Getting it, now.
“We need a space to build an airplane.” “An airplane?” “For the set. For the set of Wickets.” For the set of a play called Wickets they were going to build an airplane. For the set of a play called Wickets, which was really an
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Taylor Mac — The Palace of the End
If you somehow missed Taylor Mac performing The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac at the Under the Radar Festival, then you’ll have to settle for the next best thing, this clip of his song “The Palace of the End.”
NYC Blogger Summit
TomorrowWednesday, Culturebot will be attending the NYC Blogger Summit hosted by WNBC. If any fellow arts bloggers are planning to attend, please do say hello. You can find Culturebot lording over the buffet table. Hey, we’re not ashamed to admit we’re going for the free
Who’s Leading the Dance?
Sunday’s Times had a feature on three of the leading curators of the downtown dance scene: Debra Singer (the Kitchen), Vallejo Gantner (PS 122), and Carla Peterson (Dance Theatre Workshop). The piece by Gia Kourlas raises some interesting points in regards to cultivating work. Will
It is dance-tastic at P.S.122
Saturday night marks the opening of two great new dance shows at P.S.122. First off is Tamar Rogoff Performance Projects’ Edith & Jenny. This new piece from Tamar Rogoff features performers Claire Danes and Ariel Rogoff Flavin exploring the intimacy that has marked their life-long
Megan Sprenger
Megan Sprenger, artistic director of mvworks, received a BFA in dance with a focus in composition from the State University of New York at Purchase College. She has had the pleasure of working with Annie Kloppenberg and is currently working with Catherine Tharin and Tina
Brothers Size Added Show
Culturebot saw this show last spring/summer in a workshop showing. It is really good. They added a performance this Sunday at 9:30PM. We encourage you to go check it out. THE BROTHERS SIZE By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Tea Alagic Playing fast and loose
City Funding for Cultural Organizations to Change – Effective Immediately!
The Department of Cultural Affairs, headed by the illustrious Kate Levin, announced major reforms this morning regarding funding for cultural non-profits. It’s all terribly complicated, and as I am sitting at my desk at chashama, I don’t have the time to explain it all now.
We Want You! (For another great art event)
Last July, before I started wearing straight-legged jeans, before I started writing for culturebot, my friend Ryan Frank invited me to the first installment of his AdNauseam Lyceum, a collective started by Ryan and his talented friends Rory Sheridan and Deena Selenow, that curates exhibitions
RENEGADES AT EXIT ART
by frankofile With the plethora of recent theatre festivals this winter, itÂ’s difficult to fully grasp the current state performance in this town. For a quick refresher course on how we got where we are today, check out RENEGADES: 25 Years of Performance at Exit
Culturebot Goes Uptown
We want to thank Andrew Krucoff for inviting Culturebot to the excellent reading by Adam Gopnik and Patricia Marx at the 92nd Street Y. At the reception beforehand, a motley assemblage of us bloggers did some offline social networking (i.e., mingling while scarfing free wine
radiohole all night long
oh. by the way. we forgot to mention that Radiohole‘s newly revised version of Fluke is awesome. go check it out. this past saturday night there was a knock-down, drag-out, post-show “grog & snog” party which saw nearly every European and American presenter and most