***^^***!!LOOK HERE!! We Need PERMANENT Musicians***^^*** (Louisville, KY)

Just when you thought the Louisville Orchestra (LO) labor dispute couldn’t get more bizarre, it manages to surprise. Just before Thanksgiving, the orchestra’s replacement musician advertisements started appearing on dozens of Craigslist job boards. For those who may be unfamiliar with Craigslist, it a national online classifieds forum and a self described location where visitors can find “jobs, housing, goods, services, romance, local activities, advice – just about anything really.” At …

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So You Think You Can Blog?

Three years and two weeks ago when I launched the Inside The Arts blogging exchange, we had a book review blog called Books On Culture. In its brief blogging life, it was actually quite popular and ever since the original author underwent a few life changes that prevented him from keeping up with the blog’s publication schedule, I’ve been looking for someone to take over.

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The Ugly Website Roundup

No, this isn’t an official installment in the 2011 Orchestra Website Reviews, instead, it’s a recap of the Your Website is Ugly! session from the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (#NAMPC) in Louisville on the benefits of open source software and how it’s changing the business of web development. But I wanted to take some time to examine a few additional items that didn’t make it into the session.

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