Author: Rob Knapp

Pru Center’s Grammy Museum Starts Content Hub

Pru Center’s Grammy Museum Starts Content Hub

Posted by | Jun 10, 2020 | ,

Grammy Museum Experience Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., has launched an online “learning and content hub” to house some of its standing features as well a couple of new ones, the video series “Behind the Songs” and the podcast “Musically Speaking.”

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Historic Theaters: Worth Checking Out

Historic Theaters: Worth Checking Out

Posted by | May 29, 2020 |

HALL NEW: The 1,000-seat Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall is undergoing nearly $15 million in renovations. (Courtesy Carnegie of Homestead) Pittsburgh-area music hall part of historic library You can find all the classics at the Carnegie of Homestead Library — William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway. In the same 122-year-old building, at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, you can see some other classics perform live — Arlo Guthrie, Boz Scaggs, Ted Nugent. How did “Wango Tango” wind up sharing space with “Pride and Prejudice” in the Pittsburgh-area borough of Munhall? It goes back to Andrew Carnegie, a Pittsburgh steel tycoon who built more than 2,000 libraries around the world between 1883 and 1929, and more recently a timely decision by the library’s board and a push from a promoter in the region. “We’re a public library by trade,” said Carol Shrieve, Carnegie of Homestead’s executive director. “We’re one of… Continue Reading Historic Theaters: Worth Checking Out

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Historic Theaters: New Marquee Has a Job To Do: Uplift

Historic Theaters: New Marquee Has a Job To Do: Uplift

Posted by | May 28, 2020 | , ,

Lexington Opera House’s custom-designed sign debuted just before COVID-19 When Kentucky’s Lexington Opera House threw the switch in March on a new sign, the script called for a steady stream of Broadway shows and local theater and music performances to parade across the marquee’s digital LED screens. Then COVID-19 made its appearance and turned the plot on its head, resulting in postponements and cancellations that left the marquee with no shows to promote. But the staff at the downtown opera house, led by director of performing arts Luanne Franklin, has found a way to use its newest addition to help residents weather the pandemic. “We’ve been providing some inspirational messages inspired by Broadway to try to lift people’s spirits,” Franklin said. Staff members comb through classic shows for lines and lyrics, some familiar and others forgotten, to find words that will offer encouragement in difficult times. New lyrics go up… Continue Reading Historic Theaters: New Marquee Has a Job To Do: Uplift

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Cuban: Science Will Show Us the Way Back 

Cuban: Science Will Show Us the Way Back 

Posted by | Apr 30, 2020 | ,

“We will have to turn to scientists to define what will protect our customers,” Mark Cuban says. (Getty Images) NBA owner talks about tech’s role in what the future of venues will look like Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, has been a familiar face on TV and webchats during the COVID-19 shutdown of sports and entertainment, taking a lead role in talking about what will bring back live event gatherings and what they’ll look like.  When VenuesNow asked him his answer to one of the biggest questions facing the industry today — will fans return to shows and events en masse when the green light finally comes — his answer was unequivocal. “Yes,” Cuban said. In an email interview with Cuban, who will become a club owner in the coming months when he opens The HiFi Dallas, a 1,000-capacity general admission venue, with Live Nation, he said… Continue Reading Cuban: Science Will Show Us the Way Back 

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In Memoriam: Brad Weissberg 1963-2020

In Memoriam: Brad Weissberg 1963-2020

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 | , , ,

Brad Weissberg with VenuesNow marketing director Samantha Le at the All-Stars reception Sept. 9 in New York City. VenuesNow senior writer found stories, friends across the industry When you picked up the phone and Brad Weissberg was on the other end of the line, you didn’t have to ask who it was. His gravelly voice was a distinctive calling card. Brad’s voice as a writer was just as distinct, and he used it to tell stories from across the venues industry for VenuesNow from the June 2016 issue until last month, when he died of a fast-moving cancer that left his family and friends shocked and devastated. He was 56. Brad amassed bylines while on staff at The National Enquirer, Star Magazine, Famous, Women’s Day, Australia and NW before he arrived at VenuesNow’s predecessor, Venues Today, hired as a reporter by magazine founder Linda Deckard.  “He embraced the role wholeheartedly,… Continue Reading In Memoriam: Brad Weissberg 1963-2020

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