Month: April 2009

  • Chile en el Festival TransAmériques – Montreal

    Ha salido la programacion del Festival TransAmériques y me dio mucho gusto encontrarme con un artista chileno: Guillermo Calderon. Presentara dos obras: Neva y Diciembre, ambas escritas y dirigidas por el.  Acerca de Neva: Seis meses luego de la muerte de su esposo Anton Chejov, víctima de la tuberculosis, Olga Knipper, se aleja por unas semanas…

  • video of the day: “to have ideas that are yours, not because they’re cultural but because they’re necessary to you”

    Harold Clurman – director, critic, and co-founder of the Group Theatre – rails against the state of American theater at a talk in at the Mark Taper Forum in the 70’s: (Hat tip to Terry Teachout)

  • Ella muere sola. Ha quedado fuera del mundo

    Algunas reflexiones sobre La Traviata que acaba de estrenarse en el Teatro Avenida en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, por su  régisseur, Pablo Maritano. “Ella muere sola. Ha quedado afuera del mundo. Ella está en el altillo de la casa que ha habitado y en donde queda, apenas, un par de muebles. La ópera, para nosotros,…

  • Entertaining Science tonight

    From Mark Mitton in the Culturebot mailbox: Just wanted to let you know about this interesting and unusual event tonight at the Cornelia Street Café. Entertaining Science is presented by Roald Hoffmann every first Sunday of the month. Tonight’s theme is ANNIHILATION! In addition to yours truly annihilating things in front of your eyes, you…

  • Justin Bond at Joe’s Pub

    I am pissy at having to miss this one: cabaret glam-star Justin Bond will be concluding his Rites of Spring tour with 4 dates at Joe’s Pub – tomorrow, April 12, 20, and 26. I can’t say enough good things about Justin’s shows. They are a BeDazzled glass of whiskey for your spirit. + =…

  • UAT! uniendo arte y tecnologia

    UAT! uniendo arte y tecnologia es un espacio de muestra y experimentacion de expresiones artisticas fusionadas con recursos tecnologicos. Desde mayo de 2007, los mas variados artistas de la escena multimedia argentina se reunen para disfrutar de un espacio poco fomentado en Mar del Plata. El proximo 9 de abril se celebrara la 8va edicion…

  • Gone Fishin’ – meet my replacement

    Hi All –  Andy here. Just a reminder that I will be on vacation from April 5-17 and will only have limited internet access.  In my stead, the remarkable and talented Elizabeth Zimmer will be guest editor, so feel free to email her invitations to shows, etc.  I trust that Ms. Zimmer and my esteemed…

  • Five Questions for Neal Medlyn

    Name: Neal Medlyn Title/Occupation: Performer of Note Organization/Company: Neal Medlyn URL: www.NealMedlyn.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Palestine, Texas but went to high school in Frankston, Texas. We somehow got WPIX on the satellite and therefore I always wanted to…

  • FREE Basic Finance for Artists workshop

    From Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Looks most useful: Artists of all career stages often face the challenge of deciding whether to channel available funds into their next project, current living costs, or their long-term stability. LMCC’s Basic Finance for Artists program addresses these choices and offers resources to artists who are interested in learning more.…

  • Lo último de Jerildy Bosch

    Jerildy Bosch es una talentosísima diseñadora de vestuario que vive en México DF y a quien tuve el gusto de conocer en el 36 Festival Internacional Cervantino en Guanajuato, donde participó como diseñadora de vestuario para La Vida es Sueño del director colombiano Pedro Salazar con escenografía de Alejandro Luna – el maestro diseñador de luces y escenografía…

  • SPILL IT!

    IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN LONDON then you might want to check out Ron Athey’s insane 12-hour VISIONS OF EXCESS extravaganza, in London at the massive underground Shunt vaults. It’s next Sunday 4/12 (Easter! Blood and bunnies all around!) beginning at 9 PM and runs through 9AM Monday morning. It is part of SPILL.…

  • fall and recover – dublin dance festival

    On May 8-23rd our dear friend the much-beloved Laurie Uprichard is about to launch her (first?) Dublin Dance Festival. (Has it only been a year? or more?). It looks fantabulous with work from: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui w/ A Filetta Daniel Léveillé Danse Evidence, A Dance Company – Artistic Director, Ronald K. Brown Irish Modern Dance…