P.S.122 seeks New Executive Director
Someone just told me that P.S.122 is seeking a new E.D. Full info on nyfa.org.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Benefit for Chuck-Bob
Hi All – I just got the following e-mail from Tom Burnett of NYC’s own original puppet-rock legends Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement. If you’ve ever enjoyed the raucous good times and tunes of James Godwin and his bunch of merry puppet-wielding troublemakers, you’ll have a
Art Spaces Archive Project
I was just googling something else and found this. Art Spaces Archives Project [AS-AP] is a non-profit initiative founded by a consortium of alternative art organizations, including Bomb Magazine, College Art Association, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York State Council on the Arts [NYSCA], New York
Applications Now Accepted for Schermerhorn House
THIS JUST IN: The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is proud to announce the opening of Schermerhorn House, located at 160 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn, on June 1, 2008. This 217-unit residence for single adults was developed by a partnership between Hamlin Ventures, Time Equities, The
Off-Off Broadway Study
This just came in across the wire. This is VERY VERY interesting. Read the study! The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, a not-for-profit organization supporting the Off-Off-Broadway community, released the findings of their statistical analysis of Off-Off Broadway’s budgets today. Questions for the survey focused
Producing on the Edge: The Commercial Value of Controversy
Theater Resources Unlimited / Back Stage Industry Panel Producing on the Edge: The Commercial Value of Controversy Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 pm Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and Back Stage will host the networking panel, Producing on the Edge: The Commercial Value of Controversy, on
THE TESTAMENT PROJECT SALON SERIES
How much do we love The Foundry? Oh, I don’t know, a lot!! This looks like a really great series of salons they’re presenting, curated by Talvin Wilks. Here are the basics: THE TESTAMENT PROJECT SALON SERIES Three Conversations Addressing Issues of Black Theatre in
the internet is *so* over!
THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the
Don’t Look Back
I was going to save this post for June, but I just can’t wait. June will be my 8th anniversary as a blogger (if you don’t count the personal “tilde” website I put up in 1998 on earthlink, in which case this is probably my
Museums Can Be Fun
Claudia La Rocco has an article on Neal Medlyn at WNYC. I ran into Claudia at Neal’s New Museum show (with Jack Ferver also on the bill) along with CounterCritic Ryan Tracy and, oh, just about everyone I’ve ever met during my time in NYC.
Untitled Mars (This Title May Change)
We are very excited about Jay Scheib’s upcoming Untitled Mars (This Title May Change) Here’s the info from the PS122 website: Taking a cue from the space industry, Jay Scheib’s latest work pits hard Science against Philip K. Dick as interplanetary speculation runs amok, the
The Other Seder:UK
For our London-based readers an interesting performance event produced by the JCC London: Contemporary dance, performance and live music Contemporary Dance choreographer Hofesh Shechter, who wowed audiences with Uprising and In Your Rooms in 2007 at the Place, South Bank and Sadlers Wells, will create