The word event was once reserved for more special occasions. But now Zoom is doing to the word event what Facebook did to the word friend; Just as most people you come across can instantly become a friend on Facebook, most gatherings that take place online can become an event. - Slate
The US immigration service wants to raise visa costs from $460 (£385) to $1,615 (£1,352) alongside other changes that artists and their managers say would make it almost impossible for anyone but the biggest stars to perform in the US. - The Guardian
Sports are a harbinger of a future of surveillance that is more intrusive, multitudinous, and expansive. But they aren’t just showing us the future. Sometimes, they’re directly bringing it about. - The Atlantic
Basically, there are too many streaming services involved. "Warner Bros. Discovery claims that Paramount Global 'embarked on a multi-year scheme to unfairly take advantage of Warner/HBO.'" - Vulture
It's completely fine not to meet in real life - and look, virtual relationships of all kinds are "real." (Performance art spaces need to figure this out as well, especially so they don't alienate their immunocompromised audience and donors.) - Wired
Perhaps the inspiration for renewal can benefit from, or even require, an awakening humiliation. LaGuardia’s reconstruction was, in some sense, a response to Biden’s insult, but also to the disgraceful state of the airport—which has now been transformed into a swanky theme park. - The Atlantic
The benefits of excessive licensing are unsubstantiated, theoretical, or minimal. But the drawbacks? Those are very real for workers and consumers alike. - The Atlantic
To hide the precarity of its rule, the government wants to erase its people from political discourse. It has transformed the rich and varied history of the Arabia it came to control over the last century into the history of the House of Saud. - Catalyst
As the one-year anniversary of the deadly 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, we take a close look at the ongoing work of hundreds of professionals across a landscape of Ukrainian and international organizations to defend endangered cultural heritage. - Smithsonian
Chiwoniso Kaitano is the former executive director of Girl Be Heard, a nongovernmental organization that uses theater and the performing arts to advocate for social change. Originally from Zimbabwe, she also serves on the boards of several arts organizations. - AP
"More than $3.7 million in state gaming tax revenue is flowing to 43 nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers, allowing them to compete with the state's casinos when booking touring artists and performances, the Mass Cultural Council announced Tuesday." - WBUR (Boston)
In recent years, the number of employers offering sabbaticals has grown exponentially. In addition, many more workers, especially employees in managerial and professional roles, are taking their own unpaid sabbaticals when their organizations fail to offer them. - Harvard Business Review
I think in some areas of the arts we’ve moved backwards. It seems to me what you might call the design of neighborhoods, in the United States, is not obviously progressing. I think Hollywood movies are getting worse... There are definitely areas where there’s either no progress or retrogression. - The Point
Proposition 28 creates a guaranteed annual funding stream for music and arts education by setting aside 1% from the state’s general fund. In 2023, that comes out to roughly $941 million. - EdSource
