Much has been written throughout the blogosphere about last weekend’s New York Times article by Stephanie Strom on the merits of certain charitable deductions. Frankly, I’m surprised the piece garnered that much attention as it seems more to do with the typical class-warfare nonsense associated with national elections than anything having to do with the inherent value of charitable giving…
Get A Sneak Peak At The Top 10 Orchestra Websites
Next week marks the beginning of the the 4th annual Adaptistration Annual Orchestra Website Review but you don’t have to wait until then to find out which orchestras are in the Top 10…
News From Philadelphia & Thoughts On Regional Touring
Peter Dobrin’s ArtsWatch blog at the Philadelphia Inquirer featured a post yesterday which examined the ongoing negotiations at the Philadelphia orchestra and also brought up a good discussion about regional touring… In this blog entry, Peter mentions that one of the points in this year’s negotiation centers on expanding regional touring. And since Peter is Philadelphia’s living cultural archive, he points out that the organization used to maintain a significant presence …
Contract Details From Detroit
Mark Stryker at the Detroit Free Press had an article published today which sheds some light on the details surrounding Detroit’s home-stretch settlement. All in all, it looks like both sides gave just as much as they got…
Some Beginning Of The Week Absurdity
It seems that every other year or so we come across an instance where an ensemble is considering paying musicians based on how many notes play. For some time, that was just about the craziest thing one could run across in this business, at least, until now…