jobs Executive Director – Orlando Ballet Orlando Ballet invites applications and nominations for this important co-leadership position, working closely with Artistic Director Robert Hill. [READ MORE]
jobs President & CEO – The Carolina Theatre Located in the heart of downtown Durham, the Carolina Theatre has been a center of the city’s arts and cultural life for nearly a century. The Carolina Theatre’s Board of Trustees seeks an executive leader who will embrace the values of the organization – serving the entire community and stewardship of the building – while working collectively to set a future vision for the Carolina Theatre that will inspire and guide the Board and staff. [READ MORE]
My essay, “To What End Permanence?,” seeks to get beyond the question of economic solvency to examine other signs that it may be time to shut a thing down and other motivations for closing. – Diane Ragsdale
After initially resisting the resisters’ demands that it halt its production of napalm, Dow stopped making it in 1969. Now Warren Kanders, who resigned under political pressure last July from his position as vice-chairman of the Whitney Museum’s board, has announced a similar reversal. – Lee Rosenbaum