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For The Fourth Straight Year, White House Proposes Gutting Arts Funding. Here’s What You MUST Do About It.

Tue, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Trump: Get The F!ck Out
It’s easy to get lulled into compliance and think that just because the White House has been waging an unsuccessful war on gutting arts funding, that we can let the resistance slide. Opera America gets the award for the first service org to send out an action alert to constituents warning about the proposed 2021
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Lemons to Lemonade

Mon, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration Guy 005
In the wake of last week’s post examining how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting arts and culture organizations, there are some instances of turning lemons into lemonade. The 2/6/2020 edition of the Boston Globe highlights how the Boston Symphony is redirecting the time it would have been on tour in China to a series of
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Feel Good Friday. Seriously, It Only Takes Nine Minutes.

Fri, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 114
Just a fun pointer today to an article in the 2/4/2020 edition of classicalfm.com that examines a new report from the British Academy of Sound Therapy that apparently quantifies the amount of time it takes the average person to experience a therapeutic effect from listening to music. Their study, Music as Medicine, tested 7,581 participants and found
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Calling All Pennsylvania Arts Orgs

Thu, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 150
Americans for the Arts, with generous support from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, opened registration for free 2-day marketing bootcamp trainings. There are even travel stipends available, what’s not to love?!? In an effort to reach more organizations across Pennsylvania and ensure access to quality, relevant marketing, and audience building training, A4A redesigned their
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The Classical Music Field Is Beginning To Feel The Impact Of Coronavirus Outbreak

Wed, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Rolling Stone Magazine published an article on 2/4/2020 by Jon Blistein that examines the initial impact the coronavirus is having on the music industry. Along with pop and rock shows, Blistein highlights the decision by the Boston Symphony to cancel their 10 day China tour, that would have kicked off on February 6, 2020. By
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