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• Will Russians Have To Run All Cultural Programming Past Censors Again?

  16-03-2021 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Over 1,000 cultural figures, including artists and curators, have addressed a letter to President Vladimir Putin and parliamentarians expressing fears that [a new] law is so sweeping that it could encompass ‘any public activity in the process of which knowledge and expertise are disseminated’ including ‘exhibitions, festivals, conferences, the activity of popularisers of science and art.’ The science community is also vocally protesting against the law.” &nd
  
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• Go Ahead, Touch The Art

  06-07-2026 06:16 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,The V&A’s new East Storehouse lets visitors order objects up from the collection and actually handle them (The New York Times). Museums have traditionally erected barriers between people and things; now one of the world’s great collections is betting on removing them.It’s not alone in rediscovering that authentic presence is the asset. Americans are falling back in love with independent cinemas (The Guardian) — thriving not by competing with streaming but
  
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• American Classical Music at 250 – Take Two: The BAM Experiment

  06-07-2026 05:57 via artsjournal.com
  
  The “New World” Symphony visual presentation created by Peter Bogdanoff for the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s 1994 Dvorak festival. Building on
  
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• Turkish Comedian Imprisoned For Insulting Erdogan

  05-07-2026 22:00 via seattletimes.com
  “A Turkish court on Friday ordered a comedian jailed pending trial on charges of insulting religious values and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after his stand‑up routine included references to him as a ‘dictator.’” (This is what the some might call Erdogan “not beating the charges.”) – Seattle Times (AP)
  
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• Take A Deep Breath: Music Fans Vs Music Critics Discourse Surfaces Again

  05-07-2026 21:30 via washingtonpost.com
  “America’s obsession with celebrity has morphed into this really weird, parasocial thing, where people feel incentivized to be deputized defenders of that person and are there to attack anybody who says anything at least a little bit negative about them.” – Washington Post
  
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• The Men’s Team World Cup Run May Be Helping Revive Mexico’s Mariachi Traditions

  05-07-2026 21:00 via npr.org
  
  “People are drinking. They’re happy. They’re paying for music.” – NPR
  
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• What’s Going On With Theatre Leadership Isn’t Exactly Hidden Or Mysterious

  05-07-2026 20:30 via awratchford.substack.com
  
  “Call it what you want: colonialism, toxic workplace culture, oppression, patriarchy, the result is the same: power in the hands of a few who extract all the benefit they can from the many while trying to convince us that we should be thankful for the honor of the extraction.” – Amy Wratchford
  
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• While ‘ER’ Made Noah Wyle’s Career, It Probably Also Stifled Him

  05-07-2026 20:00 via variety.com
  
  The actor, currently famous thanks to his project The Pitt, says he “missed out on roles in Saving Private Ryan and Good Night, and Good Luck because he couldn’t get out of filming” ER. – Variety
  
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• The MAGA-Reviled Smithsonian Museums Saved Many Lives On The Fourth

  05-07-2026 19:30 via nytimes.com
  Did someone hit a big flashing “irony” button for our timeline? – The New York Times
  
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• After Some Grim Times, The US Is Back In Love With Independent Cinemas

  05-07-2026 18:30 via theguardian.com
  You can thank the young ones: there’s “a gen Z-led wave fueling a fresh resurgence of indie movie houses.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Fifty Years Ago, The NEA Funded Orchestras Celebrating The Nation’s Big Anniversary

  05-07-2026 18:00 via msn.com
  In 1976, “the centerpiece was the National Endowment for the Arts Bicentennial Orchestra Commissioning Project. That funded America’s six top orchestras to each commission a major work that all six would play.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
  
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• The Green Man Music Festival In Wales Does A Lot More Than Simply Entertain

  05-07-2026 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Javid from Afghanistan “said the festival in the idyllic Bannau Brycheiniog national park had been his first ever experience of a music concert. Under the Taliban, he said, ‘There is no music, and it’s banned to listen to any music.’” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• The Empty, Vacuous Promises Of The New LACMA

  05-07-2026 17:00 via e-flux.com
  
  “There is nothing emancipatory, nor original, about creating a luxury venue that privileges sensibility over scholarship, allure over accessibility, and fine dining over gallery square footage.” – E-Flux
  
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• All The Burning TV Questions That Wednesday’s Emmy Nominations Should Answer

  05-07-2026 16:30 via vulture.com
  
  “I still don’t think anyone actually likes Euphoria, but it’s big and expensive and full of movie stars, and at this moment in time Hollywood needs all three of those things to remain viable.” – Vulture
  
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• Everything Digital We’ve ‘Bought’ Is Actually Rented

  05-07-2026 16:00 via wired.com
  
  And Sony’s email to Playstation UK customers was simply a reminder of that uncomfortable, horrifying fact. – Wired
  
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• The Most American Movie Of All Is Quite Bleak

  05-07-2026 15:30 via nytimes.com
  There Will Be Blood “both celebrates American cinema and inverts it.” – The New York Times
  
