Okay. So. Some of you may not have experienced the giddily sinister goodness that is Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement. If you haven’t, you are a very sad & lonely individual. This Saturday you can witness these Emperors of Filthy Puppet Rock as they unleash a
I went to the opening shindig for Dixon Place’s 13th annual HOT festival on Tuesday. They’re back at 258 Bowery while they finish the construction on their new building, and it was just like it always was. Well, a little better since the air conditioning
During a visit to my hometown in Ohio, a friend invited me to Kent State Universitys production of Blind Ness The Irresistible Light of Encounter. The show is a multi-disciplinary theater work that uses movement, puppetry and projections to explore Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness,
This summer there is a veritable cornucopia of LGBT Performance Festivals celebrating Pride and beyond. Culturebot Contributor Rachel Kramer Bussel provides us with an overview of QueerFestsNYC!
Summer’s off to a good start and there’s tons o’ good theater happening. Last night was the kick-off for Clubbed Thumb’s summer festival, Summerworks 2004. With new plays by Rinne Groff (from Elevator Repair Service), Sheila Callaghan and Brighde Mullins and with directors like Trip
Most of you have heard of GoTour.org, the new website launched by The Field to help artists tour independently. Its a great idea and it looks like it’ll be really helpful to the community. If you want to celebrate the launch and help them raise
So if you want to be at the biggest downtown art bash of the year, you need to get down to Capitale on Wednesday, May 12th for RAVE REVUE, a party to celebrate Mark Russsell’s 20 years at P.S. 122. Its being put on by
What are you doing on Thursday? Sitting around watchin’ TV? Bad idea. You could be at DECADANCE, a benefit for the newly-homeless Collective:Unconscious! It runs from 7 p.m.-Midnight with performances by The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Karen Finley, Neal Medlyn and Julie Atlas Muz. Electrified dessert
This just in: Under the full moon on Tuesday May 4, beloved performance legend Tom Murrin will present a version of his notorious Full Moon shows, in unprecedented fashion. this is to be a double feature, and a combative one at that. Billed as Alien
Noemie Lafrance is a site-specific choreographer and founder of Sens Production, an experimental arts organization dedicated to the creation and production of dance work staged within urban architecture. Since 2000, Ms. Lafrance has collaborated with large groups of dancers, designers and artists to create, produce
Back in 1990 then-chairman of the NEA, John Frohnmayer, denied grants to performance artists Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes and Tim Miller on the grounds that their work was indecent. They took the case to the Supreme Court and won, initially, having their grants
On Wednesday, April 14th we will have the latest edition of the WYSIWYG Talent Show, the monthly all-blogger series of readings and performances. This edition is called “The Dope Show” and is stories of drugs (sex & rock’n’roll optional). Featuring: Ned Vizzini (NedVizzini.com), the author