Name: Jonathan Wei Title: Executive Director / Writer and Producer Organization: The Telling Project 1.) Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in college towns in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Minnesota and New Hampshire.
On Thursday through Saturday, June 18—20, The Kitchen presents not knowing, the newest theatrical work by Mike Taylor. not knowing features performances from Ralph Martin, Gregor Paslawsky, Jason Schuler, David Thomson and Anna Wilson, and video by Alex Bleeker, all of whom are also Taylor’s collaborators on the
Okay so in case you don’t have time to read the whole manifesto I have a few, simple practical recommendations for fixing theaters – and arts organizations in general. If you’re interested in help, I’d be happy to help your organization innovate and thrive. But
On June 13 at 7:30PM the CHEZ BUSHWICK series CAKE will feature an “anti-panel” on “interdisciplinarity” called BALKANIZATION. Organized by “theory monster” Andrea Liu the anti-panelists include: Chase Granoff: Dancer/Curator at Chocolate Factory and DTW Lobby Talks Matthew Lyons: Curator at the Kitchen Bosko Blagojevic: Artist/Writer, Founder
Just go. Really. I mean, you can read the rest of this post, I hope you will, but ultimately you just need to get over to Danspace Project and see Yoshiko Chuma’s Not About Romanian Cinema:POONARC because it is absolutely magical. It is running through
A week or so ago I was invited to interview artist Carrie Mae Weems on the set of her new art/film project, Refractions, a collaboration with jazz artist Geri Allen. I could try and write it up for you – these are two wonderful, warm, dynamic,
I have been following @lostnotebook‘s twitter stream from the TCG conference and am so glad I’m not there. I would probably be dragged out, foaming at the mouth in a frothing rage after being continuously subjected to the endless arts manager circle jerk blaming everything
Wednesday, June 3rd found us at HERE Arts Center for their annual benefit party. It was a superfun evening, an intimate event of HERE’s great friends, Board members, and donors including Michael Cerveris, Luis Castro of TimeWarner, Elysabeth Kleinhans, Jamie Bennett of DCA, Don Palmer of NYSCA, Frank Hentschker and Morgan Jenness. One
Experimental anything – theater, dance, music, film, etc. – frequently gets a bad rap. One of the biggest problems is the misconception that the word “experimental” refers to the product, rather than the process. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, because there seems
Could be fun… This year, The L Magazine will host the first annual Northside Music and Arts Festival, a four-day celebration of New York City’s independent music and art scene, taking place from June 11-14 at over fifty music venues and galleries throughout the Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Last weekend took us to the Kumble Auditorium for 651 ARTS’ FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance, a remarkable evening of dance by “women of a certain age”. All the performances were wonderful and I was particularly moved to see these women moving with such
Name: Maria Striar Title/Occupation: Producing Artistic Director Organization/Company: Clubbed Thumb 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Boston. I went to Brown University, where I got the new play bug. After grad