Question 1

How can I improve my results?

Accepted Answer

Every time you swipe left or right on an event, the system learns from what you do. The strongest signals are muting or favoriting venues and organizations. The next strongest is your free text — any written feedback on an event, or when you refine your preferences in Settings, significantly changes your results. In Settings under Your Taste Profile you can also explicitly rate how you feel about dozens of facets of events, including genre, style, period and format.

Question 2

How long does it take my updated preferences to be reflected?

Accepted Answer

If you mute or unmute neighborhoods, venues, or organizations, you'll see that change immediately. Other preference changes accumulate over time, and you'll slowly see those as the system learns more about you.

Question 3

How are events sorted?

Accepted Answer

Each tab (Queue, Approved, Rejected) is sorted by date. When an event spans multiple dates, the date used is the end date — so events ending soon are always at the top. You can filter for text, venues, or dates at the top of each tab, hide any event with the X button, and pin one or more events to the top of the list.

Question 4

Can I see events in my personal calendar?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Settings you'll find a link you can import into any calendar app. It's a personal, secure feed of all the events in your Approved tab. For multi-date events you'll see two calendar entries — one for the start date and one for the end date.

Question 5

Can I suggest a new venue or organization?

Accepted Answer

Yes, absolutely! Use the Feedback section in Settings. The requirements: it must be a professional organization, have a dedicated website (please include the URL), and be located within 25 miles of the center of Washington, DC.

Question 6

Are there types of venues and organizations you don't allow?

Accepted Answer

This app covers professional events at museums, clubs, concert halls, live theaters, shows, and galleries. It does not include sporting events, amateur productions, or community gatherings — the sheer volume of those would make the app unwieldy. I've chosen to focus only on professional organizations and venues.

Question 7

Does this system use AI? Is my personal information safe?

Accepted Answer

The only personal information the system knows about you is your name and email address. None of that is sent to AI systems. AI is used to generate your taste profile and match events against your preferences, and that is kept entirely separate from your identity.

Question 8

Do you sell my personal data?

Accepted Answer

No. The only income I receive is from the subscription fee. I will never sell your personal data.

Question 9

Can I suggest improvements for the app?

Accepted Answer

Of course! Feedback is always welcome — use the Feedback section in Settings.

Question 10

Why do you charge a subscription fee?

Accepted Answer

There are server and processing costs that scale with every new user. I keep fees as low as possible, with a 14-day free trial so you can see if the app is worth it to you. I'm always improving the app — I hope you feel it's worth the small amount to stay up to date with all the arts events happening in DC.

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