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• Pride And Pain: The United States At 250 As Seen In Its Performing Arts Scene

  05-07-2026 15:00 via americantheatre.org
  
  “Who are ‘our people,’ broadly defined? Can we even talk about a common American experience or identity, to which we can all attach a full-throated patriotism? We might look to the example of New York City’s Lincoln Center.” – American Theatre
  
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• If You Need Some Incredible Photographs, Not Only Of Space, NASA Probably Has Them

  05-07-2026 14:30 via wired.com
  
  But how to search them up? Google won’t help as much (if at all) anymore, but there are ways. – Wired
  
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• Hollywood’s Output Has Always Been About Defining The USA

  05-07-2026 14:00 via variety.com
  
  But now? “More and more, the space of American cinema is defined by one word: fantasy. … The fantasy worlds where our movies increasingly take place add up, in both philosophy and sensation, to a kind of abstract no-man’s land.” – Variety
  
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• Ordering Up, And Then Touching, The Objects At The V&A East Storehouse

  05-07-2026 13:30 via nytimes.com
  “When you open these cardboard frames up and look at the edges of the paper and see they’re stained and old, you can really picture Beatrix Potter’s hand. … It’s such a privilege to be this close and be trusted.” – The New York Times
  
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• The Fanfiction Community Is At Internal War Over Generative AI

  05-07-2026 13:00 via archive.ph
  “Fandom communities are still mostly relying on vibes. Most fanfics aren’t judged by a tool like the AO3 skin, but by tells’ that could include anything from specific sentence structures — like the notorious ‘it’s not X, it’s Y’ — to overuse of flowery metaphors.” – The Verge (Archive Today)
  
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• AJ Chronicles: So What’s Working in this Arts Bear Market?

  05-07-2026 06:34 via artsjournal.com
  When you look across the culture at what is gaining traction, some common themes emerge.
  
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• Sidney Jackson talks about the unique role of Chicago Sinfonietta

  04-07-2026 17:11 via artsjournal.com
  Sidney Jackson, President & CEO of Chicago Sinfonietta, talks about their unique role and impact regionally and nationally.
  
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• The First Great American Symphony? George F. Bristow’s “Niagara”

  03-07-2026 20:50 via earlymusicamerica.org
  
  Doug Shadle: “As I listened to the symphony — a strange yet monumental work with a choral finale eclipsing Beethoven’s Ninth in scope — the sonic confluences that have given shape and vibrancy to our national culture for 250 years rushed at me for over an hour.” – Early Music America
  
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• Former Facebook Exec Sues Meta For Trying To Suppress Her Memoir

  02-07-2026 14:33 via apnews.com
  
  Sarah Wynn-Williams, who was director of global public policy at Facebook from 2011 until her firing in 2017, argues in her suit that the non-disparagement clause in her severance agreement and the arbitration order barring her from promoting her book, Careless People, are invalid. – AP
  
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• Philadelphia Orchestra Appoints New Assistant Conductor: Sara Aldana

  02-07-2026 14:06 via moto-perpetuo.com
  
  A native of Colombia and a student of Marin Alsop, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s principal guest conductor, Aldana was most recently cover conductor at the Detroit Symphony. – Moto Perpetuo
  
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• Jonas Kaufmann vs. the Orchestra of St. Luke’s – Take Two: Mahler Steinbach Festival

  02-07-2026 06:53 via artsjournal.com
  
  Mahler’s composing hut on the Attersee
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• When Ice Cream Beats the Vermeers

  02-07-2026 03:20 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,The Museum of Ice Cream and its cousin the Museum of Balloons are printing money while traditional museums count their deficits (The New York Times). The lesson isn’t that audiences got dumber, it’s that they’ll pay handsomely for an experience they can photograph, and a Rothko isn’t sexy enough for TikTok. Ah, the Selfie Generation.Traditional institutions are suffering for it. DePaul shut down its art museum’s daily operations but kept the collection
  
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• Executive Director – Kansas City Ballet working with Management Consultants for the Arts

  02-07-2026 02:32 via artsjournal.com
  Kansas City Ballet (KCB) seeks a strategic and visionary leader to co-lead one of America’s longest-established professional ballet companies. As the organization’s chief administrative leader, the next Executive Director will develop institutional resilience and drive team momentum for long-term success. Partnering with Artistic Director Devon Carney and the Board of Directors, the next Executive Director will champion bold entrepreneurial strategies to build resources, expand conn
  
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• Executive Director – The Town Hall

  02-07-2026 02:29 via artsjournal.com
  The Town Hall (Town Hall), the storied performance hall in the heart of New York City’s theater district, invites applications for its Executive Director position. Combining a deep passion for a broad range of cultural creativity and the desire to shape the next chapter for one of New York City’s most celebrated venues, the role will be charged with expanding Town Hall’s reach, impact, and importance in the intersection of performing arts, education outreach, and civic engagem
  
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