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Sunday, June 15, 2025
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Chief Development Officer – Arena Stage


 Arena Stage is seeking a talented fundraising leader driven by ambition and creativity to serve as its Chief Development Officer [READ MORE]
 

 

RADAR Nonprofit Solutions seeks Remote Accounting Manager


 RADAR Nonprofit Solutions is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to perform the accounting activities for various clients in the arts and other nonprofit sectors. [READ MORE]
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Stratford Festival seeks Senior Director of Marketing 

The Senior Director, Marketing (Senior Director) will lead the Festival’s audience development strategies, deepening relationships with its patrons, attracting new audiences and supporting each step of the visitor experience. The Senior Director will guide the work of a team of leaders dedicated to meeting revenue expectations and relationship building metrics working closely with advancement and […] [READ MORE]

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General Director – Pittsburgh Opera 

As it looks forward to its 87th season, Pittsburgh Opera—one of America’s most artistically respected opera companies—invites recommendations/applications for the position of General Director [READ MORE]

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Assistant to the Executive Director, Joyce Theatre Foundation 

The Joyce Theater Foundation, the country’s leading dance presenting organization, seeks an Assistant to the Executive Director. [READ MORE]

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George Street Playhouse: Director of Advancement, New Brunswick, NJ 

George Street Playhouse, Central NJ’s premier producing theater, seeks experienced Director of Advancement to lead ambitious fundraising program that supports GSP’s vision next 50 years. [READ MORE]

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San Francisco Symphony seeks Deputy Director of Development 

The Deputy Director of Development is responsible for strategy and contributed funding from individuals, foundations, and government supporters and overall growth of private philanthropy. [READ MORE]

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Celebrity Series of Boston seeks next President & CEO 

The President & CEO will provide the leadership, direction, and management, as well as identify and secure the resources necessary to build on decades of success and elevate its full potential as an exciting multi-disciplinary performing arts organization. [READ MORE]

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Project STEP seeks Executive Director 

The Executive Director will serve as the chief executive of Project STEP, working in close partnership with the Artistic Director to lead the organization in advancing its mission to provide exceptional classical music training to underrepresented youth while addressing systemic barriers in the field. The Executive Director will oversee and implement the strategic plan; guide […] [READ MORE]

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Chief Philanthropy Officer – Kansas City Ballet 

Kansas City Ballet seeks a collaborative, data-driven philanthropy executive to foster donor relationships, and champion accessible, world-class dance. [READ MORE]

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Manhattan Theatre Club seeks Director of Learning & Community Engagement 

The Director of Learning and Community Engagement will be an innovative thought leader, strong collaborator, and skillful public advocate, with a fervent commitment to community engagement and relationship development. [READ MORE]

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Opera Colorado: Director of Advancement 

Opera Colorado seeks a dynamic, experienced, and strategic communicator and fundraiser to lead the next chapter of the company’s growth. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – Goh Ballet 

Goh Ballet Canada is seeking an accomplished and visionary Executive Director to lead its strategic and operational initiatives, ensuring the ongoing success and sustainability. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

In Defense Of The Dream Ballet, The Most Mocked Ingredient Of Stage Musicals

- The Guardian


Dayton Dance Company Fights To Keep Mexican Dancer In The US

- Dayton Daily News


For The First Time In 40 Years, A Dance Company In Dallas-Fort Worth Has Successfully Unionized

- KERA (Dallas)


Hamburg Ballet’s Artistic Director Fired For “Toxic Working Environment”

- DPA (Yahoo!)


Despite Ongoing Bombardment, Kharkiv’s Ballet Dances On Amid The Destruction

- Reuters


A Ballet Founder, And Longtime Director, Passes The Torch In Oregon

- Oregon ArtsWatch


Choreography Great Jiri Kylian Is Enjoying A Massive, Career-Spanning Celebration In Oslo

- The Guardian (UK)


IDEAS

How AI Is Remaking Google And The Internet

- Ars Technica


What Marshall McLuhan Teaches Us About Creative Inquiry

- The Conversation


Your Brain’s Two Sides Hear Language Differently

- The Conversation


How Much Energy Does Our Body Expend In Thinking?

