Took Some Friends To the Orchestra

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Joe Patti

I am contributing to Drew McManus’ 2006 Take A Friend To The Orchestra Month . I took some friends yesterday and have been pondering throughout the day. Instead of making an entry today, I will be working on my contribution.

In the meantime, take a gander at today’s contribution by Alex Shapiro which seems to have elicited some good responses.

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Joe Patti

I have been writing Butts in the Seats (BitS) on topics of arts and cultural administration since 2004 (yikes!). Given the ever evolving concerns facing the sector, I have yet to exhaust the available subject matter. In addition to BitS, I am a founding contributor to the ArtsHacker (artshacker.com) website where I focus on topics related to boards, law, governance, policy and practice.

I am also an evangelist for the effort to Build Public Will For Arts and Culture being helmed by Arts Midwest and the Metropolitan Group (details).

My most recent role is as Theater Manager at the Rialto in Loveland, CO.

Among the things I am most proud are having produced an opera in the Hawaiian language and a dance drama about Hawaii's snow goddess Poli'ahu while working as a Theater Manager in Hawaii. Though there are many more highlights than there is space here to list.

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