Nonprofit Quarterly asked Tim Delaney, president & CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, to share insights about how nonprofits might utilize the new federal legislation relating to coronavirus to advance their missions. The Council of Nonprofits has been a central force in the larger coalition of groups lobbying to make sure nonprofits were not left out of the coronavirus response bills that Congress has been considering. More…
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NY Times: Arts Groups, Facing Their Own Virus Crisis, Get a Piece of the Stimulus
By Julia Jacobs | March 24, 2020
As museums shutter and theaters go dark, cultural institutions have been calling for federal and local government help. Congress’s aid package will provide some assistance. More…
The Hollywood Reporter: Broadway’s Emergency Relief Deal Doesn’t Cover Playwrights
Stage scribes are independent contractors and their organization isn’t a union, so they couldn’t be part of the multi-union deal with theater producers. More…
The world’s coolest theatre is streaming a play every night for free
As every true stage fan knows, Berlin’s Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz has pretty much been the coolest theatre in the world since before most us were born. Its bold, iconoclastic, director-led productions have had a huge influence on global theatre, and under the current leadership of Thomas Ostermeier, its reputation has only swelled. More…
The New Yorker: Performing Artists and the Financial Fallout of the Coronavirus
By Emily Witt | March 22, 2020
New York’s cultural scene has taken hits before—after 9/11, during the recession that began in 2007, after Hurricane Sandy—but its elimination for an indefinite period of time is unprecedented. More…
Vimeo: Liz Lerman’s Atlas of Creative Tools: three samples (updated)
Three short samples of Liz Lerman’s in-process “Atlas of Creative Tools”
1) Beyond the Comfort Zone
2) the Toolbox Mentality
3) Work-in-Progress [in the digital space]
ChatterPack: A list of free, online, boredom-busting resources!
Resource list of virtual tours; online learning; geography, nature, and history; music; arts and culture; literature online; learn a new skill; entertainment and more…
Joe’s Pub Announces JOE’S PUB LIVE!, A Free Series of Live-Streamed and Archived Performances
After last week’s successful launch of Joe’s Pub LIVE!, Joe’s Pub, a program of The Public Theater, will continue itsa??free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. This initiative serves to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, so Joe’s Pub will share concerts with their audiences each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM Eastern. More…
Vulture: “There Is No ‘Surplus’ in Nonprofit”: How Off Broadway Is Coping With Closure
March 13, 2020 | By Helen Shaw
When Governor Cuomo’s office announced that Broadway would shut down on Thursday, March 12, in the face of COVID-19, the emails started to come in. Uptown, the state had made the call. But downtown, that decision had to happen artistic director by artistic director — tiny spaces, seating sometimes as few as 40 people, choosing to close. There are a handful still open, some to finish a run or get in one last show, and at Radio City Music Hall, Riverdance still stomped last night. (So did Stomp, 26 years into its run at the Orpheum.) But the dominoes were falling all over the city yesterday — shows, seasons, festivals, rehearsals, auditions, designer meetings, rental business, the works. More…
NY Times: No Theater? No Problem. Plays and Musicals Switch to Streaming
As bans on public gatherings have proliferated nationwide in response to coronavirus, shows and special programs are announcing streaming plans daily. More…