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Does the Symphonic Orchestra Model Work?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Musicians, Kennedy Center Arts Management Institute, Symphony, Orchestras, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

While supply and demand must be used to evaluate salaries, the salaries for orchestral musicians are virtually always less than the salaries of the stagehands who set up their music stands and chairs!

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The Evolution of Boards

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts Management, Arts, Kennedy Center, Board Development, Non-Profit, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Most board members I meet are scared and frustrated and most staff members believe their board members are not being as generous or as helpful as they should be during this crisis.

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Questions on Diversity

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: True Colors Theater Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Diversity, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

When large, white organizations produce minority works they typically select the "low hanging fruit," the most popular works featuring the most famous minority performers. This invariably hurts minority arts organizations.

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How Helpful Is Cultural Diplomacy?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Diplomacy, State Department, Cultural-Diplomacy, Kennedy Center, Politics News
Michael Kaiser

As the Obama administration tries to rebuild America's image abroad, do we need to send dance companies and theater companies abroad?

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The Biggest Problem Facing the Arts

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts Management, Arts, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

The main challenge facing the arts world is the lack of a trained corps of managers who know how to find resources, attract audiences and other constituents and provide support to our artists.

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Artistic Directors Versus Executive Directors

Michael Kaiser | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Artistic Directors, Arts Management, Arts, Executive Directors, Mission Statements, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Amidst all of the pain and fear of the economic crisis, one area of conversation always gets a laugh: the way to reduce tension between artistic directors and executive leadership.

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Why I Worry About Modern Dance

Michael Kaiser | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Modern Dance, Dance, Merce Cunningham, Kennedy Center, Alvin Ailey, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Virtually every great modern dance company was founded more than 40 years ago. Where is the current, not to mention next, generation of great modern dance companies to carry the torch?

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An Interview with Matisyahu, Plus Barbra Streisand and Brian Setzer Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Matisyahu, Bob Marley, Phish, Hasidic Jew, Entertainment News, Bonnaroo, Reggae, Trey Anastasio, Hip-Hop, Riaa, David Kahne, John Comerford, Greenwich Village, Village Vanguard, Golden Globe Award, Miles Davis, Sonny Dunham, Judy Garland, The Beatles, Benny Carter, Surfdog Records, Doris Day, Stray Cats, Kennedy Center, American Film Institute, Peabody Award, Brian Stezer Orchestra, Film Noir, Orson Welles, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Barbra Streisand, Tony Award, Brian Stezer, The Charlie Daniels Band, Raymond Chandler, Elvis Presley, Cable Ace Award, Jazz, Frank Comstock, Billboard, Grammy Award, Oscar Award, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Matisyahu's latest album, Light showcases his young, old soul, further exploring musical territories of both the secular and sacred.

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Why the Arts Don't Pay for Themselves

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Non-Profits, Arts, Not for Profits, Funding Non-Profits, Arts Funding, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

When people say the arts are irrelevant, I have to disagree; the arts are simply too expensive.

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Any Given Child

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Arts, At-Risk Youth, Any Given Child, Arts Education, Kennedy Center, Living News
Michael Kaiser

Arts education is particularly important at this juncture in our economic history. With manufacturing jobs evaporating, we need more than ever to train our children to be creative, problem-solving members of our economy.

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5 Ways Women Can Make Changes Across Generations

Emmie Twombly | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Sally Field, Vital Voices, Ben Affleck, Women's Rights, Global Trailblazer Award, Diane Von Furstenberg, Candice Bergen, Cambodia, Kennedy Center, Congo, Hillary Clinton, World News
Emmie Twombly

The women of Vital Voices are defining success on their own terms in their own countries, organizations and families.

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Park Avenue's Nichibei Exchange - and the Japanese Flute

Jim Luce | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall, Kaufman Center, L Things Considered, Brooklyn Museum, Nichibei Exchange, Lincoln Center, Park Avenue, Shakuhachi, Philadelphia Museum, Edo Period, Diane Simpson, SONOS Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Museum, James Nyoraku Schlefer, Keiko Tsuyama, Jim Luce, Mujuan Dojo, Zen Buddhism, Michael McKenna, Youtube, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Merkin Concert Hall, Kyo Shin an Arts, Meiji Restoration, Japanese Flute, Kennedy Center, Japanophile, Honkyoku, Japan, Entertainment News
Jim Luce

The Nichibei Exchange tries to bring interesting people from all facets of the U.S.-Japan relationship together with a group of people who are intimately familiar with the other.

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Obamas Head To Kennedy Center For 'Date Night' (PHOTOS)

AP/Huffington Post Slideshow | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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UPDATED WITH PHOTOS OF THEM ATTENDING, POOL REPORT (SCROLL TO SEE) WASHINGTON - Life in the White House isn't keeping Barack and Michelle Obama from ...

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Dear President-Elect Obama, Could We Please Have a Ministry of Culture like Every Other Country in the World?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bo Derek, Pbs, Tv Series, Npr, Happy Meals, Opera, Research and Development, NYU Film School, Ministry of Culture, Film, Nea, Art Therapy, Kennedy Center, HuffPost Election Reaction, Entertainament, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Politics News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

We need to invest in multi-dimensional human beings. We need to show that the country cares about culture.

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The Kennedy Center Honors Five Legends

AP | NATASHA METZLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Brian Wilson, Diana Ross, Steve Martin, Leo Fleisher, Martin Scorsese, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News

From "Good Vibrations" to "Goodfellas," Brian Wilson and Martin Scorsese scored. Steve Martin strutted as one of the "wild and crazy guys." Diana Ross...

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Kennedy Center Names Next 5 Inductees

AP | Brett Zongker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Brian Wilson, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, Leon Fleisher, Stephen Schwarzman, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News

Pianist Leon Fleisher, actor Steve Martin, singers Diana Ross and Brian Wilson and film director Martin Scorsese will share the 30th annual honors of ...

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