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Sunday, November 26, 2023
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President – International Storytelling Center


 The right leader for ISC will come to this opportunity with a love and appreciation for the art of storytelling synchronized with the ability to move the organization to the next level operationally, with greater alignment of strategy and execution. [READ MORE]
 

 

Inaugural Managing Director – Music of Remembrance


 After 26 years, Music of Remembrance is at a point of inflection of expansion, and seeking an entrepreneurial and collaborative leader. [READ MORE]
 

 

Chief Executive Officer – Music Teachers National Association


 The new CEO will inherit an organization that is financially stable, with strong relationships in the national and global profession, a nearly 150-year legacy of relevance and impact [READ MORE]
 

 

Executive Director – Kalamazoo Institute of Arts


 The incoming Executive Director will have the extraordinary opportunity to lead the KIA into a new phase of its history, partnering with the board and senior leaders [READ MORE]
 

 

Managing Director – Children’s Theatre Company


 The Managing Director will serve as co-leader of this respected institution with a new Artistic Director who will soon be determined through a complementary search process. [READ MORE]
 

 

General Director – Seattle Opera


 The artistic reputation of Seattle Opera will be the General Director’s primary consideration, and that commitment will manifest itself in energized audiences and increasing recognition of the company. [READ MORE]
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The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis seeks Augustin Family Artistic Director 

The Augustin Family Artistic Director (Artistic Director) of The Rep will be an exceptional artist and leader with significant experience in similar roles. They will plan and implement The Rep’s vision for the future, securing its artistic and financial health in partnership with the Managing Director and reporting to and working in concert with the […] [READ MORE]

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Hiring for Producing Director, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences 

The position leads all aspects of commissioning, development, and overall producing of the TYA season of in-house and touring productions. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor, Conductor & Orchestral Ensemble Coordinator 

The School of Music at the University of South Florida is searching for an innovative, creative and collaborative orchestra conductor and coordinator of Orchestral Ensembles. [READ MORE]

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Director of Opera 

The UCLA Music Department in the Herb Alpert School of Music invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track professorial position as Director of Opera. [READ MORE]

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The Bruce Museum Seeks Chief Operating Officer 

The Chief Operating Officer (COO), in partnership with the Executive Director and CEO, will serve as a co-leader and the primary administrative, operational, and facility leader of the newly revitalized The Bruce Museum. An engaged leader, the COO will be committed to organizational excellence and possess a deep appreciation for the changing museum field, community […] [READ MORE]

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Box Office Manager 

Yale School of Music seeks a highly qualified Box Office Manager. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Art Director 

The College of Engineering is seeking an Assistant Art Director. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position. [READ MORE]

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Phoenix Boys Choir seeks Managing Director 

The ideal candidate will be an entrepreneur and ambassador for the organization, building the brand and strengthening the organization’s reach and impact. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

Cleveland Ballet CEO Resigns Under Controversy

- The Plain Dealer


Syracuse City Ballet Fires Most Of Its Dancers After They Spent A Week On Strike

- CNY Central (Syracuse)


Two Former Dancers Sue Richmond Ballet For $21 Million Over Eating Disorders

- Axios


Garth Fagan Is Stepping Away From The Leadership Of His Dance Company

- Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY)


The United States Has A Ballroom Dance Guy

- The New York Times


Making Art About Ballet, Behind The Scenes

- The New York Times


IDEAS

How Admen And Psychologists Collaborated In The Early 20th Century To Monetize Our Attention

- Asterisk


We Need To Redefine Work For A “Post-Work” World

- Boston Review


How Mass Culture Gave Rebellion To The Individual

- 3 Quarks Daily


Why Chasing Happiness Can Make You… Unhappy

- Psyche


Are We Headed Into A New Romantic Age?

- Ted Gioia


Redefining And Redeploying Expertise

- The Atlantic


Will Gen-Z Bring About The End Of Dating Apps?

