It’s February, which means the first High Holy Day inquiries have begun. Over the next few months, we’ll receive requests from congregations across Southern California looking for singers for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We don’t contract these services or take a fee — we simply connect temples with singers who are likely to be … Read more
I’ve been struggling with how to respond to these devastating fires, as so many of our Listers have lost their homes or been otherwise affected. This disaster will surely reshape the face of Southern California, and we will neither forget it nor be capable of remaining the same as we were. Just days before the … Read more
Hi, folks — Our regular readers and longtime Listers know that things have been quieter in recent months. Fewer newsletters, less blogging, more content thrown to the Facebook group. There are a variety of reasons for this, but rest assured that the List is far from dead. We’re actually continuing to grow, and our members’ … Read more
How good are you at pictograms? Charades, maybe? As you can probably tell from the header above, we’re going to “pause for a minute”. This blog will be on hiatus until later in the summer, so we can work on some projects that are very important to the List. In the meantime… In short, we’re … Read more
We’re looking forward to the summer months, when we scale back some of our activities and amp up others. So as of this week, we’ll be moving to a bi-weekly publication schedule for Next7, as follows. This normally weekly newsletter publishes on Thursday or early Friday morning, depending on the demands and activities of the … Read more
As I’m sure you’re all reading every word on this blog 😉, you may be aware of the concerns and frustration I’ve found as Twitter has devolved over the last year or so. The List has made friends, gleaned news, cheered for projects and built relationships there, and benefits have been reaped. But the atmosphere … Read more
Our site at laurislist.com went down for awhile today. In fact, every site associated with our platform went down — it must have been some big, hairy problem. (Don’t worry — there’s no sign that your data has been compromised. This was an inconvenience-level issue.) The fact that you’re reading this now is good news, and … Read more
Group coaching announcement for March 2022 — Making Social Media Manageable on March 19. Register at laurislist.com/events
It’s January! (Yeah, you probably knew that.) If you haven’t checked out your bios, photos, website, social media pages or any other marketing assets that you might be using, now’s the time! Especially as the arts are surfing the uncertainty of re-opening, planning, canceling and wondering what comes next, you need to be ready for … Read more
The pandemic has thrown us all for a loop, but it has made it clear that we need each other. For this and many other reasons, I’m looking to build an active blog with multiple voices, so our readers can benefit from a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. We’re getting organized around this idea, and … Read more