2,241 stories by "Joe Patti"
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)Â The Acting Compa…
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 bus…
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. Intrigu…
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 word…
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…
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 anothe…
Last 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 pos…
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 …
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…
Yesterday 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 familiar wit…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 law…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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 depict…
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…
A 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 instructo…
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…
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 …
