Congrats to team Under the Radar. Arts as civic infrastructure

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January 5, 2026 - A.D. Amorosi's Theater in the Round A.D. Amorosi’s Theater in the Round, Monday, January 5, 2026 globalFEST co-directing co-founders Bill Bragin, Isabel Soffer and Shanta Thake discuss their long-running world-focused musical festival’

Thanks to A.D.Amorosi's Theater in the Round for interviewing globalFEST. We have a chance to talk not only about the festival at Lincoln Center, and the original impulse to create the festival and support global cultural exchange amidst xenophobia, as part of #JanArtsNYC during the APAP conference.

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Contracts are ethical documents, notes Matthew Covey. There are lots of learnings the music field can learn from other industries. For example, it shouldn’t be novel to have phased payments to cover the invested work rather than 100% as a gig is delivered.

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Arts immigration lawyer Matthew Covey of Covey Law and Tamizdat brings a sobering perspective - and how Save Our Stages focused not on a mission-based argument but on economic impact. Cultural Diplomacy arguments don’t often work

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How are we going to rehearse the world we want to live in? @catalinamariaj.bsky.social repeats Meera Dugal’s provocation

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Catalina Maria Johnson @catalinamariaj.bsky.social talks about how the models we use still fall back into extractive approaches. How can we create different models for best practices.

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Who are the centrifugal forces that are catalyzing change? What can collaboration look like? asks Meera Dugal.

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Carlos Chirinos of NYU talking at globalFEST’s Wavelengths conference on music and social change. Focus on artists as community leaders galvanizing diaspora communities. Also discussing role of music in public health community engagement. Counteracting lack of trust in institutions. #JanArtsNYC

Commissioner Pat Swinney Kauffman of Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment frames the arts and culture sector as central to NYCs economy and puts #UTRFest in the CJ text of #JanArtsNYC. #globalFEST is also a proud founding member of this coalition steered by #APAP

globalFEST · Lincoln Center The cultural catalysts at globalFEST have been promoting the world's greatest musical traditions for over 20 years. This annual festival features an eclectic array of…

This is a better link for the complete globalFEST stage by stage schedule for Lincoln Center on Jan 12.

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Support globalFEST 2025 Over Two Decades of Promoting Cultural Exchange Through Music! | Check out 'Support globalFEST 2025' on Indiegogo.

I cofounded the not for profit festival globalFEST. The support of individuals has been key to our survival. Please consider us in your #GivingTuesday support. And save the date Sun, Jan 12, Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in NYC.

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globalFEST · Lincoln Center The cultural catalysts at globalFEST have been promoting the world's greatest musical traditions for over 20 years. This annual festival features an eclectic array of…

Our next edition is at Lincoln Center in NYC on Sunday, Jan 12. It’s part of the larger Association of Performing Arts Professionals annual gatherings tagged now as #JanArtsNYC along w/ NY Winter #Jazz Fest, Under the Radar, Prototype and others.

Lineup + tix: www.lincolncenter.org/series/linco...