Month: May 2009

  • holy king tut!

    Steve Martin on Banjo. Yes, that Steve Martin. One of Hollywood’s legendary funny men, Steve Martin, makes his musical debut at RMA on May 27 playing 5-string banjo with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Two encore performances will follow on May 28. These concerts sold out quickly but a limited number of house seats have been…

  • Literary Reportage: The Forensics of Crisis. An International Discussion

    from the Polish Cultural Institute: Literary Reportage: The Forensics of Crisis. An International Discussion with Wojciech Tochman, Francisco Goldman, and Jonathan Brent, moderated by Marcela Valdes will take place at Idlewild Books  (12 W. 19th St., New York) on Wednesday, May 27, at 7:00 PM. Followed by a reception.  On the eve of this year’s BEA, at…

  • we're so sorry

    What are you sorry for?  The silly thing you said?  The mean thing you did? Apologize to us.  Tell us how sorry, how truly, deeply sorry you are.  Whatever it is you want to confess, we are hear to listen.  Or lie to us. Make up a fictional apology.  Apologize for the holocaust or the…

  • Obies Late Night

    late-night party photos from roving reporter Carleigh Welsh.

  • Obie Pix

    Here’s Anne Hathaway:   Here is Kristin and Kim from HERE:   and here’s a party shot:       click on the pix for more shots on flickr!

  • Obie Winners!

    The 54th Annual Village Voice OBIE Awards were presented on Monday, May 18, 2009 at a ceremony held at the newly landmarked Webster Hall in Manhattan. Co-hosted by former OBIE winners Martha Plimpton and Daniel Breaker, the awards were presented by Anne Hathaway, Brian d’Arcy James, Gavin Creel, John Shea, Karen Olivo, Kate Mulgrew, Marc…

  • The Obies are BACK!

    So I was headed out of Webster Hall when a drunk and adorable Brooke O’Harra hugged me and said, “Remember to write that I was drunk! And adorable!” God bless you Brooke and everyone else tonight – the Obies are back in all their drunken, downtown, messy glory.   The beauty shots by Culturebot’s official…

  • help big art group

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Big Art Group is doing an outdoor projection during a European symposium on performance May 28th on this Castle in Austria (http://twitpic.com/5cn2q). The symposium is called the Advancing Performing Arts Project (http://tinyurl.com/r2dus4) Fill in the blank and email to bigart@gmail.com and we’ll project your answer as part of the opening night!. FILL IN THE…

  • weekend wrap up

      It was another busy weekend here at Culturebot. We kicked things off Friday afternoon my moderating a panel on “Writing about Site Specific Performance” at The Segal Center. It was a good panel – John Rockwell, Elise Bernhardt, Alexis Soloski and Helen Shaw all had insights and practical experience to share. Of course it…

  • sneak peek

    we’re upgrading. check out www.culturebot.net.

  • weekend wrap-up

    It was another busy weekend here at Culturebot. We kicked things off Friday afternoon by moderating a panel on “Writing about Site Specific Performance” at The Segal Center

  • coming soon to the kitchen near you

    Sonya and Layla Go Camping is a new work from robbinschilds debuting at The Kitchen.