Monthly Archives: June 2008

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TKTS BKLYN

Got this a few weeks ago, forgot to post. But for Brooklyn theater fans its big news: New downtown Brooklyn TKTS booth, opening Thursday July 10. TDF and METROTECH B.I.d. announce new TKTS location at 1 Metrotech center at the corner of jay street and

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Market Forces / Part II: Consumer Confidence

this looks pretty cool: carriage trade invites you to a closing reception for Market Forces / Part II: Consumer Confidence On Wednesday, July 2 beginning at 7pm carriage trade 94 Prince St. 2nd fl New York, NY 10012 (between Greene St & Mercer St.), n/r

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Peg-Ass-Us LIVE!

Just in case you think we’re gettin’ a little too artsy fartsy around here, we’re going to plug (heh-heh) the upcoming show Peg-Ass-Us. Never seen it, know nothing about it, but dang ya gotta give these kids credit for pure pervy-ness! Peg-Ass-Us Performed and Created

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Oh, Miley!

As long-time Culturebot readers will know, I have an ongoing fascination with the evolution of the Teen age Girl In Popular Culture, beginning with Valley Girl in the early 80’s, through Clueless in the 90’s to Britney and, now, Miley Cyrus. One day I guess

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International Festival of Arts and Ideas

Today is the last day of the New Haven-based annual International Festival of Arts and Ideas. The day’s events includes a walking tour and a bike tour, and the festival finale—a dance performance by Liz Lehrman titled “613 Radical Acts of Prayer.” Anyone can participate;

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New Kid In Town

Well, our ever-expanding ranks of contributors keep growing! Please welcome Vanessa Baish. We have high hopes! Vanessa Baish, who grew up in a small and quiet Maryland town, was introduced to performance in 1989 when a friend took her to see Laurie Anderson. It was

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source amnesia

“Eighteen percent of Americans think the sun revolves around the earth, one poll has found.” Yikes. This article in the NYTIMES on “source amnesia” is really interesting. It discusses how we remember things and how susceptible we are to misremembering. Or how we basically re-write

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Incubator (OHT): Helsinki Syndrome’s “True North”.

photo: Mike Hipple The second company invited by the Incubator curators to perform at the Ontological Hysteric Theater was Helsinki Syndrome, a performance art collective based in Seattle. I went to their last performance this past Saturday and found light plastic blankets awaiting the audience

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Creative Time Summer 2008

Good stuff from Creative Time all summer long… Throughout the summer Creative Time will present selections from fashion icon, agent provocateur, and founder of the Sex Pistols Malcolm McLaren’s new video series Shallow at 44 1/2: MTV’s outdoor, gilded, HD screen in the heart of

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Deitch Projects’ Call for Artists!

Release your inner PT Barnum this September in NYC! Proposals for floats, placards, spectacles, and street performances by artists, designers, and performers are being accepted for the 2008 Art Parade. DEADLINE: THURSDAY, JULY 1. Visit www.deitch.com for more information

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La Mar Enfortuna at The Stone

My friend Daniel just wrote about these guys in the current issue of HEEB. I have been told it is going to be an awesome show. La Mar Enfortuna Saturday, June 28, 2008 8:00 pm The Stone (ave C and 2nd st) Oren Bloedow (guitar)