Category: From the Editor

  • ephemera

    Hello readers and welcome to the Dog Days of August! Its been awhile since I’ve posted something essay-ish or personal. I have been, as always, superbusy. And besides, its pretty hard to focus on theater when you’ve got the real-life theatrics of the right wing nutjobs out there “protesting” health care reform and frothing at…

  • 2042 and the changing face of the country

    “…the inexorable transformation of America into a white-minority country in some 30 years — by 2042 in the latest Census Bureau estimate — is causing serious jitters, if not panic, in some white establishments.” This is a quote from a Frank Rich Op-Ed piece in the Times reacting to the Gates debacle and the great Beer…

  • Out of the Office

    Sorry All – have been swamped and superbusy. Will be out of town until Sunday so don’t expect much postin’.  Check back in August!! xoAndy

  • Five Questions for Timothy Braun

    Name: Timothy Braun Title/Occupation: Writer/Professor. Organization/Company: A handful of websites, theaters, papers, and universities. URL: http://www.timothybraun.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I was born and raised in Indiana, but I’ve lived for stints in all kinds of places for months at a time doing…

  • embrace change

    after my umpteenth confrontation with a clueless baby-boomer talking smack about the emerging new world i’ve decided to write a brief guide to living in the information age.  this is directed at everybody who is complaining about “those darn kids” and the death of print media, the people who are working in major arts institutions…

  • Happy 4th of July!

    Seeya next week! We’re taking a few well-earned days off!

  • What I've Been Doing

    So I just spent a week at the Airlie Conference Center as part of HERE Arts Center’s “innovation team.” It was very intense and very productive – I gained a lot of knowledge and I think we made some amazing progress as a team. For discretion’s sake, I will wait for HERE to start talking…

  • organization and flow

    wonder what I’ve been doing? well it looks kinda like this: zoinks! it looks insane but it actually makes sense. plus I love organization and flow. i’m a nerd like that. more info to come…

  • Get Your Culturebot T-Shirts!

    The Culturebot T-shirts are in! Here’s Rachel Kramer Bussel modeling one of the women’s shirts: I have the shirts in Men’s L and XL, Women’s M and will be getting Women’s L. They’re American Apparel – really nice shirts. Here’s what they look like in mock-up: You can get one of your very own by…

  • Why Arts and Culture?

    Not so much in response to, but in the interest of furthering McLennan’s posts at Diacritical I want to share some thoughts on WHY ARTS & CULTURE? People who’ve followed me here for awhile will know my thoughts on building community vs. audience (i’m in favor of it) and also will be familiar with my…

  • Postcards from the Road

    Am in a motel in Omaha. Good times. Here’s some pix from the road:

  • gone to look for america

    if there’s a paucity of posts over the next few days its because i’m going on a road trip to look for america. or at least in search of memories of my misspent youth. i am in search of pie and the imaginary landscapes hovering just above the real. i’ll try to report back what…