Is Changing Music

- San Francisco Chronicle


Verbier Festival Hires A Second CEO

- Gramophone


100 Years Later “Rhapsody In Blue” Is Still Riling Up Debate

- The Guardian


America’s Prisons See Opera As A Security Threat

- Operawire


The Sound Duo Behind The Ely Cathedral Scene In Maestro Had Quite A Job

- AOL (Los Angeles Times)


The English National Opera Laid Off Singers And Musicians While They Were In Mid-Performance

- MSN (The Telegraph UK)


The Life Of A Pro Whistler, Including Her New Album And Her ‘Barbie’ Fame

- Washington Post


The U.S. Is Mired In The Who Can Be A Country Singer Debate Again

- The Guardian (UK)



 

PEOPLE

The Critic’s Enthusiasms: Joan Acocella

- The New York Times


“The City Hall Powerhouse Shaping London’s Cultural Landscape”

- The Standard (London)


The Unwinding Of Art Publisher Louise Blouin

- The New York Times


Russia Arrests Los Angeles Ballerina, A US Citizen, On Charge Of Treason

- NBC News


At 61, Jodie Foster Is Finally Unclenching And Letting (Some Of) Her Guard Down

- The Atlantic



 

THEATRE

“The Real Tragedy Of This Play Is That Everyone’s Right All The Time”

- The New York Times


Long Lost Gershwin Musical Manuscript Found

- Michigan Live


How One Of Metro DC’s Best Stage Directors Came Back From A Catastrophic Highway Crash

- The Washington Post (MSN)


18 Shows Are Opening On Broadway This Spring. Too Many?

- The New York Times


Smart Glasses Provide Live Captioning For Plays

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)


Broadway’s Big Presidents Day Box Office Boost

- Deadline


Trying To Learn To Cry On Cue, The Way Actors Do

- Vulture


Lunchtime Theatre, With A Pint? How Very British

- BBC



 

VISUAL

Let’s Talk About Chilean Artist Cecilia Vicuna

- Washington Post


Michelangelo’s Diary Wherein He Describes How Miserable It Was to Paint The Sistine Chapel

- Artnet


Warhol Museum Staff Complain About Wall Text

- Hyperallergic


Orange County’s Hilbert Museum To Triple In Size

- Culture OC


Middle School Teacher Accused Of Copying Students’ Art Onto Mugs And Tote Bags For Sale

- Hyperallergic


Previously Unknown Cézanne Mural Uncovered In His Childhood Home

- ARTnews


Where Should Privately-Owned Art With Murky Provenance Go? Universities

- ARTnews


Finally We’ve Gotten Around To Recognizing That Some of The “Monuments Men” Were Women

- AP


Did A Moscow Auction House Just Sell A Painting Looted From A Ukrainian Museum?

- Artnet


The “Art Crime” Professor And The State Of The Art

- ARTnews


Cairo Restores And Reopens A Large Portion of The Saladin Citadel

- Reuters


A Staggering $100M Canadian Art Fraud

- Smithsonian


Bellevue Arts Museum Declares A Crisis, Says It Might Have To Close

- Seattle Times


Pro-Palestine Protestors Take Over MoMA

- The Nation


The Oldest Rock Art In South America Is Far Older Than Was Thought

- El País (Spain) (in English)


Maine’s Portland Museum Of Art Lays Off More Than 10% Of Its Staff

- Portland Press Herald


Will A Show Of Chuck Close’s Final Work Help Restore His Place In Art?

- The New York Times


The Paintings British Artists Love At Their National Gallery

- The Observer (UK)



 

WORDS

Can We Still Write Good Climate Fiction If We’re In Despair?

- LitHub


Every Dictator Needs A Good Storyteller

- New Statesman


When Fan Fiction Becomes A Commercial Hit… A Legal Grey Area?

- The Conversation


Why The Neighbors Are Not Happy That The Burned Herculaneum Scrolls Are Being Deciphered

- Artnet


When And Where Did The First Indo-European Language Develop? There’s A New Argument About That.

- Knowable


Explaining The Censorship Scandal At The Hugo Awards

- Salon


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- AP


Ron DeSantis Is Now Backing Away From All The Book Bans He Helped Start In Florida

- The New Republic


Book Bans Are Bad Enough. Stripping Libraries Of Funding Is A Whole Other Bad

- Washington Post


Israeli Forces Raid, Destroy Publishing Houses In The West Bank

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- The New York Times


We Need To Talk About Goodreads

- The Guardian (UK)



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