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This has been all over the papers, so I’ll only give a brief synopsis: Ed Sheeran is on a US stadium tour, and has Macklemore as an opening act. Macklemore makes statements about Israel-Palestine on stage. A forthcoming stadium gig, at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts, is cancelled owing to Macklemore’s remarks, and other stadium owners follow suit....

Siegfried and the dragon, from Fritz Lang”s “Die Niebelungen”

John Clapp, Chief Orchestra & Production Officer of the Cincinnati Symphony, shares the sustainable strategy that drives their inclusion efforts.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=oi1zTIVpwKE&version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent The current issue of “The New York Review of Books” includes my essay on state of American orchestras

I met Jim Harrison only once, in 1968, when we were on a "little magazine" panel with Russell Banks, Anne Waldman, and Charles Newman. Even then Harrison was a "character," a voluble personality who cut quite a figure. He sported a black patch on his blind left eye, a rakishly tilted straw hat, and a hand-carved walking stick.

Elizabeth Sobol, CEO of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, talks about how the arts can transform human emotional, physical and social wellbeing.

It first appeared six months after 9/11 as a public art installation and has appeared every year since. It is presented from dusk of Sept. 11 to dawn of Sept. 12. It's the most striking memorial to be seen, especially in person..

Jerome Foundation announces an unprecedented increase in grantmaking this year, helping their grantees persevere and innovate in challenging times.

In the English-speaking world, is there a decline in our literacy and in how people live with literature? For the past while there has been a debate on whether we are losing our literary culture – James Marriott thinks we are at the “dawn of the post-literate society” and has a forthcoming book that extends the argument. I’ll write up a...

Afa Dworkin, President & Artistic Director of the The Sphinx Organization, shares the three keystone events of their milestone 30th Anniversary.

Neil Barclay, President & CEO of the Wright Museum, talks about the critical process of preparing the next generation of leaders for C-Suite roles.

We wanted to celebrate our nation, because 2026 is our 250th birthday, and also, it feels necessary in this moment. But how would we do it in a moment when celebrating living in the USA feels political, feels fraught with potential pitfalls? What could we do to bring people together across perceived differences? What would

It’s getting difficult to trust what (or who) is real in the age of AI.

Marquise Lindsey-Bradley, Marketing & Engagement Director of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, shares their strategic approach to engaging young audiences.

James Orleans The most frequent public respondent to my recent blogs about the long brewing crises now afflicting America’s