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Sunday, March 10, 2024
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Atlas Performing Arts Center seeks Executive Director


 The next Executive Director (ED) will energize, inspire, and lead the dedicated stakeholders of the Atlas Performing Arts Center in pursuing its mission to serve the arts, artists, and the greater Washington, DC community. [READ MORE]
 

 

Austin Symphony Orchestra (TX) seeks CEO/Executive Director


 The multi-faceted responsibilities of this position call for an individual with demonstrated leadership skills and extensive management experience. [READ MORE]
 

 

Do You Want More Audiences and Donors? Two Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences


 What will it take to bring audiences and donors back? Find out in Toronto, June 25-26, or New York City, July 23-24. [READ MORE]
 

 

Albany Symphony (NY) seeks Executive Director


 The GRAMMY® Award winning Albany Symphony, one of the country’s leading regional orchestras, is seeking a dynamic and innovative Executive Director. [READ MORE]
 

 

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]
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Director of Marketing and Communications 

Orchestra Lumos seeks an exceptional marketing and communications professional to join the Orchestra at one of the most creative and developmental periods in its history. [READ MORE]

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Seeks Executive Director 

The Executive Director will be responsible for leading the business operations of OSF with a particular focus on financial management, contributed revenue growth, audience development, and general administration. [READ MORE]

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Play On Shakespeare seeks a Marketing Director 

Play On Shakespeare partners with artists and organizations across the globe to deliver and advocate for these translations through theatrical productions, podcasts, publications, and film. [READ MORE]

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Director, Office of the Arts, Harvard 

Director works with a team of professional artists and arts adminitrators to create the conditions for facilitating student engagement in the extracurricular arts. [READ MORE]

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Director, National Museum of African Art 

Smithsonian InstitutionWashington D.C. About National Museum of African Art Founded in 1964, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) inspires conversations about the beauty, power, and diversity of African arts and cultures worldwide. It joined the Smithsonian in 1979 and became the National Museum of African Art two […] [READ MORE]

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Rockport Music Seeks President & CEO 

The President & CEO will report to the board of trustees to enhance Rockport Music’s artistic and operational vision through executing the strategic plan. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Ticket Services Manager (Box Office) 

Reporting to the General Manager, this role holds responsibilities in ticketing, administration, and customer service, as well as leadership and supervisory responsibilities. [READ MORE]

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Georgia Tech Seeks Director of Office of the Arts 

The Director, Office of the Arts (the Director) will oversee a dynamic professional staff, as well as inspire additional student assistants, ushers, and box office team members. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

Meet The Founders Of Hollywood’s New Union For Choreographers

- LA Dance Chronicle


American Tap Dance Foundation Closes Its Building And Cancels Its Annual Festival

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He Went From Hip-Hop Moves In Iraqi Kurdistan To New York’s Hotbed Of Contemporary Dance

- The New York Times


Carlos Acosta Is Creating A Cuban-Style “Nutcracker”

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New Dance Company In Ireland Will Change Irish Dance

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- The New York Times


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IDEAS

The Binge: Healthy Indulgence Or Destructive Behavior?

- The Smart Set


The Psychology Of How We Sort Into Categories

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If Our Tools Shape Us, How Will AI Change Us?

- The Atlantic


How Flamboyant Academics Were Purged From the Universities

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Finding The Differences Between “Natural” Intelligence And “Artificial” Intelligence

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Losing Your Mind? Forgetting Is Part Of The Design For How Memory Works

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Reframing Sleep In a Cultural/Artistic Way

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AI Is Neither Artificial Or Intelligent

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Is It Possible To Make A ‘Fair’ Crossword Puzzle?

- Slate



 

ISSUES

Kyoto is Banning Tourists From Its Historic Alleyways

- The Guardian


In Ukraine’s War-Ravaged Second City, The Opera And Ballet Are Reopening Underground

- BBC


UK Government’s New Support For The Arts

- The Guardian


Edinburgh International Festival Lowers Ticket Prices — A Lot

- The Guardian


New Help For Creative Industries IN UK Budget

- BBC


Just How Did South Korea Get To Be A Cultural Powerhouse?

- The Guardian


Chicago’s New Mayor Fired The City’s Cultural Affairs Commissioner, And The City’s Arts Community Doesn’t Know What’s Next

- WBEZ (Chicago)


Artists Warn Censorship Is Rising

- The Art Newspaper


This Israel-Hamas War’s Spillover Into Cultural Life

- BBC


How AI Is Going To Starve News

- The Walrus


Uh-Oh… The New York Times Discovers There’s Culture In LA (Again)

- The New York Times


The Curious Case Of The Atlantic’s Japanese Court Settlement

- Washington Post


Israel Asks Eurovision Candidate To Change Song Lyrics

- The Guardian (UK)


AI-Generated Nudes At A Middle School Raise Legal Questions

- Los Angeles Times



 

MEDIA

New York Times Culture Writers Are Still Mad At These Oscar Snubs

- The New York Times


Have A Conversation With A New Marilyn Monroe AI Chatbot

- Variety


Hollywood’s Rough Year, And Trends We’d Like To See

- Washington Post


The Wave Of Public Radio Layoffs Hits Colorado

- Inside Radio


Europe Works To Pry Open Big Tech Companies

- Wired


Anti-TikTok Legislation In Congress Has TikTok Stirring A High-Schooler Rebellion

- Deadline


Boston NPR Station WBUR Warns Of Cash Crisis And Likely Layoffs

- Boston Herald


Armorer In Alec Baldwin Shooting On Set Of “Rust” Convicted Of Involuntary Manslaughter

- AP


Netflix Is Back On Top. How?

