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The country-wide economic squeeze has hit the arts and culture sector hard. Local governments -  under pressure to save money - are making cuts to their support for local arts organisations, sometimes removing funding completely.

Why are we in this situation and what can be done to make positive progress?

Host Tom Dawson is joined by three expert guests to understand the context and try to come up with some answers:

Stephanie Sirr - CEO of Nottingham Playhouse and  Co-President of UK Theatre

Zak Mensah - Co-CEO of Birmingham Museums Trust and a Trustee of Cultural Enterprises

Cllr Liz Green - Chair of the Local Government Association's Culture, Tourism and Sport board and Councillor, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 

The Arts & Culture Podcast aims to seek out and share best practice and innovation from museums, galleries, heritage sites and beyond, all across the UK.

Host Tom Dawson is Director Of Digital for the Association for Cultural Enterprises.

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Discover the multifaceted life of Yolanda Nollie, a singer-songwriter turned business mogul and amateur powerlifter, in this inspiring episode of the Living the Dream podcast with Curveball. Join us as Yolanda shares her journey from the arts to the military, and back to her creative roots, detailing her experiences in fashion design, her educational pursuits, and her passion for mentoring through her six companies. Dive into the world of a woman who embodies the spirit of perseverance and the power of dreaming big.

Embark on a cultural odyssey with Jamie Richards, a consummate artist of literary translation. Our exchange unveils Jamie's accidental yet fateful plunge into the realm of translation, alongside her storied career, marked by venerated honors and a discerning taste for the literary unexplored. The episode unwraps the nuanced art of translation through Jamie's latest endeavor, Marosia Castaldi's The Hunger of Women, and her anecdotes about meeting Castaldi in the scenic Navigli district of Milan, shining light on the profound relationship between an author and their translator.

Step into a spirited dialogue that traverses the mosaic of literary translation, where the spirit of cities like Naples and Milan breathe life into the narratives they house. The conversation takes a turn towards the burgeoning influence of AI, juxtaposing its potential utility with the irreplaceable touch of human finesse. We address the surge in the allure of translated literature, and how this renaissance is sculpting the global literary stage. Join us in celebrating the transformation in the publishing world, with a salute to diversity, independent bookshops, and small presses—the pillars of this richly transforming milieu. Jamie also offers a peek into the profound works that stir a translator's spirit, rounding off a session that applauds the craft of translation and the boundless beauty of language and story that unites us across borders.
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Explosion in a Cathedral, Alejo Carpentier

The House on Via Gemito, Domenico Starnone 

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Young V&A is a museum for children and young people. It's located on the site of the former Museum of Childhood but re-launched  under a new brand and with a complete re-imagining in July 2023.

Amy Akino-Wittering (Head of Operations and Commercial at Young V&A) runs the day-to-day operation of the museum and played a key leadership role in its planning, design and launch. In this episode she shares with host Tom Dawson her learnings of "starting from scratch" with a new museum concept, plus gives insights from her career in the arts and culture sector.

There are really useful lessons here in prioritisation and vision - when you start with nothing but a blank page, what are the pillars that you build around? Amy also gives great direction in the crucial area of team management - how do you create the best platform for your staff to shine and, in turn, provide a great experience for visitors?

Children and young people are a notoriously hard audience to really serve well - it's easy to miss the mark. Amy gives great advice about observing and adapting. Plus, Amy's passion for constant improvement (through gathering feedback from the team members on the floor) really shines through.

Find out more about Young V&A here:

https://www.vam.ac.uk/young

The Arts & Culture Podcast aims to seek out and share best practice and innovation from museums, galleries, heritage sites and beyond, all across the UK.

Host Tom Dawson is Director Of Digital for the Association for Cultural Enterprises.

https://culturalenterprises.org.uk/

Forest trackers also called 'pugees' play an inimitable role in conserving India's forests. They can reconstruct whole events inside forests just by looking at the pugmarks. Listen to the full episode to find out how. The pugees play a crucial role in monitoring the health of wildlife and getting medical support as quickly as possible.

This is a continuation of the previous episode (part 5) and our sprightly young co-host Chandrika joins us in this episode as well.
Podcast cover art has been made by Amelia Fleming, a middle schooler from Dubai.

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Block Club's new(ish) Arts and Culture Editor Gwen Ihnat discusses the beat, best things to do this weekend, and her favorite Chicago music venue. 

