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COVID-19

Good Problems To Have

Wed, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
The more attention we focus on the processes used to enter the post-pandemic period of concert activity, the better. Case in point, there’s an excellent article from Jim Farber in the 5/24/2021 edition of San Francisco Classical Voice that includes interviews with the CEOs from New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony about how both
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Back In The In-Person Concert Saddle

Mon, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
Over the weekend, I attended my first in-person orchestra concert in 15 months and the experience was fantastic. To a large degree, the entire experience reinforced what I have been hoping would be the case in that there are opportunities and advantages connected to socially distanced concert events. This was my first time attending a
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More On The Dynamic Costs Of Doing Business In The Immediate Post-Pandemic Environment

Mon, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
The 5/1/21 edition of The Washington Post published an article by David Lynch and Yeganeh Torbati that examines the spike in costs for rental cars due to those companies’ decisions to slash the size of fleets to save costs over the pandemic. Nutshell: those cuts combined with the amount of time it takes to restock
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Let’s Try This Again, This Time With Feeling

Mon, Apr 4, 2021
by Drew McManus
If you tried to get in on the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant online application process, the bad news is you probably got caught up in the same showstopper results as most organizations. The good news is the application portal will reopen today, Monday April 26 at 12 noon ET. The Small Business Administration has been
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Office Return Poll Results: Arts Admins Want Everything

Mon, Apr 4, 2021
by Drew McManus
Last week’s survey asking readers about their current remote work status and if they are developing any preference for going back to the office or staying remote generated a good bit excitement. At just over 400 responses, let’s take a look at what we discovered. Most Arts Admins Are Working Remote Only a quarter of
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