Last July, before I started wearing straight-legged jeans, before I started writing for culturebot, my friend Ryan Frank invited me to the first installment of his AdNauseam Lyceum, a collective started by Ryan and his talented friends Rory Sheridan and Deena Selenow, that curates exhibitions
by frankofile With the plethora of recent theatre festivals this winter, itÂ’s difficult to fully grasp the current state performance in this town. For a quick refresher course on how we got where we are today, check out RENEGADES: 25 Years of Performance at Exit
We want to thank Andrew Krucoff for inviting Culturebot to the excellent reading by Adam Gopnik and Patricia Marx at the 92nd Street Y. At the reception beforehand, a motley assemblage of us bloggers did some offline social networking (i.e., mingling while scarfing free wine
oh. by the way. we forgot to mention that Radiohole‘s newly revised version of Fluke is awesome. go check it out. this past saturday night there was a knock-down, drag-out, post-show “grog & snog” party which saw nearly every European and American presenter and most
We’re looking forward to The Wooster Group‘s Hamlet at St. Ann’s Warehouse. It is still a ways off, but we’re awaiting it with great anticipation. There’s always a lot of Hamlet going around the theater world but this season I seem to be picking up
We told you to check out the Under the Radar Festival, but maybe you need more convincing to leave the relative warmth and safety of your apartment (and your Netflix queue). We’ll, here’s UTR producer Mark Russell, chatting with Theater Talk co-hots Michael Riedel and
I just got an email from the Department of Cultural Affairs touting their new Citywide Events Calendar. It looks pretty darn cool. And it looks like anyone can submit an event. Now if they would just include some kind of RSS feed that would be
When friend and super-publicist Stephen alerted our virtual office to this show, space was immediately cleared on the already chock-full Culturebot calendar. Why? Two words: Janeane Garofalo. Though Jackie Clarke and Julie Klausner are no slouches in the humor department, either. Since the show is
The real-estate buzz never stops in this town. Chatter among developers, artists, landlords, and tenants is so loud that no one can hear you scream. The “frontiers” of Brooklyn and Queens are really not-so-very-new, and many wonder whether NY Times coverage signals attention that will
Tonight Unisex Salon, the brainchild of downtown impresario Earl Dax, is hosting the opening night fete for Big Art Group’s show DEAD SET #3 (part of the Under the Radar Festival). Details: Unisex Salon Thursday, January 18 10PM-4AM $10 or $5 w/rsvp to unisexsalon@scenedowntown.com The
The Under the Radar Festival is officially underway, with a plethora of performances to shake up a dull New York January. UTR is akin to putting new works on shuffle, offering a global mix of everything from solo pieces to puppetry, all with a “downtown”
DANCING 9 to 5 ~ The Whitney Museum of American Art Altria ~ 120 Park Avenue South ~ at 42nd Street ~ January 17th, 2007 ~ What happens when energetic, graceful, vital bodies introduce new and thoughtful ways of moving into a space where people