This model of financial support has not only allowed the DIA to weather the storm of the past year, but has also given the museum the ability to reinvest in our endowment. Through robust fundraising, strong returns, and by not needing to draw from the operating endowment, it has more than doubled in the past five years, from $124 million to $305 million. The millage has provided the DIA much needed breathing room to build its endowment so that the museum will eventually become financially independent. – Hyperallergic
What Bob Garfield Did To Get Fired From ‘On The Media’ — Plus All The Other Conflicts At WNYC
Almost all the incidents roiling America’s largest public radio station happened behind closed doors, but, as Times media columnist Ben Smith puts it, “one thing I learned this week about public radio is that no matter what is happening, someone is always recording it.” So he has the details of what Garfield called his “anger mismanagement,” the newsroom mini-rebellion against new editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper, complaints about The Takeaway‘s Tanzina Vega by her producers, and what the station’s CEO heard when she did a listening tour among the staff after she arrived in 2019. – The New York Times
Marin Alsop – A Career Of Firsts
Alsop satisfies exactly none of these stubborn criteria for conducting an orchestra, which is perhaps why her career has been an exercise in exhausting the potential of the word “pioneer.” Owing to her severe allergy to “can’t” and “don’t,” Alsop’s achievements are many and, more often than not, warrant some celebratory disclaimer to the tune of “first woman to [fill in the blank].” – Washington Post
Coming: A Clash Over Where We Work?
A poll by the Best Practice Institute and reported in Newsweek found that some 83 percent of CEOs want employees back full-time, while only 10 percent of workers want back in. A seismic standoff is building. “There is a belief in our culture that we’ve proven that most jobs can be done virtually. But that’s not the belief within the leadership of organizations, so we’re headed for a real clash.” – Washington Post
The Musical That Changed Broadway 100 Years Ago
Not only did Shuffle Along bring jazz to Broadway, it was the first African American show to be a smash hit. Its composer Eubie Blake recalled on WNYC in 1973: “When we put Shuffle Along on, on Broadway, we put negroes back to work again.” But he added that some members of the Black community had problems with it. – NPR
Climate Change Is Erasing The World’s Oldest Art
Flowing water deposits minerals in the void spaces beneath the mineralized outer crust, and some of those minerals crystallize into mineral salts. As those crystals form, grow, and shrink, they push against the outer layer of mineralized limestone. Eventually, the rocky canvas where people first drew images of their world 40,000 years ago falls apart in hand-sized flakes. – Wired
Italy Wins EuroVision
Congrats to Italy’s Måneskin. But yikes to the UK (which, technically, is no longer in Europe anyway?). “The UK’s James Newman came last, getting zero points from both the jury and the public. – BBC