Month: September 2008

  • Kiosk at Japan Society

    Last night I went to Japan Society to check out KIOSK. It was really cool – kind of like Clerks or Office Space meets Pappa Tarahumara. It is a solo show – essentially – about a woman who works in a small kiosk that sells newspapers and drinks and sundries. But it is somewhat abstract…

  • Hockey Mom in the White House?

    This PBS Poll is actually showing that people believe that Palin is qualified! PBS has a poll that asks: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be VP? It shows that more people are saying YES than NO! Not that a PBS Poll has much influence but if you want to add your $.02 go to: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html…

  • IT Awards Monday

     Lisa Kron has been chosen to host the 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), in a ceremony dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway. There will be entertainment interludes performed by New York’s own Blue Man Group.   The IT Awards will be held this Monday, September 22, 2008 at FIT’s Haft Auditorium. The Haft Auditorium is located in…

  • wordles and bessies

    Eva Yaa Asantewaa has a great write-up of the Bessies. Also I was reading the Drama Queen’s write-up on Philly Live Arts where I found this cool gizmo thingie, Wordle that makes pictures out of your site using algorithms and javascript. Here’s a Culturebot Wordle:

  • I’m Too Fat To Be A Hipster

    Check it out – you can dance to it!

  • Here Arts Center: “Arias With a Twist”

    A red velvet curtain slowly opens…to reveal a dark hanging curtain. After a few moments, this layer peels off as well, onto a screen of faux leopard skin. The audience laughs. We are so close to the stage and the small theater makes me hungry for more space. Every time the curtain lifts, I hope…

  • Kiosk at Japan Society

    I’m going on Friday – its supposed to be awesome!!! ARICA Performance Company KIOSK One Woman Show with Live Music September 18-20 Stunning.  –Geigutsu Shincho A refreshing experience you can’t find in a conventional theater. -Kiryu Times Known for its Beckettian absurdity and stark aesthetic, the award-winningARICA Performance Company presents its critically acclaimed KIOSK. In this highly conceptual…

  • Bradshaw in The New Yorker

    Hilton Als on Thomas Bradshaw. Wow!!

  • Issue Project Room Benefit Thursday

    This looks like it’ll be fantastic!! Check this out: Brooklyn, NY – Phillips de Pury & Company will host an auction and cocktail reception benefiting ISSUE Project Room the evening of Thursday, September 18, 2008. Now in its fifth year, ISSUE Project Room is one of New York City’s premier destinations for experimental culture and…

  • Object Collection

    From my friend Travis Just, of Object Collection, an experimental music and theater group based in Brooklyn. Object Collection is doing a performance of music by Jennifer Walshe (New York / Dublin) this Wednesday — tomorrow! — at the Issue Project Room in our fair city of Brooklyn. This is part of the MATA Interval.…

  • BESSIES!!!

      On Monday evening, September 15, 2008, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, and The Joyce Theater with the 2007-2008 Bessies Committee, presented the Twenty-Fourth Annual New York Dance and Performance Awards (a.k.a. THE BESSIES) for exceptional achievements during the 2007-2008 season.  Established in 1983, THE BESSIES acknowledge outstanding creative work by independent artists in the…

  • Yeah but who is your baby-daddy?

    I know this isn’t a gossip column, this damn blog is about ART!!! But still – Damn, Maggie Hoffman, who is your baby-daddy? I saw RADIOHOLE tonight at their benefit at the Kitchen (I know I know, but I just don’t have it in me anymore to party ’til 5AM at the Hole. That’s why…