Host - Jon Hansen

Guest - Gwen Ihnat

Coverage on:

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Last Summer on State Street

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Cat Video Fest

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Block Club Chicago is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, relevant and nonpartisan coverage of Chicago's diverse neighborhoods. We believe all neighborhoods deserve to be covered in a meaningful way.

We amplify positive stories, cover development and local school council meetings and serve as watchdogs in neighborhoods often ostracized by traditional news media.

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Our neighborhood-based reporters don't parachute in once to cover a story. They are in the neighborhoods they cover every day building relationships over time with neighbors. We believe this  ground-level approach not only builds community but leads to a more accurate portrayal of a  neighborhood.

Stories that matter to you — every day

Since our launch five years ago, we've published more than 25,000 stories from the neighborhoods, covered hundreds of community meetings and send daily and neighborhood newsletters to more than 130,000 Chicagoans. 

We've built this loyalty by proving to folks we are not only covering their neighborhoods, we are a part of them. 

Some of us have internalized the national media's narrative of a broken Chicago. We aim to change that by celebrating our neighborhoods and chronicling the resilience of the people who fight every day to make Chicago a better place for all.

Alberta singer/songwriter Sharon Marie White joins Melissa to talk about her deep roots as a musician and performer and how she let her music move to the background as she  found other ways to contribute to her family. Now, after putting her music on hold for decades, she's back and she's just getting started - in an era where women are no longer willing to put up with ageism as working creatives!

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This is a great episode for anyone who:

• is wondering if it's too late to follow their passion (spoiler alert: it's not)
• is struggling to put themselves first
• has experienced ageism now they're no longer in their 20s or 30s
• is wondering what the second half of their life could hold

You can find Sharon Marie at her website www.sharonmariewhite.com, or on social media:

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Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love.

Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.

What does ballet have to do with big business? That’s the question Buzz4Good creator Michael Hemphill asks in our exploration of the role the Arts play in stimulating a city’s economic development efforts.

He talks to Mike Friedlander who leads the Fralin Biomedical Research Intstitue at Virginia Tech; Olivia King, manager of Mast General in downtown Roanoke; Roanoke economic development director Marc Nelson, and many others on today’s show.

And we preview the work we’ve been doing on our TV show BUZZ, in partnership with the Roanoke Cultural Endowment, to provide economic development leaders more  resources to better market Roanoke’s burgeoning arts scene to potential developers and employers.

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The United States has more than 1.5 million nonprofits — from homeless shelters, food banks and rescue squads to children’s choirs, science museums and animal refuges — that employ one out of every 10 Americans. Like any company, nonprofits have salaries and bills to pay, a budget to balance. They require money. And if enough people don’t know about them, don’t believe in them, don’t support them — in short, if they lack BUZZ — they suffer and die.

Leading a city is a largely thankless job, where strangers get to insult you in public. So if you’re not excited about actually governing, this isn’t for you. Christopher Taylor is a successful lawyer, but has served as Ann Arbor’s mayor since 2014 – for peanuts – and he loves it. “In a democracy, collaboration is the key. You simply have to get buy-in. So when we make a decision, a lot of smart people have given it a lot more thought than you’d think!” He even sings in this interview – and he’s good!

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Thank you for listening to The Evermore Podcast: An Exploration of Baltimore’s Art, History, and Forgotten Lore! 

My name is Serena Brontide, and each Wednesday, I’ll be coming at you with a new episode, where I’ll unearth at least one of Baltimore’s finest treasures and give you the haps, the 411, the deets, or whatever the kids are calling it nowadays. 

This is our introduction episode, intended to give listeners the opportunity to get more acquainted with me,  my reasons for creating this podcast in the first place, and let you know what to expect!

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Daniel K. Isaac is a very busy man! So we were especially excited that he made the time to chat with us. In this episode Rachel & Daniel discuss:

• the upcoming 2022-23 theater season and the Asian theater-makers on stage!
• how he turned a 2 line role on Billions into 72 episodes and counting 
• being the only children of single, immigrant mothers (and how they humble us)

It was truly a delight to chat with Daniel. Not only is he incredibly prolific, but he's also such a graceful and lovely human. Is there a more soothing voice you could listen to for 50 minutes? We think not.

