Monthly Archives: February 2009

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new Chinatown art space – opening Feb 26

SICK LOVE: INAUGURAL EXHIBITION AT CATHERINE SLIP ART SPACE Catherine Slip Art Space, a new art space in Chinatown, is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition, SICK LOVE, a group exhibition curated by Gillian Sneed. SICK LOVE combines fine art with ephemera, found material, and

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HONG KONG MICROFEST SITE GOES LIVE!

From Prague Fringe fest via Facebook: Hong Kong Microfest – Giles Burton our technical director and co founder has recently launched a small scale festival in Hong Kong. For the first year four great shows, that have all appeared at the Prague Fringe, will be

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Go See Reggie Watts. Now.

Whoa.  Reggie Watts just blew my mind.  Go see him in his limited engagement at HERE Arts Center.  For real.  His one-man show Fait Accompli Primer is playing Sat, Feb 21 at 10:30 and Sun, Feb 22 at 7. Watts, a recent Creative Capital grantee,

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ECONOMIC RECOVERY and the ARTS UPDATE

From AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS: Just moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives approved their final version of the Economic Recovery bill by a vote of 246-183.  We can now confirm that the package DOES include $50 million in direct support for arts jobs through National Endowment for

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NOSTALGIA ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE

TONIGHT!!! FRiDAY THE 13th! LA MAMA E.T.C. 10PM PERFORMANCES BY: JOHN JESURUN with Black-Eyed Susan and Ben Forester WU INGRID TSANG BARB LANCIERS THE NONSENSE COMPANY RACHEL MASON & A SPECIAL TEASER FROM DYKE DIVISION’S ROOM FOR CREAM Bringing artists who have been working for

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Twitter of the Shrew

From Orlando and Brian Feldman 0f  The Feldman Dynamic comes a new performance art theater adventure. (I have not yet had the chance to experience The Feldman Dynamic live. Hopefully, one day, I will. ) Who: Amway Shakespeare Opportunity (2009 Inaugural Season) Taking Shakespeare To The Next

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AUDITION for KING LEAR

OBIE Award-winning, internationally touring Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company will be holding auditions for a new show, KING LEAR, written and directed by Young Jean Lee (THE SHIPMENT, CHURCH, SONGS OF THE DRAGON FLYING TO HEAVEN), which will premiere at Soho Rep (BLASTED, NO DICE)

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more on the NEA stimulus allocation

Because I think it’s useful to have these numbers in your head. From Scott Lilly at the Center for American Progress: Even if we exclude the 3 million people who work in support of art and art organizations and the 1.3 million artists who work

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redevelop (death valley)

Last night we went to The Chocolate Factory for the opening of Brian Rogers’ redevelop (death valley). I really enjoyed it a lot.  While waiting for the house to open I got into a discussion about the challenges of writing about performance work that doesn’t

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TELEPHONE

I went to see TELEPHONE on Tuesday night with no idea what to expect. I knew that it was an adaptation of a 1989 book by Avital Ronell – I had a vague memory of reading an essay of hers in the magazine MONDO 2000

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Jews/Theatre/Performance in an Intercultural World

Your very own Culturebot (Andy) will be giving a short lecture/presentation at this conference on Monday, February 23rd at 3:30PM.  Come check it out. An International Conference at The Jewish Theological Seminary February 22–24, 2009 Where else but in New York City can you find