Patricia Mooradian, President & CEO of The Henry Ford, shares the extraordinary journey and impact of The Jackson House where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stayed and planned the Selma-to-Montgomery marches.

Several books of poems have been published by Moloko Print and Stadtlichter Presse in bilingual (American-German) editions. My essay collections have been published by AC Books, Blue Wind Press, and Moloko Print. My biography of William Wyler, "A Talent for Trouble" was published by G.P. Putnam in hardcover and by Da Capo Press in paperback.

The first tip: for a nonprofit organization to work, everyone has to care about why they’re there; otherwise, there’s no ...

Florian Vetsch reads with Jan Heller Levi & Jan Herman on April 1, 2025, in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Vetsch has translated poems by both into German. During the evening, poems will be recited bilingually by the writers, and their backgrounds will be discussed. DJ Soulsonic (aka Mr. Wempe) will play music selected by the speakers. Special guest poet Clemens Umbricht will perform his translation of Jan Heller Levi's poem "I Lost My Best Friend to Music" as well as his own New York poem.

Marin Alsop, Principal Guest Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra, talks about the role of orchestras in society and the importance of cultural exchange.

Heathcote was always prescient. But it is still astonishing to realize how relevant — and resonant — his dissident voice remains more than a dozen years after he recorded "The United States of Porn."

Concept & Music Vocals & Moniphonium Inventions: Steff Signer, Switzerland Photography: Mario Baronchelli, Switzerland «Mother of Transgression» Poetry: Florian Vetsch Brass Instruments & Tibetan: «singi» Cymbals: Markus Breuss, Spain Electric Guitar Explosion: Chanan Hanspal, England Viola: David Schnee Recitation Text: Liz Foulis, Scotland Recitation Poetry: Jaswant Hanspal

A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts re-affirms what we have learned from many other previous studies—namely, that arts education is...

The arts themselves, as I considered the matter, by their ultimately sensual essence, are, in the long run, inimical to those who pursue power...

Or will nonprofit arts organizations choose to fight back for their communities? ...

JAN HELLER LEVI & JAN HERMAN will appear on March 30, 2025 at the festival, where they will read and discuss their latest poems with Giovanna Caggiano and Julia Mülli from the Kantonsschule am Burggraben.

Bill Church, Director of Theatre at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, talks about the Theatre for Young Audiences BIPOC superhero project.

The new issue of the online New American Studies Journal is devoted to the challenged fate of the arts. I

Call it entrumpy—a “gradual decline into disorder” (riffing on “entropy”), attributable to the unpredictability of our unprecedented President. Exploiting his

There is a theater company sitting right in the heart of America that dedicates every activity, every program, and every ...

This is a blog about arts management and policy. But as someone who has led many students through the basics of international trade, and...

Elizabeth Sobol, President & CEO of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, talks about creating value for the arts ecosystem in small and mid-sized communities.

Nonprofit arts organizations can be nonprofit arts organizations. Big deal. If the NEA’s funding were eliminated, how would that change ...

Allyssa Jones, Founder of Rising Tide Music, talks about the importance of providing access for young people to diverse composers.

President Kennedy at Amherst College, where in a major arts address he extolled “free artists” Today’s online Persuasion magazine carries