- Wired


Season Six Of The Crown Started Off With Some Very Weird Choices

- Vulture


Gaming Should Be For Everyone

- Wired


Why The Hunger Games Succeeded Where Its Striving Imitators Failed

- Anonymous


Stuck In Algorithmic Hell (We Really Know What You Want To See/Hear)

- The New Yorker


How Digital Celebrity Works

- The Nation


Why Activism Leads To So Much Bad Art

- The Atlantic



 

ISSUES

Arts Policy Under The UK’s Conservative Government Has Been A Disaster. Would Labour Be Any Better?

- The Critic


Cultural Tourism Adds $11.4 Billion To Ontario’s Economy: Study

- Ludwig Van


Forbidden By The Taliban To Attend School, These Afghan Girls Are Being Taught By Professors Abroad

- The Chronicle of Higher Education


A Use For Empty Downtown Buildings: Universities

- The New York Times


Ticket-Sellers Beware: We’re Coming After Your Junk Fees!

- Washington Post


The Backlash Against Univision For Its Friendly Trump ‘Interview’ Has Gathered Steam

- Los Angeles Times


Women Were The Backbone Of The Writers’ Strike

- Variety


Elon Musk Says He’ll File A ‘Thermonuclear’ Lawsuit

- Variety


Warner Bros, Disney, NBC Universal Pull Advertising From X, AKA Twitter

- The New York Times


So Wait, Actors Will Just Have To Trust Studios Around Generative AI?

- The Verge


“De-PiSisation”: Poland’s Incoming Government Looks To Undo The Politicizing Of Cultural Institutions By The Right Wing

- The Guardian


Matias Tarnopolsky: Why Cultural Diplomacy Is Important

- The New York Times



 

MEDIA

You’ll Never Guess Who Won The Streaming Wars

- Wired


The Netflix Queue And How It Shaped My Culture

- The Smart Set


The Strange Saga Of The $55 Million Netflix Project That Was Never Made

- The New York Times


Globally, People Paying For TV Has Started To Decline

- The Hollywood Reporter


How Public Radio’s Podcasts Are Like The Oakland A’s In “Moneyball”

- Nieman Lab


Argentina’s New President Wants To Privatize All State-Owned Media Outlets

- Voice of America


Amazon, Netflix Back Off Controversial Projects In India

- Washington Post


Pew Study: Where Americans Get Their News

- Pew


Don’t Worry, We’re Not Out Of Clay For Our Claymation, Say Makers of “Wallace & Gromit” And “Chicken Run”

- The Guardian


Meet NPR’s New Top Arts Editor

- Inside Radio



 

MUSIC

The Re-Rise Of Britain’s High Street Record Store

- BBC


Do You Love Christmas Music? Hate It? Here’s Why

- The New York Times


Time For Another Go At Fixing Sn Francisco’s Davies Hall?

- San Francisco Classical Voice


Russian Pop Stars Displaced From Home Because Of The War

- The New York Times


Spotify Changes Musician Royalties Payouts; Claims $1 Billion More To Artists

- Variety


Spotify’s Secret Sweetheart Deal With Google

- The Verge


Spotify Quits Uruguay After Lawmakers Mandate Equitable Pay For Artists

- The Guardian


Maintenance Worker Stabbed To Death At One Of The Netherlands’ Top Concert Halls

- The NL Times


Increasingly, Pop Artists Are Collaborating With Symphony Orchestras

- San Francisco Chronicle


This Black Woman Composer Achieved Success In The 1950s Before Ill Health Claimed Her

- The New York Times


MuchMusic Was Canada’s Answer To MTV. Its Demise Says Much About What Happened To The Music Industry

- The Walrus


University Finally Opens A New Concert Hall, Just As It Shuts Down Its Music Degree

- ClassicFM


Young Person Goes To Her First Orchestra Concert. This is What She Thought

- Liverpool Echo


Syracuse Opera Suspends Operations

- Syracuse.com


Mixtape Supremacy Hasn’t Ended Yet

- The Guardian (UK)


Can This Enormous Music Archive Be Saved?

