Current Events
How You Can Help With Nepal Relief Efforts
Mon, Apr 4, 2015
by Drew McManus
Devastating news continues to pour in from Nepal in the wake of their worst earthquake in 80 years and if you’re like many, you want to do something but don’t know where to begin. To that end, I would like to encourage everyone looking for focused connection to consider donating to the Unatti Foundation. Founder
Kudos To SoundNotion.tv
Wed, Apr 4, 2015
by Drew McManus
Recently, SoundNotion.tv (SN); the new music and music news podcast, tweeted they just wrapped up recording their 200th episode and since this seems to be a week of acknowledging milestones, I wanted to take a quick moment to recognize all of their work and how much value they contribute to culture blogging. We just recorded episode
Day Off
Fri, Mar 3, 2015
by Drew McManus
It is rare to take a day off but today is a special exception thanks to spending an entire day building up to my wife, violinist Holly Mulcahy, performing Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto with the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera. It was a fantastic performance with the orcheatra and music director Kayoko Dan rising to the
How Are You Celebrating Women’s History Month?
Thu, Mar 3, 2015
by Drew McManus
ArtsHacker Sarah Marczynski published an article yesterday drawing attention to March being Women’s History Month and how it impacts the fieldas a whole. It’s an excellent post and all things being equal, there will be a few additional entries at ArtsHacker on that topic. Marczynski’s post made me wonder what else is going on throughout the field
The Hall Formerly Known As Avery Fisher Has A New Name
Thu, Mar 3, 2015
by Drew McManus
Barely four months after announcing The Hall Formerly Known As Avery Fisher (THFAAF) was up for naming rights dibs, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts found a taker. According to an article by Robin Pogrebin in the 3/4/2015 edition of New York Times, the naming rights are going to cover approximately 1/5 of the
