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Sunday, August 4, 2024
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Public Relations Director (Classical) – The Kennedy Center 

The Director of Public Relations (Classical) is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the awareness, public image, and reputation of the Kennedy Center and its two resident artistic affiliates. [READ MORE]

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Director of Marketing and Communications – Playwrights Horizons 

The Director of Marketing and Communications leads the team responsible for delivering marketing and communications for Playwrights Horizons. [READ MORE]

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Hiring: Grants and Development Communications Manager 

The Grants and Development Communications Manager is the lead grant writer for foundation and government grants and manages an existing portfolio of 70+ institutional donors. [READ MORE]

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TCG Co-Executive Director: National Operations and Business Development – SEMI-FINALISTS COMPENSATED 

In this rapidly shifting world, TCG has responded by shifting our leadership structure to reflect the diverse needs and expertise needed to adapt to our shared ecology to lead forward. [READ MORE]

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Director, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 

The Modern’s next Director will engage in a strategic planning process to create and implement a vision and plan that galvanizes the passion, dedication, and efforts of the staff, Board leadership, and community for the Modern’s next exciting chapter. [READ MORE]

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Marketing and Patron Services Manager 

The Marketing and Patron Services Manager is responsible for managing the orchestra’s day-to-day marketing activities and box office operations with a strong commitment to customer relations and audience experience. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor (tenure track): Theatre, Performance Studies 

Position Type:Regular Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $83,771 to $93,107, depending on the successful candidate’s years of teaching experience at the college-level. The position comes with generous benefits (scu.edu/hr/benefits), including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, and university contributions toward retirement. Recognizing the high cost of housing in the local area, […] [READ MORE]

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Vice President of Marketing and Communications – Los Angeles Master Chorale 

The VP of Marketing and Communications leads the team responsible for marketing, branding, communications and public relations for the Master Chorale. [READ MORE]

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Development and Engagement Manager 

The Development & Engagement Manager helps to develop and execute the orchestra’s fundraising and engagement strategies at home in New York City and on tour across the U.S. and abroad. [READ MORE]

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Artistic Director, Cincinnati Ballet 

Cincinnati Ballet seeks an experienced, innovative, and collaborative Artistic Director to lead the Company. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra 

Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra (FMSO) invites applications and recommendations for the full-time position of Executive Director. [READ MORE]

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Director of Learning and Civic Engagement – Peabody Essex Museum 

Position Summary The Director of Learning and Civic Engagement (DLCE) is a member of the Executive Leadership Team, which is responsible for developing the overarching strategy of the institution, in collaboration with the Board of Trustees. Reporting to the Executive Director and CEO, the DLCE will be a spokesperson for the value of educational programming […] [READ MORE]

 

MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

Neil Barclay talks about the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations

- Aaron Dworkin

Tipped by a Friend and Glad to Know

- Jan Herman

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- Sunil Iyengar

Tanglewood: Idyllic to the eye, radical to the ear

- David Patrick Stearns

War Crime Outcomes — Two Coverups in the Slaughterhouse of War

- Jan Herman


 

 

DANCE

In San Francisco, Ballet22 Provides Space, And The Opportunity To Go On Pointe, For Male And Nonbinary Dancers

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


Plagiarism Accusations Are Blowing Up The Dance World – Again

- Dance Magazine


Dance Program At Shuttered University Of The Arts Finds New Home

- The New York Times


Is Dance An Art Or A Sport, Or Both?

- The New York Times


After Only Six Months, Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Director Resigns

- InReview (Australia)


Analysis: U.S. Ballet Companies’ Budgets Rebounded In The Year After The Pandemic Collapse

- Dance Data Project


Founder Of Collapsed American National Ballet Convicted Of Shooting Her Ex-Husband

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Dressage: The Olympic Sport Of Teaching A Horse To Dance

- The New York Times


Massachusetts May Appoint The First-Ever Choreographer Laureate

- Dance Magazine


Why The Can Can Dancers In The Olympics Opening Ceremonies Couldn’t Couldn’t

- Buzzfeed


Pole-Dancing’s Long, And Probably Futile, Struggle To Become An Olympic Sport

- Slate (Yahoo!)