- The Guardian



 

PEOPLE

Actor Sara Porkalob On Speaking Her Truth In Theatre

- San Francisco Chronicle


Talent Agency Drops Susan Sarandon After Remarks On Hamas/Israel War

- The New York Times


Award-Winning Palestinian Writer Who Was Arrested In Gaza Has Been Released

- Publishers Weekly


Author Herbert Gold, 99

- The New York Times


Joss Ackland, Versatile Actor With A Seven-Decade Career, Is Dead At 95

- MSN (The Washington Post)


No One Knows Joan Baez Like Her Friend Of 37 Years, Who Made The ‘Gut-Punch’ Documentary

- Washington Post


Composer David Del Tredici, Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Has Died At 86

- The New York Times


Paul Auster On What May Be His Final Book

- The Guardian (UK)


The Making Of Puzzle Master Will Shortz

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

Non-Profit Theatres Are Finding Ways To Survive

- The Wall Street Journal


Rethinking Where Theatre Happens (And How It Changes Depending On Where)

- American Theatre


At Last, Native American Playwrights Are Getting The Chance To Tell Their Peoples’ Own Stories

- AP


The Oscar-Winning Playwright-Screenwriter Running The Geffen Playhouse

- Yahoo! (TheWrap)


Behold The League Of Live Stream Theatre

- Los Angeles Times


The Musical About A Finnish-Candian Socialist Island Utopia Opens In Finland

- CBC


An Epic Pandemic Theatre Trek

- American Theatre


No, Please Do Not Add Sex To Tom Stoppard Plays

- Vulture


The Playwright Of ‘Vietgone’ Tried To Escape Theatre

- The New York Times


At DC’s Arena Stage, The New Director Bravely Faces A Leaner, More Challenging Time

- MSN (The Washington Post)



 

VISUAL

Foster + Partners Reimagines Airports For Saudi Arabia

- Dezeen


The Fascinating Business Model Behind An Improbably Very Valuable Photograph

- The New York Times


Architect Yasmeen Lari Vowed To Build One Million Flood-Resilient Homes For Poor Pakistani Villagers. She’s Well On Her Way.

- Dezeen


Museums And Cathedrals: Both Are Suffering For Audiences

- The Critic


Behold A 6,400-Square-Foot 4th-Century Mosaic Recently Uncovered In Turkey

- Artnet


What Gender-Neutral Fashion Gets Wrong About… Fashion

- The Walrus


Inuit Artist Wins Canada’s Top Visual Art Prize

- ARTnews


Shipwreck Off The Coast Of Colombia Could Be Worth Billions Of Dollars

- Artnet


Now That These Mosaics Have Been Repatriated To Lebanon, A Scholar Says They’re Fake

- The Observer (UK)


For The First Time, The Guggenheim Will Have A Woman As CEO And Director

- ARTnews


If Gens Z And Alpha Can’t Read Cursive, Will Brands Change Their Logos?

- Fast Company


The Vatican Makes It Easier To Visit An Ancient Roman Necropolis

- NPR


Athletes Are Reshaping Parts Of The Art Market

- The New York Times


The Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall Is Gorgeous

- Hyperallergic


Chicago’s High School Teachers Created A Nationally Prominent Museum

- Chicago Sun-Times


The Art Market Is Sagging A Bit

- The New York Times


Mass Resignations Of Documenta Selection Committee: “No Room For Ideas”

- ARTnews


Newest-Gen Versions Of AI Image Creators Upend Everything

- Ars Technica



 

WORDS

How Are Kids Affected By Florida’s Book Bans?

- NPR


My Friend Dies, Her Book Unfinished. Could I Complete It?

- The New Yorker


Why It’s Been So Difficult To Diversify The Publishing Industry

- Public Books


Sarah Palin’s School District Sued By ACLU, Parents, and Students Over Book Bans

- Publishers Weekly


So The Publishing Business Haas Changed. Artists Adapt. They Always Do

- The New Republic


South Carolina Board Of Education Considers “Age Appropriate” Standards To Keep Books Out Of Libraries

- AP


“Hallucinate” Is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word Of The Year — But Not For The Definition You Think

- The Guardian


The Now-Former Poetry Editor Of The New York Times Explains Her Resignation

- LitHub


Nora Roberts Has Been Laughing All The Way To The Bank

- The New York Times


Tales Of The Booker Shortlist

- The Guardian (UK)


The Gen-Z, Or Maybe Alpha, Bible

- Vice


Precipitous Drop In Students Studying Foreign Languages

- The Conversation



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