Month: January 2006

  • Sex with Mutant Farm Animals (and other tales of the Two-Headed Calf) by Ivan Bellman

    “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” –Winston Churchill I am writing a book. It is a chronicle of my artistic suicide, which coincides with my post-vagina dentate addiction to Jack Daniels™. Having just finished a chapter on…

  • Where In Blogosphere is Ivan B ???

    What am I doing here? I have a pre-imminent retro date with a snow bank off of I-90. Why am I smoking and drinking, simultaneously watching one monitor of the Tight White Right Alito coverage and another of the Suns beating the crap out of the Laker’s? You can still find dive bars like WEED’S,…

  • More Under The Radar

    We spent the day yesterday at The Public, checking out as much of the Under the Radar stuff as possible. It has been a lot of fun. It is also great to hang out in the lobby and chat with people, artists and presenters from all over, to hear the wide range of reactions to…

  • WYSIWYG Film Festival

    In case you didn’t know, we are coming up on the third annniversary of The WYSIWYG Talent Show, the all-blogger reading and performance series. On Tuesday, February 14th we will be holding our special third anniversary show, “Worst.Sex.Ever 3: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People” featuring many funny and talented bloggers, including a superspecial…

  • japan society showcase

    Last night Culturebot went to the 9th Annual Japanese Contemporary Dance Showcase at The Japan Society. It was our first time attending this showcase and we had heard it is always an interesting mix of work. And that was true. There was an interesting and wide range of work. (see John Rockwell’s column in the…

  • sex and politics

    Well, this isn’t exactly about performance, but… the Museum of Sex will be hosting a series of panels on sex and politics which are interesting. The first one is with Barbara Nitke who is “an internationally known photographer whose work has been exhibited and collected for over 20 years. Praised by the Village Voice for…

  • APAP-arama

    As many of you might know, The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is in town. So there are tons of programmers from across the country -indeed the globe!- running around NYC looking at showcases and performances of all shapes and sizes. It is a huge arts trade fair and it is fun and crazy. Last…

  • Ontological Downstairs

    The Ontological-Hysteric Incubator’s Downstairs Series provides a place for performing artists to present works-in-progress. Downstairs artists have the unique opportunity to present their material as it is being created and to receive feedback from a general audience. It is a great opportunity for the artists to get feedback as they work and for audiences to…

  • Calling All Solo Artists!

    The submission deadline for terraNOVA Collective’s annual ONE Solo Arts Festival is February 1, 2006, so there is still time to submit. Now in its third year, terraNOVA’s festival celebrates solo artists in all forms: visual, musical, poetic, theatrical, magical, avant-garde, puppetry, dance and cabaret. We seek artists who are representative of diverse races and…

  • major barbara

    As if your January plate wasn’t full enough! The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf opened its new production of Major Barbara at LaMama on January 12th. The word is good.

  • housing wanted

    Culturebot’s trusty French Intern will be returning to NYC on February 15th and needs a place to stay until May. I know this is New York but it is worth a shot. Do you have an extra room? Need a house-sitter? Or maybe just a really cheap share? Email andyATps122DOTorg.

  • COIL and ABSN:RJAB

    P.S.122’s winter season starts Thursday!! Hope you’re ready. I’ve been sitting here at my desk listening to rehearsals for NTUSA‘s ABSN:RJAB and it sounds great. I peeked into the set and it looks great too. So put that on your busy, busy calendar. And also check out COIL: A Winter Dance Festival with performances by…