A High-End Jeweler Has Become A Major Worldwide Supporter Of Contemporary Dance

- The New York Times


The Woman Who Invented The Apple Dance

- The Guardian


Philip Glass Warned The Crimean Ballet Not To Use His Music

- StereoGum


IDEAS

Plant Philosophy (Yes, It’s A Thing)

- Aeon


A Cultural History Of London’s Biggest Sandwich Moments

- Vittles


Exurbanism Is The New Urbanism

- The New Atlantis


Why Are We Attracted To Fear? (As Entertainment?)

- The Believer


Why Can’t AI Do A Better Job Of Recommending Movies?

- The Verge



 

ISSUES

How Much Did Munro’s Books Management Know About Alice Munro’s Daughter?

- CBC


Portland’s Upcoming City Council Election Will Have A Massive Effect On The City’s Arts And Culture

- Oregon ArtsWatch


Book Bans Are Hurting Indigenous Authors And Books, And Everyone Else Too

- NPR


The 1984 Olympic Arts Festival Transformed L.A.’s Cultural Scene. Could The LA28 Cultural Olympiad Achieve Something Similar?

- Los Angeles Times (MSN)


Buffalo, Desperate For Money, Decides To Add Taxes To Music And Arts Tickets

- Investigative Post


As Arts, And All, Journalism Jobs Dry Up, What Skills Are The Journalists Left With?

- ArtsHub


State Of The Arts In The US: Report With Greatly Expanded Data

- SMU DataArts


One Of Edinburgh’s Best-Loved Arts Venues Has Been Saved

- The Guardian


Is Culture An Industry? It Doesn’t Work As An Argument

- CulturePolicyRoom


Russia’s Artists Say Putin Regime Is Killing Russian Culture

- Washington Post


Strike At Disneyland Avoided; New Contract Has Largest Pay Raise Ever

- Deadline


How The Enrollment Industrial Complex Is Harming Higher Ed

- InsideHigherEd


Hollywood Teamsters And Other Craft Unions Come To Tentative Agreement With Studios

- Los Angeles Times (MSN)



 

MEDIA

Britain’s New Culture Secretary Calls For Arrested Presenter To Hand Back His Salary

- BBC


In The Advertising Market, Can Snapchat Ever Catch Up With Facebook, YouTube, And TikTok?

- Variety


Why Is NBC So Obsessed With Showing Us Non-Athlete Celebrities At The Olympics?

- Los Angeles Times (MSN)


The Video-Game Actors’ Strike Could Be Even More Significant Than Last Year’s Hollywood Strikes

- Slate (MSN)


Samuel Zimmerman Wants You To Be Terrified, And Knows Just The Way To Do It

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Hollywood Actors May Have Some Protection From AI, But What About Editors And Artists?

- The New York Times


Podcasts: Where The Big Money Is

- The Wall Street Journal


Journalists At Five Of Australia’s Major Dailies Are On Strike For Higher Pay

- Al Jazeera


How Kids Learn: Not All Screen Time Is Equal

- The Walrus


Deadpool And Wolverine Has Biggest Box Office Weekend For An “R”-Rated Movie

- Los Angeles Times



 

MUSIC

Elsa Davis Never Expected Her Play “Bulrusher” To Become An Opera

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


Orchestras With Outdoor Summer Home Bases See Revenue Boosts

- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Lyric Opera Of Chicago Appoints Houston Symphony’s CEO As General Director

- Chicago Sun-Times


The Lincoln Center Composer In Conversation With Robert Schumann

- The New York Times


John Eliot Gardiner Is Completely Repentant — Isn’t He?

- Financial Times


The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra And The Role It Tries To Play

- The Guardian


BBC Cancels Next Year’s Cardiff Singer Of The World Competition

- BBC


Internal Board Dispute Threatens Fledgling San Antonio Philharmonic

- San Antonio Report


Engineering Popularity of Music: Fans Are Getting Restless

- The Guardian


How Singing Helps People With Dementia Reconnect

- The Guardian (UK)


As CD Sales Soar, Everyone Older Than 35 Wonders Why They Gave Their Collections Away

- The Observer (UK)



 

PEOPLE

Ina Jaffe, Longtime And Legendary NPR Journalist, Has Died At 75

- The New York Times


Where Does Donald Trump’s Hannibal Lecter Fixation Come From?

