“You not only can browse these brokers’ inventories on their websites, but you also can find tickets through various aggregator sites and, perhaps most significantly, through online ticket exchanges such as StubHub and TicketsNow. This wide-open marketplace, the brokers contend, has driven down prices, certainly for events where supply outpaces demand.”
Tag: 07.12.11
Is Classical Ballet Harder Than Contemporary Dance?
Dancers Carlos Acosta and Zenaida Yanowsky joined BBC Breakfast to talk about it.
Anger Grows Over Dutch Cuts In Culture Funding
“Although few institutions know exactly how they will be affected, anger is directed not only at the cuts but at what is being widely perceived as government disdain for culture.”
Report Slams Italian Budget For Archaeological Presevation
The auditors focused on the maintenance, security and management of Italy’s most important archaeological sites and concluded that the amount of money needed “far exceeds the available resources, although there is no doubt that the proper conservation and promotion of this heritage would have a positive impact on the tourist industry”.
Who Should Replace NYCity Opera At Lincoln Center?
“Financially healthy, reliably popular performing arts organizations are not so easy to come by these days, as the David H. Koch Theater goes searching for a major tenant to replace New York City Opera, which is expected to move out of its longtime home.”
In Intelligent Robots, It’s The Simple Things That Aren’t
“Designing a robot to mimic the basic capabilities of motion and perception would be revolutionary, researchers say, with applications stretching from care for the elderly to returning overseas manufacturing operations to the United States (albeit with fewer workers). Yet the challenges remain immense, far higher than artificial intelligence hurdles like speaking and hearing.”
New York City Opera’s Plans Would Gut Orchestra And Chorus, Says Union
“A day before New York City Opera was to announce its first post-Lincoln Center season, the company’s unions charged on Monday that the company had made proposals for a new contract that would gut the chorus and the orchestra, and turn the ‘people’s opera’ into a freelance outfit.”