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Sunday, August 1, 2021
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Alonzo King LINES Ballet Development Associate


 Alonzo King LINES Ballet seeks a Development Associate to support all aspects of the Ballet’s growing fundraising operations. [READ MORE]
 

 

InstantEncore To Launch New Digital Program Service


 InstantEncore will launch a new service this summer to provide arts organizations with a digital alternative to printed programs. [READ MORE]
 

 

Director of Development


 New Music USA is seeking a creative, energetic, and strategic Director of Development who will lead the renewal and growth of contributed revenue from individuals and institutions in an exciting phase of our organization’s development. [READ MORE]
 

 

Artistic Director – Cincinnati Ballet


 Serving in a co-leadership role with the President & CEO, the next Artistic Director will lead the artistic vision and focus of the Cincinnati Ballet and the Otto M. Budig Academy... [READ MORE]
 

 

Apply Now for Fall 2021: CGU MA in Art Business or Arts Management


 Be a part of L.A.’s arts community by earning an MA in Art Business or Arts Management at CGU. [READ MORE]
 

 

Michigan Opera Theatre seeks Director of Marketing and Communication


 With the appointment of Artistic Director Yuval Sharon and Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke, MOT’s Director of Marketing and Communications is crucial in expressing the company's commitment to re-define the experience of opera in Detroit. [READ MORE]
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Associate Dean, Production, College of Performing Arts 

The successful candidate will be a strong leader and collaborator who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly team-oriented environment. [READ MORE]

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A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) – Managing Director 

An equal co-leader with Artistic Director John Langs, the Managing Director will create the artistic, financial, and institutional course that will best promote and serve ACT’s mission and values as set forth by the board. [READ MORE]

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The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis – Managing Director 

Providing strategic leadership and financial oversight, the Managing Director will be responsible for all aspects of the organization’s operations, with a particular focus on fundraising [READ MORE]

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Vice President of Advancement 

It is an exciting growth period for South Arts, and we are looking for someone who wants to be a valuable part of that growth. [READ MORE]

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Director of Finance and Administration 

New Music USA is seeking an experienced, motivated, and highly organized financial professional to join our growing team. This position offers the opportunity to take part in an exciting phase of the organization’s development, working on reviewing and renewing organizational systems and policies and energizing the staff around collaborative planning and administration. The Director of […] [READ MORE]

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Technical Director, Joyce Theatre 

The Joyce Theater is seeking a qualified Technical Director to be part of a three-person production management team. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

Atlanta Ballet CEO Steps Down After Reinventing The Company

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…As The Dance World Returns Without Me…

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Choreographer Drew McOnie On What Success Looks Like

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IDEAS

Do Olympic-Level Achievements Make People Happy?

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Lessons From Shared Crises: Community Connection Matters

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Our Habits Aren’t Just Mindless — They Actually Help Make Us Smarter

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Why Do We Go To War? It’s Quite Simple, Really

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Why Framing The Question Is The Most Important Part Of The Debate

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The Death-Positive Library

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ISSUES

UK Could Have Even More World Heritage Sites De-Listed, Warns UNESCO Official

- The Guardian


Survey Of LA Artists Documents Instability

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Which Countries In Europe Are Using “Vaccine Passports” For Arts Venues, And How

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Report: Worldwide Building Of Arts Facilities Was $5.9 Billion Last Year

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Young People Are Using France’s Culture Pass To Buy … Manga

- The New York Times


‘Total Public-Led Reboot’ Necessary For Arts Sector In Australia To Survive COVID: Study

- The Guardian


Abusive Philanthropy…

- Alan Harrison


Working At An Amazon Warehouse Is Dangerous, And Getting Injured There Is Worse

- Boston Globe


Too Much Screen Time Can Literally Make Some People Sick

- FastCompany



 

MEDIA

The Complicated Psychology Behind Our Attraction To Video Games

- Dissent


Why Scarlett Johansson Is Suing Disney (And Why It Matters)

- The Guardian


Longest-Running Kids Animated Series In History Will End After 25 Years

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Why Newsmax Is Flopping

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Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over “Black Widow”

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Netflix CEO: The Movie Business Is In Revolution

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The Children Of Two Pathbreaking “Blaxploitation” Filmmakers Are Rescuing Their Fathers’ Work

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American TV’s Journey In The 21st Century Has Been From Irony To Sincerity

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NPR Revenue Only Declined Two Percent Last Year

- Inside Radio


Barry Diller: Only Ten Percent Of Movie Theatres Will Survive

- The Hollywood Reporter



 

MUSIC

Reviving Australia’s First Major Oratorio, 85 Years After Its Last Performance

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Dallas Symphony Is Selling Music As NFTs

