Month: April 2007

  • A little note from the Editor

    “For if it is true that some experiments succeed and others fail, then shouldn’t we expect PS 122’s in-house blog to discuss that the spirit of experimentation should be celebrated?” the above quote is from Parabasis’ reaction to Mike’s post about Essential Self-Defense. I guess I should clarify things a bit. Culturebot isn’t really PS122’s…

  • Becoming Culturebot

    Okay, seriously. Many of you have responded but many of you have not. I’ve got about 200 outstanding invitations out there. So if you want to be on our list – and you know you do – then look in your inbox for the invitation. Or just go to http://groups.google.com/group/culturebot-list and sign up to be…

  • Five in the Morning

    For those of you who may have missed Rotozaza’s Doublethink, there’s another chance to see the work of this amazingly innovative theater company. Their show Five In The Morning opens this Thursday, April 5 at P.S.122. n Five in the Morning, three willing guests take instructions from the loudspeakers of Aquaworld, an enormous swimming pool…

  • Debunking the Defense of ‘Essential Self-Defense’

    For those of you keeping score at home, the Times thoroughly trounced Pulitzer-nominee Adam Rapp’s Essential Self-Defense, produced by Playwrights Horizons and the Edge Theater Company, prompting Carolyn Cantor (director) to send a letter to her loyal Edge Theater audience denouncing Isherwood’s opinion. “The future health of the theater requires that we embrace material that…

  • Call for Proposals – Upcoming Dance Festivals @ chashama

    chashama will be presenting two unique dance festivals this July! Our hallmark Oasis Festival will take place M-F, July 16-27, at 217 East 42nd Street. Oasis is an 11 year-old annual festival of free performance which provides opportunities for established and emerging artists to showcase their work to audiences who might not otherwise be exposed…

  • Jim Henson Foundation, Too

    Just a reminder for all you puppet-y folk, that May 4th – which is not that far away – is the deadline for sending in a letter of intent to apply for grants from the Henson Foundation. For more information and grant guidelines, visit the Henson Foundation website.

  • Dublin Fringe Deadline

    We just received an email from the Dublin Fringe Festival reminding us that there are only just over three weeks left to apply! The festival will be September 8-23, 2007. There’s an online application process here: http://www.fringefest.com/2007 Deadline for submissions, including supporting material, is Friday, 27th April at 5pm. More details after the jump…

  • Pee Pee Maw Maw

    Speaking of benefit season: mark your calendars, cleanse your livers, the COLLAPSABLE GIRAFFE BEGGAR’S BENEFIT PARTY is coming soon! Saturday April 14th, 2007 8:00 pm Drinks, Eats, DJ Flaco, Love 9:00 pm Guest performances, followed by DJ BenGay, more drinks, more love at 3LD ART + TECHNOLOGY CENTER 80 Greenwich St in lower Manhattan (btw…

  • Culturebot on Google Groups

    Due to spamattacks on our mailing list (ugh ugh ugh!) I’m moving the whole thing over to Google Groups. If you would like to be on the Culturebot.org mailing list to receive updates on events, ticket offers and more, visit http://groups.google.com/group/culturebot-list and sign up. If you are already on the list you will be receiving…

  • Save the Date

    We are heading rapidly into benefit season when all of us artistes and arts workers will be swept into a maelstrom of forced frivolity and drunkenness. Not that it takes a lot of arm-twisting to get theater-folk liquored up. And that’s what we’re counting on when we ask you to save the date for the…

  • Ontological Benefit Tonight

    So for those of you not rockin’ the Passover this evening, go check out the Ontological benefit for their incubator series! $25 gets you free food, alcohol and art. It is a benefit to raise money for the Incubator artists so that they can have rehearsal space to make their really exciting, really cutting edge,…