Monthly Archives: November 2005

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On multiculturalism, briefly

French media, which are not very ethnically diverse, must “better reflect the reality of France today,” Chirac said. “We will not build anything enduring without fighting this poison for society which is discrimination.” Speaking with a French tricolor and EU flag behind him, Chirac said

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Writing on Performance and New Media

PERFORMA Presents TWO-PART SYMPOSIUM NOT FOR SALE: Writing on Performance and New Media November 12, 2005, 1:30–5:00 PM Curators, Critics and Writers Discuss the Art of Writing about Performance and New Media PERFORMA is pleased to present the fourth installment of NOT FOR SALE: Writing

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Sequins for Satan

Culturebot’s Rachel Shukert has gone on from her humble beginnings with us to write for Nerve.com, Heeb Magazine and other outlets. She recently had her play The Blackstone Hotel featured in the Omaha Lit Fest, a new festival devoted to the work of native Omahans,

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late night chanson part deux

In an earlier post we mentioned the late-night concerts by Alexia Monduit and Thomas Rannou. Well, here’s an mp3 sample – a song from Thomas Rannou’s Ideal Daim. This one’s in English and is called Rocking Chair (3.8 MB). The late night concerts are this

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Free Speech Zone Tour

This week NOW Ensemble and Newspeak begin their politically-charged new music tour, Free Speech Zone. NOW Ensemble formed as a means of facilitating communication and shared music-making between composers and performers. It features work by ensemble members and emerging artists. Newspeak has a similar bent,

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late night chansons

In addition to the 7:30 p.m. performances of Push, Alexia Monduit and Thomas Rannou are doing special late-night concerts on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 p.m. at P.S. 122 (150 First Ave. at E. 9th St.) The concerts are only $5 or free with ticket

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Send Me Your Moves

Was reading this week’s nonsensenyc (which, if you don’t know, is one of the best ways to find cool stuff to do in NYC) and saw this posting from Megan Metcalf: * Your Moves Wanted: I ask you for a lot: Come to my show,

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Act French Downtown

Since July 15th New York has been host to the Act French festival celebrating French culture and the arts. November and December will be the “downtown” component of Act French, featuring new experimental work at P.S. 122, The Kitchen, DTW and St. Ann’s Warehouse. (click

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Eagly and Davis at Chocolate Factory

The folks at Red Metal Mailbox write about the Ursula Eagly/Rebecca Davis show at The Chocolate Factory. (we here at culturebot have been swamped with other stuff and apologize for the paucity of updates. if you have a blog and have been writing about shows