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Cautionary Tale: How A Music Festival Went Horribly Wrong

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Asian Musicians On What They Really Face In The Classical Industry

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Spotify Now Has 165 Million Subscribers – More Than Apple And Amazon Combined

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West African Talking Drums Really Can Imitate Speech, Say Researchers

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12th-Century Organ, By Far The World’s Oldest, To Be Reconstructed

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Simon Rattle: We’ve Lost Many Musicians in the Pandemic

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The Difference Between Music Education and Not

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New Opera Company Debuts In Chicago

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How Cincinnati Opera Is Reinventing Itself… Outdoors

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Mockingbirds Create Songs Pretty Much The Way Humans Do

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The Largest Wind Instrument In The World

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Trying To Put On A Festival Amid Floods, A Plague, And Brexit

- The New York Times



 

PEOPLE

What Really Made Nadia Boulanger Tick?

- The New York Times


TV Pitchman Ron Popeil, 86

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Using Thomas Cromwell’s Papers To Reconstruct His London Mansion

- CNN


Sculptor George Rhoads, Who Sent Balls Through Elaborate Rube Goldberg-Style Contraptions, Dead At 95

- The New York Times


How Matt Damon Keeps Complicating Our Ideas About Matt Damon

- The New York Times Magazine


In ‘The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas’, Gertrude Stein Depicted Great Artists And Writers. They Hated Her For It.

- BBC


Portugal’s Four Greatest 20th-Century Writers Were Actually One Person

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Jackie Mason, Who Kept The Borscht Belt Style Alive And Brought It To Broadway, 93

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Alice Clark Brown, A Black Woman Who Starred In A Very White Circus, 68

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THEATRE

Broadway Announces New COVID Mandates For Its Reopening

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How Will Actors’ Equity’s New Open Access Policy Change Theatre?

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How Broadway Is Working COVID Safety Into All Its Operations

- The Washington Post


The Revolving Reputation Of Terence Rattigan, Once Britain’s Favorite Playwright

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Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre — Under A Microscope

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“Sunday In The Park With George” Barely Escaped Being A Disaster

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Theatre Critic Assumes Fellow Critic Is White, Then Has To Reassess When She Discovers Otherwise

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Charles McNulty Panned A Play. The Playwright’s Hurt Father Wrote Him, And That Got McNulty Thinking

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Study: Seeing Theatre Increases Empathy, Influences Behavior

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What Are Los Angeles’ Theatres Doing In Response To The Delta Variant?

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VISUAL

Turner Prize Winner Says UK Cut School Arts Funding To Cut Out Criticism From Artists

- The Guardian (UK)


How Can The Uffizi Sue Over An Image In The Public Domain?

- The Conversation


Cash-Strapped Mexico Reburies Petroglyphs

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Judge Rules Controversial San Francisco School Murals Must Remain Uncovered

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After Yet Another Suicide, The Vessel At Hudson Yards In NYC May Close For Good

- The Daily Beast


Virtual Docents — The Best Museum Idea To Come Out Of The Pandemic?

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2,500-Year-Old Etching Of Last King Of Babylon Discovered In Saudi Arabia

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Enough With The Era Of Visionary Museum Directors

- Hyperallergic


Design Museum Gets Its 11th Director Since 2013

- The New York Times


Why Critics’ Opinions Matter

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The Hermitage Hops On The NFT Train

- Artnet


UNESCO’s Latest World Heritage Sites

- The National (Abu Dhabi)


We Need New Thinking About Looted Art

- Apollo


Scattered Parts Of 14th-Century Triptych Reunited At Getty Museum

- Smithsonian Magazine


Stonehenge Could Lose UNESCO World Heritage Status, Too

- The Guardian


How The Mafia Destroyed Southern Italy And Sicily With Concrete

- The Observer


What’s Going On With High-Profile ‘Restructuring’ In Barcelona’s MACBA?

- The Observer (UK)


What Can Be Done To Protect Sacred Sites From Relentless Scientific Curiosity?

- Los Angeles Times



 

WORDS

The Pleasure Of Falling Asleep With A Book

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A Good Death (From A Literary Perspective)

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Selling Out? When I Wrote Just For Money

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Emily Brontë Wrote A Second Novel. Did Charlotte Burn It?

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Reconsidering The Point Of Translating Literature

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How A Newspaper Gardening Column Became A Chronicle Of Climate Change

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US Seizes “Gilgamesh Dream Tablet”, Will Return It To Iraq

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Why English Is Such A Chaotic Collection Of Letters And Pronunciations

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The Singular Voice Of Janet Malcolm

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