I just got the following letter forwarded to me from a friend in San Francisco… which is interesting. Who knew Time Out New York had such a long reach? This is an email going around from Esther Robinson, who, I believe used to work at
This article in the NY TIMES tells how Village Nonprofit Groups Say They Are Surprised by a Steep Rise in Rents. They’re talking about the Archive Building, home to IRT – my theater. IRT’s educational programs reach over 20,000 public school kids annually. Our annual
This weekend, Katie Workum presented Carlisle at Dance New Amsterdam. In the first scene, the piece is promising: three open doors stage right flood the stage with light from the offstage rooms. A few leafless tree branches and some bark glued onto a column suggest
Should be interesting: The (non) narrative use of language, voice and sound in performance Tuesday, Oct 14 at 7:30pm at DTW Organized by Chase Granoff This conversation will explore the interest of spoken language and verbal sound in contemporary performance. We will discuss the narrative
Came down with some kind of cold on Wednesday night which basically took me out. I managed to go see Waves of Mu at PS122 on Friday night, missed the other show for that night, the Saturday preview of Crawl, Fade to White was cancelled
I know Andy has already written about Pig Iron‘s latest show at the Ohio Theatre, so I won’t repeat myself on culturebot. HOWEVER, I did write a short review as a Reader for the NYT, hoping to reach even those who do not read culturebot.
This weekend, the New York Neo-Futurists are back at the Ontological. I have written about them before, when they showed some work at the Tiny Theater! Festival this summer. You can look at that review here. I like the energy of this group and each
Another Aunts event is coming up! If you’ve never gone, its usually a fun and informal gathering of artists and friends and there’s a lot of performance going on around, on top, and underneath you… Here are more specifics from their flyer: Fri, 10/10/2008 9:00pm
Perverted by Theater curated by Franklin Evans and Paul David Young October 22 – December 6, 2008 Opening reception: Wednesday, October 22, 6-8 pm at Apexart With works by Laylah Ali, Mel Bochner, Luis Camnitzer, Kabir Carter, Ele d’Artagnan, William Daniels, David Dupuis, Igor Eskinja,
Sunday went to Montclair for DV8, which was fantastic. Tuesday went to BAM for Sunken Red, not so fabulous. I think it was a language thing. Tonight and tomorrow we’re kicking it Yom Kippur style. Friday, Amy Caron at PS122; Saturday, Crawl Fade to White
In case, for some reason, last night’s debate didn’t firmly entrench you in the “McCain is a dangerously out of touch old man on the verge of keeling over and Sarah Palin is an extreme rightwing evangelical christian nutbag” camp, then maybe this, as a
USArtists International Announces Global Expansion With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has announced a major expansion of USArtists International, a national initiative solely dedicated to promoting