Megan
@andmegansaid.bsky.social
📍 L.A. -> MD/D.C.
👩🏻💻 performing arts admin/programming
👩🏻💻 performing arts admin/programming
Full house for OKAN tonight 🥹
February 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Full house for OKAN tonight 🥹
Another moment of joy: OKAN performed for our largest K-12 audience ever 🥹
February 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Another moment of joy: OKAN performed for our largest K-12 audience ever 🥹
A moment of joy: a full house and standing ovation for the Takács Quartet and Stephen Hough at @theclariceumd.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A moment of joy: a full house and standing ovation for the Takács Quartet and Stephen Hough at @theclariceumd.bsky.social
Watched an old favorite this weekend: Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century
It’s about a teenage girl and her distrust of a rich guy who is actually sabotaging her space station and all the great scientific research being done by her parents and friends so he can profit financially from their downfall
It’s about a teenage girl and her distrust of a rich guy who is actually sabotaging her space station and all the great scientific research being done by her parents and friends so he can profit financially from their downfall
February 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Watched an old favorite this weekend: Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century
It’s about a teenage girl and her distrust of a rich guy who is actually sabotaging her space station and all the great scientific research being done by her parents and friends so he can profit financially from their downfall
It’s about a teenage girl and her distrust of a rich guy who is actually sabotaging her space station and all the great scientific research being done by her parents and friends so he can profit financially from their downfall
Bracing for the impact of this and mourning alongside all those (artists, staff, audiences, etc) who found an artistic home at KC
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New Kennedy Center board elects Trump chair, fires Rutter as president
President Trump’s refashioned board of trustees voted him chairman and replaced the Kennedy Center’s president Deborah Rutter with Trump ally Richard Grenell.
wapo.st
February 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Bracing for the impact of this and mourning alongside all those (artists, staff, audiences, etc) who found an artistic home at KC
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Reposted by Megan
The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency
The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
The last words of this column capture my exact thoughts at nearly every performance or exhibit I see now: “…One wondered if anyone would complain, and how long it will be before this kind of program elicits extra scrutiny, if it isn’t scuttled altogether.”
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Column | How Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover could change the arts
President Trump’s plans to police DEI language and control the Kennedy Center show an intent to use the government’s enormous coercive power over the cultural sector.
wapo.st
February 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The last words of this column capture my exact thoughts at nearly every performance or exhibit I see now: “…One wondered if anyone would complain, and how long it will be before this kind of program elicits extra scrutiny, if it isn’t scuttled altogether.”
wapo.st/3CxbYxC
wapo.st/3CxbYxC
Reposted by Megan
In a time full of change and uncertainty, allow yourself a gentle break—a kind moment to clear your mind and find peace. Like this bat ray gliding through the blue, a shark cruising with quiet confidence, or a giant sea bass drifting in the gentle sway of the sea.
youtube.com/shorts/sAgHY...
youtube.com/shorts/sAgHY...
Moment of zen | #shorts
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a time full of change and uncertainty, allow yourself a gentle break—a kind moment to clear your mind and find peace. Like this bat ray gliding through the blue, a shark cruising with quiet confidence, or a giant sea bass drifting in the gentle sway of the sea.
youtube.com/shorts/sAgHY...
youtube.com/shorts/sAgHY...
This, the changes to FY26 National Endowment for the Arts grant guidelines, the dissolution of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, naming the NEA chair to America250 task force—it all signals that dude and handlers understand that the arts are powerful. And they want to control it.
BREAKING: Donald Trump plans to dismiss multiple members of the Kennedy Center board, including recent Biden appointees, Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer report. The announcement could come as soon as today. theatln.tc/2Wf7ABeP
Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center
The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.
theatln.tc
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This, the changes to FY26 National Endowment for the Arts grant guidelines, the dissolution of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, naming the NEA chair to America250 task force—it all signals that dude and handlers understand that the arts are powerful. And they want to control it.
Visited @peoplesbooktakoma.com for the first time this morning and being there felt like a warm hug.
January 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Visited @peoplesbooktakoma.com for the first time this morning and being there felt like a warm hug.