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• Project Manager - Children and Young People / Writing on the Wall / North West

  11-10-2019 16:20
   Main Purpose
  To coordinate the development of Writing on the Wall’s work with children and young people, with specific reference to delivering WoW’s school-based Super Heroes:...
  
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• Trump Orders “Warning” Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum

  25-07-2026 02:31 via washingtonpost.com
  President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that warn of “inaccurate” exhibits and direct people to “accurate information regarding America’s history.” – Washington Post
  
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• Finance Consultant – Arts FMS via TOC Arts Partners

  25-07-2026 02:28 via artsjournal.com
  About the Opportunity
  As a financial management firm that integrates with nonprofit arts organizations from across the country, Arts FMS empowers organizations to focus on their mission, while they focus on the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of the organization. By providing a comprehensive scope of full financial management services, Arts FMS is able to bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to an organization’s financial operations.Arts FMS is pleased to be hiring a Fi
  
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• Director of Development – Ballet Hispánico via TOC Arts Partners

  25-07-2026 02:25 via artsjournal.com
  About the Opportunity
  Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s leading American Latino dance company, seeks a new Director of Development. This is an exciting opportunity for a fundraising leader who has an abundant passion for dance and the performing arts, a deep appreciation of Latine culture, and an inherent understanding of philanthropy to inspire a wide range of individuals in their commitment to the organization. While the Director of Development will be a capable team leader and proj
  
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• Broadway, Netflix, and a $150 Billion Upstart

  25-07-2026 02:19 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,Two of entertainment’s surest money machines have stalled. Broadway producers are conceding that the big musical can no longer reliably find audiences large enough to cover what it now costs to run one (The Hollywood Reporter). And Netflix’s investors have discovered that viewers aren’t returning for second seasons of even its biggest hits (Slate) — a subscription business built on renewal that now seems not to be. The audience didn’t vanish, though: mi
  
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• Paramount Pauses Warner Merger

  25-07-2026 01:41 via msn.com
  According to a court filing from Friday, the companies have agreed to pause the transaction until five days after the court issues a final decision on the merger, or until June 1, 2027. – Barron’s (MSN)
  
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• Boston Symphony Cracks Down On People Distributing Red Flowers At Tanglewood

  24-07-2026 20:50 via bostonglobe.com
  
  This summer, both musicians and audience members have been wearing red-flower boutonnieres to protest the abrogation of Andris Nelsons’s contract. Now BSO management has instructed staffers to intercept anyone seen carrying multiple red flowers for distribution. – The Boston Globe
  
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• Special For You: Your Subscription Price Was Set By Our Algorithm

  24-07-2026 20:31 via niemanlab.org
  The renewal email included one sentence in all caps: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” – NiemanLab
  
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• UK Government Leaves Theatres Out Of New Tax Break For Other Venues

  24-07-2026 20:03 via whatsonstage.com
  
  “The Government has announced a 20% reduction in business rates bills for pubs, social clubs and live music venues in England from April next year. … However, the decision to exclude theatres from this targeted relief has raised questions: many theatres and arts centres share (similar) operational models, overheads and community functions.” – WhatsOnStage (UK)
  
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• The End Of Big Broadway Musicals?

  24-07-2026 19:44 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “We’re in this environment where I’m watching a lot of shows not quite find the audience that can sustain them at the level that they need to be sustained because the costs have gone up so much.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• The 2020s Have Been A Movie Revolution

  24-07-2026 19:31 via theguardian.com
  If you look closer, this has actually been one of the most innovative decades that cinema has ever seen. Whether down to technology or desperation, the film industry has spent these last few years figuring out new ways to make films that simply could not have existed even at the turn of the decade. – The Guardian
  
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• Netflix Has Broken Its Model

  24-07-2026 19:15 via slate.com
  
  Of late, Netflix’s investors have been shocked to find that viewers aren’t returning for the second seasons of even some of its biggest hits. – Slate
  
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• Ecuador Selects A Second Design For Its New National Museum After Everybody Hated The First One

  24-07-2026 19:02 via dezeen.com
  The ungainly white box proposed by Spain’s Studio Alberto Campo Baeza was greeted with online objections by over 20,000 Ecuadorians and was withdrawn earlier this month. The new design, by Tokyo-based studio SANAA, is described as “a system of interconnected vertical plazas” wrapped in rounded façades of terracotta brick. – Dezeen
  
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• Why Did This Children’s Lit Festival Remove Comments On Diversity?