- Los Angeles Times


How Schoenberg’s Ideas About Music Shaped Movies

- The Conversation



 

MUSIC

Study: Big Increase In Retail Record Shops In The UK

- The Guardian


Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Will Make Its First-Ever Asian Tour

- The New York Times


Period Instruments: Experiencing Chopin On One Of Chopin’s Pianos

- AP


Detroit Opera’s Experiments In John Cage

- The New York Times


Los Angeles Has Been A Hotbed Of New Classical Music For More Than 80 Years

- San Francisco Classical Voice


Cleveland Institute Of Music Faculty Vote No-Confidence In School Leadership

- Van


Annals Of Bad AI Ads: This Orchestra Ad Imagines A Fake Audience

- The Guardian


A Perennial Question Arises Again: Why Won’t More Major American Orchestras Hire American Music Directors?

- The New York Times


As Kronos Quartet Celebrates Its 50th Season, Two Longtime Members Are Retiring

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


It’s Musicians Who Are Getting Hurt By The TikTok Music Ban

- Variety


UK Backs Down, Grants Visas To Afghan Youth Orchestra Musicians

- The Guardian


What Happens To Your Music If Your Streaming Service Goes Away?

- The Atlantic


Algorithms Are Dulling Your Musical Taste

- Los Angeles Times


The EU Has Fined Apple Two Billion Dollars For The Way It Treats Music Apps

- Washington Post



 

PEOPLE

Juliette Binoche On Turning Spielberg Down Multiple Times, And That Oscar

- The Guardian (UK)


Akira Toriyama, Legend Of Manga And Anime, Dead At 68

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Steve Lawrence, Half Of Popular Jazz-Pop Duo Steve And Eydie, Is Dead At 88

- AP


The Making Of Keith Haring

- ArtsFuse


The Oldest Oscar Nominee: John Williams And His 54 Nominations

- Variety


Guy Wildenstein, Of The Art-Dealer Dynasty, Convicted Of Tax Fraud In France

- Artnet


Architect Antoine Predock, 87

- Architectural Record


Texas Public Radio Pioneering Leader Dies At 66

- Texas Public Radio


Playwright Edward Bond, Who Helped End Censorship Of Theatre In Britain, Is Dead At 89

- The Guardian


Canada’s First Lady Of Jazz, Eleanor Collins, Has Died At 104

- The Washington Post (MSN)



 

THEATRE

Theatre For A Complex, Multivocal Street In The Nation’s Capital City

- American Theatre


As Space In New York Gets Ever More Expensive, Indie Theatermakers Are Getting More Resourceful

- Gothamist


Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre, Nearly Dead Last Summer, Has A New Artistic Director And A New Business Plan

- Chicago Tribune (MSN)


Texas School District Reverses Course, Will Allow High School Production Of “The Laramie Project”

- The Dallas Morning News (MSN)


The World’s Largest International Comedy Festival, Montreal’s Just For Laughs, Is Cancelled For 2024

- AP


From The Creator Of “A Strange Loop,” A Musical About A Vagina Dentata

- The New York Times


Off-Broadway Will Lose Its Theatres Without Support

- The Stage (UK)


Actor Who Uses Wheelchair Sues Shakespeare’s Globe For Employment Discrimination

- The Stage (UK)



 

VISUAL

Museums Are Buying As Private Sales Decline

- The New York Times


Russia Opens Museum Celebrating Its War In Ukraine

- The Art Newspaper


A Cross Between A Baseball, An Armadillo, And The Sydney Opera House: Design For Vegas’s Major League Stadium Is Revealed

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)


Starchitect Bjarke Ingels Talks About His “Spherical Armadillo” For Las Vegas

- The Athletic


Police In Spain Capture Alleged Ring Of Banksy Forgers

- CNN


A 2,000-Year-Old Fresco, Still Brightly Colored, Is Uncovered In Pompeii

- Hyperallergic


Staffers At Mass MoCA Are On Strike

- The Berkshire Eagle


Architect Turns To Local Materials, Builds Schools That Stay Cool In 100+-Degree Heat

- The Guardian


Paris’ Own Outlaw Street Artist — The French Banksy

- AP


With The Olympics Coming, Paris’s Museums Have Jacked Up Admission Prices

- Artnet


Pritzker Prize For 2024 Goes To Riken Yamamoto, Known For Innovative Housing Projects

- CNN


Archaeologists Discover An Ancient Factory For Making The Legendary Pigment Tyrian Purple

- The New York Times


These Art Vandals Were Protesting Something Besides Climate Change (So They Attacked Queen Victoria)

- ARTnews


Was Keith Haring A Sellout?

- ARTnews


A Commitment To Painting Every Day After Tragedy Turns To Global Success

- The Observer (UK)


The Fine Art Of Abandoned Skyscrapers

- The New York Times


New Yorkers Want A Flaco The Owl Statue

- Hyperallergic



 

WORDS

Report: Children Become Discouraged From Reading By Adult Judgment

- The Guardian


The Physicality Of Books Versus What They Say

- London Review of Books


Is A Solution To The Plague Of Counterfeit Books At Hand?

- Publishers Weekly


RuPaul Launched His Online Bookstore Last Week, And Already It’s Being (Ahem) Dragged

- Vulture


Can Literature Shape Law?

- Public Books


Gabriel García Márquez’s Final Book Is Being Published. Should It Be?

- The New York Times


State Of Texas Took Over Houston Schools. Now School Libraries Are Being Emptied

- The Guardian


The Secret To Preserving Ancient Papyrus Can Be Found At Your Favorite Sushi Bar

- Artnet


Study: Millions Of Research Papers Are Not Being Properly Preserved Online

- Nature


RuPaul Is Sending A Rainbow Book Bus Across America To Give Away Banned Books

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- The New York Times


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- Open Culture



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