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Did You Sign The White House Petition To Save The NEA/NEH? If So, They May Not Have Counted Your Vote

Tue, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
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According to an article by Christopher Hooton in the 1/23/17 edition of The Independent and later expanded on by Jillian Steinhauer in an article at Hyperallergic.com, petitions requesting that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) at the WEthePEOPLE White House petition site are not properly registering
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How Is the Immigration Ban Impacting Your Organization?

Mon, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
Trump: Get The F!ck Out
Since it was signed last Friday, President Trump’s recent executive order titled “Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States” has generated a significant amount of confusion throughout varying levels of Federal bureaucracy responsible for implementation. One section that impacts arts organizations and the communities they serve is the immediate ban on
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The Adjective That Must Not Be Named Is Back…And It Brought Reinforcements

Fri, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
that'd be great
Back in 2014, we started a campaign to eradicate the B-word from orchestra promotional material. At the time, it did a respectable job at keeping things under control but just like a virus that keeps mutating, “beloved” has found its way back. But this time, it brought a gaggle of old school “greatest-art” adjectives along
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Brace For Impact: The Fight To Maintain Net Neutrality Heats Up (Again)

Thu, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
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After dodging a bullet in 2014 over net neutrality (details), it looks like incoming fire is on the horizon thanks to the Trump Administration’s decision to install a forceful critic of net neutrality as the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). If proposing to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts wasn’t enough,
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Easier Gigs

Wed, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
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The 1/24/2017 edition of the Wall Street journal published an article by Charles Passy that examines the decision by New York Philharmonic president Matthew VanBesien to depart his position in favor of taking a position as president of the University of Michigan’s University Musical Society. VanBesien is the latest orchestra CEO to exit for an academic
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