Check him out in Noah Diaz's You Will Get Sick currently playing at Roundabout Theatre Company, and catch him any time on Showtime's Billions.
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We are thrilled to chat with Downtown Theater Icon: Paul Lazar. From making appearances in movies that became cult classics (Married to the Mob, Silence of the Lambs, Old Boy, Snowpiercer), to his recent Broadway appearance in Macbeth directed by Sam Gold with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga -- following Paul's career is like a game of Where's Waldo?  You never know where you'll spot him next!

In this episode we talk:

• Early beginnings - how Paul found his way into the Downtown world
• The current state of "Downtown Theater" - what is it? And where is it now?
• What it's like to work so closely with his wife, choreographer and co-founder of Big Dance Theater, Annie-B Parsons

You can currently see Paul in Maria Irene Fornes's seminal work: Mud/Drowning at Mabou Mines, alongside May 2019 guest: Wendy Vanden Huevel.

If you liked this episode and want to hear more -- check out Manhattan Theatre Club's Beyond the Stage podcast! The latest episode features our host chatting with playwrights: Martyna Majok and Jeff Augustin.  With a handy discount code to their upcoming plays at MTC in the shownotes!

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In this episode, Rachel speaks with veteran TV, stage, and film actor: Deirdre O'Connell.

Didi is the 2022 Tony Award winner for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Dana Higginbotham in Lucas Hnath's Dana H. She is also the recipient of the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement award this year, and has racked up multiple awards over the years, including a 2005 Obie for Sustained Excellence. Rachel was eager to find out more about Didi's process and what it takes to maintain such a storied career.

Tune into this episode to learn:

• Didi's trick for auditioning for TV & Film
• Her experience doing Corsicana right after her Tony win
• What it was like for her starting out as a newbie in New York

For any theater practitioner, this is truly not an episode to be missed. You can catch Didi in this Lincoln Center's production of Sarah Ruhl's Becky Nurse of Salem this fall.  Or watch her Tony acceptance speech as a reminder to keep doing what you're doing.

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Anita Smith is one of my favourite people and it was wonderful to have her back on the podcast for this special summer bonus episode. 

Anita is the Artistic and Executive Director of Saskatoon's 25th Street Theatre and a fierce advocate for the arts in our community. When she's not directing and acting in plays, Anita empowers local artists from all backgrounds to tell their stories on local stages. That's one of the many reasons why she is so excited for the Saskatoon Fringe Festival.

25th Street Theatre puts on the Fringe Festival which means Anita and her team are busy all year preparing for the 10 day festival in Saskatoon's Broadway District. This year's festival  features the return of international theatre companies to Saskatoon as well as some fantastic local and national companies. 

Anita was kind enough to swing by my house on a Sunday morning to offer a preview of this year's Fringe Festival for the podcast. We also discuss the importance of getting kids interested in the arts at a young age and why she feels so strongly about our community supporting local artists. 

You can learn more about this year's Fringe Festival and purchase tickets to any of the festival performances by visiting the 25th Street Theatre website. 

I hope all of you are having a wonderful summer and don't forget that Season 5 of YXE Underground drops on September 8th! I have started gathering interviews for the new season and can't wait to share them with you!!

Thank you, as always, for supporting a local, independent podcast. I really do appreciate it. Have a great rest of your summer and maybe see you at the Fringe!

Cheers...Eric 

• Host, Producer, Editor: Eric Anderson
• Theme Music: Andrew Dickson
• Website: https://www.yxeunderground.com

For the 32nd episode, we decided it might be a good idea to introduce our listeners to the host of this podcast: Rachel Lin. After much convincing, Rachel zooms with social media manager and actor, Kendall Cafaro, to discuss Rachel's time in the theater and how this podcast came to be.

Recorded in April of 2022, turn in to learn about the actor, writer, and person asking the questions. Kendall & Rachel discuss:

• the artistic communities & spaces Rachel has been a part of
• some goals and hopes for the pod
• how Upstage Left has fared through the pandemic, and how we're feeling about theater at large now that shows are up and running

Thank you so much for tuning in. As always, you can find us on IG @Upstageleftpodcast and on Twitter @Upstageleftpod
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In today’s episode, Jessica sits down with Chris Appleton, Founder & CEO of Sewn Arts and the Art Pharmacy. You’ll hear how Chris and his team are creating a solution for care providers to prescribe and refer patients to health-improving arts & culture experiences, how they’re uniquely bringing together key stakeholders in the healthcare and arts communities, and how creatives can meet people where they are with their craft’s life-giving therapy.

