A selection of what we're reading this week. Get comfortable and dive in!
Exercise your body, mind, and spirit all at once: The Louvre is one museum opening up for early morning dance and exercise classes, and creating joy. (nytimes.com)
Arts Orgs and Real Estate: Real estate strategy is a defining choice for arts organizations. Buy like Heaven Gallery in Chicago (bloomberg.com)? Form public/private partnerships like these Dance companies (Dancemagazine.com)? Team up with other not-for-profits (thetyee.ca)? But no option is risk free. CKUA is seeking community support to replace lost rent and off-set high interest payments for the headquarters they bought in 2012 (thetyee.ca).
It’s not about you. Telling a compelling story from the perspective of the customer is just as important in for-profit settings as it is in philanthropy. The skills are the same. Listen, appeal to emotion, and tell your genuine story (hbr.org).
Where do new musicals come from? Over the past decade, they have started to come from the Rhinebeck Writers’ Retreat in upstate New York (americantheatre.org).
Broadcasting a live performance is complicated. Here’s how PBS captures Broadway shows for Great Performances (playbill.com)
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