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Yesterday Rebecca Lowe mentioned in a note how much she enjoys reading the philosopher G.A. Cohen. I do too, and it reminded me of his part in an interesting, and I don’t think ever resolved, debate in arts policy. I’ll get to Cohen later, but first some background. Most people (I know

“Seattle’s Living Room” requires a billion dollar renovation. Here’s a thought…

This week, ArtsJournal looked at thousands of stories and collected 118 stories across culture. This is one person's attempt to make sense of them.

Carlos Simon, Composer-in-Residence of the Kennedy Center, shares the ethos behind his composing process that impacts communities.

Tonight marks the 14th anniversary of Carl Weissner's departure. He left us unexpectedly in the late hours of Jan. 23, 2012 or in the hours before dawn on Jan. 24. His absence has not diminished among his friends, though the date of his death has grown more distant.

This past week I’ve been sent different, interesting takes on the state of cultural policy research. My friend James Doeser, who is very smart about these things, has a short post “The crisis of cultural policy in the 21st century” that is well worth your time. Friends and former colleagues

The following article is an abridged adaptation of my January 22 NPR report on recent developments in government and the arts — at the NEA, the NEH, and the Kennedy Center —  under President Donald J. Trump. I write: “The arts sector feels invaded by aliens. The incursion is so

For readers familiar with his work, it will come as no surprise that Swiss novelist Christoph Keller's prose in English, an adopted language, has the idiomatic flare of a native speaker. Nor is it a surprise that much of his latest novel is again set in downtown Manhattan, where he

The fear and concern are real. The issues are real. But we're trying to conjure up rules for 21st Century technologies with a 20th-Century vocabulary that's ill-equipped for the job.

It's cheaper and more effective to keep people well than to make people well.

Neil Barclay, President & CEO of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, talks the evolving landscape for BIPOC organizations and avenues for sustainability.

My forthcoming novel, The Disciple: A Wagnerian Tale of the Gilded Age, may be my best book. A prequel to The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York (2023), it’s already available via pre-order. (And if you order both books, you get a discount.) My story tracks the prodigious American impact

This is a curiosity.

Doing the right thing isn’t easy. But it’s always the right thing to do. Right?

Marvin Curtis, Immediate Past Board Chair of the South Bend Symphony shares the purpose and impact behind the documentary, The Invisible Player.