“Theatre Ninjas, the free ticket iPhone app and website, is to stay live after its introduction at this summer’s Edinburgh fringe festival. … [The program] allows producers, directors and theatre makers to offer a limited number of last-minute tickets for their shows for free through both the app and the website.”
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Study: European Online Ticket Sites Are Ripping Off Consumers
“A Europe-wide investigation has found that in some countries – such as Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands – every site that was checked was potentially breaking EU laws aimed at protecting consumers. These sites could be fined or shut down if they fail to correct the problems identified, which included misleading price information, unfair contract terms and – in some cases – even selling tickets for non-existent events.”
(Dastardly) Fun With Numbers
Charles Seife, “a veteran science writer who teaches journalism at New York University, examines the many ways that people fudge with numbers, sometimes just to sell more moisturizer but also to ruin our economy, rig our elections, convict the innocent and undercount the needy. Many of his stories would be darkly funny if they weren’t so infuriating.”
A Paris Biennale That Defines The Age
“This gigantic show put up by 80 galleries from Europe and America mirrors better than any event on the world scene our new approach to art. Perception is changing. Interest in subtle nuances is receding as our attention span shortens. Awareness of this trend probably accounts for the recent art trade emphasis on clarity and monumentality and the striking progression of 20th-century modernity.”
James Levine And The Boston Symphony – A Week-To-Week Thing
“With advance ticket sales lagging and Levine without a signed contract, the orchestra’s management is not talking about the esteemed music director’s long-term future, only getting through the next few months.”
Are We Really Aware Of Structure In Art?
“What happens in our minds when we enjoy something like a book or song, without being fully aware of what makes it enjoyable. On some level, there is something like an unconscious processing of the information, but it’s not an unconscious that looks anything like the Freudian version.”
Detroit Symphony Impasse More Than About Monry
“Most of the attention so far has been focused on the headline issues of the orchestra’s insolvency and whether pay cuts of about 30% would mortgage the DSO’s status as an elite symphony. But proposed work rule changes could have just as radical an impact on the DSO’s future.”
NY City Ballet Tries Having Its Dancers Speak
“Those ethereal creatures at New York City Ballet, who communicate solely with physical grace and train their whole lives to perform in silence, are now talking to the audience from the stage.”