Conversations
Far too many good ones, but some of my favourites:
- Michael Wheeler who—in my personal opinion—writes the most important arts blog in the City of Toronto, challenged Jeff Melanson (Mayor Rob Ford’s “Arts Czar”) about a blog comment Mr. Melanson made on the Torontoist website; now, I’m assuming it’s a case of “once-bitten, twice-shy” and Mr. Melanson has decided to stay away from “the blogosphere”, but I was really hoping to hear a response from him to that post, possibly the beginning of some kind of conversation between them
- South of the border, Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, started a provocative conversation about "supply and demand" in the arts; there’s no possible way to capture all the nuances of this ongoing conversation (which applies everywhere) and there has been a lot of good writing about it, including Trisha Mead’s “open letter” which, if you scroll through the comments, received a response from Mr. Landesman; this is a very difficult and important conversation, I’m very optimistic that there is maturity and enthusiasm to make it a good one
- Kris Joseph wrote a series of daily posts while he attended the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program, and it’s a terrific exploration of craft, with his usual honest self-reflection and humour (and it aggravated my acting workshop itch)
- I sit on a committee with Steve Mosher so I know how passionate he is about this subject: “Orchestral musicians face unhealthy sound levels”; Steve has been a great guide for me in understanding these issues
- And Lauren Gunderson’s “Belated Valentine to American Theatre…and a Patron Named Joyce” is all kinds of charming
TOasts
Congratulations to
- Tara Beagan, the new Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts
- Andrew Lamb, the new Artistic Director of Roseneath Theatre
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