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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…
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Goings On
Okay, fine. So how do I compete with this? First WNYC and now The New Yorker. I’m tired of being a citizen journalist. I wanna get paid. I gotta think up one of those catchy pop-culture analysis books, some trendspotting co-branded viral marketing social networked web 2.0 platform-agnostic millenial post post modern mash-up hybrid visual…
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Push Back Picnic in Union Square
PUSH BACK PICNIC JULY 2ND, 6:00PM, Inside the north end of the park By the Abe Lincoln statue FREE (the way a park oughta be!) As the nation prepares to celebrate it’s 232nd Birthday, and the Union Square BID (Business Improvement District) prepares to privatize the LANDMARKED Pavilion building, come join the Community Improvement District…
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TKTS BKLYN
Got this a few weeks ago, forgot to post. But for Brooklyn theater fans its big news: New downtown Brooklyn TKTS booth, opening Thursday July 10. TDF and METROTECH B.I.d. announce new TKTS location at 1 Metrotech center at the corner of jay street and myrtle avenue – Theatre Development Fund (TDF) and MetroTech Business…
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Market Forces / Part II: Consumer Confidence
this looks pretty cool: carriage trade invites you to a closing reception for Market Forces / Part II: Consumer Confidence On Wednesday, July 2 beginning at 7pm carriage trade 94 Prince St. 2nd fl New York, NY 10012 (between Greene St & Mercer St.), n/r train to Prince Street open: Thursday- Sunday, 1 pm- 6…
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Peg-Ass-Us LIVE!
Just in case you think we’re gettin’ a little too artsy fartsy around here, we’re going to plug (heh-heh) the upcoming show Peg-Ass-Us. Never seen it, know nothing about it, but dang ya gotta give these kids credit for pure pervy-ness! Peg-Ass-Us Performed and Created by John Leo & Sophie Nimmannit A Production of Pack…
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Oh, Miley!
As long-time Culturebot readers will know, I have an ongoing fascination with the evolution of the Teen age Girl In Popular Culture, beginning with Valley Girl in the early 80’s, through Clueless in the 90’s to Britney and, now, Miley Cyrus. One day I guess I’ll go to grad school and write a thesis. Or…
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International Festival of Arts and Ideas
Today is the last day of the New Haven-based annual International Festival of Arts and Ideas. The day’s events includes a walking tour and a bike tour, and the festival finale—a dance performance by Liz Lehrman titled “613 Radical Acts of Prayer.” Anyone can participate; just show up at the Fountain on the Green at…
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New Kid In Town
Well, our ever-expanding ranks of contributors keep growing! Please welcome Vanessa Baish. We have high hopes! Vanessa Baish, who grew up in a small and quiet Maryland town, was introduced to performance in 1989 when a friend took her to see Laurie Anderson. It was the same year she read “Absalom, Absalom” by William Faulker,…
