Month: May 2010

  • Emerging America Festival in Boston

    For those of you in the Boston area, this weekend marks the debut (I think) of the Emerging America Festival, an annual festival of performance and readings devoted to supporting and launching the new American voices of tomorrow. It is hosted by A.R.T. in conjunction with the Huntington Theatre Company and the Institute of Contemporary Art…

  • LMCC Artists Summer Institute

    The Artists Summer Institute (ASI) is a free, five-day professional development intensive for 50 individual artists working in all disciplines, offered through a partnership of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Creative Capital. Held at LMCC’s studios on Governors Island, the Institute offers a unique opportunity for artists to step outside their daily routines and focus…

  • Corey Dargel Record Release Event May 21

    Corey Dargel’s Someone Will Take Care of Me (May 25th, New Amsterdam) is an art-pop double-CD set of two song cycles based on Dargel’s acclaimed music theater pieces, Thirteen Near-Death Experiences and Removable Parts. The former features the renowned International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and David T. Little on drums and the latter Kathleen Supove on…

  • EmcArts Innovation Lab RFP

    EmcArts’ Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts provides organizations (selected on a competitive basis) with space, time and resources to explore and accelerate the design and testing of new organizational change strategies for which they are both ready and committed, with the purpose of addressing specific challenges and providing a set of compelling “prototypes” for…

  • Cynthia Hopkins at Soho Rep

    Tuesday night took us to Soho Rep to see Cynthia Hopkins’ new piece The Truth: A Tragedy. To be honest, I’m still trying to figure out what I thought about it. I enjoyed watching it and I have continued to think about it long after its over. I don’t know if “enjoyed” is the word…It…

  • Fusebox Talks: Cloud Eye Control

    In conjunction with the 7th annual Fusebox Festival, a contemporary art and performance festival that takes place in Austin, TX each April, culturebot.org presents Fusebox Talks, a series of interviews and podcasts with the select artists from the festival. This podcast is with Cloud Eye Control at the Austin Museum of Art; interviewed by Timothy…

  • 25 Years at BAM: An Evening with Joe Melillo

    On Monday Monday, May 17 at 6:30 pm join the Segal Center for an evening of celebration and conversation with Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Mr. Melillo, a panel of renowned guest artists from many disciplines (including composer David Lang, curator Dan Cameron, choreographer Susan Marshall, and The Builders…

  • Last Address

    Last Address is an elegiac film made up of exterior images of the last residential addresses of a group of New York City artists who died of AIDS: a film by Ira Sachs produced by Lucas Joaquin shot by Michael Simmonds edited by Brian A. Kates sound by Damian Volpe additional assistance by Jonathan Boyd…

  • Nora Chipaumire + Thomas Mapfumo May 21 and 22

    This should be pretty special. 651 Arts presents: NORA CHIPAUMIRE + THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED May 21 & 22 at 8pm Kumble Theater at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus Award-winning contemporary dance artist Nora Chipaumire, collaborates with music giant Thomas Mapfumo — the legendary “Lion of Zimbabwe.” lions… is a work  performed by Chipaumire…

  • In/Out 2010: Digital Performance Festival – Call for Proposals

    In/Out is an annual festival that features leading performers, developers, artists, and tinkerers of the digital design community, in hopes of bridging the gap between the forum based world and the stage. The festival seeks to bring digitally driven performances into the limelight with two full days of workshops and performances. The Tank invites programmers, visualists,…

  • theatermania launches iPhone app

    theatermania, one of the largest ticketing services in the country, used by lots of downtown theaters, just launched an iPhone app! I downloaded it to my phone and am trying it out.  will let you know what I think. so far it is interesting – there’s a “shows near me” function which could prove useful.…

  • Theatre for One in Times Square May 14 – 23

    In the center of the New York City Theater District, acclaimed Broadway set designer Christine Jones publicly debuts “Theatre for One”, a four foot by nine foot portable theater with one performer playing to one audience member. The uniquely intimate theatrical experience will be available to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis between May 14…