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...Just behind the Reichstag, look carefully for the cobblestone line marking where the Wall once stood. Passing the Brandenburg Gate, you travel on Unter den Linden boulevard with its elegant 18th century buildings, which contrast sharply with the stark East bloc architecture of Alexanderplatz, the final stop. Cost: single ticket $2.55, full-day ticket $7.00. Journey time: about 30 min. Lisbon: Pick up the No. 28 tram at Largo da Graça, above the imposing São Jorge Castle, with the destination "Prazeres" on the front. After clattering around the hilly, twisting streets of medieval Alfama at sometimes...
...Gross has expressed support for the idea in the past. After the Harvard Concert Commission—a subsidiary of the UC—cancelled its planned fall concert because of insufficient ticket sales, Gross told the council in November that the “UC should give some consideration as to whether it should be in the campus life business...
...spot; moose, deer, bison and thousands of elk are frequently sighted. Springtime, meanwhile, carries the tantalizing possibility of seeing bears emerge from their long hibernation. Whatever the season, there's a Spring Creek safari to match. Half-day excursions start from $85. That's pricier than a movie ticket to Brokeback Mountain, but this is nature on a screen far wider than any cinema...
Furthermore, it is the generous funding from the College and the President’s office (although they have declined to say how much) that will allow the concert to happen in the first place. In the past, reliance on ticket sales (along with UC funding) has led to small turnouts, eliminating any hope of profitability and reducing the community-building value of the event. We thank the College and the President’s office for backing up their rhetoric about improving undergraduate life by putting up enough money to make this concert free. In particular, University President Lawrence...
Actually, that's part of the point. Premium seats are the theaters' attempt to regain some of the revenue for hot shows that would otherwise be flowing to scalpers and ticket agents. And it's one small reason that Broadway, after years of crying its woes, is enjoying an improbable boom. Box-office grosses in 2005 were up 5% over 2004--and not all of that is due to rising ticket prices. Seats were filled at 80.4% of capacity, the highest rate since 1997. For the past 12 weeks--usually the slow late-winter period--that rose...