  24-07-2026 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Authors said that their comments criticising the festival for its lack of representation under a post on its Instagram page were deleted, with the original post later removed and comments limited on other posts. – The Guardian
  
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• The Odessey And The Culture Wars

  24-07-2026 18:31 via nytimes.com
  This mapping of contemporary Western values onto the plot of a Greek epic poem is the true artistic project of Mr. Nolan’s film, and it makes for a better political debate than anything about colorblind casting or imagined D.E.I. – The New York Times
  
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• A Ballerina’s 75-Year Career

  24-07-2026 18:17 via wsj.com
  Yoko Morishita, who will turn 78 in December, is the prima ballerina in Japan’s storied Matsuyama Ballet Company. One of Japan’s most-celebrated dancers, she performed with Rudolf Nureyev 200 times and toured with Margot Fonteyn. – The Wall Street Journal
  
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• Meet Matthew Bogdanos, Chief Of The Manhattan D.A.’S Antiquities Trafficking Unit

  24-07-2026 18:04 via ft.com
  “Bogdanos himself is just as incongruous as these idols on the storeroom. He has the build of the sinewy boxers in the George Bellows prints on his office wall — he still competes as an amateur middleweight — and the manner of a man who enjoys a fight more than he will admit.” – Financial Times
  
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• Tips From Experts On How To Get Your Book Published

  24-07-2026 17:44 via theconversation.com
  
  We asked five literary experts – a mix of published authors and publishing professionals – for their top tips on getting published. – The Conversation
  
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• Why We Buy Books We Don’t Read

  24-07-2026 17:31 via theconversation.com
  
  An unread book is a good example. It may remain closed for weeks or months, but the brain has already recognised its potential value, enjoying the prospect before the first page has been turned. – The Conversation
  
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• A Year Ago Congress Killed CPB. What’s Public Media Look Like Now?

  24-07-2026 17:15 via npr.org
  
  For consumers, the most noticeable change is that NPR and local stations are constantly reminding people that the federal money is gone and asking them to become a supporter or to increase their gift. – NPR
  
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• In This City, The Pay-What-You-Choose Model Is Starting To Spread. How’s It Working Out So Far?

  24-07-2026 17:01 via broadstreetreview.com
  
  The parameters are different for each company — Opera Philadelphia, an early adopter, sets an $11 minimum — but a number of different troupes and presenters in Philly have been trying the scheme. Here are some of the lessons, expected and unexpected, that they’ve learned so far. – Broad Street Review (Philadelphia)
  
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• Microseries Are Now A $150 Billion Industry (And That’s Not Including China, Their Biggest Market)

  24-07-2026 16:33 via msn.com
  “The vertical video economy has increased 41% compared to last year,” according to their first-ever State of Microdrama report. “The male audience for (the) microseries platform MyDrama increased by 2,800% in the past seven quarters, jumping from 1.1% of monthly active users to 30.3% users.” – TheWrap (MSN)
  
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• One Year After Losing All Federal Funding, South Dakota Public Broadcasting Bounces Back

  24-07-2026 16:05 via artsjournal.com
  “Just like that, six decades of bipartisan support and funding were gone” when the Republican-led Congress and the Trump administration withdrew previously-approved grants and ended future federal support. “The state network laid off a bunch of journalists. It canceled some shows. And then … some surprising things started to unfold.” – NPR
  
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• National Choreographers Initiative Makes Its Last Dance

  24-07-2026 15:32 via pointemagazine.com
  
  Ultimately dating back to 1991 and in its current form — four choreographers working with 16 professional dancers, creating pieces for three weeks and then performing for an audience which gives direct feedback, taking place each July at UCal-Irvine — since 2004. This year’s final edition features work by four alumni. – Pointe Magazine
  
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• The Dictator’s Paint Job Didn’t Hold

  22-07-2026 00:56 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,For decades, Julio Escámez’s monumental mural in Chile was thought destroyed — Pinochet ordered it eliminated after the coup. Then conservators discovered it had only been painted over, and now it’s coming back into the light (Artnet). Worth remembering on a day when the wannabe censors are busy: both houses of Congress now have bills that would enable nationwide book bans in public schools (Publishers Weekly), and German broadcaster ZDF pulled an anti-fasci
  
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• Monumental Chilean Mural Painted Over By Pinochet Is Being Uncovered

  21-07-2026 21:04 via news.artnet.com
  
  Beginning and End, a 452-square-foot mural painted by Julio Escámez, was unveiled in 1972 by the Allende-aligned government of the city of Chillán, 250 miles south of Santiago. After Pinochet’s coup, he ordered the mural destroyed, and it was thought lost; in 2021, conservators discovered that it had been only painted over. – Artnet
  
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• Disney Cutting Hundreds Of Creative Jobs

  21-07-2026 20:31 via deadline.com
  
  Disney is cutting several hundred positions, with Pixar and National Geographic among the divisions most affected by the move. – Deadline
  
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• Many Theatregoers No Longer Know The Difference Between Previews And Post-Opening Night

  21-07-2026 20:02 via whatsonstage.com
  
  “The distinction between a preview and an official opening night, once a universally understood boundary, has become increasingly blurred. In an era dominated by instant social media reaction, some no longer seem to realise there is a difference at all.” – WhatsOnStage (UK)
  
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• Ten New Stadiums That Will Change The Form

  21-07-2026 19:44 via dezeen.com
  Stadiums are no longer just being designed for matchdays, with architects boldly pursuing novelty to create distinctive year-round landmarks. – Dezeen
  
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• How $50 Million Could Make An Impact On American Literary Arts

  21-07-2026 19:32 via publishingperspectives.com
  
  Stabilizing a modest number of impactful, sustainable nonprofit literary organizations via large, annual gifts puts them in the best position to do what they do best—which is find great books to publish, support translations, and dream up new ways to reach readers—rather than having to spend so much time drumming up funding. – Publishing Perspectives
  
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