IAVM’s 2014 Performing Arts Managers Conference is just weeks away. Since time is winding down to register, we want to remind members to make plans to take advantage of the conference and Kansas City’s vibrant performing arts scene while they are in town. Not only will you be inspired

I wrote about festival last week that takes advantage of a performing arts center’s outside space for events. The festival is surely one of the more successful ones and a good role model for future, community-based functions. But getting people off the lawn and into the venue it

Some interesting stats came out of The Broadway League‘s 16th annual demographics report, “The Demographics of the Broadway Audience 2012-2013,” and I thought I’d pass them along to you. The findings pertain to New York, so they may not exactly match your findi

Let’s talk about cats on the Internet. It’s a day that ends in “y” so why not. In 2012, the world’s first Internet Cat Video Festival was held at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn. More than 10,000 people gathered to watch videos that are easily

The Performing Arts Managers Conference (PAMC) is quickly approaching, and this year it takes place in Kansas City, Mo. You may not know this—and I didn’t until yesterday—that Kansas City is home to a flourishing playwright scene. “Much of the activity is coming from small