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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Finally, Someone Created Games For Theater Professionals by Joe Patti

So a bit of a light-hearted follow up on yesterday’s post about states making laws to combat deceptive ticketing practices. I have to give much love to Ticketing Professionals (UK) Confere…

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Illinois Moves To Combat Deceptive Ticketing Practices by Joe Patti

About a year ago I had mentioned that states had begun creating legislation to combat problematic ticket resale practices given that legislation on the federal level was either slow to emerg…

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Focus On What Gets You 5/5 by Joe Patti

According to a piece in Harvard Business Review about what companies can learn from their biggest fans, apparently only the highest levels of satisfaction will result in an increase of produ…

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You Can’t Scale Connection by Joe Patti

There was an article on the FastCompany website talking about how companies can’t expect to scale customer connection. It needs to happen on a individualize basis through a relatively pain…

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Using Your Imagination Is The Test by Joe Patti

Last week I heard a news story about the Department of Education moving to require colleges and universities to provide graduates are better off with a degree than a high school diploma or r…

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Fund Raising Platforms May Be Raising Money Without Your Approval by Joe Patti

Over on the Charity Lawyer blog Ellis Carter recently posted on a topic that was not on my radar at all. Twenty-three states have sent a letter to GoFundMe regarding donation pages created f…

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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Succession Planning Case Study And Resources by Joe Patti

Last week, CreativeWest hosted a high quality webinar on succession planning. The guest speakers were Roy Hirabayshi, a founder of San Jose Taiko, and Tom Clareson of the Bay Area Arts Readi…

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Are Donors Getting More Than What They Are Paying by Joe Patti

Seth Godin recently wrote about his perception that people approach fundraising in the wrong way. He suggests that for the donor making a donation is just as transactional as buying a suite …

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

An A Corporation Affords Artists Alternatives by Joe Patti

I had seen a post on LinkedIn celebrating a bill establishing Artist Corporations passing out of committee in Colorado. Since I had never heard of that before, I did some additional research…

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Argument For Not Dumbing It Down by Joe Patti

In conversations about why people are not attending arts and cultural events and experiences the concept of the work being too complicated for people to understand or perhaps, more complicat…

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Kidnapping, Cuckolding, Magical Curses. Is It AI Or Opera? by Joe Patti

A couple weeks ago, Thomas Smith, an AI expert addressed Timothee Chalamet's comments about ballet and opera in Fast Company. Smith's take was that amid all the AI generated content people a…

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Much To My Surprise, They Cited Me At Length by Joe Patti

For years now I have been talking about the value of non-profit arts and cultural institutions in communities in terms that don't emphasize monetary ROI to any group that will listen. Recent…

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Unplanned Use of Space Can Improve The Space by Joe Patti

Fast Company had a piece on how public use of spaces has changed the spaces and art for the better. The bottom line is basically, design spaces to facilitate flexible use and don't try to re…

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Dang It, Grandma's Parkouring Again by Joe Patti

I always enjoy receiving ArtsMidwest's newsletters. They often feature great ideas to stea..erm…adapt for use in other communities. Recently they posted a call for pitches from residents o…

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Siloing Can Restrict Staff Professional Development by Joe Patti

Apparently there is a growing concern in the museum world about the reluctance of younger generations to assume leadership roles given the challenges museum leaders face. This has been somet…

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Monday, March 23, 2026

If You're Bored, You Might Enjoy This Article On Boredom by Joe Patti

Back in January there was an article on Nautilus about boredom and the trend of people trying to endure forced boredom. There are "Do Nothing Challenges" and "Rawdogging" where people intent…

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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

They've Been Slicing And Dicing Classical Music For Awhile Now by Joe Patti

Recently in The Guardian, Tom Service suggested the classical music exponents stop trying to misrepresent the nature of the genre. He feels it does the music a disservice to try to create ap…

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Solo Numbers Are Growing by Joe Patti

NPR had a story earlier this month about theaters' efforts to appeal to solo attendees. Apparently the Broadway League has noted that solo attendance during 2024-2025 season was double previ…

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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Securing Music Rights Is The Toughest Part Of Olympic Athletes' Routines by Joe Patti

Entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark and Tamera Bennett recently did a podcast episode addressing some intellectual property and copyright issues which had been in the news. One of the probl…

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Monday, March 9, 2026

Who Owns The Photo You Composed In A Video Game? by Joe Patti

The Conversation recently had an article tangentially related to the concept of AI art. In this case, it is players of video games creating art out of the virtual landscapes in which they pl…

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Look But Don't Trust by Joe Patti

As I am wont to do, once again I am going to state that Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS have provided some interesting data insights. Back in the middle of February they rele…

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Don't Want To Ask Too Many Questions, I Might Jinx It by Joe Patti

Early last month Seth Godin made a post about precision and accuracy. The more I have thought about it, the more convinced I am that he hasn't fully considered his argument. Either that, or …

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Knowing What You Are Not Trying To Be by Joe Patti

This week Kyle Bowen at Museum as Progress made a lengthy post about why they design their gatherings the way they do. What was interesting to me was how clear they are about what they are t…

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Roots Of Ireland's Basic Income For Artists Was 1981 by Joe Patti

In the last couple weeks there have been articles about Ireland making their basic income for artists program permanent. What that means is that around 2000 artists will be randomly chosen b…

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Monday, February 23, 2026

What Will We Do? The Paintings Aren't Working! by Joe Patti

Via Artsjournal.com is a piece on The Critic addressing the trend in thinking art has curative abilities. I have long written about the problem with measuring the value of art in prescriptiv…

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Elements of Your Business Model That Can Derail Change by Joe Patti

Ruth Hartt made an insightful post on LinkedIn a few weeks ago which caught my attention. She also mirrored it on her own website. She talked about how boards and staffs of arts organization…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:31AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Stimulating MN Arts Impacted By ICE by Joe Patti

Last week, Springboard for the Arts, based in St. Paul, MN posted on LinkedIn about different funds they and others had created and contributed to in order to mitigate the impact of federal …

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Who You Think It Is For by Joe Patti

A decade ago when Nina Simon mentioned in a talk she did that not all the programming at a museum was necessarily for everyone, and that is alright, it was an eye opening moment for me. It h…

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Wednesday, February 11, 2026

It IS The Little Things That Matter by Joe Patti

Reimagining The Civic Commons (RCC) made a post on Medium about the contribution of even brief passing nods and greetings on the street have in establishing our sense of belonging. They cite…

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Price Of Disruption by Joe Patti

Seth Godin had an interesting take on pricing and market disruption. He noted that books, records, and other products often have uniform pricing that doesn't really reflect the demand. You m…

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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Digital Ticketing Has Resulted In Broader Fraud by Joe Patti

Last month Fast Company had a piece about how digital ticketing hasn't really stopped fraud as well as people expected. The article talks about how prior to the NFL going to digital ticketin…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:31AM[SHARE]

All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off