In response to recent incidents in Baltimore, Maryland, and the ongoing potential for demonstrations and civil unrest to affect the operations of public assembly facilities, IAVM presents a webinar that will share best practices, legal considerations, and actual real-time responses fr
Guests often have to wait in lines to enter venues, and sometimes it feels like it takes forever to get in and other times it doesn’t faze a guest at all. Why is that? Well, a study in the Journal of Consumer Research looked at the factors that determine how people experience ti
You can smell happiness. It’s true. According to new research published in Psychological Science, humans communicate positive emotions through sweat. It’s been long known that we can communicate fear and disgust through chemical compounds in our sweat, but until now no stu
There was a lot of talk at the 2015 Performing Arts Managers Conference about how to attract new guests and engage younger audiences. Several great ideas were offered, such as pushing for more arts appreciation in grade schools and presenting programs outside a venue’s walls and
The lead guitarist from the Screaming Trees raised his right hand, held it for brief moment, then strummed out some punk chords, causing the place to transform into shirtless bodies slamming against one another. This was my first mosh pit experience, and I loved it. After that, I soug