- Quanta


Good Taste Will Be Even More Important In The Age Of AI

- The Atlantic


What Monet Understood About Evoking A Place

- Psyche


The Truth About Finding Your Own Creativity

- Aeon


What Set Marc Maron’s Podcast Apart

- The New York Times


So, Turns Out We Might Have Been Completely Wrong

- Wired



 

ISSUES

Why World’s Fairs Are Still Worth Having, Even If They’re Not Cool Anymore

- Bloomberg CityLab


Are Bay Area Arts Organizations Sustainable? Some Data…

- SMU Cultural Data


Perp Walk? Trump’s Wednesday Night Kennedy Center Event

- Washington Post


LA Arts Institutions Are Impacted By Militarization Of City’s Downtown

- Los Angeles Times


Wikipedia “Pauses” AI-Generated Summaries Of Entries

- 404 Media


National Endowment For The Humanities Lays off Almost Two-Thirds Of Its Staff

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


This Crisis Of Criticism Seems Different

- n+One


Trump DOJ Says President Can Abolish National Monument Protections

- Washington Post


A New Arts-And-Culture Journalism Outlet Is Opening In London

- Press Gazette (UK)


Smithsonian’s Board Confirms That Its Chief Executive, Not The U.S. President, Has Hiring And Firing Power

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Trump Takes Over Arts Institutions. But Can He?

- The New York Times


The Kennedy Center Begins Its Repurposed Life

- The Wall Street Journal


The National Library Of Wales Appears To Be Missing A Couple Thousand Items

- BBC



 

MEDIA

As Live-Action Remakes Tank, Why Does Universal Think It Can Do Better?

- The New York Times


50 Years After It Was Canceled By CBS, “Gunsmoke” Is Still A Hit

- Los Angeles Times (MSN)


Should Big Media Companies Really Shape Our Culture Like This?

- The Conversation


“The Simpsons” Is A Wholesome, Fundamentally Moral Show.  Really.

- The Atlantic (Yahoo!)


Why Were The Early Seasons Of “The Simpsons” So Good? The Show Got Something Almost No Other American TV Show Got.

- Slate (Yahoo!)


Rural Conservatives Used To Back Public Broadcasting. Now, Not So Much

- Washington Post


Getty Images Suit Over AI Copyright Goes To Trial In London This Week

- AP News


Disney And Universal Sue AI Companies Over Copyright

- Washington Post


After Decades Of Trying, Republicans May Finally Get To Kill Funding For Public Broadcasting Today

- CNN


At BET Awards, Stars Call Out Trump Administration

- The Contrarian



 

MUSIC

What 18 Years In The Met Opera Costume Shops Looks Like

- The New York Times


Mayhem At World Cafe Live In Philadelphia: Staff Walkout, Firings, Picket Lines

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)


Daniele Gatti Appointed Music Director Of Florence’s Opera House And Festival

- ANSA (Italy)


Chicago Symphony Cancels Next Season’s MusicNOW Series

- Chicago Classical Review


Apple Music Exec: It’s Crazy That Streaming Services Give Music Away For Free

- The Hollywood Reporter


Watching The Tryouts For The Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus

- The New York Times


Pianist Maria João Pires Suffers “Slight Stroke”, Cancels Three Concerts

- RTP (Portugal) (via Google Translate)


What The New Conductor Of Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival Has In Mind

- Chicago Sun-Times


Now That Taylor Swift Owns Her Music, What Happens To Her Re-Recordings?

- The New Yorker


In The Era Of Algorithms, Roots Music Is Getting A Boost

- New York Times Magazine



 

PEOPLE

Ocean Vuong Recounts The Death Of His Mother And Taking In His Young Brother

- The New York Times


Yes, No, And We Give Up: The Verdicts In Harvey Weinstein’s New York Retrial

- AP


Günther Uecker, Who Made Art With Hammer And Nails Rather Than Paint, Has Died At 95

- AP


Brian Wilson, Creative Mastermind Of The Beach Boys, Is Dead At 82

- The Washington Post (MSN)


The Most Popular TikTok Star On The Planet Is Detained By ICE And Leaves The U.S.

