Month: January 2009

  • Culture Blogger Seeks MBA for Good Times and LTR.

    So now that I’ve discovered flyover i’m starting to get addicted. my original vision for Culturebot was to have this site be a portal/aggregator for a series of regional blogs (like the Gothamist family of blogs) but I’ve never been able to get the funding to make it happen. If any out of work MBAs…

  • In This Place

    Downtown darling Ain Gordon got a commission from LexArts in Kentucky to create a show about Lexington. His research led him to discover the fascinating story of Samuel and Daphney Oldham who, in 1830, were the first free African-Americans to build their own home in Lexington, KY. Five years later, they disappeared, never to be…

  • OUT OF THE GLOBAL CITY

    From our pals at The Foundry: OUT OF THE GLOBAL CITY LAUNCHES THIS SATURDAY Over the past decades, New York City – alongside London, Tokyo and an increasing number of urban centers around the world – has emerged as a global city – a geographic node where global finance is organized, concentrated, re-dispersed, and circulated.…

  • First National Teaching Artist Research Project

    From the University of Chicago/Obama Arts Team: If you are a teaching artist in any discipline (visual arts, music, dance, theater, writing, etc) or manage teaching artists, register for the First National Teaching Artist Research Project at http://teachingartists.uchicago.edu/ The Obama campaign pledged to advance arts education and to create an Artists Corps, and that means the coming years will be…

  • Orgy of Tolerance

      If you haven’t been out to Montclair’s PEAK PERFORMANCES series yet (shame on you!) but if you haven’t, this is a good reason to go. Auteur and Provocateur Jan Fabre is bringing the world premiere of his new work ORGY OF TOLERANCE. It is surprisingly easy to get out to Montclair, the tickets are…

  • formal 6-month reprieve for the Ohio

    says the Times. The good news: they’ve signed a one-year lease with a mutual opt-out clause in June. The bad: AD Robert Lyons is juggling a lot of balls in the air – the possibility that a long-term agreement can be reached with new owners Zar Property NY, the opportunity to move to another space,…

  • Rites of Return

      Another interesting thing to add to the calendar from Light Industry – I’ve never heard of them before but it sounds promising. From the press release: Light Industry is a new venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Developed and overseen by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, the project has begun…

  • who the F*%$ do you think you are?

    if you’re in London – this look s cool:   Who The FUCK Do You Think You Are is an exhibition that explores notions of identity, posing fundamental questions about the shifting, amorphous nature of ‘self” in an accelerated society that is increasingly obsessed with celebrity, success and glamour. The show features five of London’s most…

  • The End of the Boomer

    From the Times magazine: Then, too, have come the inevitable protests from identity-based interest groups: Latinos and African-Americans in Congress who weren’t satisfied with the number of senior appointments, as well as gay activists lamenting the omission of a gay cabinet nominee. That sound you hear is the last wheezing gasp of boomer-age politics, the…

  • the shipment and some loose ends

    Last night i finally got to see the latest version of Young Jean Lee’s THE SHIPMENT at The Kitchen. I thought it was fantastic. I had seen an earlier version and knew basically what to expect, but I was really impressed nonetheless. In some ways this might be Young Jean’s strongest show to date. She…

  • amazingland is amazingtastic.

    i think its not running anymore. but it will be back. hell yeah. like i suspected amazingland at HERE was amazing. when they finish making this show and it opens for real it is going to be huge. H-U-G-E! Geoff and Trey bring the all wear bowlers whimsical existential physical slapstick comedy thing and Cuiffo…

  • COIL for your weekend

    this is the time to see the latest and greatest, kids. I’ll be at Architecting, the BodyCartography Project piece, and PAN PAN, followed by the COIL party over at the Public Sunday night. Party should be a hoot – I hope you’ll join. Details: COIL at LuEsther, the Public’s Under the Radar lounge Sunday night…