A recent study that looked at the effect of live cinema screenings of England’s National Theatre (NT) performances found that they have no negative impact on live attendance at theaters near the NT Live shows. In fact, in London there was a 6.4 percent increase in local theater

There was a lot of news this past week. Here are some stories that caught our eyes. Stadium in Berlin Gets Transformed Into Giant Living Room for World Cup, Includes 700-inch Television —TechEBlog “Best of all, admission is free for the giant living room, known as WM Wohnzimmer,

Jane Chu—president and CEO of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri—was confirmed at the 11th chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) yesterday the the U.S. Senate. “I’m honored to receive the Senate’s vote of confirmation, and I look

Joe Floreano, CFE, has given a lot time and energy to the venue management industry, and it’s not going unnoticed. He was awarded the 2014 Legacy Award last month from the IAVM Foundation, and this month he’s receiving another honor. The Rochester Broadway Theatre League (

Two of our member venues have received Google Glass to experiment with in order to learn about the pros and cons of the technology when using it in a facility. We’ll be following their progress on the blog here and in FM magazine. This first blog post is written by Ruth Fajardo