Dating Games

Next summer, you and all your so-called friends from Facebook and MySpace will be able to finally meet in a giant arena, where you ill be able to play dating games, compete against each other in Guitar Hero or Lacrosse, listen to live bands, or check out the modeling contest. The event will be called ArenaFest, and will eventually be held at 50 major sports arenas around the country. Next summer, it will start with 10 arenas in places like Dallas, Detroit, Cleveland, Phoenix, and Anaheim. ArenaFest will have several draws, including live sports, live music, and live contests.... [Tags: building a brand, dating games, facebook, guitar hero, lacrosse]

Art Catch Extra: Continuous City — In her weekly (sometimes bi-weekly!) column Art Catch, The L's Patricia Milder tells you which art exhibits and theatrical productions are worth visually stalking. Mark Zuckerberg, this one's for you. Maybe the fact that I’m the only person I know who isn’t on Facebook and doesn’t video chat makes me, individually, the wrong target audience for Continuous City. But I don’t know, you tell me – do people actually think this kind of Internet communication (chatting, video dating, games, and so on) is a satisfying alternative to actual human contact? In my eyes the play’s conclusion seems overly obvious:... [Tags: art exhibits, computer internet, conclusion, dating games, facebook]