Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
There’s a fascinating article by Cintia Lopez in the 6/4/2019 edition of wbur.com art and culture blog that examines a recent report funded by the Bank of America that determined nearly four times more people attended arts and culture events than the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, and Celtics game combined. You can download a copy of the report, titled “The Arts Factor,” and if you’re like me, one of the first …
While celebrating the founding of the country, take a moment today to remember those who don’t have the opportunity to be with family and friends while serving overseas in the Armed Forces. Band Facts
Argue all you want; email marketing still provides one of the best returns on investment for your marketing dollars. I get thousands per year and I have no idea why most of them are painfully dull. Most of the arts marketers I know and work with are all kinds of creative, but I have yet to figure out the disconnect. Granted, time is almost certainly a culprit, but I also wonder …
There’s nothing quite like doing a good thing for the right reasons and to that end, I’m very happy to introduce the latest design update for one of Inside The Arts’ longest running and popular blogs: Butts In The Seats. In addition to a brand new logo, there’s new typography and an accessibility compliant color scheme, all of which helps deliver some of the very best culture blog content available. Case …
With Baltimore Symphony’s will-they, won’t-they deadline next week there is no shortage of commentary flying around the culture blogosphere. To that end, today’s #TBT reaches back to a post from September 2012 that examines how to productively engage in online discussion. In hindsight, it is borderline ironic that we’re reaching back to something espousing the merits of civility amid the age of gaslighting and tribal identities. If nothing else, it demonstrates …