Month: June 2008

  • Have You No Shame?

    Former Culturebot contributor Rachel Shukert reading from her debut short story collection Have You No Shame? At the Frequency Reading Series at The Four Faced Liar! 165 W 4th St. NYC Sunday, June 8 at 3:00pm (A good excuse to start drinking early!!!) I just finished reading Rachel’s book and I have to say it is…

  • Three Films by Yvonne Rainer

    Chez Bushwick Presents Three Films By Yvonne Rainer   The Lives of Performers (1972) Wednesday, June 4th 7:30pm $5   Murder and Murder (1996) Wednesday, June 11th 7:30pm $5   Privilege (1990) Wednesday, June 18th 7:30pm $5   Three films by acclaimed choreographer, filmmaker, and post-modern pioneer, Yvonne Rainer.   All Screenings Will Take Place…

  • IRT A.I.R. Party Pics

    Just to show you how much fun we had: Don’t worry, there will be more

  • Thank You Boredom

    Here’s something local! Chase Granoff at DTW: Dance Theater Workshop presents… Thank you boredom. June 5 and 6 @ 7:30pm FREE Reservations are encouraged! 212.924.0077. Dance Theater Workshop presents Chase Granoff in the Studio Series with his newest  choreographic work, Thank you boredom. With interests in learning through duplication, distribution  of discourse, and reconstruction Granoff…

  • Soundscaper

    My friend Maia Marinelli sent me this update on some work she has opening in Genoa. She has done some pretty interesting interactive collaborative stuff. I actually can’t tell if this is going to only be happening in Genoa or if it will be happening on the Web. Anybody? Maia you want to send me…

  • Grafenegg Music Festival 2008

    So for all you classical music fans planning to kick EU-style this summer, maybe you want to get on over to Grafenegg where artistic director Rudolph Buchbinder is really stirring things up! Do I sound like I know what I’m talking about? I don’t. I have no idea at all. But they sent me a…

  • Watermill Residencies

    I can’t quite tell what this is about. It sounds interesting but I can’t tell if this is a call for proposals or just an announcement. If its a call for proposals it could be a great opportunity. THE WATERMILL CENTER PARTNERS WITH CATALAN CENTER AT NYU AND TAIPEI CULTURAL CENTER TO OFFER SPECIAL RESIDENCY…

  • The Apostle Project

    Don’t know much about this but it looks like it could be interesting… The Apostle Project A Mitu Collaboration Can faith be questioned? Can memory be contradicted? Can fear be suppressed? At the birth of any political or spiritual movement, a leader arises to guide, fuel and inspire its followers. But when this leader falls,…

  • Auto-Tune

    Sasha Frere-Jones’ has an interesting piece on Auto-Tune, the pitch-correction software used in music recordings, in this week’s New Yorker. And he also demonstrates the software (with his own voice, covering Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone”) on NewYorker.com.

  • Promise of New York

    I think I mentioned this before, but if not, my friend Raul’s documentary on the 2005 NYC Mayoral Campaign is done and starting to play at festivals and stuff. I’m in it, because I ran for mayor that year. It also covers Christopher X Brodeur and Seth Blum and a little bit of Chris Riggs.…

  • Ontological-Hysteric Incubator: “Vicious Dogs On Premises”.

    The Incubator‘s Summer Season began on May 29 with Witness Relocation‘s Vicious Dogs on Premises, a playful, funny and extremely physical performance piece which will run until June 14th. On a pink set lined with fuchsia fake fur, 4 actors play a wild game of improvisations interspersed with carefully set and choreographed scenes. It’s a…

  • St. Ann’s Warehouse: “Toy Theater Festival”.

    Last night the Eighth International Toy Theater Festival came to a close after more than a week of programming. For the last evening’s program, the line up consisted of Peter Schumann (creator of the Vermont based Bread and Puppet Theater), Great Small Works, work by Seth Bockley and Frank Maugeri (both involved in Chicago’s Redmoon…