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from nature – summer group show
Eric Hollender, who runs the monthly video collective @ IRT has some of his work up in this awesome gallery show, alongside some pretty impressive company. the hours are kind of weird because it is summer, so go check it out while you can! from nature – summer group show Ai Weiwei, Louise Bourgeois, Carroll…
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Viva Zapata
So I went to go see The Gits Movie at Two Boots’ Pioneer Cinema and I would definitely recommend going to see it. I have some small quibbles with the film but overall its a very moving portrait of a very vibrant and talented young lady, Mia Zapata, and the small circle of friends that…
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Ah Leah
So I was going to this party and I was listening to my iPod and this song came on. I forgot I downloaded it. Then I met someone named Aliya and I thought of this song again. I love YouTube! It is a great song but it is an amazing artifact, the video is from…
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Figment 08
I say, with love in my heart, that the Figment participatory art festival on Governor’s Island was a messy thing. The woman at the information desk refused to give out maps and was obviously upset that a number of the musicians hadn’t shown up–possibly because it was supposed to (and did) rain midday. These are…
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Brooklyn Academy Next Wave Festival 08
For those of you who like to buy subscription tickets, the next Next Wave ones are available. Nick Cave does music for a production of Woyzek. Among other delicious things.
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Now Festival at REDCAT
and for all our west coast readers, may we suggest: NEW ORIGINAL WORKS FESTIVAL 2008 The fifth annual NOW Festival features nine projects by artists working throughout the Los Angeles region in dance, theater, music and hybrid performance works. For three weeks beginning in July, these artists take the REDCAT stage to bend traditions, investigate…
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Sexy Motherf*ckers
Coming up at PS122 next week, Peter Petralia and Neal Medlyn! (not together, silly!) Peter’s project is WHISPER Written and Directed by Peter S. Petralia Performed by Alice Booth, Gillian Lees, and Andrew Westerside Music and Sound Design by Philip Reeder Lighting by Rebecca M.K. Makus WHISPER is a visually decadent, aurally immersive performance that…
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do not do this ever again
CULTUREBOT RECOMMENDS karinne keithley + maria goyanes + an ensemble cast of downtown all-stars bring you: DO NOT DO THIS EVER AGAIN July 9 – 12, 2008 Soho Think Tank’s Ice Factory ’08 presents: DO NOT DO THIS EVER AGAIN a new play by KARINNE KEITHLEY directed by MARIA GOYANES July 9 – 12, 2008…
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Enter the Conquering Chicken
The GITS Movie July 4 – 10, 2008 The Pioneer Theater http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer From the website: Rumored to have been descended from Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, the incredibly magnetic frontwoman had a powerful, soulful voice that belied her inherent shyness and distinguished The Gits from other punk bands of that day. This riveting documentary is part…
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Philadelphia Fever
I just got some tickets to go see some shows at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. It is going to be a good time! You can keep up to date on the goings-on in Philly via their blog. A bunch of the shows have already been in NYC (rotozaza’s etiquette, two shows from jerome bel)…
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No Wave Know-How
No Wave at Knitting Factory. No Wave on BoingBoing. From the publishers of No Wave City website: You may know it as a musical and artistic movement that lasted a few short years at the end of the 70s. Or perhaps you know it as the loud, atonal noise that sounded like a rejection of…
