Friday, May 20, 2022
Artsjournal had recently included a link to a Guardian article reporting that people working in performing arts are twice as likely as the general population to experience depression. This…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:18AMWednesday, May 18, 2022
Seth Godin made a post about leveraging the power of word of mouth by incentivizing sharing with friends. Krispy Kreme grew to become a doughnut behemoth in the US. The formula was simple: S…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:24AMTuesday, May 17, 2022
So I saw the recent Dr. Strange movie this weekend and one of the biggest takeaways I had (no spoilers) was that classical music is powerful no matter what universe you are in. Though, like …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:03PMThursday, May 12, 2022
I am always interested in seeing the novel approaches people employ to present performances. I happened to catch a story last week on Vice about a guy who is bringing pop up movie experience…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:03AMWednesday, May 11, 2022
Some notable news via American Theatre, for those who have found it difficult to heed Polonius’ advice of “neither a borrower nor lender be.” (aka pretty much all of us) The Acting C…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:54PMTuesday, May 10, 2022
There was a story last month on Nieman Lab looking at how successful a tax credit for digital news subscriptions has been in Canada. The intent was to help news organizations stay in busin…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:18AMThursday, May 5, 2022
Scott Walters made a Twitter post yesterday that suggested organizations start their existence with a Quality of Life Statement rather than Mission Statement or Values Statement. Intrigued…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:33AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
The folks on the Non-Profit Happy Hour Facebook group posted a link to a Ohio State University (I’m sorry, THE Ohio State University) post which claims that charities should not use the wo…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:54AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Apparently the pandemic was good for classical music stations. In a story on the Current site, the general manager WDAV in Charlotte, NC had a hard time believing his station had achieved nu…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:37AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Early in April you may have seen that Yellowstone National Park is celebrating its 150th Anniversary by offering an Inheritance Pass for $1500 with the catch that it can’t be used for anot…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:33PMLast month Marginal Revolution blog posted an excerpt of a piece by Adam Mastroianni about how grant funding is broken. I immediately hopped over to see what he had to say. While his post …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:18AMTuesday, April 26, 2022
Last month, Coco Allred, a teaching artist in Philadelphia had a post on Americans for the Arts about President Biden’s visit to one of the classes she teaches. She started out with the …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54AMWednesday, April 20, 2022
I want to take the opportunity to call attention to an article in the NY Times this past Sunday focused on Zelma Redding, wife of the singer Otis Redding, Jr. The Otis Redding Foundation i…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:36PMYesterday we had David Grindle, Executive Director of USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) , speak at my theater about “The Unseen Arts Economy.” If you aren’t famili…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:36PMTuesday, April 19, 2022
Scott Walters is a blogger I started following 15+ years ago. His work has gone through various focuses and iterations, but is always very interesting and insightful. He recently returned to…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:12PMThursday, April 14, 2022
h/t to Isaac Butler who retweeted a somewhat horrifying thread written by author Brendan Koerner recounting how one of his Atlantic articles, two of his books and a WIRED piece he authored h…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:03AMWednesday, April 13, 2022
Last week Aubrey Bergauer made the following post calling the attention of arts organizations to an annotated press release put out by the financial company Ellevest announcing their success…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:42AMMonday, April 11, 2022
A couple weeks ago there was an article in the L.A. Times about Artists Who Code, an organization created after the pandemic hit by two Broadway performers to help artists transition into ca…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:12PMThursday, April 7, 2022
Apropos to my post yesterday about New York City requiring employers to list their salary range starting next month, I was happy to Vu Le’s tweet about Washington State passing a similar l…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:24AMWednesday, April 6, 2022
Last month, The Art Newspaper reported that NYC would begin requiring all employers to disclose the salary range of jobs starting on May 15. Many saw this as a positive step for the arts wor…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:03AMTuesday, April 5, 2022
Last week Laura Zabel, Executive Director of Springboard for the Arts, has a piece on CityLab discussing the contributions artists can bring to pandemic recovery. She references a report iss…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:33AMThursday, March 31, 2022
Colleen Dilenschneider made a post today providing data that shows people’s tendency to stay home rather than seek cultural and entertainment experiences has increased over the last decade…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:42AMWednesday, March 30, 2022
While returning from a grocery shopping trip on Saturday I heard this NPR story about an art project that is calling attention to the disparity in property taxes for black owned homes vs. wh…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:33PMTuesday, March 29, 2022
It seems the week to discuss Human Resource practices. Drew McManus posted the first in a series about the lack of good resources among orchestras to help address difficulties in the work en…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:03PMFriday, March 25, 2022
Drew McManus reposted a promotional Facebook video for Wichita Symphony Orchestra’s (WSO) performance of “The Rose of Sonora” violin concerto. I thought it was a cool little video de…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:24AMWednesday, March 23, 2022
Last week Vu Le made a Twitter post alluding to the fact a lot of corporate leaders will shift to leading non-profits, but you basically never hear of a non-profit leader making a career tra…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:48PMA few months ago I came across a piece by Imogen Crimp which recounts her attempt to pursue a career in opera. Her story covers some pretty crappy experiences with conservatory instructors…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:48PMThursday, March 17, 2022
I saw a social media post by Dan Pink today that linked to an NPR story about a program where doctors in Canada can prescribe spending time outdoors and have been provided year long passes t…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:33PMWednesday, March 16, 2022
On Hyperallergic today, Isabella Segalovich had a piece, 15 Things Museums Do That Piss Me Off . An avowed museum junkie, she lists what areas in which she would like museums to do a better …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:03PMTuesday, March 15, 2022
A month ago Ruth Hartt posted an image she grabbed from my venue’s website on Twitter and complimented its presentation on a number of points: Brava on the diverse audience remark & I'…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:42PMWednesday, March 9, 2022
You may have heard a short piece on NPR this past week about Peptoc, a hotline where you can hear encouraging words from kindergartners. Call a new hotline, and you’ll get just that —…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:36PM 