- New York Magazine


Founder Of Collapsed American National Ballet Convicted Of Shooting Her Ex-Husband

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Richard Crawford, Leading Scholar Of American Music, Has Died At 89

- The New York Times


Francine Pascal, Author Of The Sweet Valley High Books Who Remade YA Publishing, Has Died At 92

- CNN


Lewis Lapham’s Secret For Great Editing? “Steal”

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Baritone Benjamin Luxon, One Of 20th-Century English Music’s Greatest Interpreters, Has Died At 87

- Presto Music


Composer Wolfgang Rihm Is Dead At 72

- The New York Times


Remembering Lewis Lapham

- Harper's


Why An Actor On The Fast Path To Stardom Left Hollywood For A Quiet Rural Life

- The Guardian (UK)



 

THEATRE

Spend Years Writing Theatre Criticism, And Maybe Learn How To Write Plays

- American Theatre


Cal Shakes, Not Yet Successful At Its Emergency Fundraiser, Extends Over The Weekend

- San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)


Play At London’s Almeida Briefly Halted Because It Made Grown Men Faint

- The Guardian


The Public Theater In New York Faces Big Deficits

- Broadway Journal


Theatres Use Gaming To Attract New Audiences

- ArtsHub


The State Theatre Of Melbourne Is Under Renovations Until 2027, But There’s A Small New Joy

- Limelight


“Blues For Mister Charlie” — Reconsidering James Baldwin’s Broadway Debut, 60 Years Later

- The New York Times


A New Trend? Two Downtown NYC Theatres Decide To Bunk Together

- The New York Times


“Sleep No More” Owes $4.5 Million In Back Rent, Claims Landlord

- The Real Deal


Comedy Critics Weigh In On The Vice-President’s Laugh

- The New York Times



 

VISUAL

Suspect Arrested In Connection With Vandalizing Home Of Brooklyn Museum Director

- ARTnews


In Turkey, Archaeologists Find The End Of The Rainbow

- The New York Times


If You Think Climate Change Doesn’t Affect Art, You’re Not The One Trying To Keep The Art Safe From Megastorms

- ARTnews


Paris’s Musée Rodin Will Open Its First International Outpost In Shanghai

- South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)


Golf Club Will Vacate Site Of Ancient Native American Earthworks

- Cincinnati Public Radio


Cracking The Code Of Rembrandt’s Golden Luster

- Hyperallergic


Did This College Student Really Find A Hidden Chagall And Buy It For Two Dollars?

- Artnet


In Minneapolis, Indigenous Teens Get A Summer Filled With Architecture And Design

- MPR


Preserving The Endangered Crafts Of Sacred Art — At A School In London

- The Guardian


Looks Like Someone’s Been Peddling Another (Potentially) Fake Basquiat

- ARTnews


Palm Springs Decides To Move Marilyn Monroe Statue To A City Park

- Palm Springs Desert Sun


Britain Releases Its Stirling Architecture Prize Shortlist

- BBC


No, The Olympics Opening Ceremony Did Not Refer To Leonardo’s The Last Supper

- Hyperallergic


Ukraine’s Badass Art Rescuers

- The Guardian


After 25 Years, Mass MoCA Is A Great Museum. But Has It Been Great For The Old Factory Town It’s In?

- The Boston Globe (MSN)


Britain’s New Labour Government Cancels Planned Stonehenge Highway Tunnel

- ARTnews


Fake Images Are Getting Harder To Spot. Here’s How To Tell What’s Real

- Washington Post


Professor Fired For Showing Medieval Persian Image Of Muhammad Settles With University That Fired Her

- Artnet



 

WORDS

Philly’s Free Library, Despite The Resignation Of Its Staff, Says Author Events Are Returning

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)


The Collapse Of Newspapers Is A Loss To Literature, Too

- Bob Keefer


“Zombie Alt-Weeklies” Village Voice And LA Weekly Are Running AI-Generated Listicles About OnlyFans

- Wired


Young Chinese Women Are Reviving Interest In A Centuries-Old, Secret Females-Only Script

- AP


Five Of The Best Metatextual Novels About Visual Art

- The Guardian (UK)


One of Oakland’s Favorite Bookstores Is Destroyed By Fire

- Publishers Weekly


More States Pass Book-Banning Laws

- The New York Times


A North Texas Deputy Spent Two Years Trying To Charge School Librarians With Obscenity

- NBC News


This Year’s Booker Prize Longlist (Just What Critics Feared?)

- Washington Post


What I Learned Memorizing A Poem A Day

- Washington Post


Books For Lovers Of The Olympics

- The Atlantic


The Woman Who Builds The NYT’s Connections Doesn’t Know Why People Are So Intense About It

- Slate



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