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Sunday, June 16, 2024
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CA Orchestra Conference – July 25-27 in San Francisco


 Three days of learning about the latest developments and trends in the performing arts, and includes music performances and networking with 300 industry professionals. [READ MORE]
 

 

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer – Kansas City Ballet


 The Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSMO) is responsible for identifying and activating comprehensive strategies based on the institutional goals established by the organization’s multi-year strategic plan. [READ MORE]
 

 

Executive Director – Great Lakes Theater


 The ED will provide entrepreneurial, flexible, and people-centered leadership for GLT, an organization dedicated to redefining, amplifying, and extending the definition of classic theater. [READ MORE]
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Managing Director – Lookingglass Theatre Company Chicago – FINALISTS COMPENSATED 

Our next Managing Director will be a collaborative partner who appreciates that they are joining a complex team in the "middle of the story." [READ MORE]

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Director of Development – Long Wharf Theatre New Haven – FINALISTS COMPENSATED 

Long Wharf Theatre is eager to bring in a Director of Development who will approach connecting us to people and resources with the same rigor, innovation, and exploration we are applying artistically. [READ MORE]

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Director of Finance & Operations 

In this newly created role, the Director of Finance & Operations will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team. [READ MORE]

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Director, Cultural Leadership 

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential. [READ MORE]

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VP of Education & Community Engagement – Pacific Symphony 

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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Development Director – Marin Theatre 

This role plays an essential part in advancing our mission by developing and implementing comprehensive fundraising strategies to support our artistic endeavors and growing the audience. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development 

A successful candidate will manage all individual giving efforts including campaigns and appeals, and oversee the execution of institutional grants and special events. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – Grand Theatre 

The Grand seeks an inspiring leader with exceptional operational experience, financial acumen, fundraising ability and people skills. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

“Just What Ballet Is Right Now Has Become Confusing”: Gia Kourlas

- The New York Times


Consider The Physics Of Breakdancing

- The Conversation


Puerto Rico Considers A Law Regulating Professional Dancing, And Some Dancers Are Very Worried

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Reviving London City Ballet, 28 Years After It Closed

- The Guardian


Oregon Ballet Theatre Has A Record Season At The Box Office

- Oregon Public Broadcasting


What Next For American Ballet Theatre?

- The New York Times


IDEAS

A Plan To Save The Internet Through TikTok

- Wired


AI-Free — The New Organic?

- The Atlantic


What We Lost When Art And Science Split

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Why Minor Annoyances Can Cost You More Than Big Things

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Large Study: Internet Might Be Good For Our Wellbeing

- Nautilus


Warning: AI Is Eating The World

- The Atlantic


Seems Like Making Video Games Universally Accessible Would Be The Most Obvious Goal On Earth

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ISSUES

The Powerful President Of France’s National Film Board Gets A Three-Year Suspended Sentence

- Variety


Reconnecting Lincoln Center To Its West Side

- The New York Times


In Praise Of Generous Critics

- Yale Review


Record-Breaking Heat Causes Greece To Close Acropolis

- AP


Five Books To Help You Get Past Your Creative Block

- The Atlantic


If Your Mind’s Eye Can’t Form Pictures As You Think…

- Hedgehog Review


A City Audit Identifies The Problems Plaguing Nashville’s Arts Funding Agency

- WPLN (Nashville)


Can Art Save The World? A Conference Debates

- The New York Times


Australia’s Most Populous State Introduces “A Simpler, Fairer And Faster Model For Arts Funding.” But Is It?

- ArtsHub (Australia)


The Impoverishment Of Critics

- Yale Review


California Legislature Restores Three-Quarters Of Arts Cuts In Gov. Newsom’s Proposed Budget

- Broadway World


What Is A Book Ban, Anyway?

- NPR


Philadelphia’s UArts Gets Hit With A Class Action Lawsuit Over What It’s Doing To Its Workers

- Hyperallergic


That Awful Apple Ad Was Even Worse Than Every Creative Person Thought

- The New York Times



 

MEDIA

Amazon Added Ads To Prime Video. Now Online Ad Rates Are Cratering

- The Wall Street Journal


Why Is Hollywood So Focused On A Movie’s Opening Weekend?

- Variety


Leaked Google Search Algorithm Documentation Gives Clues To How Your Content Is Found

- The New Yorker


Why Shari Redstone Backed Out Of The Paramount-Skydance Merger

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)


Now Edgar Bronfman Jr. And Bain Capital Might Buy Paramount Global

- Variety


As Iconic Cartoon Characters Come Into The Public Domain, There Will Definitely Be Slasher Movies About Them, And That’s Okay

- The Guardian


Google Is Paying Canadian Broadcasters $100M

- InsideRadio


California Debates Making Google Pay For Showing News Stories

- Yahoo!


Shari Redstone Ends Paramount Global’s Merger Talks With Skydance Media

- AP


One Of CNN’s Top Executives Is Leaving To Head A State Public Broadcasting Network

- Deadline



 

MUSIC

When Vinyl Boomed Back, So Did Bootleggers

- The Guardian (UK)


Report: Music Industry Grew ~11 Percent In 2023

- Music Business Worldwide


Music Publishers Accuse Spotify Of Charging More, Paying Less

- Engadget


Paul Jacobs: Why Doesn’t New York’s Geffen Hall Have A Real Organ?

- BBC Music


Why Is Pop Music Doing So Badly This Year?

