Category: News

  • Ohio Theatre & 3-Legged Dog partnership

    With all the recent talk of arts organizations facing eviction or negotiating potential mergers, here’s a bit of strategic partnering: 3-Legged Dog and The Ohio Theatre announced OHIO INTERRUPTED @ 3LD, the Ohio’s new 3-year residency at 3LD Art & Technology Center. Robert Lyons, Artistic Director of the Ohio Theatre says, “Losing our home of…

  • Dance New Amsterdam Faces Eviction

    This afternoon Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), the largest dance space in Lower Manhattan, released a press statement outlining the details behind a possible eviction from their home at 280 Broadway on July 14, 2010.

  • Big Green Theater at Bushwick Starr

    Culturebot just heard about a very cool project going on over at The Bushwick Starr. It is called The Big Green Theater Initiative. Big Green Theater (BGT) is a community-based project that combines an environmental education initiative with the presentation of a Green Theater festival. The project begins its educational component in Fall 2010, and will…

  • Sam Miller Appointed President of LMCC

    Culturebot is excited to report that Sam Miller has been appointed President of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC).

  • Chocolate Factory Announces 2010-2011 Season

    The Chocolate Factory announced there 2010-2011 season and it looks great! Line-up below. Complete information available at http://www.chocolatefactorytheater.org.

  • Art Matters Announces 2010 Grantees

    Art Matters, the innovative nonprofit foundation, is pleased to announce 26 grants ranging in amounts of 3,000 USD to 10,000 USD to artists focusing on communication and collaboration across national borders.

  • Black Arts in Tough Times

    Artsjournal linked to a great article in The Root on Black dance companies surviving in this economy. But what about Black arts groups in general?

  • UCLA Live cuts international theater from program

    UCLA Live has officially extinguished the house lights on its signature international theater festival, eliminating theater from its 2010-11 schedule, announced Tuesday.

  • Check Out NPN's new website

    The National Performance Network (NPN) is a national organization supporting artists in the creation and touring of contemporary performing and visual arts. Now entering their 25th year, NPN has provided supported for countless artists and organizations. Check out their new website at npnweb.org for information on their programs and history.

  • Abrons Arts Center Announces Fall Season 2010

    The Abrons Arts Center is proud to present a sassy fall season of modern performance, cabaret, dance, and theater. Joey Arias crafts his first theatrical spectacular since the highly celebrated Arias with a Twist, and downtown diva Ann Magnuson returns to her roots in a musical battle with Adam Dugas. Internationally renowned choreographer Jonah Bokaer and architecture firm Harrison Atelier reimagine Greek…

  • Free Tickets to HAIR this Friday!

    HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 27 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, having recouped its entire investment and generating a profit, the show’s producers announced today.  U.S. audiences will still be able to delight in this Tony Award-winning, landmark production, as it heads from coast-to-coast in its…

  • Kazuo Ohno, founder of Butoh, Dead at 103

    Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio has announced that Kazuo Ohno — the great butoh dance founder — passed away at 4:38 pm Japan time on June 1st (3:38 am on June 1st EST.) at Hospital in Yokohama City (Yokohama Sen-in Hoken Hospital). He was 103 years old. The cause was respiratory failure. At the studio’s request,…