- AP


Barbara Holdridge, Co-Founder Of Caedmon Records (And The Entire Audiobook Industry), Has Died At 95

- The New York Times


Twenty Years After His Fabricated Memoir And Grilling By Oprah, James Frey Is Trying For A Comeback

- The New York Times


William Kentridge On Creating Art

- The New York Times


Frederick Forsyth, One Of The World’s Best-Selling Thriller Novelists, Has Died At 86

- The Washington Post (MSN)


What To Make Of Damien Hirst At 60?

- The Conversation



 

THEATRE

Sydney Theatre Company Scores Windfall Off Hit

- The Guardian


London’s Most Admired Theatre Producer Says Broadway’s Business Model Is Broken

- TheaterMania


How Healthy Is New York’s Theatre? Here’s A Look At The Data

- SMU DataArts


Why MAGA, The #Resistance, Trump Himself, And Almost Everybody Else Identifies With “Les Mis”

- The Washington Post (MSN)


A Shakespeare Producer Talks About “Translating” A Script Into Comprehensible 21st-Century English

- TheaterMania


The Really Good News Out Of This Year’s Tonys

- Los Angeles Times


The Takeaways From The Tonys

- The New York Times


Live Updates From The Tonys

- The New York Times



 

VISUAL

In April, Two Visitors Sat On, And Broke, A Priceless Chair In A Venice Museum

- BBC


Where The Last Decade Of Andy Goldsworthy’s Life Has Gone

- The New York Times


Nan Goldin Is Selling Prints To Support Trans People In A Very Scary America

- Hyperallergic


National Portrait Museum Director That Trump Fired Decides To Leave Anyway

- The New York Times


The Gentileschi That Survived The Beirut Explosion

- CNN


Peru Reverses Decision To Shrink Protected Area Around Nazca Lines

- The Guardian


The Rise Of Anonymous Visual Art Critics

- Frieze


UC Irvine In Negotiations To Run Orange County Museum Of Art

- CultureOC


Smithsonian Will Conduct Content Review Of Collections after Trump Request

- he Wall Street Journal


Some Of Paris’s Leading Museums And Monuments Are Raising Prices For Non-EU Visitors

- ARTnews


Kyiv’s 1,000-Year-Old Cathedral Damaged By Russian Air Attack

- Euronews


Smithsonian Pushes Back Against Trump Over Attempt To Fire Portrait Gallery Director

- The Art Newspaper


Former Director Of Kahlo And Rivera Museums Alleges Missing Artworks And Mismanagement

- The Art Newspaper


Art Historian Claims To Have Identified Caravaggio’s Oldest Known Painting

- El País (Spain) (in English)


The Smithsonian Rejected This Artist’s Portrait Of Trump In 2016

- Washington Post (MSN)


These Fragile Quilts By Black Artists Desperately Need To Be Preserved

- NPR


The GSA Oversees 26,000 Public Works Of Art, But Trump Cuts Leave Everything At Risk

- The New York TImes


Turning Empty Buildings Into Art In Seattle

- Seattle Times



 

WORDS

Canada’s Currently Reigning Major Prairie Poet

- The Walrus


Why Literary Prizes Are A Bad Idea

- Persuasion


The Resurrection of Lapham’s Quarterly Begins

- The New York Times


Facebook Banned Rebecca Solnit After Her Essay About Los Angeles Riots

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


For North America’s Beleaguered Indie Publishers, A New Distributor Is Coming

- Publishers Weekly


How I Rediscovered The Joys Of Reading In BookTok

- The New York Times


As AI Writing Becomes More Ubiquitous, Will We Change How Humans Write?

- 3 Quarks Daily


Is Poetry Just About The Words? (Not Really)

- Poetry Foundation


In New Fiction, The Subject Of AI Has Moved Beyond The SciFi/Fantasy Genre

- The Bookseller (UK)


Judge Rules Trump Can Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services

- AP News


Tracing Back Where All Our Languages Came From

- Washington Post


Fired Librarian Of Congress Speaks Out

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A Studio Visit With One Of New York’s Most Influential Downtown Artists

- Paris Review


The Romance Writer Who Owns Three Bakeries

- The New York Times



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