Monthly Archives: June 2009

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St Ann's Warehouse announces 09-10 season

ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE 2009-2010 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS include the return of Ireland’s Druid (The Walworth Farce) with Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom (American Premiere), the Kneehigh Theatre Production of Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter (New York Premiere), Stew’s Making It (World Premiere), and Young@Heart in No Theater’s End of the

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THE PUBLIC ACCESS COLLECTIVE

THIS LOOKS FASCINATING: Public: Art/Culture/Ideas 20th anniversary THE PUBLIC ACCESS COLLECTIVE is pleased to announce the 20th anniversary of the collective’s critically acclaimed journal Public: Art/Culture/Ideas. A special double issue of the publication has been devoted to the question: is the public sphere still a vital

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Petition to to the UNO and the EU to release all Iranians

Please sign this petition and forward to friends: http://petitions.tigweb.org/iranelection2009 Petition for the release of all Iranians, particularly the university students, who have been inhumanely and unlawfully arrested across Iran since the June 12, 2009 Iranian presidential elections and the ensuing nation-wide demonstrations! The Iranian people

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Get Your Culturebot T-Shirts!

The Culturebot T-shirts are in! Here’s Rachel Kramer Bussel modeling one of the women’s shirts: I have the shirts in Men’s L and XL, Women’s M and will be getting Women’s L. They’re American Apparel – really nice shirts. Here’s what they look like in

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Vijay Iyer at Temple M

Friday night found me in Harlem checking out the spectacular Vijay Iyer Trio. My friend Allison turned me on to them and I was blown away. We trekked up to this new venue, Temple M, arriving way too early. So we headed down the street to

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Underground Zero 2009

Just got the line-up for this year’s UNDERGROUND ZERO Festival which will be held at PS122. This year’s line-up looks pretty interesting featuring work from director Jose Zayas, Wax Factory, The South Wing, Hoi Polloi and Kyle Jarrow. Complete line-up after the jump…

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La Didone at REDCAT

The following is a review of The Wooster Group’s La Didone at REDCAT by L.A.-based writer Matthew Lurie. First things first: Many potential attendees will justifiably wonder whether knowing La Didone or Planet of the Vampires, the two main texts on display here, should be

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Shot Backstage

The Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) presents the fourth BAC Flicks screening of the season featuring Shot Backstage (1998) on Monday, June 29 at 7PM in BAC’s Howard Gilman Performance Space. The film, by Trisha Brown, was shot by Ms. Brown from the wings of the

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Cine Brunch at Le Poisson Rouge

This definitely looks like a good time for tough times: Cine-Brunch presents The Bicycle Thief 12:30pm doors | 1pm screening FREE Brunch and Cocktail specials under $10! 18+ or accompanied by legal guardian This is a First-Come, Fully Seated event. Cine-Brunch at (Le) Poisson Rouge

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Five Questions for Patrick Rosal

Name: Patrick Rosal Title/Occupation: Author, Poet Organization/Company: See below. URL: http://www.patrickrosal.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I was born and raised in New Jersey. I’ve had short and very temporary stints in Yonkers, NY,

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Silent Disco

THIS WILL BE FUN: Gemini & Scorpio and Zemi17’s Space Haus Society invite you to Silent Disco – outdoor dance party summer series Sat, June 27, 9pm-2am (and every 4th Sat through the summer: June 25, July 27, Aug 22) BKLYN Yard, 400 Carroll Street,

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Why Arts and Culture?

Not so much in response to, but in the interest of furthering McLennan’s posts at Diacritical I want to share some thoughts on WHY ARTS & CULTURE? People who’ve followed me here for awhile will know my thoughts on building community vs. audience (i’m in