Ahmed Anzaldua, Artistic Director of Border Crossing, talks about their commitment to impacting audiences through their programming of Latin American classical music.
The journal H-Diplo Review, addressing scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history, has graciously published a little something I
The ACLU is pleased to announce that they succeeded in court against the new National Endowment for the Arts provision prohibiting funding for organizations or projects promoting “gender ideology”. The case is Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts. Here is an excerpt from the ACLU report:
In an important victory for First Amendment rights, a federal judge in Rhode...
The CBC reports:
European politicians are condemning a Belgian classical music festival’s decision to cancel an upcoming performance led by an Israeli conductor due to concerns over where he stands on the war in Gaza.
Organizers of the Flanders Festival Ghent announced on Wednesday they were cancelling a performance by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra slated for Sept. 18. They cited concerns surrounding...
My just-published story Trucks and Tanks, runner-up in JerryJazzMusician.com‘s 69th short fiction contest and written three months ago, is all too timely in Chicago, DC, Boston today.
“Trucks and Tanks” – a short story by Howard Mandel
Trucks and tanks rolled down our leafy-treed, bungalow-lined street at dawn. I was already up, as usual, in my robe, t-shirt, sweaty...
Terri Lyne Carrington (drummer, Inst. of Jazz & Gender Justice), Orbert Davis (trumpeter, “Immigrant Stories“) and Marc Ribot (guitarist, Music Workers Alliance) talked with me on The Buzz, podcast of the Jazz Journalists Association about their engagement with social issues. Long transcript posted for those who read faster than they listen.
HOST : Hello and welcome to The Buzz, the podcast...
Leading an arts organization isn’t about luck—it’s about judgment. Hold when trust matters, fold when the model’s busted, and when the casino’s rigged? Start your own game in the parking lot.
From magazine listings to the For You page, how we discover art has changed—but not as much as we think. Artists should see social media as a tool for accomplishing their goals, not the enemy.
