Laura DeBusk GRPH 312

http://peabody.yale.edu/

PROS:

The sidebar tells you what things are going on now at the museum without the user even having to click anything.
When you click on a link at the top of the page and it takes you to that page, the left sidebar shows all the links that were sub-links you saw when you hovered over the main link so you don't have to hover over the main link again to see what else was written there.
Links are organized in a consistent and easy to understand way

CONS:

Birthday parties link might go better under events instead of education

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/london-wall/

PROS:

Hours of operation are on the home page
Main links have a drop down list but also a picture with the link to the main thing you are probably looking for in that particular menu
Different information is clearly separate from each other

http://www.valleyarts.org/

PROS:

It is simple
The 3 main links are highlighted with a picture

CONS:

Some of the pages are just long lists of information
The links don't have a drop down menu to tell you what all is included in that link

http://www.larkinarts.com/site/

PROS:

It repeats the main links at the bottom of the page

CONS:

Doesn't show or list the supplies that are carried

Artwork by Amanda Wilson.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s
The Pirates of Penzance
Featuring the JMU Opera Theater

April 18, 2013 ♦ Thursday @ 8 p.m. ♦ Concert Hall

The Pirates of Penzance, one of the most popular comic operas of all time, is a treasure-filled musical extravaganza teaming with dazzling damsels in distress, rugged rogues and swashbuckling pirates! Follow the fortunes of Frederic, who has been mistakenly apprenticed to the Pirate King. Now completing his 21st year of indentured service, he rejoices in his freedom. His dreams are dashed when his leap year birthday (February 29) is discovered, which means he must serve for another 63 years! A tempest begins to brew and mayhem reigns when Frederic falls for the lovely Mabel, the daughter of the “very model of a modern Major General.”

Ticket prices: $11–$12. Reserved Seating. Advance tickets can be purchased online, by phone or in person at the Forbes Center Box Office (Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or 1½ hours prior to performance). Cash, checks, major credit cards, JACards accepted.
JMU student tickets: Advance tickets — $8 discount tickets in person at the Forbes Center Box Office only with ID. One ticket per ID. Student tickets are not available online. Cash only 1½ hours prior to performance.

Mailing Tickets/Will Call — Tickets that are ordered more than two weeks in advance of a performance will be mailed to the address on file. Ticket orders received less than two weeks prior to a performance will be held for pick-up at Will Call at Wilson Hall Auditorium.

Photo by Richard Finkelstein

New Voices in Dance
Featuring JMU’s Contemporary Dance Ensemble

March 21–23, 2013 ♦ Thursday–Saturday @ 8 p.m.
March 24, 2013 ♦ Sunday @ 2 p.m. ♦ Mainstage Theatre

Featuring the best works developed by students during the year, this concert is a catalyst for launching future careers in dance! Come support these breakthrough artists perform jazz, ballet and modern works, as well as a work by guest choreographer Julio Agustin Matos, Jr. inspired by the late, infamous director-choreographer Bob Fosse. The program will also feature the premiere of new works by JMU dance faculty members Cynthia Thompson and Shane O’Hara.

Ticket prices: $13–$14. Reserved Seating. Advance tickets can be purchased online, by phone or in person at the Forbes Center Box Office (Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or 1½ hours prior to performance). Cash, checks, major credit cards, JACards accepted.
JMU student tickets: $11 in person at box office only with student ID. One ticket per ID. Student tickets not available online.