More about Chris Appleton

Chris Appleton is the Founder & CEO of Sewn Arts and the Art Pharmacy, a solution through which care providers prescribe and refer patients to arts & culture interventions that improve mental health and emotional well-being. 

A social entrepreneur, Chris has spent his career developing organizations where the arts meet civic life. Previously, Chris was Co-founder and Executive Director of WonderRoot, where he was focused on social change movement-building through the arts. Chris and his work have been featured in the New York Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, Fast Company, and more. Chris has been honored with numerous awards, including the Americans for the Arts National Emerging Leader Award, Emory Center for Creativity and the Arts Community Impact Award, and New Leaders Council Alumni Award. He was a special guest at the 2011 White House Youth Summit, a member of the 2019 Class of Leadership Atlanta, and received honors such as Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40, Georgia Trend’s 100 Notable Georgians, Outstanding Atlanta Class of 2014, and World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers.

Currently pursuing his Executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Chris is engaged in a range of initiatives beyond his professional work. He helped build Vote with Dignity, a healthy democracy effort to improve the voting experience through line-warming and neighborhood engagement. He has served on numerous boards including the Grady Health System’s Ambassador Force, City of Atlanta Mayor’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board, Americans for the Arts EL Council, Alliance Theatre Advisory Board, Health Connect South Advisory Board, and more.

Chris lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife, Annie, and two young children, Alexander and June.

RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE

• For more information on Chris Appleton and the Art Pharmacy, check out www.artpharmacy.org & https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-appleton-atl/
• To explore the Arts and Health Matrix from the Rhode Island’s Department of Health and Council for the Arts, check out https://www.aerodatalab.org/arts-and-health 

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Rachel chats with playwright & screenwriter, Anchuli Felicia King, whose play Golden Shield  is currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club through June 12. Her work also includes White Pearl which world premiered at the Royal Court in London and has received productions at the Studio Theatre in DC, as well as Sydney Theatre Company earlier this year. She is also on the writing team of the new HBO Max original series The Baby.

In this episode Rachel & Felicia discuss:

• how Felicia ended up becoming a writer, despite not having set out to be one
• Felicia's relationship to writing BIG plays and tackling global issues in multiple languages
• her ambitions, which actually fall outside the realm of theater

Tickets and info for Golden Shield can be found HERE. Did you know if you are under 35 you can access $30 tickets at MTC? Learn more HERE.
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Part 3/8 from our mini-season: ARPA Funding in Worcester

We are back with another episode of Public Hearing’s ARPA Funding in Worcester mini-series, with our guest, Jennifer Gaskin, president of the Worcester Caribbean American Carnival Association, which organizes the incredible Worcester Caribbean Festival to showcase some of the arts and culture in our community. This week we are discussing how ARPA dollars can be used to promote Arts & Culture and the local creativity and innovation that Worcester is known for as well as what we as community members might consider advocating for as these funds are distributed. 

Learn more about how Worcester plans to spend ARPA dollars on the City website.

Public Hearing is a podcast from Action! by Design about our home city of Worcester, Massachusetts and the people we should be listening to—residents, artists, activists, community leaders, storytellers, and those most impacted by issues facing our city. Our mission is to cultivate community through equity, inclusion, and design, and that work starts at home.

Want to be the first to listen to new episodes? Tune in Wednesdays at 6pm on WICN 90.5FM, Worcester's only NPR affiliate station. Not in the Worcester area? No worries, you can listen live at WICN.org

In this episode, Rachel chats with Taylor Reynolds -  one the most in demand theater directors currently working off-Broadway, and a producing artistic leader of The Movement Theatre Company. This season her work included: Tambo & Bones at Playwrights Horizons, Man Cave by John J. Caswell Jr. presented by P 73, and Songs About Trains playing at the New Ohio Theatre through April 18.

Rachel & Taylor talk about:

• Taylor's approach to these larger than life theatrical new works
• How Taylor made her way as a director, forgoing the assistant/associate route
• Taylor's relationship to the 'white gaze'  and how it's continually changing

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Multiple award-winning television producer Crystal Whaley joins host Kim Singleton to discuss the classic 1964 film "Nothing But A Man".  The movie centers around a rail worker who changes his drifting ways after meeting and marrying a preacher's daughter.  He struggles to hold on to his marriage and dignity while dealing with the oppressive racism of the 1960s. The film stars Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln.