2,137 stories from Butts In The Seats
Hyperallergic had a story about a couple casino developers who offered to build museums as part of a bid open some casinos in NYC. According to the story, one would have developed a $15 mill…
I have been holding an article in reserve for quite awhile as I waited for the Halloween season to roll around. 10 years ago this week Atlas Obscura had an article about why theaters place g…
Economist Tyler Cowen was interviewed by his colleague Alex Taborrak about Cowen's 1998 book, In Praise of Commercial Culture . (Transcript) Apparently this was the book that put Cowen on…
This seems to be the week for pictures on the old blog. About a month ago I wrote about an effort to use art projects to mitigate the impact of road construction occurring across five blocks…
I have written a number of posts in the last year about the value of labels in exhibits. There are a number of people who don't think they are of much use visitors. The opinions of those who…
Earlier this summer Colorado Public Radio (CPR) ran a story about how high school theater teachers are focusing instruction on the technical aspects of their discipline in order to tap into …
SMU DataArts released their National Trends study for 2025 in the last couple weeks. At first there is a brief flicker of optimism when you read that earned and contributed revenue is return…
Seth Godin recently made a post on the question of "Who Is It For?" as a measure of the success of an endeavor. He says that while the concept of "maximizing shareholder value" is often cite…
Funding cuts for Philadelphia's transit system known as SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) is causing a lot of concern around that city. SEPTA runs both trains and bu…
Via a LinkedIn post by Rainer Glaap, I was disappointed to learn that Germany's KluturPass program is being discontinued. (In German but most browsers can translate pretty well.) The program…
Folks may remember that in June 2024 the University of the Arts in Philadelphia pretty abruptly announced they were closing after about 150 years in operation. This came as a shock to facult…
Earlier this month, Hyperallergic had a short article about a video that actor Steve Martin made for the Frick Collection in NYC. What I appreciated was the way the information in the video …
You may not have heard about the Savannah Bananas baseball team. Or rather it may be more accurate to say Banana Ball team because they play a game that is a heavily altered version of baseb…
Colleen Dilenschneider and her colleagues at IMPACTS Experience recently released data on social media engagement for cultural organizations. If you don't intend to read any further in this …
While I was scrolling through Reddit this weekend, I came across a post about a doctor's office in the San Diego area prescribing visits to the New Children's Museum for the poster's 4 year …
When I saw that Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS Experience had posted data about whether Democrats and Republicans feel differently about cultural organizations (subscription…
I haven't written about any of his posts for a couple years, but I have been following Gordon Firemark's entertainment law blog for 15 years, if not longer. At one point he wasn't posting wi…
Last month I wrote about an article on the Metropolitan Museum of Art that appeared in Yale University's The Business Behind The Art series. Another article that caught my eye was about the …
Over the last dozen years I have frequently written about Springboard for the Arts' Irrigate initiative where they organized 600 artists to provide activity along the construction route for …
Came across a press release about a study conducted on Gen Z and Millennial perceptions of Broadway. The provocative title suggested that Broadway wasn't overpriced, but rather undervalued. …
Last week I wrote about a series of case studies on small arts and cultural organizations creating community advisory groups referenced in an Arts Midwest newsletter. Another set of stories …
Arts Midwest sent out their monthly newsletter this week which included stories they had published on their website during July. One of the pieces was a quick set of case studies of small ar…
I am not sure how I came across it, but Yale University's School of Management published a series of stories about The Business Behind The Arts. One of the stories briefly profiled Daniel H.…
Last month Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS Experience provided an analysis of exhibit and performing arts audiences from the perspective of age. (sub required) It will come a…
Last week Seth Godin made a post about how companies use technicalities in their terms of service (TOS) to generate more revenue after quoting a low initial price. There was one statement he…