- The Wall Street Journal


Are Audiences Coming Back To The Metropolitan Opera? For Some Things, Yes …

- The New York Times


Opera As A Network Of Collaboration

- The New York Times


Roger Wright Graduates From Aldeburgh

- The Guardian


Report: Huge Disparities In Gender, Race, In Programming Among 111 Orchestras

- The Violin Channel


Canadian Opera Co. General Director Resigns, Effective Immediately

- Toronto Star


Yuval Sharon On Connecting Opera With Today

- San Francisco Classical Voice


The Cries of All Those Cicadas Are Really Music — Some Of The Coolest Music There Is

- Chicago Tribune


AI Is Going To Change Music Forever

- Persuasion


Pirates: The Story Of How Music Got To Be Free

- The Guardian


Ravinia Festival Sues A Craft Brewery For Trademark Infringement

- Chicago Tribune



 

PEOPLE

Former Director Of Uffizi Galleries Makes Runoff Election For Mayor Of Florence

- Artnet


Exit Interview: Longtime Dallas Arts Reporter Jerome Weeks Retires

- KERA


Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Fumihiko Maki Has Died At 95

- AP


Actor Tony Lo Bianco, 87

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Eric Vu-An, Ballet Star-Turned-Choreographer Who Directed Four French Companies, Has Died At 60

- ResMusica (via Google Translate)


Two More Individuals Accuse Artist Kehinde Wiley Of Sexual Assault, Which Wiley Vehemently Denies

- Artnet


Boy Thrown From Tate Modern Balcony Five Years Ago Can Now Play By Himself

- The Standard (London)


Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer And Fierce Advocate For Musicians, Has Died At 67

- The New York Times


How Fran Drescher Won Social Media, And The Support Of Hollywood’s Unions, During The Strikes

- Los Angeles Times



 

THEATRE

Ariana DeBose Is Prepping Hard For Tonight’s Tony’s Ceremony

- The New York Times


Derek Jacobi Makes The Case That “Merry Wives Of Windsor” Was Really Written By The Earl Of Oxford

- The Guardian


Top Ticket Prices In London’s West End Are Up Nearly 10% In Past Year

- The Guardian


USC Makes Its Acting And Playwriting MFA Programs Tuition-Free

- Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)


Ousted Directors of Zurich’s Municipal Theater Throw Themselves A Big Ol’ Woke Farewell Party

- The Art Newspaper


Overhauling “Suffs” For Broadway

- The New York Times


Houston’s Stages Theatre Picks A New Leader

- Houston Chronicle


Seattle Rep Is Laying Off Most Of Its Artistic Staff

- The Seattle Times


We All Know Theatre’s Odd Traditions. Here’s What’s Behind Them

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How Sleep No More Changed Theatre For Better

- Slate



 

VISUAL

AI Photography Contest Falls Apart When Winner Is Revealed To Be Human

- Ars Technica


Three Museums Back Away From Kehinde Wiley Exhibitions In Wake Of Sexual Assault Accusations

- ARTnews


The Case Of The Still-Missing Panel From The Ghent Altarpiece

- History Today


Vandals Deface King Charles’ Official Portrait

- CNN


Anti-Israel Protestors Vandalize Brooklyn Museum Director’s Home

- ARTnews


Iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Theatre Reopens After Restoration

- Architectural Digest (MSN)


Vatican Arrests Former Employee For Trying To Sell Missing Manuscript By Bernini

- National Catholic Reporter


Now There Are Animal-Rights-Protesting Art Vandals, And They’ve Gone After Charles III’s Portrait

- CNN


Why Is Parthenon Marbles Repatriation So Compelling?

- The Conversation


Is The Five-Year Renovation Of The Pompdou Center In Trouble?

- ARTnews


Naples Announces New Mega-Museum As Part Of Massive Cultural Investment

- The Art Newspaper


Arcimboldo’s “Four Seasons” Paintings, Newly Restored, Are Back On Display At The Louvre

- Artnet


Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Says It Will Try To Recontextualize Controversial Statue

- Boston Globe


Class Action Suit Against Christie’s Over Cyberhack

- ARTnews


As The Senate Blocks A Bill Enshrining The Right To Contraception, A New Sculpture Lands In DC

- Hyperallergic


Private Museum Employees Vote To Unionize After Pressure From Owners

- Washington Post


Catherine Opie’s Lifelong Work Is To Fight Queer Invisibility With Art

- Hyperallergic


A Small Town In Spain Wants To ‘Break The Stranglehold’ Of Madrid And Barcelona’s Arts Scenes

- The Observer (UK)



 

WORDS

This Prison Newspaper Has Been Publishing For 137 Years

- NPR


Oklahoma Supreme Court Blocks State’s Attempt To Ban Books From School Libraries

- Oklahoma Watch


Giant Publisher Wiley Shuts 19 Scientific Journals — They Were Paper Mills

- Chemistry World


“Reading Dies In Complexity” — Research Shows Online News Consumers Want Headlines To Be Simple

- Science Advances


In The Absence Of Support By Publishers, UK Authors Are Doing Their Own PR

- The Guardian


Florida School Board Bans Book About Banning Books

- Tallahassee Democrat


Survey: Most Canadians Got Their Audiobooks For Free In 2023

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Latin-American Literature Doesn’t Really Exist

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U.S. Appeals Court Panel Orders Some Banned Books Be Returned To Texas Town’s Library

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How Do We Define Banning Books Today?

- NPR


Why Are Today’s Debut Novels Failing To Launch?

- Esquire


Today’s Students Haven’t Learned To Read Cursive. Is This A Problem?

- The Atlantic


Ursula Le Guin’s Family Is Turning Her House Into A Writer’s Residency

- Seattle Times (AP)



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