Baby Steps
Over the last eighteen months I have begun to put greater emphasis on the need for (and advantages of) simplicity and gradualism in beginning community engagement efforts. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2018-01-16
Pay-to-Play? Maezawa Bankrolls Brooklyn Museum Show of His $110.5-Million Basquiat
Should a museum accept money from a private collector to show a work (or works) from his personal collection? Unless the work in question has been promised to the museum, such arrangements reek of pay-to-play, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2018-01-16
America’s Most Exceptional Orchestra
Setting aside PostClassical Ensemble, the guerrilla DC chamber orchestra I co-founded fourteen years ago, the most exceptional American orchestra I know is the South Dakota Symphony. South Dakota’s “Copland and Mexico” festival, which concluded last … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered Question Published 2018-01-16
Tracking Everyday Mysteries
RoseAnne Spradlin’s X at New York Live Arts, January 13 and 14. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2018-01-16
Marlene VerPlanck Is Gone
From New York comes news that the singer Marlene VerPlanck died today at 84. She reportedly had pancreatic cancer but managed to keep the illness a secret from nearly everyone. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-01-16